Asking for a grease gun that isn't messy is like asking for a dog that doesn't bark or a kid that doesn't cry. I can say from the years when I greased yellow iron every day that the McMaster and Grainger grease guns are a world better than whatever the ship brought in from the far east, if that's worth anything at all. I've also noticed that good grease tends not to separate and run out the bottom as cheap stuff does. I just hang mine on a peg, and come what may. Now that I'm old and not in a rush, I begin a grease tube change with nitrile gloves and a rag.