Quote Originally Posted by skinmech View Post
Ok...I will be blunt and straight to the point..Please bear in mind this is only my opinion...The Spektra Halo leaves the Centri in it's dust..I have had a few Centris, I thought with all the hype attached to this build, it must be pretty good..So I swapped a Hyper V2 for one, and had to send it for repair, so while I waited for that to be returned I got another one...That also had to be sent back for updating/upgrading..Mike at Centri is a cool guy to deal with, his customer service is on par with FKI and TATSoul,,,,,however, I would run one Halo against 3 Centri's.....Maybe I was unlucky, I know some people get great results from the Centri, for me it was too hit or miss, temperamental and inconsistent...It also needed cleaned/serviced ever tattoo, or 3 hours "approx"...I never posted a review on the Centri, as it never worked out for me, it doesn't mean to say it won't work for you...The Centri has a huge learnig curve, and a bit of baggage with it...The Spektra is Plug and Play...Simple...As I said, this is my opinion only, I don't want to create a shitstorm with the Centri owners...
I doubt your post will start any kind of shitstorm, if fact, I believe that if Centri owners had been totally honest in their review(s) of the machine you would have seen more stories like your's come to light. I can only speak for myself, and my reasons for not putting anything negative out about it....if anyone remembers, I was one of the very few that cheer leaded for the Centri in it's infancy. After only having limited experience with it I came to find myself sided with those that believed the machine could be the "future of tattooing". Make no mistake, sides were actually taken in this. If you read the old threads you'll see what I'm talking about. There were some very heated discussions on the matter.

I still believe that the idea is there, somewhere? I can't say if it's a simple matter of refining or if the whole thing should be re-engineered? Had I posted a full and honest review of the Centri, it would have included the issues that you posted & more, instead I choose to lick my wounds and move on. As you've said, there's those who seem to get some very good results with it.

I have a rather large collection of machines, so I get the thought behind buying a certain machine just to have it, or as Mike (Centri) put it, "to take a walk on the wild side". My top drawer is a different story altogether though. I've babied/fine tuned/whispered sweet nothings to them nightly...to the point where I'm more then happy with those I have to pick from to apply a tattoo with. If it's in my top drawer it's earned its place there as a tool that consistently performs the job it was meant to do. The Centri(s) didn't. My Spektras have.