There are several reasons I didn't like this Spray gun
355855
There are several reasons I didn't like this Spray gun. The first thing I noticed is the extension is not adjustable. I would like to have the option of putting other lengths on. Next, the product you are spraying is picked up from the siphon tube and then fills the space between the nozzle and the extension tube. This causes the product to leak out of the tip if the gun is pointed down. The other is that the product is not dispersed evenly. It seemed that there would be spurts of product and then nothing but air. All of the reasons list caused some frustration.
520618
Even after adjusting, I still had problem with consistency, and was not impressed with the performance of this product. I REALLY wanted to like this product. I think it has some basic design flaws though. I understand the concept and the cause of their problems. The first problem is they have to TRY to accommodate a LOT of different guns, ammo, and firing distances that create greatly differing amounts of force when the bullet strikes the plate. Too much force, and it not only rebounds and swings back to it's original side, but also can beat the target to death. Too little force and the plate does not move enough to swing all the way around. They also have to have some way to force the target to stay on one side or the other once it moves past the center so it will always be visible and not just hang up around back. I think they did a good job of trying to resolve all these problems. The spring tension is adjustable to some degree. I think their biggest problem comes from a lack of lubrication, and the fact that any target other than #1 and #5 from the top, have to move the targets above them up slightly when they swing from side to side. They only have one weight-dividing support that is located between targets #4 and #5. That support means if you shoot the target at the bottom of the stack (#4 or #8) it has to move the 3 above it up slightly as it pivot around. I believe if they added 2 more supports between #2/3 and #5/6 so each target only has to move one additional target, it would work better. However, for the price point, I doubt we will see this happen. Personally, I think I will just use the cutouts to make a plate rack, and simply have them fall over. I MAY take it apart and tinker with lubrication, or even cut and weld in some additional supports myself. If I do, I will update my review and let you know how it went. However, since most people have no way of doing those things, I have to rate it according to how my out-of-the-box experience has gone, which is not good. If you buy this, make sure you read the directions, and buys some good red and black exterior metal paint to touch up the plates after each use. The stickers are worthless after the first hit, so don't waste your time with them. Just clean the plates and hit them with a light coat after each use to keep it from rusting between uses. You WILL get a lot of lead-splatter all over this target. You don't have to paint over that, just the spots where the paint has been removed. In my experience, they have a THICK paint on them, and one good strike removes a large chip.
4506148
We are Nerf fans, but this gun was a huge disappointment for my Husband and myself. There are many negative aspects to this gun and we both agree that if we had purchased it, we would be returning it. As is, it will probably go unused. I'm going to list the negatives on this one. I honestly can't think of a positive. I also want to state that this gun IS NOT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

Negatives:
1) The gun requires SIX D batteries
2) The gun is loud and sounds like a weedwacker when "charging"
3) The gun is HEAVY
4) The clip is faulty and the top part of it comes off or gets stuck and sends balls flying everywhere
5) The balls bounce all over, become lost easily and can be PAINFUL when you are hit with them
6) The automatic rapid-fire does not work on our gun. It might fire 3 balls, then it gets stuck.
7) It takes a long time to fire
8) If you are going to use this as a "Rival" battle as intended, you need to not only buy the expensive guns, but you need to buy face masks and a ton of batteries

