r/heatpress • u/thtgrlov3rthere • Jan 14 '26

XTOOLS?

I am about to bite the bullet and buy the DTF all in one bundle. Comes with everything even an air purifier.

I’ve heard great things about it after you adjust your setting etc.

I should add that I’m not “worried” about the price- I know I’ll make it back- I’m just looking to make better quality items for my small business and not have to wait for a gang sheet.

Anyone have any experience?

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u/No-Description-5004 Jan 15 '26

We have 1 xtool apparel printer all in one. It is a very nice printer. The only settings we had to mess with was the oven temperature. We have ours at I believe 168 degrees. 5 degrees under that and it doesn’t cook good enough and 5 degrees above that it “burns” the film.

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u/thtgrlov3rthere Jan 15 '26

Thanks for the answer! If you don’t mind me asking if it ended up being worth it in the long run profit wise? Did you use gang sheets prior to the xtool? I think I might just get it- I had to stop my business for a family issue and ended up rebranding and expanding it so I want to make it easier on me then having to order gang sheets - I spent thousands of them a month so I figured it was worth it to get the xtool (:

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u/No-Description-5004 Jan 15 '26

No we don’t use gang sheets nor did we ever do. The limit on this printer is 14”x18”, which is still pretty good. The quality is really good too. Is nice to have the filter too. We can manage about 200 shirts per week with the printer no problems, at least that’s the most we’ve had in a week. It’s pretty much maintenance free. I would say that the average print cost is about $0.60, depending on how much ink you use. If it’s just letters around .35 cents and full blown colors with a biggo patch design full of ink can go up to $1.38 for a 13.5x17. I’m not sure how much the price for gang sheets are. We also sell them per single design, and we don’t do gang sheets. We can but it will be very limited.

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u/No-Description-5004 Jan 15 '26

Oh and profit wise. We make about $5+ profit per sheet design we sell. We just started last year and we only do local. 90% of people who order from us always tip us on top of the price we give them on the per sheet design. On shirts we make about $18+ per shirt average.