polymer mugs - first review!!!

[Justin]

Can't see these surviving 12-20 minutes in an oven

[AdamB]

Thanks Paul - thought it was the Sun Fly Logo

FAO Justin, the base isn't flat (can't really see in the photo). The base sits about 3/4 mm deep from the bottom of the mug (if you see what I mean). There is an area that could be printed (opposite the SunFly Logo) but you would have to build it out to get the heat to it with metal of some kind - but then you risk melting the plastic (catch 22).

[Justin]

Lol, yes, this could be an issue! I see Sun Fly do sample packs Paul with the plate in, $55 shipping costs

http://www.innovativesublimation.com/su ... mples.html

I like the look of some other products, coasters, keyrings etc. Also a double sided polymer jigsaw? Sounds interesting.

[bms]

regards to logo at the bottom of the mug yes it is sun fly logo. good to know Martin is dealing with them

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but we don't deal with SunFly - logo might come from the factory that produces this logo, but we don't source them from SunFly. Hence we don't have a source for the polymer plates as our suppliers don't currently do them.

Great review though Adam.

[AdamB]

Yeah - I think me and Paul had a conversation (I think Kaz was in on it as well) about the sample packs. There was chit chat about getting a sample pack and dividing between a few members as there were a few of the products that were duplicate .................. still expensive to try though!

The SunFly lady posts on here every now and then doesn't she? Would she not send us a pack for FREE and we'll stick up a review on the items for her. That way any suppliers can see how they work and that 'we' (the guys that do the work in selling individual items) can do something with them.

[AdamB]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but we don't deal with SunFly - logo might come from the factory that produces this logo, but we don't source them from SunFly. Hence we don't have a source for the polymer plates as our suppliers don't currently do them.

Great review though Adam.

Thanks Martin - so are we saying that theseARE Sun Fly products with their logo on them, but not from Sun Fly themselves ................... or something else?

[bms]

Thanks Martin - so are we saying that theseARE Sun Fly products with their logo on them, but not from Sun Fly themselves ................... or something else?

I don't know if they are a SunFly product. What tends to happen in China is a factory produces a product for possibly several different clients. I don't know if SunFly does the manufacturing themselves of this product (i.e. wholly owned subsidiary of SunFly) or if they are a collation service of products from different factories (partly owned by SunFly, no ownership etc) which have been manufactured for sublimation (with input from companies such as SunFly or others). Having not visited SunFly then it can be difficult to know what sort of organisation they are (apart from reading their website).

We don't buy from SunFly at present, but do source these direct from China. At the end of the day, does it really matter if they are a 'sunfly' product or not?

[John G]

Are acrylic mugs the same as polymer mugs - in other words are acrylic & polymer one of the same. :redface:

[AdamB]

At the end of the day, does it really matter if they are a 'sunfly' product or not?

Not being an expert on this Martin I don't really know - but - if I am selling something that has a brand on them, and the brand is recognisable (which this one is) then it wouldn't take two minutes for one of my customers to have a look on their website and see the poly mug. If it's the same one with the same build and quality then it's no problem as those customers have a focal point to view the item, but if it's not the same quality or build but with the brand on then they would 'expect' it to be - and (probably) so would I.

I don't have nothing to compare it to so I cannot say, but as a generic question does the poly mug from Sun Fly have the join in them like these do, I don't know?

If the mugs didn't have the brand on them then there would be no comparisson - but it does.

Hope that explains the question you asked?

Also Martin, would you be able to sell these mugs in lesser quantities? I definatley want some but at £72 per box it's still a bit of a gamble to have valuable stock sat not being used (in this present climate). Maybe spiltting the box in half to 36?? (sample packs of 6 work out at 12p more per mug if I order 5 sample packs to get 30).

[Paul]

At the end of the day, does it really matter if they are a 'sunfly' product or not?

I does not but sun fly have a web site so is good to catch up with new stuff before they arrive in uk

its little bit like find the logo on the item and can not find anything about it on the net. you can with sunfly logo...