I am unfamiliar with the spray gun as oil dispenser. I used to have a Misto that looked just like your picture. It works better with lower viscosity oil. It's ... okay. Can clog with solids, such as are in EVOO. Can clog with dried oil. But since they're specifically calling it an "olive oil sprayer" they may have improved those aspects. Eventually, the bits inside you can't get 100% clean go rancid. It probably doesn't do anything bad to the food, but it smells bad. The pumping gets old, but is efficient and works well. I'd say if she's planning to replace it every year or two it might work well for her. The price on Amazon is half or less what they used to be, IIRC. Looking at the spray gun, it does say "olive oil" but also water, wine, lemon juice, vinegar and soy sauce. The last can have solids, but all are low viscosity. My guess is that it might work, but maybe not as well, and the standard Windex style feed tube reinforces that. All the pumping comes from the trigger, and it's likely to clog if oil is kept in it (and maybe on EVOO just because). I'd go with the Misto, which is specifically for oil, and make sure to clean the works often.

I have the spray gun, although much less fancy than that one. I love it. My carpal tunnel lets me pull the "trigger" far more easily than pushing the Misto button.

I did have a Misto, incidentally, and hated the darned thing, eventually tossed it in the trash. It just didn't work after about the first two weeks. I bought a second one from a friend who was having a Pampered Chef party. It was worse than the Misto, it literally never worked. It was replaced and the replacement didn't work either. Ugh, overpriced junk.

I bought my trigger sprayer about a year ago and it goes into the dishwasher. It does take a while to dry thoroughly and I haven't found a way to do that quickly.

Annie

I should say, I did get a second Misto after the first bit it. They lasted at least a year. I tried really hard to make it last longer, but it didn't. But I also learned that I really only liked spraying oil for pans, not on food, and, like Lars, I use silicone brushes. One brush has two rows of thick bristles, which is great for painting chickens. One with medium bristles, a bit stiffer, in a triangular shape, and bevel cut end, which is great for nooks and crannies, and a broad one with quite a few very soft, hairlike (though thicker than actual hairs) which is good for both delicat things and sloshing. For spraying pans and work surfaces, I get sunflower oil in regular spray cans.

I have had a Misto in the past. I didn’t care for it. It worked but like y’all said, the oil went rancid and it was impossible to adequately clean. I have suggested that she buy the cheapest one she can find that works because she will need to pitch it regularly.

I asked her what she wanted to do with it. She wants to use it for avocado oil for spraying pans and for EVOO for spraying roasted vegetables. I know she has avocado oil in a spray can in her pantry. I guess she is trying to get away from propellants? I have no idea.

ChosenFoods avocado oil spray is pressurized air, not a chemical propellant like Pam. I've had a misto forever but rarely use it. I agree it does not work well with evoo. I used to keep the misto in the fridge door with avocado oil half full. Less likely to go rancid. But just as easy to use a toss in a bowl or a silicone spatchula on a sheet pan. Always fresh oil and no worries about cleaning. I like to infuse my evoo with garlic and herbs a few hours or so before tossing and roasting mixed vegetables so fresh is best for that.

I used to use it for a mist of evoo for popcorn so the add-ins would stick. Now i use the ChosenFoods avocado spray.

Thanks, sleevendog. I looked on the Chosen Foods website and there is a store that carries it within a mile of DD’s house. I’ll let her know.

I do what Lars does…use silicone brushes. The Mistos wouldn't last longer than 6 months . After the third one gave up the ghost, I gave up.

I tossed a misto years ago....I use the canned stuff wikth ptopellant or one of several silicone brishes from the $ Tree.

I have often wondered how those little 3 oz pump sprayers designed for air travelw oujldw ork.

And Alcohol (vodka!)w orks well to clean out old oil before it solidifies.

Costco carries the Chosen Foods Avocado spray. What I use when I need a spray.

I had two mistos. I gave one away. I dont think I used the other for olive oil and I could see where that would go. I think that sort of lasts forever veg oil woud be okay. Or maybe use a clean one to fill with water to spray bread,

They are over rated. We use a lot of EVOO. Silicone brush can be good. I like to have diffenent brushes for baked good and for savory.

Another who has had bad luck in the past with the pump style misters. In my case they never lasted long enough for the oil to go rancid.

Wish I had read this thread a few hours ago. I went to costco today (I don’t go often) and would have picked up the avocado oil spray had I known about it. Avocado is my most used cooking oil and I’ve often wished for a spray.

I had the same one and got rid of it because of the same reasons that others did. If you left the oil at room temp it got rancid. If you put it in the fridge it woudl not spray. And it was so hard to clean.

I have a shaker top on my olive oil jar and I just use that. It is easy and works better than that spray thing.

They also will just not last long even if you dont have those problems. They quickly become landfill. Not worth it, at all.

I'm finding myself spraying "Pam" on my stuff more often due to it giving me a good uniform coverage of oil, but I hate the aerosol so I almost bought a "mister" type last week, but thought better of it. Like all the others, I tossed my Misto. Never could get it to work so didn't have the cleaning and rancidity problems, but I could see them on the horizon if I had ever even used it. I do the silicone brush thing . . .

I wish I had room for another kitchen gadget, I might try an air fryer. Hubs got one for his son's family for Christmas, they apparently love it.

Anyone use something like the first type? Still think it would be difficult to clean . . .

Another thing I sometimes use is a little ketchup plastic bottle with the fine tip. Works for distributing a fine stream of evoo just as good as those expensive dispensers.

DD (hardheaded as she is) bought 2 Mistos, one for EVOO and one for avocado oil. They use one or the other daily. So far, she’s happy with her choice.