Greetings Wreckers,
I'm looking at buying a HVLP gun, and was pretty set on a conversion gun
(using a compressor instead of a turbine). I spoke to the local Apollo rep
today, and he tells me that they will soon be offering a very attractive
price (more than 1/3 off retail) on the 700 turbine system. Here's a link
for it :
http://www.hvlp.com/turbines/model700.htm
I'd like to get a gun that can spray as wide a range of material as
possible, and this is where I start to have a few doubts about the 700.
Doing google groups and web searches on this unit doesn't reveal much, but a
few hits that stood out were "selling due to upgrade" and even one
"underpowered".
I'd really appreciate some feedback from those of you that have had direct
or indirect experience with this unit. I guess at this stage I'm still
leaning towards a conversion gun, possibly the Apollo 5110 or 8200.
Thanks in advance,
Justin.
"Justin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Greetings Wreckers,
>
> I'm looking at buying a HVLP gun, and was pretty set on a conversion gun
> (using a compressor instead of a turbine). I spoke to the local Apollo rep
> today, and he tells me that they will soon be offering a very attractive
> price (more than 1/3 off retail) on the 700 turbine system. Here's a link
> for it :
>
> http://www.hvlp.com/turbines/model700.htm
>
> I'd like to get a gun that can spray as wide a range of material as
> possible, and this is where I start to have a few doubts about the 700.
> Doing google groups and web searches on this unit doesn't reveal much, but
a
> few hits that stood out were "selling due to upgrade" and even one
> "underpowered".
>
> I'd really appreciate some feedback from those of you that have had direct
> or indirect experience with this unit. I guess at this stage I'm still
> leaning towards a conversion gun, possibly the Apollo 5110 or 8200.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Justin.
>
>
I agree. The 700 is only a 2 stage turbine, so it lacks the power to
deliver thicker materials. I have the 5110, used is this last weekend, and
love it. I use it with a Porter Cable 25gallon, 175psi compressor. When
I'm spraying, it gets into the pump fairly quickly, but then it seems to
keep up OK. When I'm holding a steady stream, cleaning the gun, the
compressor starts to run out of steam, but I suppose that's to be expected.
Cheers,
Eric