Evo Oil Sprayer 18/8 Stainless Steel, Non-Aerosol for Olive, Cooking Oils, and Vinegars, Silver, 16-Ounce Capacity

I have tried a few of the pressurized oil spray bottles, looking to replace the cans of spray cooking oil I have to buy every month or two. Spray oil is an essential tool in my kitchen: it cuts down on the amount of fat in my cooking (by not pouring in oil or melting butter) and helps cook everything evenly. But the amount of waste generated in the form of a semi-recyclable can, combined with the pressurizing agent, leads me to look for a reusable alternative.The pressurized bottles (such as the Misto and its imitators) all function more or less the same way: you fill it with oil and, using a pump of some kind, pressurize it with air to spray it. The problems manifest after a few months. Sometimes the nozzles clog easily. Sometimes the head is poorly made and breaks or doesn't fit well. Many of the bottles don't achieve good enough pressure to really spray the oil evenly. Others never had a good spray pattern to begin with. In every case I went back to buying a disposable can of spray oil, which reliably coated my pans every night for dinner.The Evo Oil Sprayer fixes every one of these problems, and looks good doing it. Instead of pressurizing the bottle to spray beforehand, it has a long-throw trigger that compresses the oil on the spot. This seemingly minor design difference is huge. The bottle is much simpler, with fewer moving parts, fewer gaskets, and fewer stress points that can suffer breakage. The bottle is sturdy stainless steel instead of plastic that's likely to get brittle over time in a kitchen near the stove, which is a huge plus. The nozzle is large and reasonably easy to clean, though you might need to get a skewer or toothpick to really clean it out from time to time. From the first moment I used it, I knew this bottle was going to be superior to the Misto-style bottles.The Evo is also superior to a typical plastic spray bottle that was designed for water or cleaner or what have you. These bottles weren't designed for a thicker liquid like soybean oil, and it shows: the spray pattern is often uneven, and they simply don't get enough pressure behind the oil to distribute it well on the pan or the food. The Evo was built specifically for this purpose in the handle, the head, and the nozzle, and for a few dollars more than a generic plastic bottle that you'd find under your sink, you get a purpose-built device that performs far better.The one trick to the Evo is that it sprays in a fan-line pattern, not in a circle. That is to say, when you spray it, you need to draw it from top to bottom or side to side to get coverage of your pan or your food. It differs in this way from a can of spray oil. It only takes a few tries to figure out how this works, but there is a touch of a learning curve with it. Still, it's worth noting in a review.Overall I am very pleased with the Evo bottle, and it is a welcome addition to my kitchen. I have only had it for a little while, but I anticipate that I can finally stop buying those cans of spray oil at long last.Update June 2021: The Evo bottle is still working very well and I have no complaints. However, I can say that there are a few circumstances where it can't replace the disposable spray oil. In a situation that needs a very fine mist - such as lightly coating popcorn to hold a seasoning - the Evo bottle isn't as useful as disposable spray oil. But for everyday use when cooking, it's great. The durability, ease of clean-up, and powerful spray action are all still in evidence eight months later.

i have used other bottles by this company and they are great but this one is TERRIBLE. the lid falls off every time you use it. sometimes you spill oil all over your kitchen or your clothes and it is obviously almost impossible to get cleaned up. what a mess and a waste of expensive olive oil. unfortunately by the time i got around to opening up the product and using it at our lake house, it was too late to return it so now i'm stuck with it. i would tape it on, but you have to constantly remove it to refill it. so that wont work either. major defect and this was an expensive gadget too!! very disappointed.

I bought this because I wanted stainless steel to spray avocado oil on the barbecue items. The spray pattern is great and effective except for one thing that is a deal breaker from buying another one. The stainless steel stamped in thread do not properly hold on to the spray nozzle consequently, it falls off and splashes oil wherever you don't want it, like Persian rugs. I looked this product up again hoping they had fixed it and would definitely order another one but it looks like not. Maybe the glass one has a better design but I like SS.

I don't understand why manufacturers are making clear spray bottles for olive oil, which should not be exposed to the light, and I like that this is stainless steel I've had this sprayer for about a year and a half. The last month or so, it did clog and sent streams out to the left and right, which was annoying so it sat unloved on the counter. This morning after looking at other options here on Amazon and not finding any that really thrilled me, I filled a bowl with hot tap water and used the sprayer with it and it worked perfectly! I put it back on the bottle and it's now working great again! This only gets 4 stars because the plastic sprayer does not fit the best on the stainless steel bottle and it can leak during use (but not always) as it's difficult to get it tight enough (the plastic sprayer assembly is slippery plastic with no grip on the screw-on part). I'm happy I didn't have to contact customer service as they have a bad reputation with other reviewers here. For now, this is a keeper again though, as I consider it the best option. The oil in it was not rancid and has been in there for well over several months, probably more like 4 or 5 months. That's a good thing!

We use this daily and did have to repace it after two years, probably opperator error screwing the top on and at damaging the threads. We absolutely love it. It sprays a nice even area, is far less messy than dealing with the bottle and uses less oil.

This just came a few days ago and so far I've only used it a few times. I recently started using an air fryer and most recipes that have a batter coating say to mist the coating with oil to get a crisp coating. This sprayer delivers that mist and my air fryer fried chicken and fish & chips come out very nicely crisp.I purchased a less expensive sprayer on Amazon prior to buying this one and was very disappointed with that one as it sprays a stream rather than the mist I was looking for.This is also great for spraying pizza crusts to get that golden brown crust.So far this sprayer has delivered exactly what I was looking for. We'll see if it lasts, that really is the true test.