stylus h and thunder, differences

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Hawk-2.5 stroke excels at black and grey, and color blending
Spirit-3.0 stroke excels at everything except lines
Thunder-4.0 stroke excels at line work
Stylus h/s- 4.0 stroke can both be great all around machines when ya find their sweet spot. The h machine can line pack and shade great. The s machine can also do it all, it seems you just have to hang the needles and slow down a bit. I actually find bold lining easier with the s machine, And fine lining easier with the h machine.

The cheyenne machinea also all have different counter weights on the cam it looks like they all get bigger an heavier with each machine. They all have the same thickness drive bar so they all have roughly the same organic give built in. (Which is very little) but the bar is thicker than the stylus soft and a smidge thinner than the stylus hard.

I bounce around with machines.... but always end up back using my stylus h/s. Best all around machines for my way of tattooing.