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Sounds cool but it really doesn’t explain to me in layman’s terms how it creates a tattoo with less pain. I like the air compressor idea though, actually can’t believe that hadn’t been done before… seems like the logical choice to me.

I have been wanting to get a tattoo done for ages, but the fear of the pain kept me back till now. Reading about this model makes me wanna get it done pronto!

Sweet, if ID doesn’t work out, we can all be tattoo artists now.

This is incorrect. It is by far not the first air powered tattoo machine in the world.

I’ve been getting tattooed by air powered machines for two years now and have seen them for over four years.

As far as the light weight aluminum, I’ve also seen ads in tattoo magazines for billet and regular aluminum tattoo machines for many years as well.

This company is either completely ignorant to tattoo culture and sundries or just enjoys a good lie.

Anyways, decent looking machine, and being tattooed by an air powered machine isn’t really much different pain wise than an electric powered one. It’s still a needle poking into your skin sorry to disappoint the guy commenting above me.

Those are actually a sweet alternative to the conventional tattoo machine. The only difference I was able to see is that it’s somewhat a little less noisy when you operate it with compressed air but there’s not much of a difference… actually, to get you started to use those with the air system will cost you an arm and a leg…

My wife had her tattoo done with something like this… apparently using air means the needle moves in a more controlled way and isn’t subject to spikes in electricity on an unconditioned line. Because it’s smoother and the needle always goes in and out at the same depth, the tattoo is clearer, the pain is less and the tattoo heals faster. or so I’ve heard….

As a tattoo artist (not a tattooist) I honestly can’t see this being a viable alternative for many types of tattooing styles… maybe your little butterflies and line lettering tattoos it can work for, but the same basic logistics were used by Spaulding & Rogers back in the late 80′s when they tried to revolutionize the tattooing industry with their new machine… which almost everyone in the tattoo industry hates.

certain styles of shading require so much more tweaking and adjusting of spring tension, contact points, aperture bar length, coil sizes, even the metal itself that the machine is made from.

As someone that is in the process of researching his next round of body art, I find this fascinating. I am not an artist or a tattoo expert, but none the less, this is cool and would love to experience one myself.

The machine works fine, but it takes a lot of skill and practice to get a stunning tattoo, especially without a lot of pain.

a needle putting pigment into skin is the same no matter how its applied, i’m sure this machine works, and have seen them work, but to slander traditional styles of application kinda makes me not want to use these, plus, the ones i have seen are harder to use due to the sloppy wobble that occurs at the “armature bar”.
and this does not help your cause,”"”The weight. An excellent, aged, greasy, strange, ink-covered tattoo artist has gotten used to the weight of a tattoo machine, whichever one they use.”"”

thanks for calling us greasy and strange..
i will never buy one of these.

Machine looks very nice, unlike the “normal” ones. But it still “hurts” beeing tattooed. But it is surely the pain and pleasure at the same time, and that is the most wonderfull. About the design? It is innovative, and if i would start tattooing people i surely would use that kind of machine.

Good work

Since I’ve never tattooed anything I’m going to have to guess here…

Wouldn’t making it lighter make it harder to control?

I am a photographer, and it’s a common practice to weight your camera so it isn’t all over the place. Making it heavier means it takes more energy to move, making it more stable.

Would it be the same with tattoos?

where can i buy one ?

oh and making it lighter would not make it harder to control..it’ll be like using a pencil to do the tattooing..easier for the artist to work with…and according to the makers…easier on the client…:)

hey does anyone know what type of grip that is on the neuma machine? and where i could get one??

hey does anyone know what type of grip that is thats shown on the neuma machine? and where i could get it??????????

hey does anyone know what type of grip that is on the neuma machine? and where i could get one??

hey does anyone know what type of grip that is thats shown on the neuma machine? and where i could get it??????????

yeahh i know, but the grip it has makes it look slick and stufff….and i was just wondering if it was possible to buy the specific grip on the picture

yeahh i know, but the grip it has makes it look slick and stufff….and i was just wondering if it was possible to buy the specific grip on the picture

Nikko Hurtado may have had some paper thrown his way to endorse Neuma machines, and he even may use them from time to time, but almost every video ive seen him in, he’s doin his thing with a conventional machine. Personally, I dig the Neuma n all, and more power to the industry for constantly looking for the next big thing, but for me, I just can’t get a feel for the damn things. I miss the weight of a hefty ass iron frame in my hands man. I’d miss the sound that my machines make way too much, especially cuz I build my own machines mostly and the work I put in to make them sound so sweet makes it mean that much more lol. Anyways, more power to ya, but keep your Neuma. They’re just too damn cookie-cutter for me…

