Paintpod: worth it?

Israfel

Just a qwuick question, I have a lot of painting to do soon and I see the Paintpod advertised all the time. Is it worth the investment, has anyone used it and got pro's and cons for it?

davetrousers

You severely limit your choice of paints.

You still have to stand there and do the rolling.

I found a long handled roller made it easier.

docij

I bought one when doing up our house to sell. I'd done a lot of internet research and seen a 50/50 split between those who loved Paintpods and those who didn't. We found it doesn't really work well when painting over dark paint with a lighter one. The paint you need to use is thinner than the ordinary stuff you would buy in pots. The adverts always show dark paint on light and it might work that way but took 5 coats the other way round. I would save your money and do it the traditional way.

nickj_2

get yourself a decent roller and sleeve
get it from your local builders merchants rather than diy store

Guinea_2

Although you do have less choice of paints, we bought one when we were repainting our house and found it was brilliant! :j We have found that you do have to replace the hose before they say to and wash it out a couple of times before using again but it was well worth the money. At the time we bought ours it was cheaper in B&Q than it was in Homebase :money: but I don't know now.
Hope this helps! Enjoy painting!! :beer:

phill99

Remember the professionals don't use them.

Paul_the_Painter

Given that about 95% of the time taken to paint a room, to my standards, is taken up by removing decorations (pictures etc), removing hooks, removing switches, filling holes, prepping surfaces, covering furniture, covering the floor, cutting in etc. Halving the time taken to roll by buying something that cuts down on the choice of colours offered, has never really appealed.

Your mileage may vary

mogadon

I got one because I am short, and my house has very high ceilings. I find long handled rollers really awkward and having to climb up and down the ladder all the time is what takes all the time. The paintpod really helps with that.

Other than that the criticisims are correct, it has limited colours, thinner paint, and if you are going to do the job properly, filling, sanding, etc, the time saved overall with be minimal.

I didn't do it properly. I just wanted to cover a LOT of high walls with magnolia and high ceilings with white, as quickly and easily as possible, and for that it was brilliant.

Curly

google crown decorating center and find one in your area go there get a good paint tray roller cadge sheep skin roller sleeve and a good set of Baruch Decorators Choice are gd. that will be less than the £50 you spend on the paint pod also buy your paint from there it will be trade which is better mainly due to it being thick, which means it will cover more = less coats, you will still need 2 coats tho. also tell them your in the trade and they will give you a better price

Basil1234

you all seemed to miss the big one compare price between pod price paint and normal tin of paint when i last looked a few months ago the paintpod paint was quite alot more on a ltr by ltr comparsion

LandyAndy

Paul_the_Painter wrote: »

Given that about 95% of the time taken to paint a room, to my standards, is taken up by removing decorations (pictures etc), removing hooks, removing switches, filling holes, prepping surfaces, covering furniture, covering the floor, cutting in etc. Halving the time taken to roll by buying something that cuts down on the choice of colours offered, has never really appealed.

Your mileage may vary

Totally agree. Rolling is a tiny part of the time spent.