best gun for the money?
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i am board, and may be in the market some time for a new gun. :whistle:
so any ways unlike other post, let’s just discuss the issue at hand. best gun for the best price.
by that i mean, is reguradless price weather it be a 250 dollar starter gun to 1000 peice of art in motion. let’s help those out who are starting in this and those of us been in it for a while and may be lookin for a new toy.i know there are a few of us out there that used several brands, types and etc…. i don’t have a fight in this as i only used a sharpe for a 2 weeks and then been a sata junkie since.
i currently own the 3000 rp and hvlp, and have used the 4000 hvlp, and know that the new satas are the best they made so far, but don’t have nothing to compare too.lets try to include base, prime, clear, tip size, and so on. lets try to be honest on the cheapos too. we all have been down that road, and know that one day mocoke will afford one, but we had to start some where.
I’ve always liked Devilbiss for their price/performance.
The Teknas I have now are awesome for water base (Enviro and Autowave) I paid about $400
The old Plus was great for medium solids clears and sealers, priced reasonably well around $325
When I was starting out I used a GTi for sealer, base, clear and S.S. probably about $325
For a while I used a starting line gun with Chromabase with great results maybe $125
I used a cheap $50 gun for primer for about 7 years, excellent primer gun. Just no parts avaliable to rebuild it.
Oh, and I have used an old JGA-502 for single stage and primer. If 50 psi and very little transfer effeciency is ok, then it was a good gun 🙂
Then there is SATA, you pay for them but they work well. Currently using a 4000RP for clear excellent just costly, about $650I can’t remember the exact prices,but hopefully my memory is close.
The best bang for the buck is definetly the Devilbiss tekna. I currently own two right now, one for water( 1.3) and one for clear(1.2). For what they cost i am very impressed. Its all about tecnic and getting the feel of your gun that produce the best jobs not how much you payed for it.
+1 for the Tekna and GTI, great for the money!
I’m pretty sold on SATA. Use a 1.3 3000 RP for clear and I have both a 3000 and 4000 WSB for base……. If you think the 3000 is awesome, the 4000 kicks it’s a** in my opinion. Also used a GTi for a starter gun, now use it as a sealer gun. Either brand SATA or DeVilbiss is a good buy…….. for the extra money the technology in SATA is worth it.
I am also a sata junkie.. I had been researching recently for a new clear gun and was a little tempted to go with the tekna because of its good reviews… I also looked into the Sata 4000 RP. The Tekna I could get for $350 and a Sata 4000 RP 1.2 digital for $689. Thats A huge price difference… I thought about it for about a week and decided to order the Sata.Today was the first day I used it and I was really impressed.Guess its time to retire my Sata 2000 1.5 Hvlp. If I would have been on a budget I would have gone with the Tekna. Also now I use two minijets with 1.0 needle for spot repairs but when I first started I used a Shaprpe Finex FX100(green) with 1.0 needle for both base and clear and I must admit it sprayed identical to the minijets I now use. minijets run me about $380 and the finex ran me like $100. I was so impressed I bought the full size FX300 with 1.3 tip but unfortunately I was dissapointed with its performance. But like I said the fx100 sprayed great and made me quite a bit of money on spot repairs when I started out. :weights
Best bang for your buck- tekna for sure. Using 1.3 for clear with 7E7 cap and just bought another tekna quickclean with a 1.4/7e7 cap for base.
paid approximatly 800 for both. still havent tried the 909 aircap though.Thats what I was going to order was the quickclean tekna with 7e7 cap. I read on a lot of forums that the 909 cap is worthless
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