Okay, so i may have mentioned in just just a couple videos that i think grog mops are
generally okay mops... This comes from a mop that is near and dear to my heart;
i never shut up about how much i love the mop that made this tag, a grog squeezer. These mops
have always been my number one go-to's. They're very comfortable to carry around, fits in my hand.
...Okay, i admit it. I talk up grog a fair bit, and their squeezer mops legitimately have been
my go-to graffiti mops that i've used for a long long time. But, with that being said, i thought
i'd finally answer the question that i get all the time when i keep opening my mouth about grog,
which is, "Sciz, what is so great about these grog squeezer mops?" And to answer that question,
i'm going to be trying really hard to put my bias towards the grog squeezers aside while
we do a full surface tagging test and review of every single nib size of the grog squeezer mops,
as well as the grog full metal paint that commonly comes in these! And just to show
you that i'm really trying to be unbiased here, at the end i will not only be comparing the grog
squeezer mops to similar mops of brands like On the Run, Molotow and Krink, but i'll also
be telling you the one feature about grog that i think they legitimately do worse than every other
graffiti brand out there! So, if that sounds good to you, maybe let me know with the thumbs up on
the video and we'll dive right into exactly what's going on here with these grog squeezer mops.
So, as you can see here, the grog squeezer mops offer you an array of nib
sizes. These ones here are obviously the mini grog squeezer mops. They come in the 5 millimeter,
the 10 millimeter and the 20 millimeter nib size. And despite them being legitimately small,
compact, easy to carry, the 5 and 10 ml nib sizes still hold 35 milliliters of paint,
and the whopping 20 millimeter nib size hold 50 milliliters of paint. So that's still a pretty
nice size reservoir as well. And of course you can still get the full size versions of the 5 and 10
millimeter nib sizes, which hold 45 milliliters of paint and 70 milliliters of paint, respectively.
And on the grog site it says each of them are available pre-filled with one of 19 different
colours; and 19 colours, that's like legitimately one of the best colour selections out there. So
that's great to see. That includes i think three neon colours and silver and gold as well. Now i
know i just threw like a ton of millimeter and milliliter sizes at you and obviously no i don't
expect you to retain much if any of that. What the point was, that i was trying to get across,
was if you are interested in this line of grog squeezers, they do have quite a selection of nib
sizes, reservoir sizes and a colour selection for you to pick up. And of course as always if
you are interested in them i will have links in the description to where you can pick up any of
these grog squeezers or the full metal paint. But Sciz you haven't talked about the big one yet!
And if you are thinking that... you would be right, yes. And that's because this big boy is
sort of in a whole separate class. Obviously they don't make a mini version of this. How
would you go about making a mini version with a 25 millimeter nib like this? And fittingly enough
this thing holds a hundred milliliters of paint or ink and when you get up to nib sizes this hefty it
is actually hard to find surfaces that are large enough sometimes to actually write on with these.
Heck, even with the 20 millimeter version it's pretty hard sometimes to find surfaces that are
not going to make you feel cramped writing with a nib size that big. But don't worry, we're going
to be heading over to our testing area right now and we'll obviously put down quite a few tags,
but i'll also lay down some lines side by side of every single nib size for you so you can really
get a feel for the actual differences between them. That's a very practical way to hopefully
help you guys figure out what nib sizes you might want to use in general. So let's head over there!
Alright, so as i mentioned these grog squeezers are filled with grog full metal paint, just like
this. That's what they - one of the things they come pre-filled with. And, as i also mentioned,
these grog squeezes are legitimately my go-to mops. That being said though, i did go out of
my way to pick up a couple brand new ones so that we can actually see how these grog mops perform.
