Makita DUS158Z 18V Li-ion LXT Backpack Garden Sprayer – Batteries and Charger Not Included

It's expensive but if you have large areas to spray it's worth the cost. It has good pressure and coverage. My only complaint is the lack of different spray heads but I have got round that by ordering a spare lance, cutting the top off and fitting spray attachments that came with my older manual sprayer as the pipe is the same size.

After using a 5l hand pumped sprayer for years this Makita backpack sprayer is a revelation. The speed, power and quantity of solution sprayed is a game changer. It’s really satisfying do get as much spraying done in such a short timeframe. I should have bought one years ago.

Sprayer worked fine and as intended but after 9 hours of use the trigger system no longer activates the sprayer. It has broken 6 days over the 30day return policy or I would be getting my money back.

So having used the usual 5l upright sprayers for many,many years in a semi commercial setting and being serially disappointed with their build quality-hozelock-I'm looking at you!I settled on a 6l berthaud sprayer,and thats been ok in fairness.But sometimes I will have to spot spray really large areas/properties,usually over gravel areas/frontages/parking areas etc.Which means the tedium of 2 or 3 refills/herbicide/endless pumping etc.So being invested in the makita battery infrastructure,I had a long hard look at their available products.There is a 5l unit but it looked more occasional/home owner to me.They do a 10l version of this one,but I doubt this will ever hit our shores tbh.So I went for this 15l version,tho in truth a 10l would be perfect.The good bits-a 5amp battery lasts for ever.No pumping ever again!Also,tho its a big lump on your back,due to the pump system-its as happy being filled with 5l as jt is with 15l.The bad bits-neither of the supplied nozzle units were of interest to me-a double spray head with a really fine dispersal-more for fogging than herbicide application.The other nozzle is the usual fan spray dispersal pattern-really wasteful in a spot spray situation.Fortunately I have many different nozzles from the berthaud sprayer that work better for me.