Mug Heat Press for backup

[daddykev]

Mug Heat Press for backup what you thought about this one?
do you use one?
have you got one for backup?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UKPress-MUG-H ... 2516.l5255


Thank you for your help in advance.

[Simong12]

I'm just a hobbyist in mugs, I have similar and I've done ok with one but only done 36 mugs, all depends if your doing it as business or hobby I think, I don't have much experience but I thought I would reply to question.

So far touch wood it's been fine,

[daddykev]

thanks Simong. its going to be as a business back up.

[rossdv8]

I use something similar and recently bought a spare standard heat element/pad. I think if I need a backup I would try for an almost identical press to the one I have because I already discovered my old press and the one similar to your picture work completely differently on times and pressures.

I actually prefer the cheap ebay press to the more expensive original press, but I wasted some mugs learning the difference.

[pisquee]

We use four presses like this to produce all our mugs, and we'll be looking to buy more later this month

[GoonerGary]

I have three of the older versions of this press and I have that exact press in a box waiting to be opened...when I start work!

[socialgiraffe]

I have back up machines but only because I have replaced machines along the years. If I was starting out now I would not purchase a back up, but instead leave the money in my business account. Should the primary machine malfunction I can always purchase a new machine which would be with me the following day, but then I would never purchase a machine from Ebay, I know there are good as well as bad suppliers on there, but its too much of a risk to my business personally speaking.

[pisquee]

Yeah, we don't have backup presses, we just have presses that get used, if one goes down, we still have the other presses that we use, just means we make a few less mugs per hour.

[JMugs]

I am with Pisquee.
I run 2 adkins and 2 DF1's, if one goes down I print slower until another arrives the following day.

[daddykev]

Thanks all