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Daige Solo
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Circleville Signs
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Daige laminators suck.
Gary
Gary
stickygraphics12
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I love my daige 4 also! They have a learning curve but are very easy to use! A lot of people don't like them, I hated mine at first, but once I knew how to use it, my opinion changed!
Finishline Signs
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My Diage 4 is works great. I think the changes to the new Solo will make it and even better machine. May consider upgrading at a later point. Can't wait to here some reviews on the new one.
zmatalucci
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So should we buy a royal sovereign like yourself?
http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=60888
Don't think that's the answer!
Circleville Signs
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LOL!!! Fair point
That being said, there's no way I could run 100'+ of material through a Daige with no issues.
I can't speak for the new "solo" model, but in the past lamination on a Daige was a two man job that required an absolute PERFECT amount of tension to be physically applied before anything even resembling lamination could take place.
Gary
speedmedia
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Damn Zeth you beat me to it....lol
I to have had good luck with my QM 4. For what it is and what it cost it works great for us.
Thanks,
Kurt
BrianKE
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The big question is what will you be using it for? Are you simply applying transfer tape or are you laminating prints?
I have a Daige 4 and have very few problems with it. I think one of the biggest "disadvantages" to the Daige 4 is that it has seperate tension knobs making it difficult to get the same tension across the entire roll. I believe the Solo has just one tension control knob so that would help things greatly with just that one change.
I only use my Daige 4 to apply transfer tape and I have had no problems in the last 4-5 months. The last issue I had was that the tape wrinkled on some vinyl but I know that was from me not loading the tape correctly after installing a new roll of tape.
I have a Daige 4 and have very few problems with it. I think one of the biggest "disadvantages" to the Daige 4 is that it has seperate tension knobs making it difficult to get the same tension across the entire roll. I believe the Solo has just one tension control knob so that would help things greatly with just that one change.
I only use my Daige 4 to apply transfer tape and I have had no problems in the last 4-5 months. The last issue I had was that the tape wrinkled on some vinyl but I know that was from me not loading the tape correctly after installing a new roll of tape.
B Snyder
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Which model did you use? What happened that caused you to come to this conclusion?LOL!!! Fair point
That being said, there's no way I could run 100'+ of material through a Daige with no issues.
How did you acquire this knowledge? Your statement couldn't be further from the truth.
RJ California
New Member
We have two Daige 3's, one for cast and one for calendared. We've been happy with them for years. I've never had the need to laminate 100' in a single pass (ever heard of tiling?) and I don't think I ever will. The main thing is to set proper tension and alignment. I've never used the Solo, but I would not be afraid of the Daige name.
spectracolor
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It is the BEST & CHEAPEST laminator out there IMO. Works like a champion