Wagner, SIDEKICK Powered Roller, Included (qty.) 1 Width 9 in, Adjustable Handle, Model# 0530010

Bought this, as I'm remodeling a house and had a large area for a single color.First, don't buy this for a single bedroom paint job, where you have standard 8 foot ceilings and smooth walls. It's not really worth it for that when you consider the money and time investment.I used this in a large "great" room, dining room, etc. Some walls had old paint over knockdown walls, some had new knockdown applied. This thing worked really well for my situation. The hardest part is getting it going. You need to work the paint into the roller and that will take a minute or two to get it saturated...but you have to keep rolling on the wall, even if you're not painting anything. Otherwise, you'll get bad drips. I did the vast majority of my work without a drop cloth (laminate and tile, no carpet). Once it's saturated you're good to go. Use 5 second bursts to recharge the roller with paint as it runs low. People who say this thing pumps paint too fast, obviously left the thing running the whole time and are obviously idiots.This helped a lot on the fresh knockdown walls, because it can lay the paint on pretty thick without having to roll it in the pan every other stroke. Knockdown tends to eat up paint pretty quick but I effectively covered all the surfaces in 2 coats (second coat being very quick and light, just to fill in the "holidays" as painters call them). On smooth walls, this thing flies.I used this with 5 gallon and 1 gallon cans with no issues.CLEAN UP TIPS:I got this down to science.- You basically need three 5 gallon buckets (homer pales from HD for $5, if you don't already have a couple)- Helps to be outside at a hose or spigot.- Strip paint from roller, back into paint can, as much as possible.- Fill one buck with water (IF you have access to warm water, great...I didn't) and Dawn dish soap. Stick the feed tube in there, as you would a paint can.- Pull off roller, strip parts, throw in second bucket (IF YOU'RE THROWING AWAY THE ROLLER, DON'T FORGET TO TAKE OUT THE INTERNAL PARTS)- Hang handle roller on empty 3rd bucket (or hang it on something like a fence, etc)- Run the machine. Let the soapy water flow through the machine for a solid 15 minutes (don't put them in the same bucket as suggested in other posts...you're just cycling dirty water back through for no reason)- Use second bucket to wash roller and parts while it runs. (These rollers aren't cheap....try to get a few uses out of them)- Empty bucket #1, rinse and fill with only clean water.- Run machine again and let the plain water run through for another 10 minutes.- Take the handle apart and make sure it gets cleaned well. I like to stick the end of the metal piece right on the end of hose to blast out the little holes of any dried paint. If the latex paint dries and clogs a couple of those holes, you're screwed next time.- Make sure you're only pumping clean, clear water...at that point the internals are as clean as they can get.- Pull the feed hose out of the water and let it run for a minute to pump out any water in the hose. Try to elevate the machine and use gravity to drain the hose. I like to hang it up in the garage to let it dry, with the handle in a bucket to drain.- Clearing the line of excess water is important, otherwise you'll go to use it again and you'll start with very wet paint and get a lot of runs and drips.- I like to re-start it with the roller off and the handle in a bucket. You'll see the paint flow through and push most of the water out first. Let it run in the bucket a little to make sure you're dry and then put roller on.- You WILL waste a little more paint with this set-up than with a traditional roller - be aware of that if you think you're going to be right on the edge of having enough paint.Other tips:Don't get the perforated rollers at HD - they SUCK compared to the Wagner brand rollers on Amazon and are twice the price (in-store, compared to Amazon). UPS showed up while I was rolling with an HD roller....I took it off and started over with a fresh Wagner mid-job.Just remember, you're going to need a solid 30 minutes to clean up. If you decide to let this sit and not clean it properly, you won't get another use out of it.Have some vasoline or grease or oil for the areas where the rollers connects and rotates. You'll notice they come oiled and if they go dry, this thing will squeak and be harder to roll.Yes, this thing gets heavy...surprisingly. I'm a grown man in good shape and it was heavier than expected when full of paint. A GOOD contractors pole will help alleviate some of that, even if you're not going high up. The 2-4' extendable one (solid metal interior...not a cheap broom handle type) work really well...you can control pressure with one hand and movement with the other - splits up the work.

This tool was so easy to use and clean, I am thoroughly impressed! I was painting my daughters room and it made quick work of the project and less mess since I was sucking the paint into the handle versus dipping in a pan then moving to wall. It is a bit of a workout- and can be a little heavy when doing high places. Where it really won was clean-up, I was surprised how little paint was left behind in the handle and parts easily came apart for cleaning.

This paint roller did make my project go a little faster, but I’m not convinced it’s worth the money. Here’s why:- the suction tube is sized for one gallon paint cans, so if you have a large area to cover and bought a 5-gallon bucket, you will have to transfer paint to a smaller container after the paint level decreases- it puts more paint onto the wall than you would probably use with a roller & tray, especially as you first get the hang of how much paint to dispense- paint dispenses in along strip of holes in the roller, so it can come out unevenly & may cause drips- it’s heavy so if painting is being done above shoulder level then more frequent breaks may be necessary- in order to draw paint into the handle you have to simultaneously push down and pull away from the roller, which can be an awkward & difficult movementThe positives:- some time savings- clean up is easy- inexpensive- if wrapped tightly over both the roller and intake port it can be set aside overnight and used without problems the next day. Some paint may leak out but when stored roller end down nothing dried out when I had to take an overnight break on my project

If I could give it zero I would. Used the previous model of this concept years ago and it was wonderful! This one was a total pos. Set up and primed ok but other than an initial roller full of paint, no more would feed. Removed the plunger and relived the orings with gasoline but that wasn’t it. What a total cluster f. Dumped the tube back into the paint can and went to plan B, conventional roller and pan.Don’t think I did anything wrong but filing the whole thing into thee garbage can for pickup tomorrow.Absolutely do not recommend. What a shame.

Works great, but I did not clean after use, I threw it away,,,,looked like cleaning would be a lot of work.I filled the paint stick about 8 times with a gallon.Made the job faster and cleaner

My 20 year old power roller died so I replaced it with this new version. It works well, very happy 😊

Product works as advertised. But, I didn’t like product. It’s heavy. Now by itself it’s not that bad but once filed with paint the tubing and roller are more weighted. Add a pole and now I’m getting worn out. Using a pole is key in painting but adding it here was too much wt causing fatigue. So I had to remove the pole, which ultimately leads to more physical work.The roller used twice the amount of paint. And when I got down to that last inch of paint and last wall, it would not suck up the paint. So guess what, I ended up getting out a regular roller to finish. When cleaning there was A LOT of paint in the roller and tubing. Way too much waste and it saved no time bc of weight I was more fatigued.I’m sticking with a good roller cover and pole. Soooo much faster and lighter and less waste

Will make quick work of larger painting projects. It does take a bit of time to clean after use so I would not recommend for a single wall. However, if you are painting multiple rooms or large area's this is an awesome DIY tool to have. No more bending over 1,000 times to fill the roller. Once you master the paint flow you will paint for hours without having to pause to load a roller.