Evo Oil Sprayer 18/8 Stainless Steel, Non-Aerosol for Olive, Cooking Oils, and Vinegars, Blue, 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.

DO NOT BUY THIS. Eventually the sprayer head breaks and there is no way to replace it. I reached out to the company and they said “We don’t sell to the public and we don’t sell replacements parts”. You end up throwing a stainless bottle that would otherwise last a lifetime. Stick with something like this where you can replace the heads. https://a.co/d/026EEwkI

Holds a fairly large bottle of alvacado oil. Happy with purchase.

Got this to spray Avocado Oil to season a grill. The best thing about it is the spray pattern and amount per spray. However, the opening is small to add liquid, the spray unit is hard to put on, and ther eis no indication of how much liquid is left in the bottle. But, it gets almost every drop and is easy to spray.

this is solid, reusable kitchen tool that makes it easy to spray cooking oils, fan-style spray help you distribute oil evenly. Since its Stainless Steel very easy to clean and not as fragile as glass

Unfortunately for those of you who use these reviews to help make your decisions, there are several Evo products listed on this page, so some reviews are not applicable to the product you are considering. I am reviewing the 16 oz Stainless Steel sprayer. So far, I have had no problems with it. I washed it and sprayed soapy water through it to get a feel for how it sprayed before letting it completely dry out and filling it with EVOO. I’ve seen the reviews on broken sprayers, but that was for the glass sprayer. On the Stainless Steel product, it seems sturdy and screws on tightly. That doesn’t mean you can just madly squeeze the trigger. There is more resistance on the trigger because oil is thicker than water so be careful and get a feel for how oil passes through. I’ve used it a number of times over the past several weeks and am very happy with it. There are complaints about how heavy the spray is, but this is oil, not water. Oil is thicker than water and when it sprays, the tiny droplets want to cling together, giving a heavier spray. You say you can get a finer mist from a spray can? That’s because of all the chemical additives. That’s why you’re not supposed to use them on teflon pans. With this sprayer you’re getting pure oil….well, depending on how well filtered the oil comes from the manufacturer. Time will tell how it will hold up. Some oil tends to gum up at the cap so we’ll see if it happens and how it may affect the spray and sprayer. I have a feeling it will have to be washed thoroughly before each refill. So far, it’s been great. Again… this is for the 16 oz Stainless Steel sprayer.

Let me say upfront. I strongly recommend that you “do not buy” this bottle. Please note. Other reviewers such a myself (verified purchasers) are commenting on the same negative thing. Yes, the sprayer looks nice & sprays as advertised. But, there is a major major major “10 X major flaw.” The sprayer nozzle will not stay on. Read again. The sprayer nozzle will not stay on. It popped off on and the bottle and oil fell all over the floor. I thought it was a fluke. I cleaned up the oil mess. Now, I used the sprayer again and the same thing happened! The nozzle popped off and the bottle fell to the floor. Yes, more oil on the floor. The threads are stripped on the “sprayer nozzle” so the sprayer nozzle won't stay on. To test my theory about the sprayer nozzle being stripped, I tried to screw it on another same size the bottle. Again m, the same thing the nozzle will not attach and pops off. It pops off when you squeeze the handle to spray. If you read other negative reviews, you will see similar comments. This product is defective. Period. I DO NOT recommend that you buy this sprayer. It’s not just me, this sprayer bottle is defective, by manufacturer.

A bought this particular bottle after I checked several websites and all said this was the most highly rated reusable oil spray bottle. Two things about it I do not like. The PAM or other propellant cooking sprays in the grocery store deliver the oil in a very uniform pattern that evenly coats the pan or food, and you have enough control to be able to make the coating quite this if you're counting calories. The spray pattern from this bottle is your choice of a single focused stream which is pretty much like just pouring directly from the oil container or a "spray" pattern that really is just a flat line of oil in fairly large droplets so the pan or food has a thick coating in some spots and no oil in others. The other thing I don't like is the tiny neck opening where you add the oil. I have to use a funnel to fill the bottle which makes a quite messy thing that one has to now wash, and when I get to the point where I'm going to need to wash out the bottle itself I will be having to do that with a curved bottle brush and due to it being opaque I will never really know if I've completely cleaned out and rancid or off-taste oil until I've refilled it and find out the hard way. It does look however that all of the other reviewed spray bottles will have these same issues, other than the coupe of clear bottles. Many other brands all obviously have the same unusual spray top and just the bottle is different.