Messages posted to thread: Hunt98 05-Jun-12 Mark Watkins 05-Jun-12 bowanna 06-Jun-12 Kevin Dill 06-Jun-12 Pat Lefemine 07-Jun-12

By: Hunt98 Date:05-Jun-12

Who makes a good back pack sprayer?

What gallon size?

Where and how much did you buy one?

By: Mark Watkins Date:05-Jun-12

4 gallon at Mills Fleet Farm...I think it was about $40...good workout while gettin' after those thistles!

By: bowanna Date:06-Jun-12

I own a tree farm and have used backpack spayers for over 25 years. By far the best and most comfortable spayer is a Solo made in Germany. They are four gallon units and sold all over the US. They are not cheap probably in the $100 range but worth every penny.

By: Kevin Dill Date:06-Jun-12

http://www.birchmeierbackpacks.com/Birchmeier-Backpacks.html

I've owned a dozen different makes/styles/types. I've never found one that could hold a candle to the Birchmeier sprayer. At 2.5x the cost of a Solo, they ought to be good. Mine is 5 years old and gets very frequent use from April to October. It's the very top of the line.

By: Pat Lefemine Date:07-Jun-12

I had nothing but problems with my SOLO. I even bought a second unit figuring I didn't clean the first one out well enough and that one lasted a year as well. I bought them both from Home Depot so maybe I had a cheaper unit.

I now use a rolling sprayer which runs off of my ATV or lawn tractor battery. Not quite as mobile, but it does the job for me.

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