Fantastic product!
I don't write many reviews, but this thing is life changing. I will never ever, ever tape again. In less than 15 minutes, I edged a 15 foot wall at the crown and base moulding, around a fireplace, around 4 plugs, 2 light switches, an air conditioner vent, and one alarm pad. Taping would have taken me an hour if not more. I tell everyone who is starting a painting project to get this edger. It was worth every cent and more.

A couple of things that might help if you are using this:

- Watch that you don't leave a slight ridge of paint along the back of your edging line. It's easily taken care of with a quick swipe of the tool once your initial edging pass is made.

- You have to remember to flip the wheels up before you dip it in the paint tray. Despite doing this fifty times or so, I still would forget every once in a while and have to clean the wheels.

- Buy extra pads. It comes with two which lasted through the whole room and ceiling. I changed the pad when I noticed the nap was wearing down on the front edge - in hindsight, I could have just turned the pad around. But a new pad slides easier than a pad that's been used quite a bit.

- This comes in a version without the swiveling handle. I liked the swivel as it allowed me to reach a little farther without having to move the ladder.

Again, I will never paint without this again. If you hate to tape or value your time, this is a fantastic tool.

Get a good paintbrush.
I purchased this item at Lowes, thinking it would save time to edge the ceilings. I've painted professionally in the past and know how time consuming it is to edge. It has some pros and cons, but generally, I don't believe this item is worth it. It definitely will save time in edging. However, it doesn't make the cut at between the ceiling and the wall. It will paint 1/8" on the ceiling or trim, because of how the bristles are designed. There is no real way around this. If you don't mind having an even cut edge on your ceiling, then this product may be fine for you. However, after using it on (3) bedrooms, (2) bathrooms, and a hallway, it's not worth it. I just had to go back the old fashion way with a paintbrush. Just buy a good quality chisel-edge paintbrush (Purdy) and practice a little.

Not as advertised!
I saw this product in a hardware store and thought it would be a real time saver in edging a room that I was painting. When I got home, firt I had to break into the package. Does the company think someone is going to "tamper" with a fancy paintbrush? After I destroyed the packaging to get the product out I attempted to do as the instructions said. Luckily I had read them before destroying the package to remove the product. The problem started immediately when I raised the guides as the instructions had said to do, floated the pad in a layer of paint, and then tried to remove the edger with the pad still intact. The pad kept coming off and stuck to the paint in the tray. The the handle kept turning when I didn't want it to. This product is terrible! It ended up costing me more time than saving. Ended up using just a standard edger which did a much better job. Do not waste your money on this piece of junk. Great idea, bad product.

Great Tool at a Reasonable Price
This cut my painting time by at least a third. I never thought such a small, cheap tool would be so valuable. While you can apply paint to the edger with a brush for detailed areas, I found that useful in only a few areas. I got the best results by allowing the edger to lay face down in the paint for 5-10 seconds so it fully absorbs the paint, then wipe off the excess - you'll be able to apply a very long line of paint to your walls and get through your project much faster. I used it for ceiling edges, corners, trim, and baseboards with no problems.

It worked!
It did a great job painting the edges where the wall met the ceiling. Don't dip it in the paint: Use a brush to apply paint only to the pad. If you use a light coat of paint, it works very well.