Comments on: Hyde’s Dual-Action Flex Roller

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:24:23 +0000

Something tells me this thing was born of a late night drinking/painting party…

But I do agree with Scott - I’d love to see some toolmonger product testing. Hell, maybe the monger could recruit some of his loyal minions to buy and test some of these things…. With pictures and commentary, naturally. Put a price cap on it - say $50 - unless somebody was really interested in it…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:49:20 +0000

http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/02/veritas-variable-gang-saw/

‘Nuff said.

By: Rob Retter

Rob Retter — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:02:01 +0000

This is hilarious! I really thought it was some sort of joke when I first saw the picture. It’ll make a great gag gift for any professional painters in your life.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:14:17 +0000

It would be a total clusterfark to clean, load, use, etc. This can only be targeted at Joe Homeowner who has never EVER painted ANYTHING before.

By: _Jon

_Jon — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:45:28 +0000

Yeah, that would be _easy_ to load the paint onto in the tray without dripping… NOT

By: tooldork

tooldork — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:24:46 +0000

I can see how they could claim to finish painting faster since it seems the second roller performs the back rolling function of more evenly distributing the paint.

Not that I’m going to spend $18 to experiment.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:55:01 +0000

Has anyone used one of these?

I’d like to see Toolmonger.com take the plunge and go beyond paraphrasing the press release or online description. Empirical testing is the best way to decide how it works and how well it works.

Inquiring (and stingy) minds want to know! Is it fair to call it ridiculous when you haven’t tried it? Better your $18.00 than mine.

I suspect the idea is to apply paint predominantly with one roller. The second evens out the coverage and maybe uses a stipple cover or some such for effect. No need to dry-roll the surface as a separate step. If that is true, then all strokes have to be up or down, depending on which roller is applying the paint.

By: Firemarshal Bill

Firemarshal Bill — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:30:56 +0000

Where’s the laser!!!! This thingnshould be laser guided!

By: Jaxx

Jaxx — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:24:58 +0000

If the top roller was sprung then it would want to flip round in front of the thing every time you lifted off, the bottom one has to be sprung so you can push against it, which would push them both evenly against the wall.

Still no idea if its worth it.

By: bartsdad

bartsdad — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:27:16 +0000

Kinda like all the new razors with 4, 5, 6 or more blades for a better shave.