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Iwata VS Grex

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  • Member since
    July 2005
Iwata VS Grex
Posted by xinther on Monday, August 31, 2009 4:55 PM

I'm shopping for a pistol grip airbrush.

Comparing the Iwata Revolution HP-TR1/2 with the Grex Tritium TS, they look identical.  Are they from the same barrel?

I ask because the Grex has a lower price with an extra bottle and comfort grip.

Iwata:

http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/iwhppitr3ai.html

Grex:

http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/trduacpistai.html

 Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Carlos

  • Member since
    December 2002
Posted by tyamada on Monday, August 31, 2009 7:20 PM

I don't think Grex is an Iwata.  They may look similar but I think they are manufactured at a different plant.  Grex is located in California and Iwata is located in Japan.

Here is a link to Grex's web page.

http://www.grextools.com/grexairbrush/index.php5

You might want to read the posts here:

http://tinyurl.com/mn6stf 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Northern KY
Posted by mucker on Monday, August 31, 2009 8:47 PM
Has anyone used an Grex before? I saw them at the Nationals this year and much like the Harder Steenbeck airbrushes they are very appealing to the eye and supposedly very nice to use. Any hands on bench reviews from our forum goers?

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Indiana
Posted by hkshooter on Monday, August 31, 2009 9:42 PM

I have a good friend and excellent modeler (he's actually a featured FSM contributor) who recently tried a Grex and loves it. He parked his Iwata over a year ago and switched to a Tamiya super fine something or other. When he tried the Grex he was beaming! Swears by it and claims it's smoother than anything else. I've not used one and passed up the chance at the nat's, knowing I'd never want to pay to reequip myself with all new gear. But he likes his.

I personally think the .02 nozzle is a bit to small for general modeling purposes. If I was going to paint the Mona Lisa in the crack of a flys butt I'd consider one.

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 12:43 PM

Call Dave Monnig at Coast Airbrush in Anaheim, CA.

He will give you the facts. 

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
    July 2005
Posted by xinther on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:42 PM

Thanks to all for the feedback.  I can't find any negative comments on them.

 

 

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