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Review on ARHIKY Red Heat Transfer Vinyl HTV Roll for T-Shirts - 12" x 15' by Micael Rau

Revainrating 1 out of 5

I beg to differ, this stuff is TOO THIN and a loose tack to backing

Reading the five star reviews only tells me they never tried a better product. Can't believe someone actually states this stuff is THICKER and BETTER. Are you kidding, or just a faked review ?!?! For comparison, just tried another brand for a test . Set the Brother ScanNCut SDX125 to half cut, auto pressure. Perfect results. Clean cuts, decent weeding, everything that needed to be in place, stayed in place. Then we went back to this roll. OMG. Test, test, test, finally at FULL cut -6 pressure to get usable results. However, on detailed areas, the brand new blade (that just performed perfectly on another product), is lifting edges of weeding areas as it's cutting. Crux of the problem is ULTRA THIN vinyl requires an excessive amount of fuss to cut through, while not going through the backing. Then comes the weeding. If you're doing any lettering, you bet they want to come up along with the waste, as this thin stuff just does not stay attached to the backing. By comparison, this has a looser, gooey bond to the vinyl backing, vs FIRM bond the better brands have. Ultimately, I consider this product a waste. As newbies with this machine, I'm glad we had another brand on hand to try, as my wife was getting ready to abandon this project all together. While this appears to be a better bang for your buck, the bang ultimately is from your head contacting the wall in frustration. With the exacting nature of the Iron on vinyls, this stuff has a loose bond to backing and is just too thin for workable results, particularly if you have any fine detailing. In this instance, the lettering was problematic for 3/8" high characters, as well as 1 1/4" high .Cannot speak to the iron on bonding process, as the cutting was so poor, we never got that far with this product.Bottom Line:Pay more for a better product if you want to ENJOY your time crafting.Would not buy again.Cannot recommend.

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Pros
  • Adhesive Vinyl
Cons
  • It may be difficult to cut to the right size

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July 14, 2023
Im starting into the making shirt bussiness and this vinyl is super good it sticks very well and its soft, the weeding process is a little difficult since the quality is good, overall ive washed my shirts and the vinyl stills holds strong.