We print around 200 mugs per day and currently use 4 x Freesub ST210’s. We have varying results with the Freesub presses so are looking to upgrade to something much more reliable.
We have been eyeing up the Schulze Bluepressline 4 Plus which is a German made press from the company that makes the automated 15 mug machine. It looks like it’s well built and good quality. We would be looking to buy two of these at £950+vat each for a total of 8 mugs at a time.
The other option is a blizzard convection oven, costing around £400 plus a heap load of wraps (probably another £400-500 for 48 wraps).
On the two presses we can do about 80-100 mugs an hour whereas in the oven we could do about 72 mugs an hour.
The main limitation with an oven is that it’s not very convenient for lower quantities of mugs.
So, what would you go for? I’m struggling to decide and need to replace our freesub machines really soon.