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Kwazar Mercury Pro + 1 Liter Spray Bottle (33 oz.) FREE BONUS!
Introduction:
On my last order I decided to splurge and put in a Kwazar Pro spray bottle to see if they are indeed worth the expensive price compared to traditional spray bottles. I also wanted to test out a few major annoyances that I have with my current spray bottles -
1: If tipped over they leak
2: Changes in temperature cause them to leak if the nozzle is not completely closed
3: The spray they produce is very heavy, lots of very large drops not a fine mist needed for products such as QD.
4: Have a cheap feel, parts fall off when dropped.
Details:
1.- Packaging: None - They come in 4 different colors, the bottom ring may be removable.
2.- Size: 1 Liter
3.- Price at time of Review: $16.99
4.- Manufacturer: Kwazar
5.- Made in: Poland
Additional products used for prep, during application, or removal:
1.- SprayMaster Heavy Duty Spray Bottle, Heavy duty sprayer, Spray master, Spray master Sprayer
2.- Various microfibers
Initial Observations:
Throughout this review I am comparing the Kwazar to the Spray Master sprayer (on a generic AG bottle).
Immediately upon picking up the Kwazar it feels like an industrial sprayer. The bottle walls are very thick and appear to be made out of nalgene plastic. It is very difficult to compress the sides of the bottle and the sprayer looks beefy enough to withstand a direct impact though I did not try this.
One of the current annoyances that I have with the spray master sprayer is that there is a small piece of plastic that keeps falling out under the trigger, especially if dropped
Another annoyance I have is that the spray master bottles leak if squeezed, tipped over, or their contents warm up and expand (think sitting on a warm driveway). I have even had APC leak all over the rest of my detailing products because the garage got hot causing the contents to force out of the nozzle since it was not completely closed which is not something that I always remember to do. This is a picture of the bottle being gently squeezed while upside down to show what I am describing:
This is the Kwazar under the same conditions. I will reiterate that the wall construction and plastic used is much beefier and very hard to distort.
No leaking so far, this is a good thing. What about when tipped over? It seems that my hose has a preoccupation with knocking over my product bottles when I am not looking and by the time I see them I have lost a significant amount of product.
How about upside down just for kicks:
OK, so the Kwazar is already winning in my book, I have not found a way to make it leak product which is a huge win in my book. On to the spray patterns!
To evaluate the spray patterns, I started with the nozzles fully closed on both sprayers, then backed them off until they produced the finest spray they could manage.
This is the spray pattern left by the Spray Master:
This is the spray pattern left by the Kwazar:
Side by side (Kwazar on left, Spray Master on right):
As you can see, the Kwazar darn near atomizes the spray, where the spray master has very large droplets across the surface. Lets try to see more of what is going on, here are the two actually spraying:
Kwazar
You can see that from the start of the spray to the end it is a very even and very fine mist
Spray Master:
The Spray Master looks like a fire hose in comparison. You can see why there are very large droplets on the surface after using.
For grins, a $0.99 sprayer I picked up from the grocery store:
It is somewhere in between, but dispenses much less product per pull than either the Kwazar of the Spray master. This brings up a good point - the Kwazar is a dual-action sprayer, so as you pull the trigger it sprays, and when you release the trigger and it returns to home position, it sprays again. The trigger pull between the two is negligible, so the Kwazar is putting out much more product per effort, which is why I wanted to try it out. My intended role for this sprayer is pre-soaking before an ONR wash, so I want to be able to dispense a lot of product in a hurry. Now that I have compared the two sprayers side by side, I think the Kwazar is going to have many more roles for me if I can swallow the price, but I will probably pay them off in saved product from tips and spills.
Now for videos of the sprayers in action: (The focus was set to show the spray pattern, not the sprayers)
1: Spray Master:
[video=youtube_share;8pTSjHai6uc] - Spray Master Sprayer[/video]
2: Kwazar:
[video=youtube_share;FRaVMh3BL9s] - Kawazar Sprayer[/video]
3: Generic Grocery store bargin:
[video=youtube_share;PpHsggJmI70] - Generic Sprayer[/video]
Conclusions
The Kwazar sprayers are much more expensive than the spray master sprayer ($6.99 vs $16.99), however, it is in a totally different league of sprayers. The Kwazar is an industrial sprayer through and through made for demanding tasks such as decontamination or agriculture, but with this pedigree it makes one the finest detailing sprayers I have used. From the laboratory grade plastics used, to the thick wall and durable construction, and with the quality of the spray mist it is capable of producing (though it will shoot a jet if you want it to) this is the only sprayer I am going to purchase from now on; and that is before I consider it is dual action, and does not spill or leak which were my primary criteria going into this test.
The feel of the unit is also something that must be highlighted - the plastics used feel great in your hand, they have some grip to them and are generally nothing like the brittle/slick/'cheap feeling' plastics used in the Spay Master. It is similar to dash plastics in cars, there are really good plastics that feel good, and those that just feel cheap in comparison.