Nikko Hurtado may have had some paper thrown his way to endorse Neuma machines, and he even may use them from time to time, but almost every video ive seen him in, he’s doin his thing with a conventional machine. Personally, I dig the Neuma n all, and more power to the industry for constantly looking for the next big thing, but for me, I just can’t get a feel for the damn things. I miss the weight of a hefty ass iron frame in my hands man. I’d miss the sound that my machines make way too much, especially cuz I build my own machines mostly and the work I put in to make them sound so sweet makes it mean that much more lol. Anyways, more power to ya, but keep your Neuma. They’re just too damn cookie-cutter for me…

The Neuma Hybrid is able to cause less pain during the tattoo for a very good reason – which you will find out should you actually TRY ONE!
The machine does not have a motor on it, therefore it does NOT cause as much vibration. The oldschool electric machines have coils (motor) attached to the actual machine. This causes a LOT of vibrations – trust me, I’ve used the electric coil machines for most of my tattoo career.
The Neuma Hybrid (or the original Neumas) do not use coils, in fact, their power source is not attached to the machine, and so it does not vibrate hardly at all – thus, the vibrations do not travel down the needle, into the customer’s skin, causing a lot of damage to the tissues in order to get the ink in there.

Same needles, same tips, tubes and grips – yes – but vibrations are cut literally 90% so not only does your client not suffer so much for their ink, the artist’s hand and wrist does not suffer at all!!!
And another thing – because of less vibrations from the machine itself, that little liner needle you use? Can get MORE FINE DETAIL than with the electric coil machines. If you have not tried them, you will never know!

I’ve been using the Neumas since they were invented about six years ago; in fact I have had a lot of other tattoo artists sneer at the machines, because they refuse to try them – which also means they will never know the amazing differences!

the lighter weight means you don’t have to counterbalance with a heavy grip. It actually still has a bit of weight to it, but the balance, though lighter, is perfect; since I’ve been using them for 5 years I am used to the lighter weight and can achieve amazing things that with the heavier electric coil machines I could not do simply because my wrist and hand hurt so much. I get much better control with the Neuma machines. Period.

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Well said, Dan!
I agree. I needed to find something to ease my wrist/hand fatigue; the Neuma machines are almost too good to be true and I would have missed out on all the benefits (which are many) if I had not tried them for myself.
To judge fairly, one must actually try them!

The Neuma has been around for over 6 years. I started researching them when they first came out; bought one within a year (the second generation, called N2′s, which looked quite a lot different and did not sport a logo for the first year or two. The new hybrid machines, which you see pictured above, are the latest breed, on sale for about two years now.
So could it have been that you saw the older machines and didn’t recognize that they were all made by Neuma?
At any rate, if you prefer the traditional coil machines, by all means, if you trust what you are working with, and like the weight, it’s not as if you can’t do an amazing tattoo with whatever equipment you trust!

where may I purchase one of these? have been unable to find anywhere that sells them…

Right on Dan – exactly my point – don’t bash something until you actually try it. I don’t bag the neuma machines because I CLEAN THEM PROPERLY between clients.
Any artist can cross contaminate the setup if they don’t know what they’re doing.
I don’t use fancy machines to hide lack of ability – in fact my ability shines through even more because I’m not fighting wrist and hand fatique with using lighter machines. I also use a stigma Bizarre V2 rotary (sometimes in conjunction with the neuma) and find that they are almost as light but they vibrate in your hand more…. so the neumas are still my favourite. I can tattoo all day, ten hours a day and I go home and my hand doesn’t hurt AT ALL.

I have run into so many artists that laugh at the neuma – UNTIL THEY SEE MY PORTFOLIO. Then they want work done by me and they can’t get an appointment fast enough.
Billeogge, you sound as if you have never tried them, but if you did, you might be exposed as the hack you are.

GREAT!, i’m a beginner tattoo artist, and i’m also a girl, so it’s not hard to image my wrist pain after a long session… maybe this is what i need!, will search for more info, if any artist there already use it and can tell me how good is this machine, i would be thankful . Thank You!

One very important detail you all, including the professionals on here as far as I can see, is that people like myself who have Bi Vent ICD implants,look it up if you don’t know what it is, but the pro’s should definately know, cannot have the electric traditional machines anywhere near the chest area where our implants are fitted as it will reset the implant and that is life threatening. The new Air machine seems to be the break through, so to speak, that can be used on us as there is no electro magnetical parts ie motors etc inside.
So to those who say what a waste of time, best think again I’d say

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Gosh alot of you guys are idiots and shouldnt post on the subject of tattooing without proper knowledge. The neuma tends to hurt a bit less because it is air driven and since its connected to a regulator its quite consitent in speed and stroke. As opposed to coil machines that run on electricity which is very inconsistent on voltage which causes fluctuation of speed and stroke. It has very little to do with the vibration created by the armature bar. And Id much rather autoclave my things after use if you care about the health of your clients. Ink goddess was one of the only informative posts on here.

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