Wagner Spraytech 2419329 PaintStick EZ Roller Paint Roller, Long Handle Extension Roller for Painting Interior Walls and Ceilings

This thing is a game changer. I was excited to get a sprayer but quickly realized spraying in a house is rarely an option. So i got this roller. I get almost no drips. Like maybe 3-4 little drips 1/3 of the size of a dime if i paint an entire room! I mean thats hard to beat. And one fill of the tube will paint the majority of 15 foot of wall give or take a foot or 2. And it works flawlessly. And the special roller covers you buy for this are cheap. Like $4 each here on Amazon. No downside to this little baby. I think it is pretty straight forward to clean it afterwards. And breaks down a little if you are packing it away in a truck or car. People that give a negative review are doing something wrong or using too thin a paint or something. You do have to clean it well after every use and put Vaseline on the 2 or 3 rubber parts so they dont dry and crack. But if you do that you will paint like a pro. The only thing is you will go thru some paint. Rollers in general suck up a lot of paint and this soaks up that much more. So if you have 1 gallon and hope to paint 1 wall then you might just opt for a regular roller. But if you have 2 to 5 gallons and are painting an entire room it is an absolute necessity

I have been using Wagner paint sticks for years. So when this new paint stick came I was a little hesitant because of the aligner was made out of foam and not plastic. Also there was no splash guard. There was just a tube to draw the paint from the can. No lid for the can. However it was easy to draw up the paint into the can and splashing was really no issue. I was very surprised how easy this was to use and clean up. Easier to use than the prior paint sticks I used. I would definitely use this again

After seeing this all over the internet I was extremely disappointed. The paint stick I received was defective and did not suck up paint when it was pulled. It is also very hard to clean after use. I had such high hopes for this but very gimmicky.

First, it did work. I had to paint the upper walls in our stairwell (> 20' up) and I wanted something that didn't have me dipping the roller constantly (which I find hard to do on a ladder). This worked well and I have no complaints. However, I don't think it's going to replace my regular roller setup. First, clean up is pretty involved and messy. If I was painting one wall, I'd never break this out. Second, I wish it was sturdier. Parts are fine but the tube seems a bit flimsy. We'll see how well it holds up over time. To those who had leaks (I had none), I can only suggest that you make sure all the seals are properly lubricated. The inside of the tube holding the paint was remarkably clear. Also, if you're new to the tool, watch a few videos of people actually using this to get the hang of it. Helped me a lot.

The best painting investment I have ever made. Honestly if I had to buy one every single time I painted (just simply because I didn't want to clean it after) it would still be worth it.

We spent a lot of time with drop cloths the first day. Totally unnecessary with this. Most of the drips from traditional painting come from pouring paint into the pan, loading the roller, etc. the reduced prep time makes this a no brainer. The clean up IS a pain. By the end of our house, there were dried chunks of paint inside the metal roller rod, which made the paint distribution uneven, but I would attribute that to the fact that we often wrapped the roller in a plastic bag and left it if we were not changing color, and as result it often went three days without being cleaned. If you were really religious about cleaning it, I’m sure that wouldn’t happen, but thoroughly cleaning this takes at least an hour. all that being said, I still give this a five star review, because realistically the cost is only about $10-$15 more than you would pay for traditional roller pieces, and if you’re only doing one house (i.e., you are not a professional painter who intends to use this every day for a year ) then I think you can justify this and throw it away when you’re done. After you get the hang of it, this is substantially faster than traditional dip, painting, much less messy. I would not recommend it for someone who is just doing one or two walls, but for someone who intends to do a large DIY project like painting their whole house, this is a no-brainer.

It worked fine but the paint was not coming out proportionately I feel like I wasted paint. Not a fan won’t use again. Not for a big project at least maybe something small

This is the 3rd incarnation of the paint stick I have owned spanning 25 years. The first was the original paint stick, a gift from a friend who loaned it to me, then gave it to me because she was never painting a room again. I was in love, no more splatter when painting, just pulling the paint up into the handle and pushing in when I needed more paint. Its gaskets and filler port wore out. I then bought a new paint stick and used it until the filler port was stiff and wouldn’t hold a seal to draw up paint. Here I am at my 3rd incarnation and boy is it an improvement. The ratchet handle makes moving paint to the roller so easy. The filler port comes apart so all the paint can be cleaned out! This is not a weak point anymore. The directions for cleaning really helped—it was always a bugger to clean but with the instructions it’s a lot easier. The roller assembly is still a BUGGER & messy to clean, probably because I try to get all the excess paint back in the can and not flushed out on the ground. The roller assembly has both an outside that holds paint as all rollers do AND an inside that has a reservoir of paint. BUT even though clean up (of the roller assembly) is messy, I highly recommend this paint stick.