HTVRONT Auto Heat Press 2 – Heat Press Machine for T Shirts with Adjustable Pressure & Higher Heating Height, Heats Up Fast & Evenly Heat Press 15×15 for HTV, Sublimation, Heat Transfer Projects

Great for a hobbyist like me – love it
I’m new in the DTF heat press game. Just a hobby; not a business. I did a lot of research before I made this purchase and ultimately landed on the HTVRONT. It works like a charm. We use it mostly for family vacation shirts and the like. Everyone loves it. And, by the way, we love Ninja for the DTF sheets. I highly recommend this item. Easy to learn and use. High quality results. Let’s you control time, pressures, and temperature. And the pre-set modes are extremely helpful. Very versatile machine.

A perfect tool for the cost!
With a small decorated apparel business we offer a few heat transfer products and have been using a large industrial Hotronics brand press for years. At 15 years old it’s a workhorse but has no automatic press or lift, is entirely metal and a little heavy which can really add up if you are going to run 200 presses in a row or have a mobile business. Still it’s hard to justify an almost $2000 cost to upgrade to get some of the automatic features and benefits of the newer industrial machines. But finding this has haves us literal headaches this past month when we had a surge of transfer orders! If you’re a hobbyist or one person business and can make the cost back in 1 month or less, just get it- it’s perfect for small batches. Speaking from a small industrial scale (several workers, running about 1-250 transfers depending on the week, and currently using industry-standard brand for a press) here’s why I love this little gadget:1) AUTOMATIC!!!! Holy heck have I have literally saved myself so much physical pain in the past month. Our old machine has no lift or support so not having to use any force while cranking out shirts really allows us to get more done with less strain on our shoulders and arms from repetitive movements.2) The COST!! I dare you to find anything in the market that is has as many new upgrade features and automation At this price, it is less than a THIRD of the cost of the automated Hottronics brand and at least for apparel it has as much heat and pressure as you could need. Also no need to pay freight and worry you won’t love it- this is gonna show up in a couple of days and worst case you can still return it without too much curfuffle.3) Speed- it’s likely that our older machine is just way slower than anything newer but in 5 minutes you’ll be up and running and at temp. Even better, when we need to lower the heat for polyester, give it a bit and it’s good to go.4) Not so heavy you can’t mobilize it- don’t get me wrong this this is still a chonky piece of machinery (think desktop tower weight and overall size) – if you have a cart it would be a great option for taking it to shows or events although to lift it does require some old fashion muscle.~Potential~ downsides:These aren’t deal breakers just things to keep in mind depending on the size or type of businesss you have1) not able to dress the platen. 😬 professionally this keeps us from using it with anything that has buttons or zippers because to use a silicon mat or pillow between those layers is just slower than dressing the platen old fashion style. It’s still perfect for tees sweatshirts and other items that don’t really require it but would appreciate if the slide mechanism could be adjusted in the next iteration2)Overly safe? The automatic off may have a changeable setting but this machine will shut down when not in use and if you step away to have a convo. Maybe you’re running a booth and have 15 min between orders it’s a little annoying to have it need to warm back up. Could I check the instructions, yes, will I …maybe in another month when we get very annoyed at that 🤣. It is not a complete loss though as it does give us peace of mind knowing we won’t ever burn our shop down because we forgot to turn it off3) long term durability- I see no reason we won’t use this little beast for years BUT with the shell being plastic I expect that may discolor over time from the heat and could eventually start to become brittle. Because the pressure is mechanical and not a lever or pnuematic, this could also weaken faster and have less ability to be fixed or adjusted to compensate by the user. But the thing is, it’s 1/3 of the cost of the other press choices with these features so I am more than willing to just purchase again because that also means I have a chance to upgrade to newer features sooner. I do think this machine is a very nice quality for crafters, sole owner businesses and even shops like ours who do more work but not as frequently. We mainly stick in the vinyl, DTF , and EPT transfers for apparel so I can’t speak to sublimation settings or hard surfaces.4) Size- this is every so slightly smaller than our industrial press so we are limited to that 12” space but that does cover 99% of our work – just something to keep in mind for those really big printsAgain, I had to write this review because we all are so impressed with this machine even as a team who has used industrial level equipment. I will absolutely look forward to new items this company makes and would love to see a side by side automatic press!!

Fonctionne toujours très bien après plusieurs dizaines de chandails faits. Les réglages sont faciles à comprendre. Elle me permet d’appliquer de grands formats de DTF c’est pourquoi j’ai choisi ce modèle pour ne pas être trop limitée dans la grandeur de mes images.

Very good PressThe HTVRont 2 auto press works as advertised and provides a solution that works.The Press heats up quite quickly and provides the needed settings to customize the time, temperature and pressure settings so that it your projects come out as you need them to.The pull out allows minimal contact to the hot portion of the press as well you have enough room in order to adjust your project without worrying about getting burned.I am loving it!

I love the HTVRONT auto heat press-2. It is very user friendly. whether your adjusting temperature, time, or pressure you just click the the button then click the + or – until your desired number shows up on the screen. I was using the easy press before which worked well but was having some issues with exactly how much pressure I was manually pressing down and especially with sublimation or puff vinyl for example, the exact pressure does matter. I would highly recommend.