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Old 13-08-2009, 08:24 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default SILVERLINE rubbish garden tools!

I have purchased a Silverline weed wand and Silverline 5 Litre
Pressure Sprayer in the not too distant past.

Weed wand was terrible quality and the regulator snapped on
fitting.(In 25 years of camping/caravanning I have never known such a
thing)

Sprayer seemed ok but leaked a little from new. Three uses later it
started flooding out from the handle, obvioulsy the pump seal had gone
(recommends 25 pumps, I only ever gave 20)

Silverline proudly boast a lifetime warrantly, but that's no good if
you constantly send it back and have to pay P&P. The price is pitched
that no doubt most people just wouldnt bother! The trash coming over
from China these days is terrible, looks good but only lasts five
minutes. Terrible envirinmental issues too with all this waste going
in to landfill.

Are there any decent Manufacturers left, preferably British? Dad had a
weeder he used for 35 years and I have never known this kind of stuff
to fail in such a short time.

I would never touch any of this rubbish again whatever the price, and
luckily Amazon always cough up if you have problems.



Anyone have a decent well tried sprayer they could recommend these
days? tia