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Upgrade your Birchmeier backpack sprayers with the Comfort Kit and you can literally take a lot of weight off yours and your employee's shoulders 

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Birchmeier Backpacks - Maintenance Required

Birchmeier backpacks are the best backpack sprayers available and will last many years with proper use and maintenance.  One of the parts that wears out on the Birchmeier Backpack Sprayer is the lid gasket.  This is the large o-ring in the lid that prevent chemical from dripping down your back.
The lid gasket should be replaced once a year or when it fails.  How will you know when it fails?  Your Birchmeier is covered in chemical and your back is wet.

This photo shows a Birchmeier lid gasket that is clearly past its prime.  Don't live with a leaking backpack, replace this gasket. It is a good idea to keep an extra one in the office so you have it when you need it.  Purchase authentic Birchmeier replacement parts.

Backpack Sprayers - Cheap Doesn't Save Money

Backpacks sprayers are great tools for pest control & weed control.  Backpacks range from $50 at the home store to $250 for a top of the line Birchmeier Backpack to over $400 for an electric model that doesn't require pumping.
When buying your backpack, don't look just at price.  This is especially true for professionals relying on a backpack sprayer for their livelihood.  A cheap backpack that fails or for which there are no replacement parts does not save you money.  Here is a photo of a cheap backpack.   

Client bought a cheap backpack.  It stopped spraying; they brought it to us for repairs because they couldn't find parts.  We couldn't find parts either.
One look and we found a serious design problem.  The spray hose connection to the pump mechanism is seriously flawed, causing the hose to kink.  The kink restricts water flow, which means the tech has to pump harder and the pump will not last as long as it should.
The correct design would have included an elbow so the hose didn't kink.  The elbow would have added a couple of dollars to the cost of the sprayer so it was left off by the manufacturer.
When buying a backpack, look for quality construction, good availability of replacement parts, good design for use and ease of service.  For these reasons, I personally like the Birchmeier Backpack sprayers. 

Read more: http://www.qspray.com/blog/bid/85066/Backpack-Sprayers-Cheap-Doesn-t-Save-Money#ixzz2F9MVVOP9

Birchmeier Backpack Maintenance

Birchmeier Backpack is the best backpack sprayer you can buy, IF you take care of it. If you don't take care of it, it is a waste of money and you should buy a cheapo at the home store.

Some Birchmeier care reminders:
 
1.  Don't overpressurize
2.  Release the pressure after each stop
3.  Keep it well lubricated
4.  Clean it out periodically
5.  Do preventative maintenance.
Quite a few of the Birchmeier backpacks that are brought to us are for very simple repairs that could have been performed by the technician.  Here are a few key parts that are worth stocking so you can perform minor repairs yourself to save time and save money. 
- Lid gasket
- Check valve
- O-ring kit
- Replacement tip
- Hose connector (barb)
- Extra strap. 

All these items are available on our Birchmeier Parts page of our website.

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