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Heat Seal - Heat Press - Whatever you want to call it! => General Heat Seal => Topic started by: whitewater on February 11, 2024, 05:40:34 PM
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Hotronix® Dual Air Fusion?
I am looking for the fastest and most reliable one.. Or maybe one of the best ones out there. All I have are 2 old ones that are over 20 years old. Looking to upgrade big time.
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My personal take: I will NEVER own a stahls press again. Nothing but headaches, almost fires, and terrible interface. We had to hardwire around the switch within 6 months because it melted. The auto swing feature broke within 2 years. We had to replace various electrical connections throughout the inside due to melting.
The last draw when i look over and smoke is coming from under the cover and it melted the 9-pin connector on the board for the 2nd time. The first one lasted 2 years and was replaced for free.
Get a GeoKnight or a Hix. I am sure there are a couple of other brands that escape me.
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we have three Geo Knight presses - two DK20SP and one manual hat press.
interchangeable platens or tables of many different sizes - we have a sleeve, cap bill, and youth size platens - they arent terribly expensive.
i didnt even consider the stahls brand heat presses after reading reviews (probably mk162s from a different thread).
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Much Appreciated! I'll stay away....
I was looking at the Geo knight ones as well.
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Take a look at the MEM heat presses. They are reliable and much less then Hotronix or Geo Knight.
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Don, is that what you use for your dtf?
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Get a GeoKnight or a Hix.
Both are made in the US and IME the quality shows. Plus HIX runs their own aluminum foundry to cast their
parts and that's just dang neat.
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Get a GeoKnight or a Hix.
Both are made in the US and IME the quality shows. Plus HIX runs their own aluminum foundry to cast their
parts and that's just dang neat.
I've got a Hix press that's 20 years old. Works great, I replace the gas shock once every 3 years or so and it keeps trucking along.
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I've got a Hix press that's 20 years old. Works great, I replace the gas shock once every 3 years or so and it keeps trucking along.
I just looked at their parts store (we have a hat press from them, I converted it to auto/air but that's another story) and
they are one of the few OEMs that don't ream you on parts.
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Thanks guys.
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Both are made in the US and IME the quality shows. Plus HIX runs their own aluminum foundry to cast their
parts and that's just dang neat.
+10 for Hix.
Hix manual screen printing press is hands down the fastest press I've ever used. (years and years ago) All gas sprung and the heads have a CAST ALUMINUM dual parallel hinge. Print, lift the head *as you spin to the next one* and it glides up slowly without catapulting your squeegee.
Hix dryers are sweet too.