HomeRight 5 Piece Paint Stick Kit #C800060 :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Works great. Less filling.

2006-06-17
Using this tool is a pleasure. It saves time and reduces the inevitable spatter of roller painting. I painted a large living room and textured ceiling and was surprised at how few fill ups were necessary. My back would still be hurting had I tackled this job the conventional way.
The clean up is an unenviable and messy chore. Buy extra roller covers from Homeright to save yourself a little work post-painting.

Wow!This is Fast

2006-03-22
It's true, the paint stick allows your to paint a room in 1/3 the time. Plus it's alot less messy and drippy than using a standard roller. For 'cutting in' Homeright also has a tiny version of a paint stick.I'm definitely using the paint stick again on my next paint project. So why only 4 stars? Like everyone else...the cleanup is just too time consuming.I got about 1/4 of the way into the cleanup procedure and ended up just throwing the whole thing away. But for $25 you can throw it away. When the project is done $25 doesn't sound so bad to throw out.I hate to paint,exceeded only by cleaning up after painting. I'll just get a new one next time.

How tall are you

2006-03-11
I have just used the HomeRight C800438 which to all intents and purposed is the same as the model listed above. I found it quick and after the first struggle easy to load and fill. It gives a lighter even layer than using the old brush and tray method and you have to make sure you have your roller charged.
The main disadvantage I thought was the length of the shaft. As you near the end of the paint the effective length of the shaft is 30 inches or 76 centimeters plus about 7 inches for the working end bit with the roller on. I am 6 foot tall exactly and the ceiling I was working on was 8 foot. I found I had to operate the stick with my arms around chest height or a bit higher which is tiring especially if you wan to put some pressure on the roller. I have roller on the end of a longer pole which is use with a tray and because that extends to almost five feet I can use it with my hands below my waste and yet still be accurate and apply pressure. I liked the paintstick but it is a pity the handle is not a bit longer.
Cleaning is a pain as the earlier reviews show.

paintstick

2005-11-27
this is a great product. it was well worth the money spent. cuts your time in 1/2 or even more.

PaintStick

2005-08-11
The paintstick was a great tool to paint with. Problem is mostly cleaning it up. Although it worked well, it is not as good as the Wagner Paintmate.

The next best thing to not painting at all

2008-05-31
This product does all it claims to do. It was a breeze to use and saved a lot of time and effort with my paint project. When you follow the instructions, your task of painting really becomes enjoyable. After painting one room, I decided to do another room because it was so quick and easy.

Really works pretty decently.

2007-11-19
We got one of these when painting our upstairs.... This thing is good if you have a lot of area to cover, and a lot of area to work. My wife found it unwieldy, but I loved it. I put 2 gallons of paint on the wall in about and hour. I only had to return to the can maybe a dozen times to refill. No bending over the pan BS.... huge timesaver in that regard... I don't know why people bitch about the cleaning, I found it pretty easy.... If you have a 12x12 room or something, I'd just go w/ a traditional roller.... but if you have to do a bunch of painting, this thing really does the job.

Disappointed...Paintstick provides no true "advantage"

2007-08-23
I bought this paintstick to paint 2 rooms, with celings. I got one coat on each ceiling & it worked ok but I wouldn't say that it's better than traditional rollers or that it saves you time or energy. If anything, its heavier and makes you work harder and takes just as much time. Furthermore, cleaning this thing not only takes a phD but it also takes an hour plus AND was so tedious I ended up throwing it away...I just didnt see the value.

The instruction booklet is 2 pages on setup and use and 6 pages on cleaning. No thanks.

Gone after 3 hours

2007-07-02
I purchased this painting stick with the idea of using it for a large inside painting job (including ceilings) but without having to change colors. After less than 2 hours of use, the seals around the head were leaking (splattering me and the floor with paint). After 2-1/2 hours, the roller was popping off even when not saturated with paint, wasting great quantities of paint. After 3 hours (actually slightly less), it was in the garbage. The amount of effort saved was not worth the aggrevation.

Better than the others

2006-09-12
I have owed this paint stick for years and love it. I first bought a Wagner paint stick and after 2 uses the valve to draw up the paint lost its seal and leaked. Then I bought the Homeright because it was cheaper at the time. I now work as a handyman and was using a sprayer for a big job resently. When I got to a room with lots of windows, I stared using my Homeright paint stick. I found the paint stick had better coverage and was quicker. It does lose a star due to the clean up time. But it's easier to clean than the Wagner.