Master Gardener Rechargeable Cart Sprayer - 12 Volt, 9-Gallon Capacity, Model Number PCD-E3-009B-MM

Executive Summary:Buy this sprayer. It's superb.Verbose version, for the reader at leisure:I purchased this sprayer +3 years ago. Today I used it to spot spray 34 gallons of Weed-B-Gon (also Amazon purchased, in a gallon jug not available at local home improvement stores). I finished spraying our very weedy one acre lawn. I didn't finish the (three year old!) battery; the pump still was going strong. Excellent!The sprayer usually is used three times annually, for applying weed killer. It's always worked well and never failed.But I didn't purchase this sprayer without prior frustration in finding an acceptable solution. The first attempt was a hand pumped two gallon sprayer from a local hardware store. It's good enough, and I still use it for limited Roundup application. But the small tank means the sprayer needs to be refilled repeatedly to cover a large area, and the many refills are excessively time consuming.So I purchased a hand pumped four gallon backpack sprayer from H-F. It was a disaster. I hated this sprayer! Carrying +30 lbs on my back, poorly supported by thin, insufficiently padded straps was true torture. I couldn't use it.The third attempt was a battery powered unit from Tractor Supply (RC-8G-SS-TSC). Although a wheeled sprayer, this too was immensely unsatisfactory. Underpowered and with limited battery life, it started falling apart upon first use. Soon after, when the handle broke, I returned all the pieces to TSC (for full refund).But the fourth sprayer--the Master Gardener Rechargeable Cart Sprayer - 12 Volt, 9-Gallon--reviewed here has been an excellent purchase. I pull it by hand and even filled with 65 lbs of weed killer, it rolls easily enough. The pump is sufficiently powerful for spraying a decent distance (which I've not measured) and as indicated above, battery life, both per charge and in total, has been superb.Regarding complaints raised by other reviewers:tank capacity markings are difficult to see--yes; my solution was to highlight the raised indicators with a black permanent markerhose too stiff--the hose, at least on my unit, is tightly coiled and resists uncoiling, but for me it's not been a problem, and were it, as others have indicated, the hose can be replaced easily. (Also, from other reviews, it seems the sprayer may now come with a less stiff hose.)pump does not fully empty tank--yes, there will be some liquid remaining in the tank that the pump can't extract, but it's far short of the one gallon claimed in some reviews. When pulling the sprayer by hand, I finish the last of each tank by tilting the unit one way or another. What remains unpumpable is at most a few ounces.Readers might be curious why, more than three years after purchasing this sprayer, I decided to write a review. The answer: earlier this week I wanted to apply an end-of-summer dose of weed killer. But when I retrieved the sprayer from storage--the battery charger was missing!! In my version of homeowner chaos, there are a couple locations where the charger "should" be. I searched them multiple times, doing some reorganization in the process, but didn't find the charger. Then there a couple places where the charger "might" be. Those too were searched repeatedly, without success.At that point I decided the search was too time-wasting, if not futile (i.e., it had to be someplace in this dang house), and that I just should buy a new charger. So, I checked the owners' manual--but it has no information on ordering a new charger. Then I searched Amazon, including reviews for the sprayer. But other than a "call the manufacturer" suggestion, this too was unsuccessful.After concluding that a replacement charger wasn't to be easily obtained, I reactivated the in-home search for the old charger, now focusing on the many places where it "shouldn't" be. And finally, success!! (Behind a commemorative plate on the living room wet bar...). So, in thanks and celebration I decided to write this review.My final advice--(i) buy this sprayer and (ii) be certain ALWAYS to store the charger with the sprayer.Regards,BS----------An update, 11 May 25Eleven years after purchase, the sprayer still works fine--and I'm still immensely happy with it. But this year, in its first use while putting down 40 gal of weedkiller, the pump was noticeably weaker at end than when I started. I thought "The pump must be failing" and after research, bought a new one for $27. But sometime that night woke up thinking "Why would it be the pump and not the battery?!?" Sure enough, the next day after recharging the battery, the pump worked fine. Of course, after 11 years of service the battery had failed.I bought a Ritar RT1245H, 12V 5Ah F1 SLA AGM Rechargeable SigmasTek replacement battery ($18). Although the new battery's dimensions were identical to the old, battery replacement proved surprisingly challenging. Three screws secure the back cover of the sprayer and the cover is easily removed. The battery is mounted to the inside of the cover and retained there by a "cage" consisting of two metal straps that go around the battery and screw into the cover. When removing the battery, pay more attention than I did to how the cage fits to the cover and how the battery fits in the cage. Because for me, the cage straps seemed too short. Two of three strap ends could be screwed to the cover, but the third proved impossible. The gap between the last strap end and the cover was roughly 1/2" and the screw wasn't long enough to bridge the gap. Ultimately, a longer machine screw was used, threading it through the cover and securing it with washer and nut. Inelegant, but serviceable. (The fourth strap end is not intended to fasten to the cover.) Again, pay more attention in disassembly and you might have an easier time putting it back together.But once back together with new battery, the sprayer again is working fine. And I've a replacement pump on hand when needed...

This sprayer is much easier to use and much faster than my back pack 4 gal. sprayer. When it initially arrived the handle on the wand leaked badly. Make sure you test it with water before filling it up with chemical. I called the company and they replaced the wand which took a week to receive but it works very well. The broadcast spray works but is probably not 51" wide as advertised. I quickly found that I could cover my driveway with pre-emergent much faster with the wand sprayer. I have a 100 yard paver drive which at the top by code is wide enough for a fire engine to turn around. It is quite a task to spray it and the 3 foor drainage ditches on both sides with the back pack sprayer especially at age 74. This unit makes the task much easier and faster. With its large wheels it also moves well in our granite gravel landscape area ( we live in the high desert mountains in Arizona.) The wand sprayer covers a lot of ground and with the long tubing you don't have to reposition the tank very often if you want to leave it stationary. I'm very happy with it after one use.

We use this for watering our pots. We don't use it for fertilizing or spraying. We have large pots outside with no easy access to water. This works great.The only change I would make is to have a clamp on the upright posts of the handle to clamp the sprayer wand to. Clamping the wand horizontally becomes difficult when moving through narrow spaces because it extends past the width of the tank/wheels. Overall a great unit.

Mine arrived quickly but the tank was wet inside and there was some liquid in the tube. I thought it might have been some water left over from testing at the factory but this has a chemical smell and is likely someone else’s chemical. The unit then sprayed out from the sprayer handle base when pressurized and it looks like there is either a small crack or a manufacturing defect in the plastic part of the spray handle as I submerged it and air pours out of the top of the handle. I called Customer Service at the manufacturer and they were nice and promised to ship me a new spray handle. I’ll update you when I get it.Follow up; The manufacturer was very nice when called and sent me a new wand within days. I have used it for over a month. The battery lasts a long time enough for more than several full tanks of spraying. The unit works like a charm and literally cut my spraying job time by 80%. One precaution is this sprays pretty forcefully and gets a lot of liquid on your target fast. So have to be extra careful of overspray. No more hand pumped garden sprayers for me. Very happy with this purchase. Upgrading this review to 5 stars.