Anatol LED Exposure unit

[Sbrem]

Wow!! Everyone take some time to stop by a 7 eleven- Let them know put the snickers bar on my tab..

WooHoo! Free Snickers bars; it doesn't get a lot better. (funny, my mouth started watering)

Steve

[3Deep]

I'm never going to post anything else about Anatol equipment ever, the last few post I made about A@#$% goes star crazy and the equipment gets lost after about 4 post.  Frog, Dan or P delete this post there's nothing here to be gained, but getting people upset with each other over opinions, as much as I hate to say this this board reminds me of a past. Very good board and members like it is now here, but it had its evil creep in in the form of opinions and we all know what happen next.  So with that said I will not talk about things anymore that get the crowd to going and just stick to art,seps and fonts LOL

darryl

[prozyan]

Why do you have to be such a troublemaker, Darryl?

[Inkworks]

Lively debate and to some degree controversy are the lifeblood of a successful forum. A forum where everyone agrees and gets along is a dead forum.

You need to hear both sides of any issue to learn anything, and I'm happy we get a little fire and brimstone here once in a while.

[Frog]

I didn't think that this particular thread deserves to be deleted, or even locked, but Darryl has a point.
Anatol (and their supporters)  has an uphill battle here due to their reputation, which has spread on forums, mostly for lacking service and support after the sale.
We understand that they are making an effort turn that around, but only time will tell. In the meantime, our gang of five or ten Anatol haters, along with a few M&R cheerleaders (some with dual citizenship) will almost always run over any Anatol thread, it is a given at this point.

Folks like Zach Traxler may be surprised, at this, I don't know. I specifically invited him here to boost the Anatol contingent for a little variety. Darryl needed some reinforcements. Patty K is happy with hers, and was supposed to join us, and Donnie Miller is happy but too busy playing on Facebook. The fact is, there are more than a few happy Anatollers out there. They are an innovative company, filling a niche. Hell, their menu display was even ripped off and used on another Polish sausage press! LOL!

Bottom line, let's not get too sidetracked, and try to stay on topic, and save criticism for pertinent points, and not just generally across the board automatically, (so to speak)

btw, I'm stepping out so won't be around to keep this going

[Anatolhelp]

I purposely delayed posting anything on this thread, I wondered if this thread on the Aurora LED Exposure Unit would suffer a similar fate as the last two Volt threads?  Amazingly it did!
I understand this board was established as a "friendly forum" to really help get information straight from the horses mouth and to avoid the "blind leading the blind" found elsewhere.   Some people offered have offered great insight and asked insightful questions, some were the same old bashing of a product they know nothing about. 
 
224 chimed in with "it's no Starlight" (which I am glad it isn't it it give shop owners a choice),  Was this thread named the M&R Starlight thread?   Competition is healthy if done in a professional way.   

These Boards have asked for a person who owns the equipment to speak on the boards, so we asked for this to happen, but the gang descended again, perhaps a little gentler than previously.  I feel there wasn't a welcome wagon reception either.  I counted the post, many spoke nothing about the Aurora LED Exposure Unit,  many were completely off topic, bashing I believe it's called or speaking about something that is not relevant. 
I will continue to address concerns brought up on this form and answer questions about our product.  I ask the participants, competition and the moderators to look at themselves and make sure we are acting in a professional way to Anatol and the customers who express their view.

[GraphicDisorder]

Lively debate and to some degree controversy are the lifeblood of a successful forum. A forum where everyone agrees and gets along is a dead forum.

You need to hear both sides of any issue to learn anything, and I'm happy we get a little fire and brimstone here once in a while.

Ding ding

[traxlerprinting]

I didn't think that this particular thread deserves to be deleted, or even locked, but Darryl has a point.
Anatol (and their supporters)  has an uphill battle here due to their reputation, which has spread on forums, mostly for lacking service and support after the sale.
We understand that they are making an effort turn that around, but only time will tell. In the meantime, our gang of five or ten Anatol haters, along with a few M&R cheerleaders (some with dual citizenship) will almost always run over any Anatol thread, it is a given at this point.

Folks like Zach Traxler may be surprised, at this, I don't know. I specifically invited him here to boost the Anatol contingent for a little variety. Darryl needed some reinforcements. Patty K is happy with hers, and was supposed to join us, and Donnie Miller is happy but too busy playing on Facebook. The fact is, there are more than a few happy Anatollers out there. They are an innovative company, filling a niche. Hell, their menu display was even ripped off and used on another Polish sausage press! LOL!

Bottom line, let's not get too sidetracked, and try to stay on topic, and save criticism for pertinent points, and not just generally across the board automatically, (so to speak)

btw, I'm stepping out so won't be around to keep this going

I am not surprised at the other "camps" input/feedback. I have actually stayed away from forums like this for a few years due to the tone of how people react and post negatively when someone is merely on a forum for support or questions.


