As silly as it may seem, I have had a hell of a time finding a good spray bottle. Unfortunately most I’ve tried have leaked… A lot. Some have broken, some create a vacuum so strong the bottle collapses on itself, etc… Who knew it would be so difficult to find a spray bottle that actually works well.
Below you will find an ongoing test of sprayer bottles. I’ll update as they work/fail/whatever.
Walter Surface technologies 53L350
- Paid $6.50 from Amazon
- Tested with both Chemical Guys Diablo Wheel and Rim Cleaner and Meguiars Last Touch Detailer
- Pros
- Does not leak at all!
- Tight fitting screw cap
- Very adjustable spray pattern
- Cons
- Very small bottle (Still need to try with different bottles)
Spray Master 32 ounce
Really wish the first one didn’t break so easy.
- Paid $7.99 at my local OSH store
- Filled with Sonax wheel cleaner
- Pros
- Lots of fluid per pump, works great for wheel cleaner
- Large bottle
- “5 year guarantee” by manufacturer
- After it broke, OSH took it back for exchange no questions asked, no receipt
- Cons
- Leaks from sprayer head onto pump handle
- Leaks from Pump seal
- Sprayer bar broke after one use
Delta Sprayer Orbital Sprayer
- Paid $4.99 from my local OSH store
- (Amazon Link)
- Pros
- Sprays at any angle, upside down as well
- Cons
- Still testing but so far so good
Auto-zone industrial sprayer
Garbage, tried 2 of these, same issues on both
- Paid a few bucks from local Autozone
- Tried 2 of these, filled one with Meguiars Last Touch Detailer, the other with Chemical Guys Diablo Wheel and Rim Cleaner. Same issues on both bottles.
- Pros
- Large bottle
- Cons
- Very leaky from nozzle and spray mechanism
- Bottle implodes
The honest company spray head
- Paid nothing, came with products the wife ordered
- Tested with Meguiars Last touch spray detailer
- Pros
- It was free? Sort of…
- Cons
- Leaky
- Blotchy, spray head set to mist, but shoots out blobs of product
- Sprayer head does not tighten down properly on various bottles, head just swivels everywhere, tightens fine on the Honest company branded spray bottle
Sonax Wheel Cleaner full effect bottle (refilled/recycled)
Still working strong, no leaks ever.
- Pros
- Nice locking sprayer nozzle
- Does not leak at all
- Cons
- Small bottle
- Low volume per pump
- Cannot put the sprayer head on different bottles
Meguiars quik detailer (refilled/recycled)
Wish these would last more than a few refills
- Pros
- Ultra fine mist
- Does not leak at all
- Cons
- Hard to refill, the sprayer head tends to break at the bottle joint after a few refills
- I really like this sprayer but once that sprayer head gets unseated it will never be the same. You can pop it back on but it will continue to fall off
- Hard to refill, the sprayer head tends to break at the bottle joint after a few refills
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