Wagner Spraytech 2419329 PaintStick EZ Roller Paint Roller, Long Handle Extension Roller for Painting Interior Walls and Ceilings

The media could not be loaded. https://amzn.to/4nQjXs3I’ve done my fair share of painting, and I can honestly say the Wagner SIDEKICK Powered Roller is one of the best tools I’ve ever used. It completely took the hassle out of the job — no more bending down every two minutes to reload the roller or dripping paint all over the floor. The continuous feed system works beautifully and keeps a smooth, even coat going the whole time.It cut my painting time in half and left a professional-looking finish with minimal effort. Cleanup was surprisingly simple, and the motor is quieter than I expected. If you’re tackling a big room or even a whole house, this is 100% worth the investment. I’ll never paint the old way again.Highly recommend for anyone serious about DIY or looking to save time and frustration.

I have to say this actually works. I was skeptical going in but it does make painting faster and without an unwieldy pole having to be dipped in a tray continually. Other reviews note it’s hard to clean. I’d say takes a while but not so hard. More on that in a minute.I couldn’t understand how it used more paint , as many note. I still don’t understand but it does go through more paint for a same size surface.I never had any clogging issues with the device. It works flawlessly.Cleaning: the instructions were confusing and I think one part actually written incorrectly. What I do is run the paint out back into the bucket as specified. Then I mix my dawn and water in a 5 gallon bucket. I get another bucket to run into. I take the cover off and wash it in the sink as I would would any other roller. The use the machine to run the solution from one bucket to the other. Then clear water. It takes a while but not active time for me other than washing the roller cover.My friends told me not to get it, that it didn’t work. I feel there must have been a glitchy earlier generation because this item does what it promises.

This paint roller did make my project go a little faster, but I’m not convinced it’s worth the money. Here’s why:- the suction tube is sized for one gallon paint cans, so if you have a large area to cover and bought a 5-gallon bucket, you will have to transfer paint to a smaller container after the paint level decreases- it puts more paint onto the wall than you would probably use with a roller & tray, especially as you first get the hang of how much paint to dispense- paint dispenses in along strip of holes in the roller, so it can come out unevenly & may cause drips- it’s heavy so if painting is being done above shoulder level then more frequent breaks may be necessary- in order to draw paint into the handle you have to simultaneously push down and pull away from the roller, which can be an awkward & difficult movementThe positives:- some time savings- clean up is easy- inexpensive- if wrapped tightly over both the roller and intake port it can be set aside overnight and used without problems the next day. Some paint may leak out but when stored roller end down nothing dried out when I had to take an overnight break on my project

This is by far the worst designed product I’ve ever bought. Not just paint product, general product. It sounds like a cool idea, but the mechanism for filling this is just like filling a syringe. You pull the plunger back to suck up paint. Except there isn’t a good seal at the end of the plunger, so now the entire length of the plunger is covered in paint and dripping as you load and start painting. Additionally, it pulls more air than it does paint. I never could fully fill the thing after having painted one full 11x14 ft bedroom with it. It’s also quite heavy which gets tiring fast. The longer I used it, the more I disliked it. Then I went to clean it and became fully enraged with it. I did the bucket of water as per instructions but when I went to take apart all the pieces to wash them individually, I got more paint on my kitchen floor than on the bedroom walls I painted. Not only did I waste all that paint, I made a huge messs. It took me twice as long to clean the product and my kitchen as it did to paint a single coat. Please, please do not waste your money on this awful thing.

We spent a lot of time with drop cloths the first day. Totally unnecessary with this. Most of the drips from traditional painting come from pouring paint into the pan, loading the roller, etc. the reduced prep time makes this a no brainer. The clean up IS a pain. By the end of our house, there were dried chunks of paint inside the metal roller rod, which made the paint distribution uneven, but I would attribute that to the fact that we often wrapped the roller in a plastic bag and left it if we were not changing color, and as result it often went three days without being cleaned. If you were really religious about cleaning it, I’m sure that wouldn’t happen, but thoroughly cleaning this takes at least an hour. all that being said, I still give this a five star review, because realistically the cost is only about $10-$15 more than you would pay for traditional roller pieces, and if you’re only doing one house (i.e., you are not a professional painter who intends to use this every day for a year ) then I think you can justify this and throw it away when you’re done. After you get the hang of it, this is substantially faster than traditional dip, painting, much less messy. I would not recommend it for someone who is just doing one or two walls, but for someone who intends to do a large DIY project like painting their whole house, this is a no-brainer.