I love it when I go into the office for a busy saturday. andmy merry band of assistants pop in in my absense and answer all the diffcult questions posed, almost exactly as I would have.Good job Dimi and Fenix!
Skip can be contacted through the main phone number his family business company has been around since early in the 20th century. I’ve seen machines his parents and gransparents produced in the 1920’s . You’ll also find him on facebook if you look .I recommended his products because they have shown themselves to be good reliable machines that are well supported by the manufacturer.
I wish I could say the same with Dectro. There’s a fairly extensive conversation ( one in a series of similar conversations ) going on right now on one of the facebook groups, a very well known electrologist is having trouble with a platinum. Its the same problem that multiple electrologists have been experiencing for the last several years with dectro products, inconsistent delivery of current. It seems that many have had to send ther machines for very drastic service, not just calibration, but in a ot of cases entire motherboard replacement. For the average practising electrologist, losing your machine for even one day is a problem that can stop you doing business.
I myself own an SM-500 ( virtually identical to Dimi’s SX-500) with the same battery located in the SRAM card. I had to buy this card when I bought my machine as mine didnt have one.I am not familiar with any other apilus machine that has this battery than these 2 models, so I cant confirm whether the senior II has one, but it would make sense, it’s the functional equivelent of the "cmos " battery on computers. It would make sense some of these older machines have the same I just cant confirm it.
All this said, whatever the cause,there has been a consistent history of failures on Apilus devices. This history is not consistent with other makers, I myself have used a VMC and a clareblend machine which work perfectly 10 or more years after their manufacture, and have never required service, probeholder replacement or any other component. When you combine this with an unlicensed individual working with the machine and a company that will not work with them, you have to take this into consideration when buying an epilator. When it breaks, who are you going to call to fix it? This should be the first question you have.While I like the Apilus for DIY\ers and students because the presents make determining energy level easy, I dont really recommend them for that purpose anymore.
One of my clients who dabbles in DIY bought a senior II locally on one of her trips up for treatment for $900 canadian. I noted some issues but it works fine. I’ve seen them typically around the $1000 mark to 1600.Canadian Dollars.
I consistently see SM=500’s like mine for around $600-$800 . Intrestingly enough they are outsold and outpriced often by Silouette tone servoblend and blennd128s . These epilators are almost ANCIENT in comparison. and come from the 70s and 80s yet they fetch almost the same price, why? reliability. My apprentise, is having a hard time locating a VMC she wants for under 1500.
My honest opinion, avoid the senior II . If/ When it needs to be serviced, you wont be able to. Just about any other epilator than apilus is serviced inhouse by texas electrolysis Supply who would be happy to help you.
Seana
