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As above really: Do they do what they say on the tin?
Good? Bad? Ugly?
(It's a given that the colour range is a bit limited)
long answer: I know a fella who had one, turned it on, it exploded leveling the east wing of his country pile, redecorated the local church (in a tasteful but not overbearing colour: "Dulux screaming peach fit") and is now forced to reside in the local orphanage (due to snow).
short answer: no
PMSL! Any, err, other views?
i wanna see how this develops, i want one too.
I looked into it a while back when b&q were doing them at half price. The consensus seemed to be that they were ok but lots of people did have problems such as the self cleaning only partly working and so on. Decided against in the end.
Did a bit of research on this between Xmas and New Year as B&Q were doing them fairly cheaply. General consensus was to avoid, so I did.
Do a google search for Dulux Paintpod review and have look around some of the forums. [url= http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=139577 ]Like this one.[/url]
they're crap avoid
infact you can have ours...for free. Save me taking it to the tip
B&Q have the compact one on offer at the mo'. Are they any better? (No self cleaning for a start.
I've got a hall and stairwell to do, see. Could be good for that!
whats up with just a traditional roller?...save yourself the money
Nah - iPaint is really naff, very hard to sync, uses loads of memory and recolours your desktop and makes it hard to reset it.
Also, if you download YouTube videos there are no free apps to convert Flash movies to iPaint format (.ipt) so you won't be able to view any stuff on your paintPod.
Apparently they're somewhat flaky, so if you put your paintPod in your pocket and sit down suddenly you will have interestingly coloured trousers.
Avoid and stick with Apple. Really. Beware of imitations.
I've got a hall and stairwell to do, see. Could be good for that!
My main concern having read around, was that the paint is quite thin and needs double the number of coats to give the same colour as normal emulsion. If I had to paint my hall and stairwell I'd rather put two coats of paint on than four.
If I had to paint my hall and stairwell I'd rather put two coats of paint on than four.
it's a downward spiral, before you know it, the walls get closer together 🙂
Well ask yourself have you seen a painter and decorater ever use one !
Absolute shite.
Limited (expensive) paint range, that seems to need more coats than their standard paint. Took 3 coats to do one bedroom with it, subsequent rooms took one coat of normal paint instead, after I ditched it & used a normal roller.
Doesn't self clean anywhere near as good as the adverts make out either. It takes 3/4 of an hour to do so, noisily, and can still be made cleaner by manually rinsing the damn thing out.
Avoid.
It's just a crappy toy aimed at the DIY market.
Brush, roller and roller pole . It's great for your abs. 🙂
Well ask yourself have you seen a painter and decorater ever use one !
Never seen a painter & decirator use a brush either, because I've never seen one point blank!
To be fair, I'd seen some rather suspect reviews on paintpods before I posted this thread. I was just checking with a wider audience actually. Thanks for confiriming my views. 🙂
The rolling bit of painting is not the problem. Even if the pantpod (that was a typo but I like it) was as good as the adverts suggest it's only making the already easy bit slightly easier. Wall prep, masking up and cutting in are the time consuming bits, and they matter far more in the eventual result. If Dulux invent a machine to do that I might be interested.
grantway - MemberWell ask yourself have you seen a painter and decorater ever use one !
Not a paintpod but there is an industrial version based on an airless spray pump that feeds a roller.
[url= http://www.lionindustries.co.uk/airlesspr.html ][/url]
Yep jonb But never seen anyone use one