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does the guy come with it?

Okay, not only does it use energy for something that could be done manually, but then you have to go to the gym to work out the muscles you didn't use otherwise.

I believe you can only use their own paints.

Hmmm... It could be worth it to me just because it's self-cleaning! Cleaning the brushes and rollers is my absolute least favorite part of painting.

haha, much like the first comment thought that hot or not question was for the male model ; )

and well, molly... how often are you cleaning those paint brushes? i would imagine not too often and it pains me to go to the gym and use energy to "release" energy.

where is my gym that creates energy?

all that combined... this product is shameful!

Oh these things are *awful*. The cord gets in the way and as soon as you get paint on the cord, you've got paint on everything else. Don't bother.

How often are you guys painting your apartments, that you paint rather than go to a gym?

Not that I'm a fan of this product -- it reminds me too much of other electrodomesticos like steam cleaners, where they don't really work well enough or get used often enough to justify the cost and storage.

I'm in the camp that finds it weird to use a silly machine for something I can do myself. Painting isn't that hard, is it?

The PIA part of painting is edges, corners, weird areas, which this thing presumably can't do. I don't think it would be much help to have a machine to do the wide-open areas that are easy to paint anyway. I guess if I were painting some HUGE space this would be useful. Can you use it on a ceiling?

I'm in the "do we really need more plastic and electronics junking up the place?" camp. I quite enjoy painting and I don't even mind cleaning brushes. Now, if they'd just invent a machine that does really good quality prep work...

NOOOOOO,

Those things aren't worth the time and effort. They are a big ole mess and don't beat the old-fashioned method.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure this gives you that much less exercise than traditional roller-painting. You're still going to have to stretch and bend to do a whole wall.

That actually makes it more irrelevant to the home DIYer, since you're not gaining much (if any) time or energy savings to justify the cost or storage.

Well, I think that if this works as advertised it would be a great help to me (I like to switch up paint color a lot, much to my forearm's chagrin).

However, that thing seems like it has a very high disaster-potential rating. I can only imagine myself covered in paint, along with everything else I own. The Three Stooges might call and want their shtick back.

The only part that tempts me is the self-cleaning part... Oh what I would give for a utility sink!

not only does this seem like a waste on so many levels, the picture is a horrible example of how to begin painting a large wall.

Since it cleans itself that might be a plus. I bought an electric paint roller thingamabob some years ago and it was a B!^@# to clean. I think these machines might actually use too much paint though and that isn't good. I'd rather just roll it myself. I do wish I had a sprayer sometimes though...for a nice, easy, smooth and even finish.