Why the New Ridgid 18V Backpack Sprayer Kit is a Game-Changer!

all right Friends check it out someone here on the channel asked me if I would review the new Rigid backpack battery powered sprayer so let's take a look inside and I found the battery and charged it which is right here it's a nice small 2 Amp Hour battery here's the spray wand so I think this is going to slide right out that's what it looks like let's take a look all the way around so first thing I notice it has these nice padded straps I've had several different backpack sprayers over the years and there's some that just have some really thin straps and when you're wearing them for prolonged use they just kind of bite into your shoulders a little bit because I often just wear a t-shirt there's not a lot of padding it has nice mesh right there lets your back breathe so you're not right up against anything and it has a waist strap right here padded all the way around the sides right there I like it and there's some kind of clip right here looks like oh I guess that's where the hose would go that Clips in there just to help manage this right here so it's not all too Wheely and looking at this we're gonna start out just putting water in here because I'm going to test some spray features and then we're going to end up using some other weed killer nice wide mouth you have this filter right here just to keep any debris from falling in and that's what the inside looks like so here's something I notice on these translucent tanks right here you really can never see like the amount of the measurements the scale that's right there this is in liters on this side over here it's in gallons so right there's one two three and four so I'm going to end up actually taking a marker to that at the end of this video so I can always highlight that one and the two just always kind of a pain to see it I like to be able to quickly I like to have that contrast so I can quickly see what's going on so it looks like we have our on off switch right here and this looks like a flow rate right here there's a Twist knob I'm sure that's what that is and looks like it has a rubber gasket all the way around to keep that dry inside keep it waterproof so that's where the battery goes all right so if you get this don't forget to look inside here these are the tips so sometimes you might think this cardboard is just for shipping purposes but take a look what I found in here oh we have three different tips so this is kind of interesting I've never used this one this is a double tip so it looks like you can kind of spray down and at an angle so you get twice the effectiveness right here I think they call this one right here if you can see a shower head it has four different holes so this type of setup right here looks like you can really be efficient getting quite a bit done in a single pass so this one right here has a fan tip sometimes those are nice but I don't know I think I prefer having just the standard tip like that those seem to work best for me sometimes I like to aim and just have like Precision pointing at a weed and the fan is something that's I guess you know it has its purpose but I don't use that as often there is a lot of room for storage so if you want to use a bigger battery you can fit that in there if you want to store something else I guess you can do that too so a lot of times when I'm spraying I like to just wear these Nitro gloves right here just they're chemical resistant I just don't want to ever get anything on my hands so not to say that anything's going to leak here but I just that's that's something you could potentially put some of these in there if you want to just be extra careful this is one thing I just noticed that's really cool I like that it has this handle right here it's just a small thing I normally when I'm moving these have to grab the two shoulder straps it just makes a little bit easier let's say you're maneuvering this around your trailer your garage or around your yard so let's go ahead we're going to test it out first just make sure it doesn't leak so we're going to start out with two and a half quarts of water that's not a lot but just enough to really see what's going on go ahead and pour that in I have had some other ones that leaked and you could feel it like getting on your back really is not a good situation if you're spraying some type of weed killer and it gets on your shirt and on your skin that's where I'll go and shower and change right away I don't like to take a chance having any of those chemicals on my skin all right so it looks to me like this is ready to go just switch it to the on you can hear that building up pressure so if I twist it all the way clockwise then that appears to be full power so we're gonna loosen that a little bit we're going to just spray on the table if you want to go really low this is the lowest setting right here and I'm just going to dial it up all the way to high and do it slowly ready all right I do like it's nice and responsive so if you're going around trying to spray some weeds it's feeling good so now that we're seeing that it's performing well see how comfortable it is so we have adjustments up here we have adjustments down here and then for the waist there's one on each side right here so whenever I put a sprayer I often lift it up like on the bed of a pickup or somewhere else where it's kind of high so you don't have to like lift it up on your back this is over the years I learned this right here is the way to do it right there that feels pretty good I wasn't sure if there's anything some of them connect like across the chest but I feel like between the waist that really the waist one it really seems to hold it nice and snug and that seems to be good on the shoulders so I don't I don't think I'm going to be I don't think that's going to be an issue okay so