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Old January 4th, 2009 Jan 4, 2009 8:20:16 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default Idek D2 Commercial

I have been eyeballing an Idek D2 Commercial press and wanted to know if anybody here has used one.

If so...what do you think about it?



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I haven't used one personally, but I have seen them demonstrated and used at the ISS tradeshows.

It seems to automate the heat press workflow a bit better than other presses, but it's hard to say how practical it is first hand.

Hopefully someone else here may have more first hand experience with it.
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I have used it a couple of times. You adjust the pressure of the press by adjusting the height of the platen... not the heating element. It is pretty easy to switch out platens and they recently released a larger system. The negatives are it takes up a lot of space, does not have a digital pressure gauge and it is basically more than the cost as two clamshell presses. You also still have to wait for the heat press to get back up to temperature before you can press again (i.e. all heat presses drop in temperature some after pressing and need to return to the proper temperature before the next press). So the time savings is not as much as you think it would be if you are doing things that are temperature sensitive (i.e. dye sub).
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Default Re: Idek D2 Commercial

Maybe I should stick with the idea of that Geo Knight DK20S then. Only thing is I have been seeing different posts about the electronics in the Geo Knights going bad and such. I was kind of looking for a better replacement that was not 200 pounds.

I do want a swinger and will be doing laser transfers (C8800n) and sublimation (Richo GX7000) also.
 
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