Review (5/5): So far so awesome: Day 1
Notes out of the box;
* Very nice, low profile footprint design.
* 7 inches long, 5 inches at widest part of the oval, 2.5 inches tall.
* Fits up to .75 oz polishes with all shaped bottle necks (bam! take that iZen Pro!)
* Silver plastic, no idea on solvent resistance (yet).
* Uses both AC adapter or batteries for cordless operation.
* 5600 shakes per minute promises the box and spec detail.
* 3 detachable, adjustable rubber securing straps.
* 1 on/off button, with a lighter pressure 'pulse on' feature.
Operation:
* Cinch to strap on.
* Pretty impressive agitation for one so wee.
* Noise level mild especially in comparison to my incessant bottle agitation whining. "Ow! My arms! Blah, blah, blah." I'd be more specific, but I was operating it right on a stainless steel counter to put it through the noise test. It'd be unladylike to compare it to a 'personal massager' out loud wouldn't it? Did I just type that? Oopsy, my bad. Quieter over a mat, silicone, towel or cork tile by miles. I did that too.
Result:
Before had separation, some streaky clearness and clinging pigment near the neck. I gave it my regular human powered roll/tap/roll for the following 'before shaker' application demo. (See posted pics)
Left, regular human agitation. 5 freaky coats and I had to wrangle dual directions and mucho smoothing in application. I tried really hard to give it more care actually because I wanted to be ungenerous to ForPro. But, human agitation was a streaky, bubbled shrink-back, difficult, wrinkling mess at every application and cure. Just like last time I dared to be decadent. I purposefully used a problem child color of an otherwise fabulous gel polish line. Plus, I left the cleansing paper towel wipes in the photos to demonstrate the horrid vs acceptable cure difference. Like eww! That's dangerous. It even wiped off in spots!
Right, ForPro shaken. 3 coats. Application was easy and like normally behaved other vampy, dark, well agitated gel polishes. Say what? I thought I'd see some improvement, but I didn't really expect this great of one. The color is wearable and I like it now.
All things are equal in my test, except I was more careful in application of the human shaken swatch, which has 2 more coats for a subpar, unusable result. I had to, it was having a tantrum in streaky pants before ForPro.
Other notes:
ForPro requires a phillips head screwdriver to open the 4 AA battery housing. Probably because it shakes so much? Still, a nice cordless option to the AC adapter also included. Yay that. *Batteries not included.
And, I think any warranty would be online via ForPro website only? This didn't come with instructions or warranty card in the box. Mostly a no-brainer plug and play.
It's unscathed by alcohol meaning any gel polish mishaps can wipe right off. I blotted the underbelly to remove dust lightly.
Clear rubber feet stay put while leaving no marks. That's awesome. Especially compared to Robarts that jiggle off tables and sound like landscaping machines.
I like ForPro so far. I think it saves product and my shake stress physiology. Prettier result in fewer, easier coats :).
It did a good job on both a chunky glitter and a streak-prone frost in a conventional lacquer brand. I did shake them once to break surface tension first though. I also rotated the bottles and let them shake twice. The beads were rolling free in both and additive distribution was even and good after. Thanks ForPro! Please last an eon now.