When I first started watching your brilliant videos you were all about the Iwatas et al. I got that, you're a pro painter. I'd had Iwatas, but switched to H&S, I was happy with build quality and atomisation but there was that minor trigger/paint delivery issue. I fitted the trigger assembly from my CRP Evolution to my CRP Infinity and that was a smoother feel, but there was still the paint delivery trigger issue. Then you came up with your hack and I knew then that my H&S could go from 90% - 100%. I love em, they don't cease to amaze and flatter my efforts😊👍✌️😄 This is a great demo, compare and contrast video, the H&S do atomisation better, softer, but I think, out of the box, Iwatas may feel better on the trigger, plus more subtle in delivery of paint (that gets less so with your H&S trigger/seal hack though and then the paint delivery control is as good or better than the Iwata - as you demonstrate)👍✌️💜 H&S are more cost effective in Europe too. I think I was one of the first railway modellers to start using H&S and my Infinity was photoed in the corner next to a model I built for an article. I had several haters with ancient Badgers etc taking the mickey out of my 'posh, fiddly small needle/nozzle AB', how wrong could the uninitiated be🙄🙄😄😄 Iwata advertised heavily in model railway magazines, nowadays H&S advertise too - if more railway modellers knew how easy they are to clean and use, more would airbrush. Side and bottom feed cups can be a chore, I had an issue with my Paasche recently (I clean my brushes spotlessly) but with a bottom feed cup, poorer quality chrome finish, me experimenting with a beautiful colour, but none airbrush paint, albeit well and properly improved/thinned, it plasticised very quickly 💔🤬. So a blast of cleaner, back pressure etc didn't clean it out, it was out with the cleaning brushes etc to do a deep clean all due to the feed tube, 20 psi and moderately warm conditions. That was session over, more time spent cleaning an easy to clean hosepipe of an ancient airbrush. The answer? I should have used my H&S Evolution CRP with a 0.4/O.5 set up (or smaller), easy to manage and clean. Lesson learned, I don't paint every day, but have been airbrushing since the mid 1970s and I hate it when it goes wrong - that threw me a curve ball (the Paasche might go back into deep storage!). I'm happy with my three H&S', just starting to do the refinement hack for a few £s too. I've done a couple of personalising hacks too, but that's just personal preference. Build quality for Iwata and H&S are on a par, but as you say the H&S brushes are easier to clean, that's ideal for me. I've had Iwatas too, but H&S are my favourite, can't see me wanting to change any time soon. I use Paasche H and/or Millennium, or a GP50 Sparmax for large scale models, Eg for primers, base coats etc, but 80% of the time it's H&S all the way for detail work etc. I could see me, pretty much going all H&S in fact💜✌️👍😊 I'll sit back and await a tirade from Iwata lovers😲😄😄 Each to their own, no value judgements made, and H&S are owned by the same parent company as Iwata so take yer pick and pay yer money ✌️✌️💜😄

Interisting reveiw, thanks for sharine. I have one CM-B2 (gravity-feeding) but never have this broken line issue before.

i love my H&S cos of ease of cleaning it

Great comparison video.

Hi mukka thanks for the upload dont own a h+s yet but in time will as you've shown how good they are 😉😉😉😉

Thanks for reviewing these detail brushes, I have heard other reviewers say that the trigger was inconsistent on the infinity, I recall that you made a modification to correct the problem. What did you change?

Subbed! Please briefly mention (or direct to) the modifications you've made to the H&S Infinity - very much appreciated. Enjoyed the video and look forward to seeing more.

Very helpful comparison. Glad I have H&S.

I love my Grafo T1 0.15mm needle size and I just got the conversion parts to make it a side feed the T2 and the metal cup collet with the 3.mil metal cups, I also got the siphon connector for glass for the 15ml glass cups for the T3 model I just need to purchase the 15mil glass cups now. and and I'll have all 3 editions the problem is that H and S stop making this series and the cool thing about this model is you don't have to push the trigger down for air to release you just pull trigger back and it releases air and paint.

OMG!!! that was a shocker... I think I've just lost my craving for a Iwata Micron..

13:12 was the main reason why the H&S did not do it for me! although I love the build quality of the H&S, the ease to take apart and put back together. Spitting afterwards, very annoying! always making me think it was me. I'm very surprised the micron is also having hiccups considering the needle size is a bit bigger than H&S!. Iwata needs to hire you! great unbiased review! should I but the Takumi? I have my doubts now! You my friend have resuscitated the H&S! great review by far the most surprising one of them all! btw I love my custom cm c! cheers! keep up the great work mukka! many might say you didnt clean your brush before the review

i had absolutely no idea you could run a 0.15 needle in a 0.2 nozle. I was about to order the whole 0.15 nozle set. What difference do you think having the 0.15 needle in the 0.2 nozle makes? thanks mate

How did you modify your Infinity airbrush and where can we get the parts?

