Can This Tiny $700 Sprayer Handle Big Jobs?

Wow. Um, my elbow's already killing me. So, there's many ways you can apply paint. Today, we're going to be using a Graco old airless handheld sprayer right here to apply some paint. I'm going to be applying some Emerald Rain Refresh. So, we're going to be putting this to the test. You know, I got a small shed. It's kind of a small project sprayer. Holds a quart. Let's put it to the test and see if we can paint this shed with it. So, [gasps and sighs] wow. Um, my elbow's already killing me. just work that little pump. So, there's just a little tiny pump in there. You know, that's probably one of the drawbacks. That little tiny pump probably isn't meant to be painting. This isn't I would say this isn't a large project. How many of these sheds can this little tiny pump in here do compared to like a full size airless airless sprayer? But it's um it's actually doing better than I thought and it's not it's not going too bad. This is this is working out here. All right. So, I'm going to talk about the pros and cons of the Great Go Ultra handheld. So, the pros is it does actually um spray paint. It does spray it on, you know, pretty fast like an airless sprayer. And um it does put on an even finish like an air airless sprayer and um a little more even than you would if you were brushing and rolling. It gets it on, throws on a nice even finish. I was spraying, you know, um an extra emerald rain refresh with it. The finished coat looks pretty nice. You know, those are two, you know, pluses with it. It's um compact, simple. It comes in a bag. Easy to um haul out here. I just hold it out here. Uh quick setup. you. I set it up and um away I was going spraying. So, a little less time than a conventional airless sprayer. And then, you know, to my surprise, I've um I had to fill it up like, you know, I don't know, eight times. And I was able to fill it up like pretty quick. So, and it wasn't too messy. So, there's um not a lot of um mess. I don't have a lot of paint on me. So, that I actually like. The cons are um the first thing it's just heavy. Very, very heavy. especially when it's loaded. It's not full of paint. That's it's a whole core of paint you're actually holding in your hand. Extremely exhausting, tiring, you know, with your shoulders, you know, um manipulating the thing around. Another con, the battery. Um you got to have multiple batteries. I ran out of battery. You know, I had to wait for it to charge. Another um con is, you know, you're spraying, you run out of product, your sun's on the side, it's drying while you're trying to fill a thing up. you could end up having flashing lap marks if you can't keep a wet edge, you know, um that's an issue when you're on ladders, you know, spraying overhead a little bit difficult. And um I think one of the things you'll definitely want to learn, you know, how to use two hands with it. I can actually uh spray with both hands, you know, with a thing. And so it was I was able to give myself relief by spraying left-handed and I just came up with, you know, simple technique. You can just manipulate, maneuver the thing around and spray with it. So it's very simple, easy to use, very intuitive. It's doesn't take a whole lot to figure out how to use it. Prime spray, um, get all the air out and away you go. So there's a lot of options you have out there. You could brush, you could roll, you can use a conventional airless sprayer. If this was the only thing I had, if um I had the option of brushing and rolling it, I probably would use this thing. Ultimately, is it something you know that I would actually carry around in my trailer and use? I don't keep it in my trailer. So, it's not something I would purchase. The Graco Ultra airless handheld