Vortex Mixer Showdown - Paint Mixers Tested!
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- I'm trying out two different vortex mixers to see if either is better as a paint mixer for acrylic paints.
As it happens, neither seems to better than the other at mixing paint.
The black one is a little easier to use but feels cheaper quality.
The blue one is much better build quality and seems a little more powerful but it moves over the worktop due to no suction cup feet.
All in all you wont go wrong with either. Trying to squeeze paint out of a blocked dropper bottle nozzle on the other hand....
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INTLLAB Mixer (the blue one): geni.us/mXOKQ
Black one: geni.us/a21B
Finally someone pronounces aluminium properly on UA-cam.
Thanks for this review, I really needed to see these in action!
They're both really good bits of kit. I've heard people say the blue intllab one has reliability issues but mine is still ok so...
at 09:02 ish... "ooohhhh yeaahh, your wife would like that" cracked me up hahah :)
The PSU there is rated up to 240v (like any other EU 2-prong), so it'll work fine in a UK socket with any adapter. There's no need to replace it.
Very true. I've plenty of UK to EU adapters, so I could run the other one of I went on holiday, but I've no EU to UK one.
I've stuck ut in the box of power adapters where it can live a peaceful life until a true crisis arrives and it can save the world.....
1:25 I have noticed that the rubber feed will loose suction quite fast. I have used blue tack to stick it to my hobbydesk and that worked fine. I suspect you could stick the blue one to your table using the same method.
Good idea! So far it sticks ok into the cutting mat. It only comes off after a while, I'll try blue tack to see if that helps.
16:14 "Are we blocked? (squeeze harder - cap and paint explodes)!
Thank you for keeping it in the video - I haven't had a laugh like that in a long time! WOW!
Paint explosion aside, thank you for the mixer reviews. I have been toying with purchasing one so it was good to see them in action.
What's the point in making a fool of yourself if no one gets to see?
Good video, also thanks for leaving 16:22 in I lmao…watched it several times…I felt your pain 😂😂😂
You gotta show the good with the bad ;)
If you fill the center recess of the vortex mixer with hot glue it will activate much easier when pressing down.
Nice video and i oh so loved the spillage. I know it seriously sucks but it's nice to see it happen to someone else for a change :D
Personally got this exact black on about a year ago. Works wonders for me. I was considering the intllab shaker after it. Not because the black one was bad but curious how much better it was. Considering i got mine for 12 euro's and the intllab was 56... Even if it was better it wouldn't be 4x better (considering the price difference).
Though considering the rampant dropshipping from aliexpress stuff and new import laws i might get some "normal" brand instead of ordering from Aliexpress again IF it ever breaks.
The black one is fine. It feels cheaper only because it is, but better to save money on it to spend on models!
@@GoodEnoughWargaming exactamente, bien dicho
I have the black one or very similar and even though it has suction caps I find I still have to hold it down so the table doesn't vibrate and make a bunch of noise
thanks for the review. my wife's birthday is coming up! :D
at 16:22 I had a laugh at your expence :D Tx for the video
Yeah felt stupid when I did it but had to leave it in
@@GoodEnoughWargaming accidents happen. You are not the first youtuber that ran into that problem :3
Thanks for the info! Engine is not blocked, maybe the Power supply, good idea!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 didn’t expect the wife comment and I laughed so hard!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
21:10 i use a glass ball as i think it is better, nice mixing vid
Yeah I tried glass balls but I could only get 6mm ones and they seemed a bit light. The hematite beads were something i saw online and thought I'd try.
I have the black mixer. It works, or better say, worked great. After a while the performance degraded and eventually stopped completely. The reason is poor design. Long story short, I bridged the switch to make it work again. But now it rotates continuously once its plugged to power. Perhaps I should add a switch.
I was wondering on the quality and how long it would last. Should be easy enough to add an external switch off you're happy enough to do some soldering.
Or you could plug the 12v adapter into a smart plug and make it voice activated!
@@GoodEnoughWargaming
This voice controlled thing sounds cool. More details pelase.
If you've and Amazon Alexa or Google home device, you can get smart plugs you can switch on or off by voice command. I use them for led lights, but the plug can switch any thing plugged into it.
You create a name for the plug then you can issue voice commands like, "Alexa, switch on the mixer" and it'll activate the plug, powering the mixer
The blue one with the flat base, I suppose you could clamp it down to a table edge as a more permanent fixture.
You probably could. But honestly it's not really that big a deal.
Might be better to glue some suction cups to the bottom and leave it at that.