Just a quick question, can the H&S Evolution Silverline be upgraded to an almost Infinity. I noticed they both have the same airbrush head and there's a 0.15mm kit if possible this will make the H&S more of an affordable option. Great unbiased advice thank you 😊

Not used either brand of airbrush but know of both makes been looking at getting a new airbrush having used a badger 150 for many years the H&S has always struck me as a quality product especially having watched their quality control process for all brushes they send out.

Where did you got that cool trigger?

Been selling H&S in my shop for about 12yrs now, and no one believes me that a $360CDN H&S Infinity can out perform the Iwata which is closer to $600CDN here. I have no experience with the Micron, knew it was a side feed, but thought the feed came out of the bottom of the cup, the fact that it has to siphon the paint up a tube, kind of makes it like a half siphon feed. Probably gets the paint up better than a true bottom feed, but still, you need a certain amount of air pressure to get that paint out of the cup. Crazy thing, in the end, both companies are owned by Iwata-Medea. Iwata allows H&S to run their own show, but in the end, they are their parent company.

I really enjoy my Evelotion and Infinity ab. The easy cleaning and build quality is top notch. The only issue is swelling of the top o-ring on the airvalve. But lubrication do the job. Where did you buy the trigger btw? Or is it custom made?

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It seems that the problems you had with the Iwata were caused by the cup. There are gravity side cubs you can get for it that will likely fix that problem.

now the question is will a evolution cr plus with your mods perform the same?

Hi Dred thanks for all these videos, I am using an evolution 2 in 1 with the trigger hack and a 0.15mm needle (with standard nozzle set up rather than the v2 nozzle set up) How do you reckon a hacked 2 in 1 evolution compares with a hacked infinity when running similar specs? Reckon it would ever be worth spending the money on the infinity for any better performance? ps was genuinely surprised how much better the infinity performed in this test considering the price of the microns

Interesting comparison Rob, from a total airbrush noob I would say it's a no brainer that the Infinity is the better gun, all I can compare it to is the Iwata WS400 series 2 and mine cost me around £620 and it's a great well made gun but is it any better than my GTI ProLite which is just over half the price🤔 I don't think it is, like most things these days you pay more just for the name🙄🤑😄

Can you think of any hacks you can do to the Iwata to make it perform better than that

What is the part number on the H&S used in the video?

It looks like a partly clogged nozzle to me in the Iwata

Are you planning on an infinity vs. Sotar comparison video I think that would be a dogfight

If only they fixed the damn trigger and needle chuck/spring housing wiggle I'd love my H&S's. Then again you can get a creos cheaper and it just works The infinity puts out a lot more airflow so it pulls paint better but it shoots it back and oversprays more and doesn't work as well for detail. Makes sense why Micron needed reduced paint

To get fine detail I need to use lacquer paint

It’s not a fair comparison. You’re using different setups for each brush. You’re using a suction feed vs. a gravity feed, that means your paint mix needs to be different. Been a painter for 35+ years and I can paint anything that moves from a T-38 to a lowrider SoCal custom. Your test is flawed and your findings are suspect.

Micron was spitting due to the nozzle not being tightened enough, not due to lateral paint supply

PAYOLA!

You haven't really proved anything to be honest. I own an infinity and a micron cm-b2(the gravity feed one) and the micro perform better every single time. What you are experiencing is just unusual. You may have an obstruction, which happens all the time with low quality paint. Why would you test an airbrush that is meant to be used for very fine detail work with cheap paint? Don't know. Also keep putting your fingers on the needle every few seconds, constantly blowing air into the airbrush is just bad. The airbrush is not meant to do that. The the micron has a lower air speed than the infinity, which makes it superior for detail work, because you can get more upclose to your work with lower psi, and tinner paint (that's why you don't want to use cheap paint). Especially with miniature painting you can't beat that with any other airbrush on the market. The micron has a better trigger response with a much more consistent paint output. Test it with some golden high flow paint. I bet you are going to get very different results.

Hmmmm on this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9mBeaej0J3IlYk.html one year ago you raved about the Micron, nothing better and even at 12:08 on your video Airbrush review IWATA CUSTOM MICRON CM-SB V2 you said you feel sorry for the owners of infinity and the micron would eat them... in this video it loks like the opposite: am not doubting you , i am a beginner and i was about to pull the trigger on the micron based on your two glowing reviews earlier, now , not so much ??? what am i missing here ?

BS test modified infinite to an standard micron.

Funny how you will do 5 mods to your H&S but can’t be bothered to use decent paint or filter/thin your paint for the micron. Don’t care either way, do as you wish but this seems dishonest.