3d anybody tried one of these?

[JMugs]

As it says. As it is really rather more than the likes of the BMS ones has anybody used it, after all there appears to be a lot of struggling with getting things right with the other presses, film doesn't work, wondering temperatures, buckled covers, bubbles in print...etc etc.

So anybody tried these?

http://www.xpres.co.uk/p-8702-the-smart ... xpres.aspx

[ArferMo]

Is that price a type

[JMugs]

It is rather expensive and the cost of the jigs, plus the blank and wrap means it cost about £7.50 to produce the cover. But.....do you get what you pay for?

[socialgiraffe]

Hi Jmugs

The problems are short lived with the BS one.

I have it here and although I agree it does tend to have a wandering temperature, I have no idea if that is the machine, the sensor or that they all do it. What I do know is that once the technique has been mastered then there are no problems.

I have looked at the more expensive machines and I am really not sure what it is that means they can justify the price.

[JMugs]

Hi Social,
You have made my point there....how can they justify the price? It would appear nobody here uses one of those.

Wasn't somebody on here the manufacturer?

[socialgiraffe]

Its probably similar to buying an Adkins versus A.N Other.

If you are going to be using it occasionally of a weekend, perhaps for a couple of hours of a night, an Adkins is possibly overkill.

Likewise if you are going to be pushing out 10-20 phone covers a day, then the BMS one is great.

However if you have some sort of plan to take over the smart phone market and produce hundreds a day, a more expensive (and therefore presumably better built) one would probably be better suited.