No doubt the price is painful even with all of these qualities, but more of the Kwazar sprayers are in my next AG order
Introduction:
autogeek.net said:
Amazon via PMBA said:
On my last order I decided to splurge and put in a Kwazar Pro spray bottle to see if they are indeed worth the expensive price compared to traditional spray bottles. I also wanted to test out a few major annoyances that I have with my current spray bottles -
1: If tipped over they leak
2: Changes in temperature cause them to leak if the nozzle is not completely closed
3: The spray they produce is very heavy, lots of very large drops not a fine mist needed for products such as QD.
4: Have a cheap feel, parts fall off when dropped.
Details:
1.- Packaging: None - They come in 4 different colors, the bottom ring may be removable.
2.- Size: 1 Liter
3.- Price at time of Review: $16.99
4.- Manufacturer: Kwazar
5.- Made in: Poland
Additional products used for prep, during application, or removal:
1.- SprayMaster Heavy Duty Spray Bottle, Heavy duty sprayer, Spray master, Spray master Sprayer
2.- Various microfibers
Initial Observations:
Throughout this review I am comparing the Kwazar to the Spray Master sprayer (on a generic AG bottle).
Immediately upon picking up the Kwazar it feels like an industrial sprayer. The bottle walls are very thick and appear to be made out of nalgene plastic. It is very difficult to compress the sides of the bottle and the sprayer looks beefy enough to withstand a direct impact though I did not try this.
One of the current annoyances that I have with the spray master sprayer is that there is a small piece of plastic that keeps falling out under the trigger, especially if dropped
Another annoyance I have is that the spray master bottles leak if squeezed, tipped over, or their contents warm up and expand (think sitting on a warm driveway). I have even had APC leak all over the rest of my detailing products because the garage got hot causing the contents to force out of the nozzle since it was not completely closed which is not something that I always remember to do. This is a picture of the bottle being gently squeezed while upside down to show what I am describing:
This is the Kwazar under the same conditions. I will reiterate that the wall construction and plastic used is much beefier and very hard to distort.
No leaking so far, this is a good thing. What about when tipped over? It seems that my hose has a preoccupation with knocking over my product bottles when I am not looking and by the time I see them I have lost a significant amount of product.
How about upside down just for kicks:
OK, so the Kwazar is already winning in my book, I have not found a way to make it leak product which is a huge win in my book. On to the spray patterns!
To evaluate the spray patterns, I started with the nozzles fully closed on both sprayers, then backed them off until they produced the finest spray they could manage.
This is the spray pattern left by the Spray Master:
This is the spray pattern left by the Kwazar:
Side by side (Kwazar on left, Spray Master on right):
As you can see, the Kwazar darn near atomizes the spray, where the spray master has very large droplets across the surface. Lets try to see more of what is going on, here are the two actually spraying:
Kwazar
You can see that from the start of the spray to the end it is a very even and very fine mist
Spray Master:
The Spray Master looks like a fire hose in comparison. You can see why there are very large droplets on the surface after using.
For grins, a $0.99 sprayer I picked up from the grocery store:
It is somewhere in between, but dispenses much less product per pull than either the Kwazar of the Spray master. This brings up a good point - the Kwazar is a dual-action sprayer, so as you pull the trigger it sprays, and when you release the trigger and it returns to home position, it sprays again. The trigger pull between the two is negligible, so the Kwazar is putting out much more product per effort, which is why I wanted to try it out. My intended role for this sprayer is pre-soaking before an ONR wash, so I want to be able to dispense a lot of product in a hurry. Now that I have compared the two sprayers side by side, I think the Kwazar is going to have many more roles for me if I can swallow the price, but I will probably pay them off in saved product from tips and spills.
Now for videos of the sprayers in action: (The focus was set to show the spray pattern, not the sprayers)
1: Spray Master:
[video=youtube_share;8pTSjHai6uc] - Spray Master Sprayer[/video]
2: Kwazar:
[video=youtube_share;FRaVMh3BL9s] - Kawazar Sprayer[/video]
3: Generic Grocery store bargin:
[video=youtube_share;PpHsggJmI70] - Generic Sprayer[/video]
Conclusions
The Kwazar sprayers are much more expensive than the spray master sprayer ($6.99 vs $16.99), however, it is in a totally different league of sprayers. The Kwazar is an industrial sprayer through and through made for demanding tasks such as decontamination or agriculture, but with this pedigree it makes one the finest detailing sprayers I have used. From the laboratory grade plastics used, to the thick wall and durable construction, and with the quality of the spray mist it is capable of producing (though it will shoot a jet if you want it to) this is the only sprayer I am going to purchase from now on; and that is before I consider it is dual action, and does not spill or leak which were my primary criteria going into this test.
The feel of the unit is also something that must be highlighted - the plastics used feel great in your hand, they have some grip to them and are generally nothing like the brittle/slick/'cheap feeling' plastics used in the Spay Master. It is similar to dash plastics in cars, there are really good plastics that feel good, and those that just feel cheap in comparison.
No doubt the price is painful even with all of these qualities, but more of the Kwazar sprayers are in my next AG order
