Graco 26D281 TrueCoat 360 Dual Speed Paint Sprayer, Blue/White

Only 1 job in but performed super well. I bought this as a cheaper alternative to a traditional airless sprayer but was totally surprised by how well this thing performed. Sprayer had no trouble with Kilz 2 and ultra premium paint. I thought for sure I would have to thin it but it handled it just fine. At one point i had the trigger pulled for a minute straight and no issues. The gun did get hot at one point after extended use, so I let it cool off for a couple minutes and went back to work with no issues.

The good: It will spray paint no matter what position it's in, upside down, sideways, doesn't matter. When you get it figured out, it does spray a nice even coat.The bad: even on the low setting the thing oversprays like crazy. Luckily for me I was painting things that it didn't matter too much. The paint hangs in the air and gets all over everything. You will have to fill the paint cup up really often, so often it is aggravating to stop and refill it because it's a process. So I really hated the screen method of loading more paint, it made such a mess and didn't look like it did anything so I stopped using it. No difference. When it was loaded up it stopped lots of times because the seal wasn't great between the plastic sleeve in the cup and the body of the sprayer so I would have to stop and get the air out. After 2 hours of using this, it does get heavy too, much heavier than you think it will. Overall, I'll still use it but it's not something I would enjoy using. Cleanup is a bit of a chore too, all the paint doesn't come off and you have to spray the gun clean.

Purchased for a project that wasn’t ready for paint until after the return window closed. First cup went great. In the time it took me to refill the cup and walk back to where I was working it clogged and would not spray. I don’t know if it was because of how hot it was outside or what, but to say I was frustrated is an understatement. Reliability, durability, ABILITY TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. Epic fail

Got tired of used brushes and rollers, so gave this a try for touch up painting and all that good stuff. And I love this thing. So much faster and such a better finish then brush or roller gives. And clear up honestly feels about as fast. And this thing is super easy to clean, just hose off in sink. Then once all excess paint is washed off, you just blast water into port and switch being priming and spraying, well switch unclog mode and spray mode. Well the paint bucket thing you just use what is left with a brush to get those spots you can spray, then dump back into the can and just wash clean. This thing isn't a clean sprayer, since overspray you can't really control. And the high and low set don't do much to help, but less over spray on low. As for the settings you get a change in pump speed, so on high is easy to just mist an area since pumps fast enough. Well on low it's more stuttering on and off, the none constant spray is very noticeable.If you need a paint sprayer for small stuff and not doing full rooms, this is a great choice as your entry level item. Because say you a handyman or maintenance work. But if you need to do full rooms, just a none handheld since this thing this isn't meant for large volume painting. But it's super quick and easy to set up and clean up, so if you just need in and out this works great