What about this device? Would it be proper choice for beginner and if yes, how high in price should I go?
Yes, I think it is worth $300. I wouldn’t not advise this for use on your face, though. Clareblend is a highly respected company that has served the world for many years. It probably needs to be calibrated.
Thank you Dee for getting back to him quickly, I was occupied today ( 5 more hours of electrolysis today on my favourite client, she has no problem sitting for that long! )
Awesome advice too, Dee would be far better at evaluting a clairblend than I would.
The only thing I would add, is to me it wouldnt be worth it for much more than $400 but as Ebay is usually a little more than you would pay on say craigslist, and if I recall correctly Shrike is pretty much limited to ebay, with 19 hours left it may still go up in price a bit.You seem to be in the right ballpark pricewise though.
A seller on ebay with 225 positive feedback transactions with no negatives, I suspect this will work out well for you.
Seana
That’s the unit that Marge Smith (Clareblend) made for me back in 2000, the “Telangitron.” I earlier worked with her for a year, developing and designng her first blend unit.
You had better get the HF side checked-out before you purchase the thing. If not working (I know this unit very well), Clareblend will charge you $300 to get the unit back in shape (a fair price, by the way). Consider that you can buy a brand new Hinkel “Classic,” essentially the identical unit, for about $1,200.
We sold the “T-Tron” to physicians for telangiectsia work. It’s a legit electrolysis unit, with an added circuit on the DC side … that won’t impact using it for electrolysis (actually, it will make using the DC better!). I checked a couple of the “tele” units being made today and, big shock, they have forgotten about putting on the extra circuit. I ain’t gonna help 'em neither!
For the record, I bought the unit from Marge for $400 and sold it for $2,500. That’s the typical mark-up … except for the units like “VeinWave” that also cost about $400 to make, but they sell the unit for $28,000. It is any better? Well, NO!
I found it interesting that it said t used k-shank probes. I didnt think anything but old hinkels did, but of course I was likely being short-sighted. At least TES still carry K type probes.
Seana
Well, you sure got that one wrong. Clareblend utilized K-shanks as early as 1980! It’s a very simple task to make a needle cord for ANY needle that the client wants.
Yes, there is a lot of misinformation all over the place in this field. Lots of quick decisions and suppositions … about a wide variety of issues.
(Not in this case whatsoever, but it’s horrible to be at the receiving end of somebody’s twisted ideas about what they think … or say … you are doing; especially when they have never seen your work.)
I suppose that’s a good reason for schools … and history, for that matter.
Thanks for all the advices and wish me luck winning this item :).
Yes, I do wish you luck …
If and when you get this “puppy,” I have the manuals for it … a lot of support materials too. PDFs so you can simply download the stuff … free of course … and start “torturing” yourself! Yep, it’s what we do. (Thank God Reinhart Heydrich didn’t know about electrolysis!)
Funny thing about the T-Tron users. They either never did much with it (so that unit could be nearly new), or they have used their devices for years and made it a profitable part of their practice. (I’m happier with the latter.)
Strangely, I have discovered that the machines that are used a LOT don’t break down. The ones sitting in a box unused, often have problems. (We have an engineer here … fenix? … so, why might that be?)