Hey man, i'm torn between the black one and the expensive Lab Genius one. How's the longevity of this model? Is it still going strong?
I've had no problems with mine, but you can feel the quality isn't as good. I usually just buy the cheap one of something at first just in case I never end up using it, then upgrade to a better one if it breaks and I found it useful...
@@GoodEnoughWargaming thanks for the reply :)
haha 😂your hands after the silver spillage...
I've bought the cheap black one but not tried it yet as wasn't expecting a 2 pin plug, need to find an adapter
The worst part is I clearly realized it was blocked, but kept squeezing anyway. I dunno what I thought would happen...
Any 12v 1+Amp power supply should work. Just double check it's centre positive (they mostly all are anyway).
@@GoodEnoughWargaming Thanks 😁and watched the spillage again lol, just because its not me ...
@@SimplyWarhammer I once tried to shake a pot of Black Templar without properly closing the lid...
Just find a decent spot for the intllab and use some two sided tape
My problem is I keep reorganising my work area so I keep moving it around. Good idea if you're not so easily distracted as me tho :)
I got the black one for $13 from TEMU
Bargain, at that price it would be foolish not to ;)
Not sure about your testing. Several of the Citadel would not mix on the blue shaker, but rather than try it on the black device (a missed opportunity) you put the paint to one side implying that it was OK. When it clearly was not. You also seemed to give up mixing & resort to using your hand, several times why? Their is no time limit to the amount of shaking. Use it till the job is done. I have arthritis in my wrists, I also own the black mixer that came with a UK plug! All I can say with a added ball bearing (stainless) it does the job. Sometimes one paint will take longer than another. But that's life, a few more seconds seems to overcome any mixing problems encountered. Hope my input is OK
Yeah... this was hard to watch.
If it was hard to make then it should be hard to watch damnit!
Buena comparación, me quedo con el negro
You can buy the lab one on eBay
Is it easier to find the "sweet spot" for the Intllab one with the smaller droppers bottles as compared to the GW ones?
Not really, they're both easy to use.
R.I.P. that poor paint.
Me: hmm, is this blocked?
*Squeezes*
Bottle: not any more!
British plugs... That's hairplugs right? EUplugs ftw!
Got the black one, it just makes a beeping noise without any movement. As always great things come from china...
Check the power supply, just in case. You can pull the black rubber to of to see if there's anything blocking the motor from spinning.
Hope you get it fixed they're definitely worth having
@@GoodEnoughWargaming Found a solution. Opened it and disconnected the small light from the circuit board. Dont know why this helped but the machine spirit is satisfied.
Praise the Omnissiah!
I'm not gunna build by own power supply plug
yeah, it's a bummer it came with the EU plug, but even so, i've a fair few UK ones kicking around so it was no biggie for me, even if i hadn't gotten the other one at the same time.
I'm sure if you look around online you could find one with a UK plug on it, but I've not seen one.
@@GoodEnoughWargaming I got the blue and white one cause like my bzzrt more powerful. I go up to 6 months or years without using paints and have army painter and p3 paints. I need this for a while. Thanks for vid
Glad it helped. The blue one is definitely the better quality one.
@@GoodEnoughWargaming also I misunderstood you in vid. I thought you meant cutting wires and stuff for some reason. I'm dumb.
Don't tempt me. It's exactly the sort of thing I would do...
Blue one’s motor died after 6 bottles in a row.
I haven't taken the blue one apart but it's possible there's thermal protection to stop the motor overheating. Is it still busted after letting it cool down for a few minutes?
@@GoodEnoughWargaming yeah, only blips occasionally after cooling.
Requires a lot more force than before to even get it activating. Something possibly bent out of shape or mechanism out of alignment.
I wonder if they're using cheap connectors then. They might have worked loose. I'll take number apart tonight and see what it's like inside
I have buyed one like the black one, It is completly useless, two seconds of hand shacking are way more effective than five minutes on this piece of crap. For what is really good is for making noise. Wasted money.
Can you feel it shaking the paint bottle at all? Or if you just use your finger, can you feel it working?
Sounds like you got a bad one..
@@GoodEnoughWargaming Yes, the bottle is shaked, I can feel the vibration on my hand, but the paint don't move a milimeter. I have tried witjh Vallejo model air and Model Color, the air ones are more liquid, so they mixed, but they mixed alaready only with some shaking. But Model Color are a lot denser paint, and those aren't mixed at all with this artefact.
Anything british is ever superior to nothing lol, like.... never.