Maybe we received a faulty gun, but this one was definitely a bust for us. We do not recommend it.
4132782
Are you are familiar with the term you get what you pay for?  If not,  i recommend you buy this spray gun and get ready to learn exactly what that term means.  The trigger pin gets stuck almost instantly,  the spring thats meant to close the trigger is just strong enough to let you know theres something there but entirely unable to do its job.  I thought i just had bad luck,  so I exchanged it....  Then the second one areived and it worked for a good 45 seconds!  About 43 more than the last one.  Sooo needless to say this qualified for the three R's returned, refunded, and regret.
133332
The noise is loud, too loud sometimes. It lasted for about 15 or so sprays, would not buy again because it's too loud.
614019
This is one of my biggest purchase regrets of all time. It's one thing when a product doesn't work as advertised, it's another when it goes above and beyond this to make your life worse than before you got it. I bought this because it looked like it would make urban composting (i) possible, (ii) easy and (iii) sanitary. But the spray just stinks to high heaven, and stinks up everything. Nor does it seem to have intended effects, and requires a ton of maintenance. When I realized this thing just didn't work, I had to put it on my fire escape to get the smell out of the apartment. Months later, with spring fever I finally got the nerve to clean it up, and I wish I had just thrown out the whole thing in its entirety. It smells so bad, filling my entire apartment. So many regrets with this product - and also so over-priced for a plastic bucket with a spicket. I work in sustainable product design, and this will be a lesson I share with my students. I'm sorry to say this, because I admire the motivation and hope someone can one day crack the nut of urban composting, but this was more trouble than it was worth and I wouldn't' recommend it to anyone, and would like my money back quite honestly.
2866130
I don't like the spray on this.  It doesn't have the power spray setting.  I'm returning.  I already purchased the more expensive SM 3UC which isn't 5 stars either, but as good as it gets I guess nowadays with all the regulations.
4689435
I'm not a fan of this sprayer at all. It works, but that's where my love for it ends. when you pump it up, the pressure doesn't last long at all, you have to constantly pump the thing. the 15 dollar garden sprayer I had actually worked better, it just wore out my arm carrying it around. This thing holds a lot of liquid, but the shoulder harness is a major source of irritation. I have pretty broad shoulders and the straps keep walking off of my shoulders, putting all the pressure on the edges of the straps. After 1/2 hour of carrying this around, I'm actually sore. It's awful.
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Edited @ 1yr exactly - lowered rating to 1 star
I used this thing a total of 3 times. Just got it out this spring to use it and the module at the bottom of the tank leaked more than came out of the nozzle, soaking my back side and pants with weed killer. DON'T buy this POS
3275703
well I hate to complain but here I go the gun jamms a lot, the scope is very cheep, it's very hard to cock... I would not recommend this gun to anyone
1124431
OK for certain jobs but I wouldn't buy it again. Trigger is very awkward. It is too close the the tube retention ring and makes the gun difficult to use. The caulk flow is also hard to control and doesn't stop oozing out when you let off the trigger. I used it to do a lot of caulking on exterior walls of a house we are building but I definitely won't use it on the interior. I'm sure like all caulk guns I would get better at controlling it with use but the trigger is too awkward for me to use it enough to get that experience. If you do buy one get a small air regulator to mount at the gun to make flow adjustments easier and quicker.
2719132
About the only good thing I can say is that it has a really powerful suction.  I ran into every complaint I read in the reviews, and then some.  They all add up to too many annoying inconveniences:
- The brush on/off switch is not within reach of your thumb, you need to use other hand to reach it.
- The tool caddy is useless for holding the 3-in-1 tool on the hose handle.
- The bare floor tool parking slots on the canister are useless.
- The cord rewind and on/off switches on the canister are too small to easily use with your feet.  The canister on/off switch should be on the hose handle.
- The handle release pedal is all plastic, and partially broke the 2nd time I used it.  The power nozzle is so light weight that pressing the pedal raises the nozzle off the floor instead of releasing the handle.
- The canister is so light weight that the stiff hose tosses/flips the canister all around, and the wheels drag over the cord instead of rolling over it.
- The unit came with a non-washable HEPA filter, not the advertised washable filter.
- If you haven't cleaned yours after months of use, you had better start frequently cleaning the filter screen, the HEPA filter, the short inlet and outlet tubes, and the foam dust cup filter (thats 5 dirty items).  You won't believe how much dirt/dust gets past the dust cup.  I wish I had bought another bagged vacuum instead, and I cant believe I just said that.
- Most people couldn't believe how much dirt it sucked from their rugs the first few times they used it.  I hate to bear bad news: most of the swirly bits floating in the dust cup are the top of your rug fibers that the power nozzle has cut off.  Note the warning about leaving the power nozzle ON in one place, and go raise the power nozzle height and/or reduce the suction power.
- I should have gotten a much better vacuum for the price of this unit.
Caveat emptor, i.e., buyer beware.
1072037
They spray for awhile then you have to fight with it to continue to spray. Very frustrating.
3255393
The first thing I noticed was that no matter how fast I cranked the gun or what nozzle I used, there was not much power to the water stream. It does not shoot far at all. A weak stream of water only arcs about 10 feet. My old Super Soaker gun shoots a huge blast of water 30 feet or more. The water stream would cut out when I tilted the gun up. The arm strap really hurt too. Also the sheild kept folding over backwards and turned over many times.  I think is the worst water gun I have ever owned and my dad returned it.
4274405
It sprays, that's about the only good thing. It also leaks from the nozzle when not being used, and the outside sheath is more annoying than functional.
1051074
Like many of you guys I had hoped I could get decent smooth sprays without paying the price for a fancy pants gun. This was not so. I admit I'm new to spraying, but I read up on how to mix, spray technique, how to clean out the gun. It didn't help when it came down to it. I tried to tune the fan to get the right kind of oval it took way more pressure than it should have. Little did I know cranking the pressure up would cause dry spray. I ended up having to go to a professional supplier and ask them what I was doing wrong
TL:DR: Couldn't get enough pain to come out without high pressure..
4214718
I thought this would be nice to have for misting my reptiles and plants.
It holds a lot of water!

Trouble is, the mist nozzle adjustment spreads the mist out too wide and can
not be adjusted for a narrower spray.
This means water gets in places where you don't want it instead of being more focused.

You can adjust the spray for a narrow area, but not the finer mist.

Also, the spraying action does not last very long before the pressure is gone and needs
to be pumped up again.
I spent most of my time pumping this silly thing just to get a few seconds of spray.

So, ends up that I seldom use this. I stick with my usual spray bottle.

You may like this item, it is made well, and is good quality, but it's not for me.
3713666
My experience with the DuraCoat Aerosol was sub par. I spent several hours on prep work. I sand blasted the gun cleaned it with the supplied cleaner and scrubber form DuraCoat and used latex free rubber gloves the entire time. I also purchased the adjustable nozzle, which did not work. I followed instructions supplied and the instructions on the video. I did 4 light coats and flashed each coat with a blow dryer and allowed 5 minutes between coats. It looked great up until the 3rd coat, where I could see it start to build up, and by the 4th coat it was much thicker than I wanted. The flat black came out far more stain/glossy than flat.

After 24 hours of curing I noticed a small scratch that I made some how while moving to a safe place to hang the parts. I went to get my can of left over Duracoat, which is supposed to be good for 48 hours. Wrong! After shaking the can for about 10 minutes I did a test spray and it came out so thick it was almost a solid stream. So I shook the can for another 10 minutes and repeated this process two more times before I gave up.

Now a week had gone by and I felt it was safe to attempt to reassemble the gun, and according to DuraCoat it was safe 6 days ago. Wrong. The coating on the screws scratched away. I realize a screw driver can make some harsh marks but I figured with the way DuraCoat advertises this product it could hold up and it didn't.

So now I have a sub par finish on my gun, which would make me even more upset than I am if this wasn't a field gun. I just hope it protects against the rust as it advertises.

Now let me be clear this is not a review of the original DuraCoat just the Aerosol version. Save yourself the time and heartache  get the kind that has to be mixed with the hardener and spray through an airgun or pay some one to do it for you.