Bosch Home and Garden 603207170 Electric Paint Spray System PFS 3000-2 (650 W, in carton packaging)

Not a huge fan of decorating find it time consuming and having to clean the brushes a real pain, so decided to get a sprayer.There were quite a few to choose from but chose to get the Bosch sprayer. I can honestly say that I am well impressed, there was no need to buy special paint or to thin it down, the assembly of the sprayer is very easy everything is just click and twist. The paint container holds enough paint to cover about 6 metres squared, the time it takes to actually paint is much quicker than using brushes or a roller, also found there was no dripping either. As the paint is being sprayed there is a constant flow of warm air that comes from the end of the gun, this starts off the drying process as well. When you have finished painting cleaning the sprayer is so simple as it's just the gun that needs to be cleaned, pour any remaining paint back into the can, strip down the gun and wash (I used warm water), the gun comes up looking like new. When it was clean I assembled everything back together switched on the sprayer and blew air through the gun to dry it out further. Packing it away was easy as everything just fitted back in box.So overall simple use, fast, easy to clean and pack away, I am so pleased with the sprayer and the actual finish of the paint. At this moment I have found nothing I don't like about the sprayer and would highly recommend this to anyone

Bloody brilliant. I had 38 fence panels to do a gate and a small fence at front. This little machine is brilliant. Definitely use the sifter I tapped it to help knock it through faster. Obviously add 5% water to your paint. I use ducksback in black. It’s THE BEST paint u see water just run off. Anyway it took me 6 hrs that included covering the grass and plants. Super easy to clean using this paint. It’s waterbaced. I used almost 5 tin 5L . I’ve painted it before it took me all weekend. So well chuffed on time super easy to use and clean. Sadly no photos left phone in house and wanting a shower and rest.

I used this spray gun to paint my hallway with undiluted trade emulsion (thick) paint. The hallway was part fresh plaster (mist coat already applied) and part old paint.What's good? Once you've masked everything - and you'll need to do this well - it's very quick. 2 hours from start of painting to completion. This is helpful if you're in an area that can't be out of action for long like a hall/stairs/landing. The finish if the paint is applied in accordance with the instructions is every bit as good as a roller. It's very good at getting even coverage in corners, around doors etc. The adjustable nozzle helps with this.What could be better?It generates a lot of fine dry paint particulates that, if you're not careful will go everywhere. It goes without saying that a mask is required and I think Bosch would do well to include one to get you started given the target consumer. Ceiling spraying was quite tricky as pointing the gun at the ceiling results in the gun getting no paint - this is solved by keeping the container well topped up and spraying at 45 degrees. I had to periodically clear the air channels of dried paint to ensure that it worked consistently, this may have been because of the viscosity of the paint that I was using.Other comments:It gets very hot using the spray gun for long periods of time. The air coming from the blower gets really quite hot so the room becomes like a sauna except you have your clothes on. It is also noisy, not crazily so but worth knowing. I also found that overspraying an area is quite easy to do, but also easily fixed if you keep a small paint roller to hand. When starting and in detailed areas I found that using the lower air setting, though not in the instructions, was quite good for delivering smaller amounts of paint. Finally I'd not recommend using low tack masking tape as the jet of air will be enough to get under it.Overall I'm pretty pleased with it. If you're looking for an overall quicker way of painting, don't bother because the masking time will be as much as any additional time brush/rolling. But if you want a nice consistent finish to the corners of the room, have large areas to paint and don't mind the masking effort or are simply bored of using a roller and brushes then go for it.

I started of with doubts this would work to spray Granocryl masonry paint, 1st I tried undiluted and it didn't work, I then diluted the paint by 10% after a good stir it sprayed easily, the coverage is excellent and the amount of time it has saved and reduced the hardwork of stipling using a brush makes it a very worthwhile purchase. Yes you have to mask up but I honestly say it has saved hours of hardwork, clean up is easy and I would say Bosch you should have supplied a bottle brush to clean the paint pick up tube, it cleans up so well that it looks like new and is ready for the next time to use. Go and buy it you won't be dissapointed.

Super impressed by this paint sprayer. Bought to tackle our garden wall. We have breeze block wall which has loads of nooks and crannies. The paint sprayer was able to provide excellent coverage in just 1 application.Easy to use out of the box. I was concerned if the paint we used was too thick but handled it well. I used with Sandtex water based masonry paint. The paint sprayer is much better than rollers we used as its economical on paint. Was able to do a whole section and have paint left over where before we'd gone through 1 and a half trays.Instructions are a little hard to read at times just trying to flick back and forth to the diagrams.Afterwards, cleaned thoroughly with warm water and an old cleaning brush (originally used for straws). Would recommend picking up a set of cleaning brushes for it just to keep the nozzles clear of obstruction and ready for next use

Sprays too much paint . Trigger control doesn’t do much difference.. On the lowest setting paint container gets empty in less than a minute.