New heat press required i think....Recommendations?

[michael]

Having come to the conclusion my mug press has had its day what would you lovely peeps recommend.
The press i got at mo is the coral 2.Changed heating element twice and dosnt matter how much pressure i use or temp i change im still getting the same swirly heating element image on sides of mug. I got a thermo gun and checked temp. My machine is set at 168 160.
Im getting 178 at top of press and bottom im getting in the 100`s. The sides are just as bad.
I aint gotta massive budget but just want to get problem solved as im getting a fair few mug orders.

Any advice would be great

[GoonerGary]

Listawood are replacing their Genie with a new model, it might be available now. Dye Sublimation Supplies are also bringing in a new press due to issues with their previous/ current budget press. The blue signzworld presses are dodgy. gone through two of those in a short space of time.

I bought a magic touch press, it seems nice, more expensive than others. I've no idea how it properly works, instructions are written in Chinglish, has two different working temperatures, standard and batch?? So I set everything to 180 degrees and keep pressing the timer button 1-5 times until it counts down!

[mags1892]

Cant go past buying british the chinese ones are all pretty poor in my opinion having bad pressures or irregular heating. Pm me if you want and ill give you a couple of suppliers in the UK but expect to pay over £1200

[GoonerGary]

Would a £1200 press last over 12 times longer than a £100 budget press? What if you need more than one press? It will take hundreds of mugs to start earning a profit!

[mags1892]

probably would but more important its consitent in temperature and pressure

[justr77]

I have had great success with a cheap Chinese press, but I have to say I burned through about 100 mugs to finally get everything perfect, that was a painful experience :(

GoonerGary : How long have you had your press and how many mugs do you think you have made with it?

[James990]

I have had my cheap press now for over three years and it is still going strong!

[GoonerGary]

I have had great success with a cheap Chinese press, but I have to say I burned through about 100 mugs to finally get everything perfect, that was a painful experience :(

GoonerGary : How long have you had your press and how many mugs do you think you have made with it?

I usually keep four on the go, most of them are the older black signzworld presses, one bought from brand new about two years ago and it is great, the rest were second hand. The magic touch press was only bought in November. The presses have gone through quite a few pallets worth.

[James990]

I keep four on the go as well!

[JMugs]

I also run 4, it must be the magic number!
I have 2 adkins and 2 bms presses. The bms presses are now 3 years old have done pallets of mugs. Adkins were used, and have done similar numbers with me and no idea what before hand.

I prefer the Adkins for bulk mugs as they are faster, the BMS ones for things with a slight taper.

Make you want of that.

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