Top 10 foam guns

Claims of professionalism, alas, this assembly gun does not justify its quality: with large amounts of work, it “surrenders” too quickly, its resources are at the level of ordinary amateur models, which usually cost less. However, overpayment for Teflon coating for amateur purposes makes sense: “blowing out” the balloon, you can spend less time cleaning and then when the gun is needed again (and this can happen a year later), there is less chance It will not work because of the flaws of the previous cleaning "in haste."

But in general, of course, it is a pity that the manufacturer did not pay enough attention to reliability: then this gun for mounting foam could also appear in the “professional” rating section.

The epithet “reinforced” in the description of the gun for the assembly foam attracts attention, but in practice it is debatable - the cylinder mount is made of plastic, so that even though the light-alloy body itself survives the unfortunate fall, the balloon with fasteners can go free flight.

They really didn’t regret on the aluminum casing - it weighs more than half a kilogram, but the quantity does not always turn into quality: you can use less durable alloy, stretch the strength of the “melted spoons” - this is not the most elegant solution.

Of the advantages of SibrTeh, we note the adjustment knob - large, with a ribbed plastic tip, it is really convenient and allows you to quickly control the supply of foam with your bare hand, even with gloves on. Ergonomics - this is the trump card of the gun, it must be admitted.

One of the cheapest foam guns turned out to be not so bad, except for an unusually inconvenient handle. Its creator obviously had some kind of his own idea about ergonomics, or simply hated this science, otherwise this decision cannot be explained.

However, in tight gloves, you can more or less operate a pistol. Conveniently, the bundle includes a flexible nozzle for hard-to-reach seam areas - sometimes you can’t find it with the more expensive models, although there is a penny worth of a piece of a PVC tube. The weakest point of all the guns of this type - the trigger zone - is quite strong here due to the amplifier, so it is not necessary to fear for the integrity of the gun when it falls. Unless, of course, do not drop it from the fifth floor. But I would like to see the valve made of stronger steel - if the gun does not collapse on the second or third cylinder (alas, no one has canceled the Chinese lottery quality), then the output will still significantly reduce the life of the device.

This "Chinese" was pleasantly surprised - he made quite high quality and with attention to detail. For example, you can unscrew the “trunk” with a spanner key - yes, unlike Kapriol, here is a normal hexagon. Coating body and small parts - Teflon.

For such pistols, it is the coating strength that is important: as soon as the Teflon layer is damaged, cleaning becomes much more complicated. In this regard, Hammer shows itself worthy. Add to this the good ergonomics of the handle and decent quality valve with an adjustment mechanism. So in general, the option to buy is quite good.

High-quality polyurethane foam is a very, very sticky substance. This advantage instantly turns into a disadvantage when you have to clean the gun. Remembering the number of curses that usually accompany this process, the Matrix pistol should be treated with attention - teflon coating will make cleaning much easier, since the foam, which is known for its “slippery” material, practically does not stick.

For this feature, of course, thanks to the manufacturer. But she adds problems with handling too - Teflon is scratched easily enough, especially in professional practice, when a gun for mounting foam together with another tool constantly “lives” in the trunk or in the drawer. Chromium, by and large, does little more than its job of facilitating cleaning, but exceeds teflon by an order of magnitude. Another thing is that it is expensive to apply chrome to silumin or TsAM, if you keep the technology.

This low-cost foam gun is made of sufficient quality so that the word Professional in the label does not look like a mockery. In addition, construction materials under the brand Tytan (first of all, of course, foam) are quite well known in our country - there is reason to hope for quality even for the sake of “brand honor”.

The body of the gun is aluminum and, fortunately, not sintered from low-quality powder, so it has sufficient safety margin. The handle is unpretentious, but it sits normally in the hand. The regulator with a large plastic head works as expected, here we can only find fault with its sensitivity. The fact is that even small movements of the regulator immediately noticeably affect the consumption of foam. In combination with the short-stroke trigger, which practically does not allow the flow rate to be changed by pressing force, this makes it difficult to fine-tune. As a result, we can recommend a gun in the first place for work requiring a large amount of foam supply: here it will be easiest to adjust it.

Just like with Matrix, Teflon coating is applied here. We will not repeat the controversy of this decision and proceed to the inspection.

It is worth noting the ergonomic handle - of all the foam guns that ranked the best, Kraftool turned out to be the most comfortable to use. At the same time he has a good length, so in many cases it will be possible to do without an extension cord.

As for the minuses, first of all you need to mention the adjusting screw: its small head significantly reduces the ease of adjustment, although the screw itself goes smoothly. In practice, another “minus” can emerge in the form of a high sensitivity of the valve to contamination: a poorly washed pistol can start to poison, moreover, according to the law of meanness, it is when it travels in the tool box.

As a result, Kraftool is worthy of the title of the best gun for monotonous work: after setting it up once, just lead it up at the seams, changing the cylinder by cylinder.

Honestly, the “biography” of this brand is quite suspicious - and the inscription on the trunk “Made in Spain”, and the Russian-language website refer us to a certain Spanish company Ferrento S.L., whose website has only two language options: Spanish and Russian. That is, we must believe that, besides the native market and the Russian one, other manufacturers are not interested? It feels like the story is repeated here with the “supposedly German” Huter, which, according to the advertisements, is made for a certain German company, which was not even heard of in Germany itself. And the most elementary verification of the domain ferrento.es finally puts the dots above the “and”: the hosting of the site of the “Spanish” company is ... in St. Petersburg. Bingo!

So we are, as we suspected, a Chinese pistol made for a Russian customer under the “firm”. But it should be noted that it is conceived quite well - at least, it is completely covered with Teflon (including the ball valve), so that it is cleaned normally. However, when choosing, pay attention to the quality of the valve - the locking ball in it is plastic, so the “curve” processing of the counter part of the seat will inevitably lead to its deformation and foaming of the foam as soon as the ball moves a little to one side.

Well, we will inevitably cut the rating points: there is no point in overpaying for the non-existent "Spanish" company, while the quality is the same as that of the "honest Chinese". The cheap and easily calculated lie of advertisers is generally similar to the purchase of counting titles by rich-rich young people - both ridiculous and meaningless. We, as buyers, are interested in price and quality, not invented biographies.