The latest airbrush launched by Gaahleri is the Aventus, and for this review I have received the Barbatos Rex edition.
From the outset, Gaahleri airbrush boxes have shown special care in their design. This model goes one step beyond, with a stylish box and, above all, the airbrush itself is really beautiful.
This is the first thing that catches your eye: the deep blue and chrome body, the light blue tail and the gold details.
The Aventus can be ordered choosing from 5 predefined color combinations.
But let's take a closer look at this airbrush. The box is made of rigid cardboard, and its bottom has a diagram with all the parts, including the o-rings, which is very useful for completely disassembling it and making sure that no parts are missing, or in case you need to order spares.
Inside, nestled in dense black foam for protection, we find the airbrush, with a 0.2 mm needle, two cups of 1/5oz and 1/10oz with their caps, an additional 0.4mm needle with its nozzle and air cap, a quick connector and a set of spare o-rings.
A quick guide in several languages and a sheet of stickers are also included. As usual on Gaahleri airbrushes, the o-rings that may come into contact with paint or solvents are made of Teflon, which is much more resistant.
The airbrush is a double action one, gravity fed with the cup on top.
Other features of the airbrush are a floating nozzle, and also has a needle travel limiter at the rear.
The air caps for the 0.20 and 0.40 nozzles are different and are not interchangeable. The 0.20 cap has two tips for greater precision, and the 0.40 cap is a traditional closed, cylindrical one.
While the airbrush itself has no fine pressure control, Gaahleri has included one in the quick connector, which can be used the same: it allows to finely adjust the pressure arriving at the airbrush without touching the compressor.
The cutout on the tail allows to set back the needle for cleaning the air cap without accidetally press the trigger and letting air flow.
The body has a couple of interesting features. First, the sides are flat unlike most airbrush which are cilyndrical. It is not a big difference but the thum rests better on this flat surface. It is on both sides the same so left-handed modellers can feel it too.
The other one is that the air entry is angled backwards. Holding the airbrush alone is not much different from the usual 90º, however it is noticeable more comfortable for me with the hoose, and even more with a water trap attached. In this case, the water trap follows the shape of my hand .
In use, the Aventus feels solid in the hand without being overly heavy. The trigger is smooth and moves easily, allowing for good control.
The tests were carried out with my usual desktop compressor, without a tank, and using Gaahleri's black acrylic primer under its Kaleido brand. The performance was excellent. I tested it with the low and medium pressure modes and with both types of needle. In all cases, I was able to draw lines comfortably without clogging. Below you can see some tests using both needles at different pressures, trigger sets and distance from paper.
It is difficult for me to explain the experience using it, but it has been very positive. It is comfortable in hand and even with low pressure the paint keeps flowing steadily.
Being a floating nozzle model, disassembly and cleaning is quite simple and requires no tools.
Conclusion
The Aventus is an airbrush with a very attractive design, available in several colours. It comes well equipped with two 0,20mm and 0,40mm needles, two sizes of cups with their caps, quick connector with fine pressure regulator, needle travel limiter and even spare o-rings.
Its design improves ergonomics, with a more comfortable handling and in use it offers very good performance.
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