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<blockquote data-quote="Popcorn" data-source="post: 5415930" data-attributes="member: 20151"><p>I have never used an electric backpack sprayer or tried to spray large areas with any backpack sprayer but a few things stand out as needing attention here.</p><p>1. You might want to adjust your mix ratio considering most ratios are based on either 10 or 20 gallons of solution per acre. An acre is 43,560 square feet. At 1000 sq ft per fill up that's a lot of chemicals </p><p>2. Buy the absolute most professional quality sprayer you can find! Those are by and large designed for lawn maintenance, edging and spot spraying. Continued extended use may not be in the design. Battery life would also be a consideration if spraying a lot, take extras or an inverter and charger.</p><p>3. Personal protection!! If spraying a large area it can become impossible to not be in the drift or wading thru stuff already sprayed. Nobody likes being soaked in weed killer.</p><p>4. Water reservoir! </p><p></p><p>I suggest doing a practice run on a driveway with water to learn how to maximize coverage while not being wasteful and to know about how far your gonna get on a fill up. You don't have to saturate the weeds but you do have to get it on the leaves that are in a growth stage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Popcorn, post: 5415930, member: 20151"] I have never used an electric backpack sprayer or tried to spray large areas with any backpack sprayer but a few things stand out as needing attention here. 1. You might want to adjust your mix ratio considering most ratios are based on either 10 or 20 gallons of solution per acre. An acre is 43,560 square feet. At 1000 sq ft per fill up that’s a lot of chemicals 2. Buy the absolute most professional quality sprayer you can find! Those are by and large designed for lawn maintenance, edging and spot spraying. Continued extended use may not be in the design. Battery life would also be a consideration if spraying a lot, take extras or an inverter and charger. 3. Personal protection!! If spraying a large area it can become impossible to not be in the drift or wading thru stuff already sprayed. Nobody likes being soaked in weed killer. 4. Water reservoir! I suggest doing a practice run on a driveway with water to learn how to maximize coverage while not being wasteful and to know about how far your gonna get on a fill up. You don’t have to saturate the weeds but you do have to get it on the leaves that are in a growth stage. [/QUOTE]
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