JOANLAB Vortex Mixer Shaker Laboratory Vortex Mixer Mini Paint Shaker Mixer 3000RPM

I ordered this mixer to use for paint mixing for airbrushing. It's a bit pricey compared to some options, but it's a lot more sturdy, it's quieter (especially on a foam base), and it comes in handy for when I need to mix items in centrifuge tubes (good ol' work from home). For use with paint, highly recommended. I use the 17ml dropper bottles, primarily, and this works terrific. I usually just hold the bottles on the mixer top down, sometimes bottom down. Both work well. I've also mixed other (small) bottles of paint by holding them on their sides, top, bottom, whatever. As long as you have a good grip on it, you can mix it. Sometimes it works well to push down with the pad at the base of the fingers while holding the mixer with 3 fingers, trapping the bottle. It doesn't take long to find a good method of using the mixer! As for the vendor, the unit is packaged professionally and well protected in transit, looks great, etc. but where they really shine is customer service! I had an issue where my daughter damaged the silicone cover shortly after I bought it; I messaged the vendor asking if I could purchase a replacement cover and they simply took care of it for me. Very fast response time, very fast shipping. Greatly appreciated, highly recommended! Also, silly putty is made with silicone oil, so don't get silly putty on your mixer or it will stick fast and make the worst kind of mess!

It was sort of spotty in the performance department when I first got it, but I figured I was just not great at using it yet, but now it's completely stopped working. Update: I contacted JoanLab through Amazon and they sent me a new unit, which works great. The first one was defective, plain, and simple. If you got a bum unit, just get in touch!

I purchased this mixer to use for my hobby paints. It worked well out of the box for a few months and worked pretty good. After not using it for a few months I got it set up to use it again and it didn't work anymore.

Solid desktop mixer, currently using it to shake acrylic paints with excellent results. Good value for the cost.

I bought this mixer as a way to mix bottles of acrylic paint, primarily for painting models. It works awesome. I would definitely recommend it for this. My only caveat is that I've had it about a week, so I hope it holds up a long time. I'll try to update this in a few months to state how it is. If you don't hear from me, it probably is still working.