[vertigto]

It appears that my old grease gun has sprouted legs and what I am seeing online/in-store appears to be a lot of overseas junk. I don't mind spending more for quality (I hate paying twice for something), but it seems like most all the reviews have some dissenters. Looking for real-world experience and recommendations.

I just want a simple manual/pistol style gun that won't leak and has an extension hose long enough to easily lube my chassis/poly bushings with the Superlube cartridge from BMR (when one finally arrives undamaged) and actually comes off the fitting when done.

That said....it seems like the best of the bunch might be from Lincoln or Macnaught or LockNLube. (see below):

Lincoln
Macnaught (interesting coupler)
LockNLoad

Some cheap options below with good reviews:

Milton
Lumax

Any recommendations or other worthy alternatives?

[BTCS]

Used Lincoln's for many years in ship and stationary boiler plants with no real issues. Never tried the cheaper options? Marc

[ponjohn]

My son let me use the milwaukee powered grease gun.
It is beyond amazing but, you do need to be careful it moves a lot of grease.

[Bill Hanlon]

You need at least 3 hands to operate a hand operated grease gun, one to hold the body of the gun, one to pump the lever and one to hold the coupling onto the zerk.

This https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler
cuts the number of necessary hands down to 2. I've had one for years and it hasn't let me down yet.

[Schurkey]

Originally Posted by vertigto

It appears that my old grease gun has sprouted legs and what I am seeing online/in-store appears to be a lot of overseas junk.

When I bought my current grease-gun, I paid extra to get a "Brand Name".

Kinda thinking it showed-up, at which time I discovered it was made in India.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by vertigto

I just want a simple manual/pistol style gun that won't leak and has an extension hose long enough to easily lube my chassis/poly bushings.

You're wise to be looking for a pistol-style with a hose, not a lever-action, or one with a pipe instead of hose.

Originally Posted by Bill Hanlon

You need at least 3 hands to operate a hand operated grease gun, one to hold the body of the gun, one to pump the lever and one to hold the coupling onto the zerk.

Stop buying lever-style grease guns.

Buy a pistol-style instead. You give up some ultimate pressure...but who needs thousands of PSI to fill ball-joints and idler-arms anyway?

Originally Posted by Bill Hanlon

This https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler
cuts the number of necessary hands down to 2. I've had one for years and it hasn't let me down yet.

VERY recommended. Truly wonderful.

Don't forget the Made-In-USA grease-gun holder.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=A9NJNMT9ZTSIP

[Goatracer1]

I was given a DeWalt battery grease gun and it is incredible. No longer fighting with the pump handle while trying to hold the nozzle on the grease fitting. Consider one you won't regret it.

[b-man]

Originally Posted by Bill Hanlon

You need at least 3 hands to operate a hand operated grease gun, one to hold the body of the gun, one to pump the lever and one to hold the coupling onto the zerk.

This https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler
cuts the number of necessary hands down to 2. I've had one for years and it hasn't let me down yet.

Just now bought one.

Greasing the 20 different zerk fittings on my ‘56 VW bus front end will be so much easier now, even the emergency brake cables at the rear each have one as well. No ‘lubed for life’ joints on these 1950s vehicles. Keeping up with chassis maintenance on my 2 other VWs and my Pontiacs has been messy, I can’t wait to use this locking feature.

[dataway]

Greasing is a major operation at my place. Excavator, track loader, two tractors, one with backhoe and loader, plus the zero turn mowers, implements, vehicles etc.

I recently went to a Milwaukee cordless gun, fantastic for the big stuff, unnecessary for the smaller jobs. It has a lock-n-lube coupler ... which for the cost I'm not very happy with, there is a reason they often come with a rebuild kit. Basically any high pressure situation seems to bend their "grippers". When new they work outstanding, right now I have to rebuild the one on the Milwaukee as it leaks terribly.

My hand grease gun, a Lincoln, has a Lumax locking coupler, not spring loaded like the Lock-n-Lube, but has a lever at the coupler you have to pull back to lock on. A tad more trouble depending on the nipple location, but absolutely leak free so far.

I'm going to rebuild the Lock-n-Lube (expensive extended version) and be careful not to abuse it, if it fails again I'll go to Lumax for everything. The Lumax is one of the few locking couplers that does not use a spring to maintain grip, it uses a simple "over center" type lever that locks the coupler.

In everyday use, it seems to me that breakdown in the importance of performance is about 70% coupler, 30% grease gun. I find myself cursing at the couplers far more often than the gun itself.

[Jay S]

On that first list I would prefer the Lumax gun that had the adjustable volume and pressure adjustment. It is much better for difficult zerks and cold weather. I have something like it, I prefer it over the than manual pumps that have no pressure or volume adjustment. If I am grabbing a manual pump to use and both type are sitting there, I always grab the high volume cold weather type gun.

I have had several electric grease guns. The first one was a Lincoln, it didn’t last very long. We are on our second Dewalt electric. They have been decent, the Lincoln wasn’t bad. I recommend if buying an electric pick a brand that you already have batteries for.

I have the same issue Dataway is referring too with couplers. The poorly made couplers are my biggest complaint on grease guns.

[Formulas]

I have a 30 year old no name lever, hose grease gun ... Only time it leaks is when the grease separates in the tube and the thinner part of it drips out which would happen with most guns..

Lever operation ?? It isn't so hard when you rotate the gun body against the floor, tire or anything then operate the lever 2 hands. I guess I am talented