5 Part Paint Pad Set

These are great, wish I'd tried them before. Not only did it make painting the bathroom walls a faster, cleaner and easier job than brushes or rollers, it also leaves a beautiful smooth finish with no marks like you get with a brush or roller. I thought the price was reasonable. I don't think you would get more than a couple of uses out of them but at such a good price, I don't really think that's an issue. I was so impressed, I've already purchased 2 more to do the big job of painting the hallway and stairs.

First off I have to say that If I'd payed attention to all the 1 and 2 star reviews here I would never have bough this but because of price and the majority of reviews I thought it was worth a gamble.I would have normally used my usual rollers, tray and brushes but like others have found this can be quite messy and I had a kitchen to repaint to I thought it was worth the small investment.I'm happy to report things went very well, I didn't have a problem with the pads shredding or falling off the handles. I do think that there could be some improvements, the large pad is just slightly too large for the tray. To get a good spread of paint on the pad it needs a bit of rocking back and forth. The small cutting in pad is a bit too small for accurate cutting in around light switches and the like, I found using painters tape and the medium pad worked well in this case, also when trying to get in awkward spaces it doesn't quite get to the edge.With the proper technique and not overloading the pad this produces very good results.

I have always preferred pads to rollers, rollers make a mess, and sometimes leave a bit of an uneven surface when looking at the wall up close. Definitely recommend this brand of paint pads, better than the shops own brands, and I've tried, Wickes, B&Q and Homebase over the years. These leave a very smooth surface, and are great for textured/ badly plastered walls as they get into all the crevices. They don't drip, and make hardly any mess as long as you don't over load them with paint, and load them evenly.They seem to be lasting so far, I have done 2-3 coats in three rooms with them, and washed them 4-5 times between days and they're still completely intact. The only downside is the washing, because they have a sponge underneath the pads surface this soaks up the paint, which means it can take a while to get them clean.

Nothing wrong with the pads. They are of decent quality and the idea seems good but in practice it did not work for me at all. I tried and I tried... and returned to the trusted Dulux brush and rollers. I could not even do cutting with these pads, not even with the smallest of them. It is hard to put paint on them evenly, and it smudges all over the plastic edges and leaves marks where it should not. It is a purely personal preference, but they did not work for me.

I recently purchased this paind pad set to paint my newly bought house from top to bottom and i am absolutley amazed with the results. I initially put this product to one side and started off with a roller which I am not particularly keen on, after 2 days off using a roller and putting up with the splashes I took this pad set out. I found that this is a much easier way of painting, its quicker than a roller, no mess or paint splashes but best of all it saved me time as I needed one coat of paint. Using this paint set, I would reccommend that you be generous with the amount of paint you apply but dont be overly generous. You can easily notice when the pad is becoming dry which means time for more paint. I applied a thick coat on all my walls and i tell you what, its a very smooth finish, not like how a paint brush would leave it with all the faint lines. I just wished i had bought two of these in the first place rather than spending a fortune on loads of brushes and rollers etc.The only small downside is that the edging is not as brilliant as made out to be. If you want perfect edges and lines then use what i did, frog tape which is not cheap but its excellent stuff or use a smaller paint brush, Harris of course.Overall impressive product and have to say that Harris Taskmaster is the best product i have ever used

I used to use these in the UK, but have not seen them in France and went back to the roller system. Every time that I used a roller, I cursed it due to the paint splatter. I'm about to paint my kitchen using these and am looking forward to it! I recall the ease of using was more controllable than a roller. I would use these in preference to Harris's other paint pad productAs an aside, I was in the UK last month and had to buy paint pads for an unexpected job. The only ones available in B&Q was the Harris Complete Paint Pad Kit, with two different size roller trays. The handle came off the pad within five minutes of using it. That continued to happen. When the paint tray required a refill, I continued with a brush. There was too much paint left in the tray that was inaccessible to the roller. For something that was more than twice the price of the Taskmaster set, it was extremely disappointing.

We tried two different paint pads in our recent redecorating project. These were by far the best and easiest to use. They are good quality and apply the paint evenly.There is a bit of skill involved in using them so do practice a bit first. The main skill is in loading the correct amount of paint on the pad. I'd also recommend having a rag to occasionally wipe the edge of the pad.Overall I'm pleased with the pads. I have removed one star from my rating because the large pad does not fit in the paint tray provided. It seems a stupid, penny pinching thing to provide such a tiny paint tray. Also, it would be much better to provide a handle for each pad, again this smacks of penny pinching: This aside, they are good quality and do a good job with less mess.