by dat8962 » Jan 23rd, '05, 13:27
I've seen this demonstrated and initial thoughts were that it's a much better and more robust product that an IT reel but you'd expect that for the price difference anyway. The quality of the IT seemed very good and unlike some of the reels, there didn't appear to be many, if any problems when using against both dark AND light backgrounds. The strength of the IT also seemed pretty good.
I don't do very much IT work other than the occasional loop effect so may wait to see if the prices drop a little, later on in the year.
Incidentally, you may be interested to know that the pound shops in our area do a cardboard pack of 'button' batteries for around £5 which includes six batteries that fit the spider pen whereas the originals cost around £3 each. May also be worthwhile trying cost cutters or similar.
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