Well, as I said, this is the only Gardiner brush that I've never tried. I can now confirm I'm satisfied that I've been missing absolutely nothing!😁 Just another brush with major fundamental flaws.
The bristles are too long, I've reduced them by approx 8mm and this significantly improves it's standard form.
Dupont bristles are definitely the wrong choice for this brush IMO. They hold water like a shammy leather which really increases it's weight in use. It would be much better suited to the medium orange as featured on the Ultimate.
Another issue, now common across the Gardiner range is the huge gap in bristle area to accommodate the new jet capsules- exacerbated with narrow stocks like this and the Xtreme. There's a good 1" gap on either side which is only covered by Two bristle clumps, in a single row both top and bottom. There is room for more but none are there. It's also annoying to have to pay for jets that you don't need. I don't mind contributing to tooling costs if the end product is worth it!😁
The cut ends ofcthe bristles are terrible. The tips look like they've been subjected to heat, like little bobbles on the very ends. The brush is also triple trim rather than dual. I'm not sure whether this is designed in or a fault.
It's just another shame, this brush could be made much better but there again, I'm struggling to see an actual requirement for it. It's near enough the same weight as the Ultimate but The Ultimate is Ten times better! It was nice however not to be banging into frames and to whip spiders nests out almost instantly! I have made some more minor modifications to it tonight so we'll see what tomorrow brings but I'm not hopeful as I think its fundamentally too wrong, we'll see.
Think it'll be back to the Ultimate while I see what else the rest of the market has to offer.👍
