Accubrush XT Paint Edger Deluxe Kit with Free MX Edger

I have been searching for a method to cut in paint for years. I bought the Accubrush with trepedation after so many other ideas had failed. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. After a few practice swipes I was painting like a pro. I bought the kit with both edgers because I had a lot of paining to do. I started with the XT and was surprised at the ease of use. I did an entire room in half the time I usually take. Although saving time is of value what I really like was the consistant straight lines at the ceiling. Trimming around windows is not only fast but fun. This tool is so slick it makes me smile when I use it. I was very proud of the finished project. On the next room I decided to try the MX because it was a small room. I wasn't as impressed. For some reason it didn't yeild the same results. I think the rear wheel loaded up with paint too soon and didn't allow the brush to do its magic. The finish was better than any previous method I've used which amounts to more work and more tape. I will stick with the XT in the future. My family is so impressed, everyone wants to borrow it to paint their house. If you are on the fence about the Accubrush you should try it. I think the reviews are all positive and the results speak for themselves. I have never written a review on any product before but I was impressed enough to draft this for the Accubrush.

I am a professional painter and bought this item although skeptical at first, thinking it might actually save me time cutting in. I don't know how the hell they did what they did in the infomercial videos, but that's not how this product performs in real life. When I tested the paint edging tool, I found many flaws which I designed improvements to, but won't get into that here. Basically the major flaws are as following: -The hand-held one has a hand opening that would be too small even for the adolescent Asian who built these in a factory somewhere... -The cheap, $1 injection molded plastic has flashing on it still and sharp edges that literally scrape the skin off of your hands when you put them in and out of the handle ( I have fairly small hands too!). -The pole-mounted edger which I was excited about doesn't work at all! It is designed to apply paint to the inside corner where a wall meets a ceiling, yet the center pivot applies no pressure to that edge, thus not covering said target area after many passes, and also creating a thick bead of paint at the trailing edge of the roller. On top of that, if you try to feather out this bead with the Accubrush, the rollers leave huge lines in the paint you finally got where you wanted it after 10 passes! -Since you already have a brush out to get into all the corners, it is quicker to cut-in by hand than to keep hinging the shield out of the way, carefully loading the roller in the joke tray that is 1/4" wider than the tool, and you probably cant hold in your hand while you work w/o spilling. GET A GOOD BRUSH AND A HANDI-PAIL AND F'N DO IT BY HAND IF YOU WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD! -Among other things, the tool is left-handed for cutting in to the ceiling which is usually the only color boundary from a wall! -If you are still reading this for some reason, other problems include expensive proprietary rollers, paint build-up under wheels (no access to clean), paint shield that rides adjacent wall can leave marks on that wall( it marred the crap outta mine). I'm tired of writing stuff here, bottom line is that this looks great, I watched a full 30 min of You-tube vids on it before purchasing it, and when I tested it out, I was grossly disappointed, and f'n appalled at the ridiculous sale price for this piece of imported junk that probably cost $15 to make!

I ordered this item based on many other positive reviews. After reading and closely following all of the instructions, my husband and I found it to work as claimed - for the most part. But the big picture is this: unless your walls are nice and plumb, ceilings flat, and edges sharp, it's just easier to tape in order to get the clean lines and sleek results you are looking for. I guess it depends on the results you want - it's fine if you're just looking for a fast solution and are not worried about it looking less than perfect. If you are of that mindset, it will probably look better with this than the other gadgets out there. But if you want a really sharp result, it's just not there yet. I was very happy no wall paint color ever got on the ceiling or trims, it's excellent at that, but it also didn't make the cleanest line. It was straight, yes, and pretty sharp next to the white ceiling, but the wall paint coverage was light and streaky where the brush filled in. We adjusted the length of the brush and it didn't help. The roller would also get matted down to the point where it would leave random spots of no coverage when edging along. It very well may have been due to the paint we were using. It is a high quality thick paint. It may not have been runny enough for the brush to pick up the excess from the roller and smooth it nicely into the edges. It also seemed to just bind the roller into one wet matted roll with no roller fuzz left to hit the wall. When we initially tried it, we were using Behr paint and thought "hey, this isn't too bad" but with the quality paint, the results were just not up to par. And the grey plastic rubbed off a bit onto our white ceiling as we were scraping - edging - along the wall. It's also difficult to get great results while edging the ceiling. Gravity pulls the excess paint on the brush downward, leaving too little paint on the *end* of the brush to smooth nice coverage on the ceiling edges. And then there's still the issue of the missing 4" x 1" strip in every corner. You can only edge so far with this thing because it's not reversible. It doesn't sound like too much trouble, but since you have to go back and fill in these corner gaps, it's a pain and you start thinking... "this is the tedious work I was doing with all my other painting gadgets and they were much cheaper". All in all, not worth the money for us. And there's no money back guarantee. So be careful to test out and return within the specified period of time if you don't like it!

I worked with it half an hour but it did not a good job. I did the job with a Shur-Line brush and it was easy and well done. I don't recommend to spend so much money for this scrap . I want to return it. What have I to do ? Thank you, Raymond Manny

Would be more effective if I just gave my 7 month old baby a paint brush. very messy finish. I have 20+ years experience as a decorator.

I bought this kit thinking that it would help a lot in painting of my house but it made it more difficult and time consuming. This accubrush may work fine in a first pass but any overlap would leave marks from wheels and edge on the of the mini brush so it needs correcting. The roller shafts are of some odd size so can't be reused with a regular paint roller handle. It was a complete disappointment to me.

One of the guide wheels broke within the first 10 mins of use. Sent it back for a refund

Very good