My Thoughts on Those Wonderful 99 cent Bottles at HD.

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Their 99 cents for a reason! I think they're complete junk. I use to use then and I recently remembered why I don't use them any more.

I needed a couple bottle when I was visiting home a few weeks ago so I bought some hd bottles. I needed a bottle for my tire shine(blue guard) so I used a hd bottle. I had to pull all my bottles out of my trunk and I put them on my rear seat, in a milk crate. When I went to put them back the blue guard leaked every where! It leaked out of the nozzle. I forgot when the tips are open past a certain point they leak out. Also when your spraying things down after about 4-5 quick continuous squeezes the trigger stops working for a few minutes. I use to go through 5 bottles a week and I'm not doing 50 cars a week.

Just my thoughts.

Ohh and I can't get the blue out of the leather now. I haven't tried steaming it tho yet.
 
Lol, man I cant tell you how many I've been through. When I first put my van together I purchased 15 bottles and before the first week I was down to only 9 operating correctly. And yes, I did return all 6 of the defective bottles. Just like you've mentioned, they leak like crazy and the triggers are poorly made. But heck for 99€, I guess we can't expect too much more right. Anyhow, I went on and purchased the meguires spray bottles, so far, 5.5 months strong with no leaks or broken triggers.
 
At least they are .99 The damn bottle you get off the Pro truck are like 3 bux a pop and are total garbage.
 
I think they sell them just to loose customers....:laughing:
 
I think so lol. Although i bought some of those white 32oz. Spray bottle from AG and i ended replacing the sprayers within a month i love the bottle but the sprayers arent that great. I had one just come apart and one stop working all together. Also i didn't really like the design to much the sprayer has a little plastic piece that points down on the back that digs into your hand.
 
I was going to order the clear ones last bogo, then i thought about the white ones this time. Maybe not though.
 
Transcendent said:
IAlthough i bought some of those white 32oz. Spray bottle from AG and i ended replacing the sprayers within a month i love the bottle but the sprayers arent that great.
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The ones on B1G1? Yeah I purchased a half dozen @ ~3 bucks and cant say they are work the $6+ they are normally sold for mainly because the adjustable nozzle tips have poor QC and half of them don't have a nice spray pattern. They also tend to "jet" when you spray with too much force, which I think is due to the nozzle design and perhaps too much flex. Eh, okay for 3 bucks, but I won't be repurchasing them unless they last a very long time... I don't mind the plastic at the back of the handle, but I'm not using them all day and wear thin gloves when doing most detailing.
 
Yeah i use them for extended periods of time every day of the week so that little plastic piece gets annoying cause all i wear is nitrile gloves and you are right about the spray pattern being poor. I love the bottles just wish they came with better sprayers
 
Try out a Kawazar sprayer sometime. Very expensive, but very nice.
 
The best are the 36oz. with dilution ratios and a black low profile sprayer. I've been using mine for 5 years
 
Im partial to the automagic sprayers My self they work good and are decently price
 
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