you just pull on these if you want to raise it up a little bit all right oh I'm spraying Leo on accident sorry buddy I don't think Leo likes getting sprayed Leo did you like getting sprayed by water did you like that I think that's a no see how easy I can just hit those weeds real quick if I want to dial it down it's really easy to reach all right what I'm gonna do is run this out sometimes on another sprayer I notice when you start getting low if there's maybe like a half gallon left that it would start sputtering quite a bit so I just noticed that it is spluttering a little bit but we're going to keep going and then see when it finally quits how much water is left in the tank here I'll shut it off and we'll see what's left inside all right let's see what we have left in here it's probably three or four ounces it's pretty low I'll pour it on the table so you can see the amount that was it so I'd say that's pretty good compared to other ones I've tested [Music] here I am on a commercial property using the backpack sprayer you can just see from this camera angle how effective it works the weeds are just so hearty and just grow like any type of conditions it's amazing in a parking lot like that when it's really hot in the summer how they'll just pop up in the cracks so on this landscape Island right here with the stones the weeds are just growing like crazy and then right here where the asphalt meets the concrete seeds tend to get in those cracks and just really grow there too so I have to just make sure that I get them while they're small otherwise they'll take over and get tall very quick one thing you can see here there's a little bit of flex in the wand and that's something I'll talk about here in a second [Music] thank you all right back here the next day after using this quite extensively and I was very happy with the way it works there's one thing I guess if I had to point out just one little minor detail and this is very minor I think I wish this were actually a little more rigid which is kind of funny being a brand name rigid so when you're using this it just kind of has a little bit too much Flex in it in my opinion maybe other people might like it I'm guessing you could probably get a different one maybe different brands this looks like a universal fit but either way it's not a big deal but I just that's my personal preference so now we are going to try the different spray tips first one we're going to try is this dual tip right here this looks kind of interesting so this is mostly water in there I did flush out well that is a really wide pattern yeah this is tip number three this kind of has that shower head look see what this looks like this looks like this really if you have a real weedy area this looks like it'll put quite a bit down in a hurry all right I like that that's cool the last one is the fan tip that could be a good poison ivy one as well I could go like this could be narrow or it can be wide so it's really wide this would be a really good option for poison ivy as well too this might mist that a little bit where the shower one might just apply a heavier amount at one time if you want to cover some big ground this is good but if it's very windy at all that mist is going to go blowing everywhere so you want to make sure you use this fan one on a day where there's basically no wind at all there's a lot of positive things that I can say about this backpack sprayer let's take a look at the specs on the box so you can find out a little bit more okay so this has a three year limited warranty on it and if you register this within 90 days this qualifies for the rigid lifetime service agreement where you get free parts and service and here's the model number r01 501k and this includes the 2 Amp Hour battery and the charger and on that battery right there it'll spray up to 105 gallons per charge this runs off their 18 volt battery tank capacity four gallons the hose is four foot long it has the different nozzles like adjustable flat fan dual shower it has a pressure between 20 and 105 PSI and the weight is 15.3 pounds if you want to know my ass opinion about the spray right here I definitely have to say that this is the most comfortable one that I have tested yet and I'm just really happy with the performance of it you've heard a couple minor things that I like to see change but you know they're like I said very minor and the fact that this is battery powered where you don't have to go around with a hand pump and spray the weeds that is a plus all right so there's another one you'd like to see me test out please put a comment down below I'd like to see what else you guys like so everything worked well I didn't notice any leaks this mesh right here is comfortable on the back it allows you to breathe a little bit the waist strap right here really hugs you nice and just kind of helps keep some of that weight off your shoulder kind of helps balance the weight out so the only other thing I think I mentioned that I'm going to do is Mark that like one through four let me do that real quick I'll show you what I'm talking about from this angle right here I can see it pretty well there's one there's two so there as I'm quick filling it and I just want to put three gallons in I can see exactly what mark that I need to go to and not guess so I highly recommend it I'd like to know what you guys think about it if you want to find out more about this and see some additional specs the current price and other reviews I'll have a link down below to the Home Depot where you can check this out and if you'd like to see more toy reviews subscribe to the channel ring that Bell icon so you don't miss out thanks for watching friends see you next time

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Length: 12min 32sec (752 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 25 2023