Hills Garden Sprayer

Don't waste your money on the Hills 5 litre pressure sprayer. I have bought a few and they last about 6 months max before the trigger/valve mechanism misfunctions and you cannot turn it off. I have cleaned them out, reset the seals, time after time but hopeless. Have learnt my lesson now, keep your receipt, you will need it.

I have now had 3 Hills 16L spray packs and they have ranged from being faulty on arrival to lasting a very short period. Issues have been from spray wand leaking on me to just not working at all.
I had 3 because the supplier kept replacing the faulty units but I have now given up and looking for a reliable manufacturer.

Looks the part but that is where it finishes. This issue was bought to their attention over a year ago by another reviewer, seems that they really don't care to make improvements to fix the issues related to their sprayers. Obviously another great Australian company being run into the ground. l will be returning this crap sprayer to the store where it was purchased for a refund and l can say that l will NEVER purchase a product from "HILLS" ever again.

Purchase sprayer ay 3-4 yrs ago. Has been sitting under house for over 2 years because the handle trigger off/on switch wont switch off. Only way to stop is to let the pressure out and that is really a nuisance. Appears you have a problem here. Replaced all seals but same problem- was told by the Mitre 10 that it is the handle an no replacement available. That is the only problem I had.Oh well, another good looking sprayer to the tip with not much use. I bought another sprayer yesterday and it wasn't a Hills.

Worst product I have bought for my Garden,from SMALL HAND SPRAYS TO 9LT SPRAYS. Maximum life less than 1 year, I would have sent to the tip over 2 year at least 5 sprays and 5 more to go.HILLS I am fed up with your products. Do something!!!

Only bought this morning, picked Hills over a cheapy. Not even half way through my first spraying and the plunger broke clean away. Hardware shut now so back tomorrow. Paid $35 Never again.
I hear Hills is moving overseas are they making their escape.

Bought 2 of these garden sprayers over the last 9 months and after a couple of uses both units began leaking from the joint seam on bottom of unit, have purchased other brands and no had problems.

Worked ok for first fill then the plunger fell apart. The wand is about 30cm long or a foot or so. A joke if you dont want to bend over.

Mine is about 3 years old & use for killing wandering jew and other tough weeds (as we adjoin bushland). Have used two maintenance kits so far to replace the pressure release valve. Trigger is useless as it doesn't cutoff - have to release pressure to stop flow (I can live with that). Just noticed some orange plastic and springs in the bottom, possibly failed parts from the previous valves? Hopefully not a new problem. Wouldn't recommend paying extra for the "name".

I am so disappointed in this product! Always preferring to purchase Aus company product I bought one last Summer and after 4/5 weeks it ceased to hold pressure and became frustrating. Had lost receipt so made the mistake of buying another similar version but still Nylex .Yet again after 3 months it has stopped spraying. I've cleaned all tubes in case of blockage but there is a definite fault at the handle/trigger

These things can't be used with any type of corrosive liquid as the trigger spring is plain old mild spring steel, it has corroded and broken into 2 pieces. It needs to be 316 grade of stainless spring steel. Also the lance is not the required grade to resist corrosion, it also needs to be the 316 grade of stainless steel. I used diluted pool chlorine to bleach paving that had become stained with black mould. Made the mistake of leaving the mixture in the bottle and in the wand etc. Went to use it again a few weeks later and the liquid came out of 3 holes in the lance.

Unfortunately with the mania to cut manufacturing costs trying to buy quality goods is becoming increasingly difficult. Check out your local store and you will find it almost Impossible to buy anything other than made in China offerings. I don't blame Chinese companies, they are only supplying what overseas companies demand, cheap products.
Does it do the job ? For a short time, yes but leaking develops even from the plastic bottle welded seams with only moderate use. Would I recommend it, hard question to answer simply because it's almost impossible to buy anything better. The only redeeming thing is they are not overly expensive.

Over 20 years or more I have purchased a new sprayer from Bunnings as the trigger keeps breaking and it will not shut off. What a waste of money each time I think this one will last but no three or four times using it it breaks. Not happy with this product at all.

Does a reasonable job but is restricting in not having adjustable nozzle to vary the spray pattern, well I couldn't get mine to adjust. I recently had to replace the spring in the trigger as it was not shutting off the jet when released. This seems to happen to all these units, despite washing out the unit after use. Also, the maximum length of jet is insufficient to reach some of the taller trees in my garden. I would pay more for a sprayer with a greater jet range. It is really no better than the el cheapo ones Bunnings sell.

I am sick and tired of trying to fix this Hills Garden Sprayer. Trigger wont shut off. I flush it out after each use with water, pull it apart and wash all components and after buying three in four years I won't ever use a Hills product again. Agree with previous feed back that you should be able to buy spray arm with trigger as opposed to a whole new unit.

Have just done my block trying to spray weeds. Trigger will not shut off. I took it apart and checked all parts but same response. Not happy Jan. Would expect a product to last for much longer considering only used 3 times previously. Disappointed that you cannot buy a replacement arm as all other parts in almost perfect condition.

This review is for a Hills 5 litre sprayer (bottle and lance) After light use the trigger mechanism jammed. I took it apart and added a strong spring to assist in stopping the flow. It worked for a few uses. With successive stronger springs the trigger system still fails to operate and the only way to stop the flow is to release the air pressure. I wrote to Hills expressing my disgust with this cheap, un-researched, plastic rubbish mechanism. NO REPLY