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From spray bottles to backpack sprayers, there are several ways to apply pesticides, herbicides, and the like. Most aren’t particularly convenient, but the Milwaukee M12 Handheld Sprayer has the potential to change your outlook.

Milwaukee’s design of the M12 battery-powered sprayers is absolutely brilliant. Available with 1- or 2-gallon tanks, these fit in the middle ground between spray bottles and larger backpack sprayers, such as Milwaukee’s highly-convenient M18 Switch Tank.

As a smaller unit, it makes sense that Milwaukee uses its M12 battery platform to keep the overall weight down. We’ve been using the 2-gallon unit and it weighs 7.2 pounds before adding any liquid (battery included). With a full 2 gallons on board, you’re looking at 23-ish pounds. Two tether points are available to add a shoulder strap if you like.

What makes the sprayer so fantastic is that the tank is 100% swappable with other 1- and 2-gallon tanks and they seal themselves off. If you’re on a landscaping crew and carrying liquid herbicide, pesticide, and fertilizer, you only need one powerhead. It’s just a matter of releasing two clips to remove the powerhead. Just remember you need to clear the line and wand of what you’ve been using to avoid putting down a bit of the wrong chemical.

Using the sprayer is simple. There’s even extra convenience built in when you’re filling the tank. The cap doubles as a measuring cup with both ounce and milliliter markings to measure your concentrate. As we expect, there’s a removable/cleanable filter to keep debris from making its way in.

An M12 battery installs horizontally into the back of the powerhead. From there, press the power button to activate it and select mode 1, 2, or 3 to adjust the pressure from 20 – 80 PSI.

The wand has a simple trigger to release the flow and it can spray up to 17 feet in mode 3. Flow rates are from 0.1 – 0.3 GPM and you can adjust the nozzle to change the spray. There’s a safety lockout you can engage to avoid accidental spraying during transport.

When it comes to runtime, you can get up to 80 gallons on a single charge of the 2.0Ah battery that comes in the kit. That’s a lot of work for such a small battery.

If you need to stop spraying to attend to something else, the wand fits horizontally into the top handle. When it’s time to store or transport the sprayer, it clips in vertically along the side.

If you’re shopping for the full kit, the 1-gallon sprayer (2528-21G1) is $189.00 and the 2-gallon (2528-21G2) is $199.00. Both come with a 2.0Ah battery and charger.

Additional tanks and accessories are also available. The 1-gallon is $39.99 and the 2-gallon is $49.99. A should strap kit is $21.97 and a replacement nozzle set is $35.00,

The Milwaukee M12 Handheld Sprayer is intelligently designed and easy to use. For professional landscaping crews and campus maintenance teams, it’s an excellent supplement to the 4-gallon Switch Tank backpack sprayer. Even homeowners who take their landscaping seriously should take a close look at how it can make their tasks easier.

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On the clock, Kenny dives deep to discover the practical limits and comparative differences for all kinds of tools. Off the clock, his faith and love for his family are his top priorities, and you'll typically find him in the kitchen, on his bike (he's an Ironman), or taking folks out for a day of fishing on Tampa Bay.

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Good to hear about it. Looks vaguely like the Walmart brand I bought and which failed but I bet the inside is completely different, I like M12.

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