Quick Shout Out for GeoKnight

[mimosatexas]

I bought a used "tagging" heat press a while back.  It's a GeoKnight model #374HTP which is basically a precursor to their current DK8.  It came with a 6"x8" platen, which is great for some stuff, and works well enough for tagging, but is definitely too big for certain styles and sizes and basically impossible to use with kids stuff and onesies etc.  I have always ended up putting those on my hat press instead, but I was getting kind of tired of switching between the two.

I emailed Aaron at GeoKnight and asked if they would make me a custom platen for my heat press, expecting there to be some issues considering my press is old as hell.  His response: no problem at all and the custom size was only a little more than their standard sizes.  Turns out they haven't really changed the way the platens attach over the years.  I guess if it works it works.  I have replaced parts on another of my super old GeoKnight presses and they had the parts in stock for that as well.

It shipped the same day I ordered it and got here today.  It is 4"x4", fits like a glove and works perfectly for tagging everything I have tried this morning and for koozies and even one of the hats I tried oddly enough.

Just wanted to shoutout to GeoKnight for having great service and supporting their old equipment.  Thanks Aaron!

edit: just figured I might as well add that I wasn't asked to post about this in any way and I don't even know if GeoKnight has a presence here.  I just have always had great interactions with them even though I have yet to actually buy a press from them, and I love all 3 of their presses I have purchased used even though they are ancient and analog.  They are just built like champs and workhorses.

[Frog]

I bought a used "tagging" heat press a while back.  It's a GeoKnight model #374HTP which is basically a precursor to their current DK8.  It came with a 6"x8" platen, which is great for some stuff, and works well enough for tagging, but is definitely too big for certain styles and sizes and basically impossible to use with kids stuff and onesies etc.  I have always ended up putting those on my hat press instead, but I was getting kind of tired of switching between the two.

I emailed Aaron at GeoKnight and asked if they would make me a custom platen for my heat press, expecting there to be some issues considering my press is old as hell.  His response: no problem at all and the custom size was only a little more than their standard sizes.  Turns out they haven't really changed the way the platens attach over the years.  I guess if it works it works.  I have replaced parts on another of my super old GeoKnight presses and they had the parts in stock for that as well.

It shipped the same day I ordered it and got here today.  It is 4"x4", fits like a glove and works perfectly for tagging everything I have tried this morning and for koozies and even one of the hats I tried oddly enough.

Just wanted to shoutout to GeoKnight for having great service and supporting their old equipment.  Thanks Aaron!

edit: just figured I might as well add that I wasn't asked to post about this in any way and I don't even know if GeoKnight has a presence here.  I just have always had great interactions with them even though I have yet to actually buy a press from them, and I love all 3 of their presses I have purchased used even though they are ancient and analog.  They are just built like champs and workhorses.

I presently have a couple of GeoKnights in my arsenal including an older analog label press for which I find lots of uses. They have always been responsive and prompt when I needed platens or manuals for used things I picked up.

[mimosatexas]

I bought a used "tagging" heat press a while back.  It's a GeoKnight model #374HTP which is basically a precursor to their current DK8.  It came with a 6"x8" platen, which is great for some stuff, and works well enough for tagging, but is definitely too big for certain styles and sizes and basically impossible to use with kids stuff and onesies etc.  I have always ended up putting those on my hat press instead, but I was getting kind of tired of switching between the two.

I emailed Aaron at GeoKnight and asked if they would make me a custom platen for my heat press, expecting there to be some issues considering my press is old as hell.  His response: no problem at all and the custom size was only a little more than their standard sizes.  Turns out they haven't really changed the way the platens attach over the years.  I guess if it works it works.  I have replaced parts on another of my super old GeoKnight presses and they had the parts in stock for that as well.

It shipped the same day I ordered it and got here today.  It is 4"x4", fits like a glove and works perfectly for tagging everything I have tried this morning and for koozies and even one of the hats I tried oddly enough.

Just wanted to shoutout to GeoKnight for having great service and supporting their old equipment.  Thanks Aaron!

edit: just figured I might as well add that I wasn't asked to post about this in any way and I don't even know if GeoKnight has a presence here.  I just have always had great interactions with them even though I have yet to actually buy a press from them, and I love all 3 of their presses I have purchased used even though they are ancient and analog.  They are just built like champs and workhorses.

I presently have a couple of GeoKnights in my arsenal including an older analog label press for which I find lots of uses. They have always been responsive and prompt when I needed platens or manuals for used things I picked up.

what model numbers are your machines Frog?  I'm always curious what other people are using in this department.

Also, can anyone chime in on why tagging presses all seem to be 6x8 or 6x6 when that is too big to tag a lot of things and the biggest tags I have ever used easily fit into 4x4?

[Frog]

what model numbers are your machines Frog?  I'm always curious what other people are using in this department.

Also, can anyone chime in on why tagging presses all seem to be 6x8 or 6x6 when that is too big to tag a lot of things and the biggest tags I have ever used easily fit into 4x4?

I use a 994C convertible model, but I only use it for hats. Pretty clever actually that it changes over both heat and bottom platens between flat for shirts and curved for hats. Mine's too small to be one's only flat press.

My other Knight is a 374, and it was sold as a "Label Press" not a "tagger" with its 6x8 platens That may explain your quandry. I suspect that newer users refer to it as a "tagger". Does Knight now use this nomenclature as well? I haven't seen it.

[mimosatexas]

It may be officially called a label press actually. I guess I assumed label and tag would refer to the same thing in our industry. What other kind of labeling would be heatpressed?