I look at it like this:


I have been a Anatol customer for exactly 1 year 1 month and 9 days. I have been extremely happy. I have only had 1 time that technical support did not call back and we resolved the issue in house (the emergency stop button was sticking, causing our press to freeze, simply needed to clean whatever was stuck in it).


I like to find a brand and stick with it. We all drive Toyota and Lexus in my family because we like the quality and support of Toyota (DONT hijack this thread and turn it in to a back and forth about what car or brand is better). We also like the price of a Toyota. We all drive similar vehicles and can interchange accessories like roof racks, winter/summer tires, etc.  What does that have to do with equipment? I have had a Workhorse TUF Freedom, its a pile of crap - it's always breaking and a super slow press. Thats just my person opinion. I test drove some M&R presses and for the money and features... I decided Anatol had all I needed. The features are great, reputation of polish engineering, price, and the fact that I interchange almost every accessory should I choose to continue expanding with Anatol is crucial.


I did a lot of research before pouring every penny I had into my first new automatic. Yes - forums really scared me about the customer service reputation within Anatol. But I have seen tremendous growth in the support of their customers.


If I could, I'd have every single piece of equipment in my shop as Anatol. Currently we have 2x RH Manual, MR Manual, WH TUF Freedom, Anatol Horizon, Anatol custom gas dryer, Anatol quartz flashes and caddies for our manuals, WH quartz dryer, Vaztex dryer, and more random stuff. And of course the first Anatol UV LED unit.


Regardless of which brand LED unit you end up with - you'll be happy. But give Anatol a call, check out the unit, compare savings and features... etc. When it came down to it, I already own Anatol equipment, it was more cost effective, and I have already saved $$hundreds$$ in labor.


I am creating a comparison chart I will post later... just so folks can see what the differences are and which they will benefit from most.

[traxlerprinting]

I have actually heard of some companies paying or giving customers free accessories for actively posting in forums and on social media... *cough* M&R *cough*. I'm just a guy who likes to make high quality shirts and print money.


I like the back and forth, its healthy, to an extent.

[Sbrem]

Darryl, you post away. Don't worry about what the other kids say.  Personally, I've never even seen one of their pieces, nor have I heard that it was poorly designed or poorly built. They are out there, so I'm pretty sure they are more than OK. When we bought our MHM, we looked at as many presses as we could, and wanted to talk to Anatol, but they did not return our calls. It's OK, people get busy, I get it, and never really gave it another thought. I guess things like that bug some people more than it should, but I didn't see this going that way, until KaBoom. So anyway Darryl, don't be afraid to post, and for the rest of us, play nice.

Steve

ps. new equipment will start eeking it's way into our shop in the next couple of years, and even though we love the MHM, we will still look at everything to be sure we get the best fit for us.

[GraphicDisorder]

I have actually heard of some companies paying or giving customers free accessories for actively posting in forums and on social media... *cough* M&R *cough*. I'm just a guy who likes to make high quality shirts and print money.

That's a pretty bold thing to say, do you have any proof of this?

FYI, there is a Anatol customer on this forum who openly admits Anatol fixed his machine issues to remain "neutral" on them when posting and in public.  What's your thoughts on that?

If we are gonna chuck around things like that let's make sure you know Anatol has played that basic game. It played out right on this forum recently.

[Anatolhelp]

I have actually heard of some companies paying or giving customers free accessories for actively posting in forums and on social media... *cough* M&R *cough*. I'm just a guy who likes to make high quality shirts and print money.

That's a pretty bold thing to say, do you have any proof of this?

FYI, there is a Anatol customer on this forum who openly admits Anatol fixed his machine issues to remain "neutral" on them when posting and in public.  What's your thoughts on that?

If we are gonna chuck around things like that let's make sure you know Anatol has played that basic game. It played out right on this forum recently.

Anatol Customer who says we bought his silence, it's not TRUE....Do you  proof of that statement?  Enough is Enough 

[impressionsindustries]

The problem we have here is we want to be compared to M&R, but not be able to take the heat or questions like Big Blue. Anatol has service problems up the butt, they can't keep employees.
Now you have a guy who is the spokes person this month trying to promote and do damage control, why can't the owner of your company come on here and take a few question?

One thing about 244 he will fight his own battles, yes people will chime in for him, however he is always answering for himself.
How dare you Anatol  think you will come on here and take a jab at M&R , and expect that WE users of M&R would sit idle.

I thought it was funny how when a M&R customer was post about his new led unit, what comes next an Anatol post of their led unit.
If you guys are having anything to do with Jason Rodriguez sums up your company!

[impressionsindustries]

Lively debate and to some degree controversy are the lifeblood of a successful forum. A forum where everyone agrees and gets along is a dead forum.

You need to hear both sides of any issue to learn anything, and I'm happy we get a little fire and brimstone here once in a while.

Ding ding

Does Anatol have all the prison business now?

[Prosperi-Tees]

I think some transparency would do Anatol a whole lotta good.