Solo 475-B Sprayer

Pump sprayer is very well made . Easy to use and assemble . Spray is very consistent and works extremely well . I highly recommend

I’ve had a solo sprayer for years & recently purchased another for church property use. I find them to be well built and dependable. I offer a couple of suggestions however. First, there are no instructions included, although it’s fairly easy to assemble, it wouldn’t hurt to include a little one page instruction sheet. Two, it’s difficult to see the gallon indicator on the tank, as it is the same opaque color as the tank. Having the gallon indicator marked in black would offer a contrast, making it much easier to hit your tank fill mark. I colored mine with a sharpie.

After starting, decades ago, with a metal 2-gallon pump sprayer, I bought a Solo piston sprayer and loved it. Unfortunately the piston system wears and begins to lose functionality, so I bought the diaphragm model and love it. It has given me many years of dependable service. However, I'm getting older and the straps became uncomfortable on my shoulders so I bought a replacement "harness" with better shoulder padding and cross straps to align the shoulder straps. Problems solved and at age 72 I'm still going strong with it.

Seems to work well, but it's really heavy and awkward to put on when it's full. I don't feel like it stays pressurized very long. Pumping is not a definite thing...kinda hope you have it right. Came with very little instructions. I'm using it with Surround WP, and it's doing a good job with not clogging.

They kept the weight of the sprayer down, so when you’re packing three or four gallons of spray it’s still a tolerable weight. The sprayer arrived in good condition, added the spraying solution and went right to work. The he sprayer works great.

2nd Solo I've owned. Replaced a sprayer that didn't last 2 years. Should have just bought the Solo. Highly recommend these sprayer

I use a backpack sprayer for applying herbicide on the grass fields both on the acreage where I live and at my investment real estate properties. This is an often used tool for me in the dryer times of the year. As is often the case, I lug the sprayer, filled with four gallons of liquid (or less) by hand in and out of my vehicle or short distances to a suitable (raised) place where I can place my arms through the straps and secure it to my body for operation. To my surprise, this unit has no "carry handle" for this purpose. To that end, how is one expected to grasp this thing and move it any distance in order to get it onto one's back? A sprayer filled with four gallons, or even a fraction of that amount, can be heavy and/or cumbersome to move while keeping it upright, without a handle. I currently own a comparable Chapin model that I need to replace. The Chapin has a plastic carry handle built into the unit. I assumed the Solo unit would have one, too. In addition, if you're looking for an owner manual in the box, forget it! They don't supply one, but leave it up to the buyer to download it instead. JUST CURIOUS SOLO, HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO INCORPORATE A CARRY HANDLE INTO THE TOP OF THIS SPRAYER HOUSING, AND WHY NOT INCLUDE AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL PAMPLET INSIDE THE BOX? I haven't used this tool yet and I plan to send it back since I know the lack of a carry handle will be a game changer for me.

If you have wide shoulders I would get something else.