VEVOR Heat Press, Clamshell 12x10in Sublimation Tr

Easy to use
Love this press. Did over 20 t-shirts for Christmas and they turned out perfect. So much easier that using an iron

Not sure yet
I was disappointed that the press had to be assembled. The parts were labeled with A B C D E ….but the directions did not use those letters to reference the parts. All You Tube Videos had people taking the press out of the box assembled. It took several of us Pollocks to figure it out. Hahaha. We managed to get it together. I turned it on but have yet to press anything. I am trying to get my craft room set up and then I will get to use it.

Looks nice, poor quality…
Aesthetically it’s very appealing and looks nice. Unfortunately, looks aren’t everything. My unit had scratches in the teflon coating. Since the platen is steel and not aluminum, those scratches are going to be susceptible to rusting. I guess Vevor QA was asleep when this was approved to ship.The biggest issue imo is it’s uneven pressure. In one of my photos you can see the back springs are pressed down quite a bit more than the front ones. I experimented by using a scale to gauge the pressure difference from the back to front. With medium pressure I was getting 122 lbs of force in the back, and 67 lbs of pressure in the front. That’s almost twice as much force being applied to the back. This only caught my attention after 3 failed presses in a row where half my design was lighter on one side. My only remedy was to put the pressure so high that I felt it could compromise the structure of the product.Now speaking of structure, the arm that extends out to hold the platen is only plastic. I thought for sure it was going to be metal, with just a plastic covering for aesthetics. Nope, the entire arm is plastic, see second photo. When you set the pressure high, there is a fair amount of flex. I don’t trust this for long term use. There are cheaper swing arm presses where this part is metal. What a weird thing to cut cost on.Another major issue I was running into was this presses inability to maintain 400 degrees. Often while pressing, it would dip down as low as 370 degrees while it was set to 400. I ended up maxing it’s temperature at 410 degrees in the hopes that it would stay around 400. It would still dip down to 380. I can’t recommend this press for sublimation. It’s too risky wasting blanks when temperatures can’t stay close to 400.A couple positive things to say about it… I like the control box better over other swing arm presses. It looks nicer, and the buttons are tactile and easy to press. Not like the cheap flat membrane controls you find on most budget heat presses. The upper platen body does not get very hot because it is insulated with some sort of fabric, and then the plastic shroud. Risk of getting burned with this unit is very low.It’s definitely a product of form over function. Looks great, but worthless to me if it can’t maintain heat or provide even pressure.

Tiny, but heats up well.
This little press heats up and presses well. The timer does not work at all. I still put it to use for adhering DTF power to the back of the transfers, for which it works perfectly. Sometimes I use it for small items in multiples, like sublimation keychains, and set a manual timer.

1. El display venía doblado.2. El riel para bajar hace mucha fricción .3. El tornillo de la base que conecta el mango la agarradera con la plancha, viene muy flojo.4. La parte que emite calor, no trae tela antia adherente.