PreparaOil Mister, Glass Base, 4.5 oz, Deluxe White

When I first got this, I thought it must have been defective because I couldn't get it to work. I was about to send it back, but tried one more time. I think I just didn't pump it enough to prime it. I use it daily with olive oil. I am very pleased with this purchase! It sprays a fine mist, not as fine as a commercial nonstick spray, though. It does NOT work for muffins or cupcakes. I think it was too coarse a mist for that, but for coating a pan to cook vegetables, eggs, chicken, etc it works great. It is an easier way to coat a pan without having to use an entire tablespoon of oil. I occasionally accidentally squirt the inside of the lid when I'm pumping, but that's really an issue I'm having, not with the product. Overall, it is a great buy!ETA: I've been using this regularly for almost a year now and I am still very pleased with this purchase. For a while it was praying in one stream, no mist, but I took it apart and cleaned it and it is back to working perfectly. Highly recommend!

I read all the reviews and decided the good outweighed the bad. Sometimes you have to take into consideration those people (negative reviews) who whine a lot over small things. I read about the pump not working. Well, I bought two of the oil misters and both are working wonderfully. I use one for the table and one for cooking. We have totally changed our way of eating and the misters come in handy. I love olive oil, but want to reduce the amounts I eat. The oil mister does a perfect job of spraying exactly the amount I want. The shipping was very well done. Product was well-packaged. I do think this is a quality item. I you are undecided due to negativity, go ahead and buy the product. You always have the risk of buying a defective one, but that is true of any item. Thank goodness for Amazon's great customer service policies. And I do believe the company also backs up the product. My only complain is that in order to get a nice color for the kitchen I had to pay more, quite a bit more. Wish that was not so.

I ordered this mister for my mother the same day I ordered the stainless steel Norpro for myself. They both had similar reviews, so I got this white one to match her kitchen, and the stainless Norpro for mine. I was more than a little jealous when hers turned out better than mine. They're both clear so you can see to fill it, but this one is smooth, heavy glass; the Norpro is acrylic that takes on a cloudy look after some use. The Prepara gives a nice, even mist--the closest I've found to the unhealthy aerosol cans. Like with any non-aerosol mister, you're going to get a few larger droplets or "squirts" at times, particularly towards the end of the spray when the pressure is running out. Most of the small gripes I've read about with all air-powered misters just come with the territory of going aerosol-free. If you're making a change, you have to expect things to be different. People seem to get really disappointed or even irate when air misters don't spray the same as aerosol cans, or natural sugar substitutes don't taste like regular sugar--or artificial sugar. But you can't make a change and then blame the product when it's just not the same. The only thing that will spray just like an aerosol can is an aerosol can. This mister does, however, come close. So far it has performed nicely and consistently, and in my opinion gives the best spray you can get without chemical propellants. I've noticed that releasing the leftover pressure after each use seems to help give more consistent results. The spray is not as fine or as even when mom forgets to "let the air out" in between uses. It looks like it holds very little oil, but that small amount lasts a surprisingly long time because you use so much less when you spray instead of pour oil. It's also nice for spraying onto salads and for putting just enough oil on pasta to keep it from sticking. The more pumps you give it, the finer the mist; a fine spray to coat meat takes 7-8 pumps; a coarser spray for salads or coating pans only needs 5-6. I've also read horror stories about "exploding" misters. This won't happen if you take your cues from the sprayer. You can feel the pressure build with each pump; when you start feeling decent resistance, stop pumping; it's pressurized and ready to spray. Any mister that you overpump will blow its top--all that pressure has to go somewhere; if you don't force too much pressure in, the mister won't force it back out.Every time I use this mister at my mom's, I consider swiping it back and switching it for mine, but I don't have the heart. I'll just wait till my Norpro wears out and then replace it with this model. To me, the lack of chemicals and the ability to choose my own type and quality of oil more than makes up for any nominal difference people find in the performance of this mister over spray cans.UPDATE 11/9/12: We did find one design flaw with this mister. PICK IT UP BY THE BASE. The top part with the sprayer and pumping action makes up most of the unit, and if you grab it around the middle, you're still only holding onto the top part--which has no way to snap or lock onto the heavier glass base. Apparently dad picked it up by the middle (which is where you would naturally pick up a bottle of any kind), and the base slid right out and shattered on the floor. Of course the two parts have to be free of each other to allow the pumping aciton, but maybe they can improve newer models with a twist-to-lock feature so it stays together unless you're actually pumping it (like on pump bottles of hand soap). Still the best mister I've tried, and now that we know we'll just be careful to pick the new one up by the bottom. It lasted well over a year with no complaints about quality or performance, and I would still recommend it with this small word of caution about handling.UPDATE April, 2016: We did replace my parent's broken Prepara Mister, and that unit is still working and looking like new in mid-2016. I still prefer it to my Norpro, that looks rather cheap and cloudy now--although it does still work, but with a lot of rinsing and declogging. This is still the best non-aerosol oil sprayer I've found, and I still recommend it to those looking for ways to make small, healthy changes in their daily lifestyle.

The media could not be loaded.  Je cherchais un vaporisateur pour l'huile... après en avoir regardé plusieurs, mon choix s'est arrêté sur celui-ci !! Je suis vraiment très contente de mon achat, il vaporise une belle brume constante ! Je le recommande fortement à tout le monde !

CUESTA UN POCO DE TRABAJO ENTENDERLO AL PRINCIPIO PERO ES MUY BUEN ARTICULO PARA COCINAR ESTA PERFECTO YA ENTENDIENDOLE AL USO

Works well for spraying avocado oil. I like that you can see how much oil is left and it sprays fine film, enough for a cake or loaf pan.

Funciona muy bien.Me ha sorprendido gratamente su durabilidad. Estoy acostumbrado a alguno de otra marca que, al cabo de un par de meses, ha dejado de pulverizar para suministrar el aceite en un chorro muy poco útil y bastante desagradable de uso.En este caso ya lo tenga hace una temporadita y sigue funcionando como el primer día.TRUCO: El tubito por el que sube el aceite hace una curva y termina en un filtro. Para que el difusor tome todo el aceite, y además no nos salga por Antequera aceitando lo que no estaba previsto, girar el difusor hasta que el pulverizador esté en línea con el filtro inferior, de esta forma siempre sabremos hacia donde vamos a pulverizar y no se nos quedara “en vacío” aún cuando tenga aceite en el depósito.

Sale muy, pero que muy poca cantidad de aceite cada vez que bombeas aire dentro y hay que estar recargando constantemente. Muy poco práctico para cocinar.