SuperHandy B08CS6MKRH SuperHandy Fogger Machine ULV (Open Box)

I purchased this product back in April. I have a large garden, and I live in coastal North Carolina where summers are incredibly wet and oppressively humid. Disease and pest pressure in my garden is off the charts due to these conditions, so having a good spraying routine of fungicides and insecticides is critical if you want to have a decent harvest where I live. I used 2 gallon pump sprayers for years, and they were killing me. I would have to refill them several times, and it would take me about 2 hours a week to spray spray my garden using this method. The lengthy process of spraying would eventually become such a nuisance and so painful that I would skip spraying and not adhere to the proper schedule as I should, leading to diminished yields and a lot of pests in the heat of the summer. There had to be a better way - and there is! And it's this machine right here. Using this machine has turned a torturous 1+ hour long spray session into 10-15 minutes of fun. What used to take forever now takes minutes. I can spray my ENTIRE garden down with this machine in under 10 minutes, and because the mist is so efficient, I can cover 2-3 times the amount of area with a single 2 gallon tank. I'm saving hours and hours of my time a month, and I'm using less than half the amount of concentrates. And the best part - this mist coats the undersides of leaves very well, which is difficult to accomplish with a manual pump sprayer. Less time spraying, better coverage, less concentrates used - win, win, win! Now, let's address the negative reviews. The two biggest complaints are: 1. The machine is heavy. 2. The battery life is poor. Point #1: You purchased a battery-operated 2 gallon fogging machine. The weight of water is 8.33lbs per gallon. That means by simply filling up the 2 gallon tank, you added 16.66 lbs of weight. Add in the weight of the machine itself, plus a dense lithium ion battery, and you need to make sure you can adequately lift 25-30 lbs to be able to use this machine. If you cannot lift that much, purchase a smaller capacity machine. Of course there is going to be some weight to this product - you purchased a large machine that holds multiple gallons of liquid, which you then must carry. Surely, you cannot think the weight of the contents inside the tank doesn't exist. Please, consider what you're purchasing before you purchase it. Point #2: The battery lasts about 20 minutes. This is industry-standard with any lithium ion battery tool. Battery powered leaf blowers, weed whackers, lawnmowers and other tools only last somewhere in the 10-25 minute range. This isn't a problem with the sprayer, but a weakness with battery technology itself. It is not up to par with long-duration tasks like gasoline or hard-corded electric tools. There is a reason why no commercial landscaper uses battery tools. They're made for small, residential plots. They don't last all day, and they aren't designed to. They're designed for convenience, since you won't need to oil your machine and spill gasoline all over your garage. If you need lasting power, you need gasoline power. The good news is, 20 minutes is more than enough time for me to spray my entire garden and dozens of my fruit trees along the perimeter yard if I so choose. Spraying my entire garden alone, I have never once had the battery die on me. Use the appropriate spray setting and work quickly. If you're trying to spray large acreage, using battery-operated equipment is not appropriate. Please make sure you are buying the appropriate tool for the job. As long as you have realistic expectations for this sprayer, you will be very happy. It is absolutely wonderful at what it is designed to do. It has made my life so much easier.