I have a new 10 millimeter nib one a new 20 millimeter nib, so those are brand new. Of course
the huge 25 is new as well. And the only one we're gonna be taking liberties with is the 5mm. And
by liberties i basically mean two things. Number one, this one is the only one that i haven't got
a fresh nib for basically. These other ones being new of course the nib is new as well. This one,
the nibs a little bit used you know? It should be replaced. I don't know if you guys can see
that. That'll give you a bit more of a feel if you're like me, what it'll look like when you
don't bother replacing a nib. But also, the second liberty we're sort of taking here is, these ones
are obviously filled with a nice clean solid colour; this one is sun ray yellow, even though
it looks a little orange; and this one is flash yellow. And this one will of course be filled
with a personal favourite of mine, jellyfish fuchsia or as i like to call it pepto-bismol
of course. This one has about like sort of three different colours in it from refilling it a few
times. But we'll top it up with the jellyfish fuchsia as well. And just a little side note,
i did say these come pre-filled with the grog of full metal paint. There are other things that you
can get these grog squeezer mops pre-filled with. You can get them pre-filled with the
grog buff proof ink, street killer ink I believe, and even aqua pro paint if you want. And actually
i do have this nice handy chart that shows all the different kinds of paint and ink that grog
makes specifically that you can fill it with. But, at the end of the day, remember it is a
mop. Mops are pretty versatile in terms of what you can fill them with of course. But let's start
with topping up the little guy here and filling up the big guy with our nice jellyfish fuchsia paint,
and then we'll put some lines just side by side so you can see the direct differences between
these nib sizes. And then, after that, we'll get into the tagging and throw some tags up.
Side note, this paint is the best smelling paint ever, not gonna lie.
Yeah, so the first line here, we started off big with the 25 millimeter nib and that thing
is massive! If you are gonna use that mop, it is good to know that you're going to have
trouble finding surfaces to write on with it. It's something that you need a large surface
to write on for sure. And using secondly the 20 millimeter nib grog squeezer mini, that one there
is a noticeable difference between the 20 and 25. Some people think that when you get up that high,
it doesn't really make a difference, but trust me, for this it does. The 20, it's already pretty big
but you know you can fit some 20 millimeter lines on some smaller surfaces if you keep it nice and
simple. So the 20 is a nice versatile size. It's just a bit on the large side. And of course,
with the sunray yellow, which really is the orange, 10 millimeter, very versatile. That's
obviously quite a standard nib size. You can write big or small with it. Last but not least,
the five millimeter size, with the nib that just has no nib left. That one, i really like the five
millimeter. I've heard a lot of people praise it as well as just being the most versatile. So it
really is sort of a nice all-around size if you're just going to carry one little mop with you. So,
although it's super nice to see these uh lined side by side, you never really know how a mop
tags until you do just that: put some tags up with it! So that's exactly what we're gonna do
right now with each and every nib size of the grog squeezers. We're gonna throw some tags up
of subscribers' names who have asked me for hit offs, and while i do that i'll talk a bit about;
number one, how squeezable the mops are and how controllable they feel; number two,
how the nib feels on a couple different surfaces and how it's holding up to some basic usage;
and number three, since i have used the grog full metal paint for so long, i will talk a
bit about how it feels to use the grog full metal paint, compared to maybe some other
more standard paints. And after that i promise you guys i will tell you what i think is legitimately
grog's biggest weakness for their grog squeezer mops, and we'll actually compare these mops to a
few other mops that are similar on the markets. And i'll tell you what's good about these ones,
what the other brands might do a bit better, that sort of thing. So with that in mind let's
get tagging with these! So number one, we'll start with the 10 millimeter nib size. That's the nice
standard one. And the first thing i do have to say and the first thing you'll notice using these
grog squeezers is that the squeezability is just, they're so nice and squeezable. It's a very very
nice controllable mop. Unfortunately here you're seeing, with the these colours in particular, it's
not necessarily that the colours themselves are not opaque, it's that the nibs are just the plain
cotton nibs and being that they don't have that extra sort of layer of mohair, as the mohair nibs
do, you don't get as much of a coverage. So it really is more of a streaky line a lot of times.
And you can see with the formula too it's a fairly drippy formula. I do have to emphasize though that
it is sweltering today, like i'm absolutely dying out here. The drips that you're seeing here are
amplified because of the heat and normally that is not the case. I can't emphasize enough that
this is normally a much thicker paint formula, much more so than say the OTR Soultip paint or
something like that. And the size and shape of this squeezer mini, all the mini ones really
are just very very nice to hold. They're very versatile and you feel quite comfortable using
them. As for the five millimeter, drippy beyond belief right now because of the
lack of a nib, but that sort of lack of flow control there without the nib does give us a nice
look at what a solid line looks like in a better colour of this full metal paint. And, as you can
see, very opaque lines and for the drip heads out there, you're gonna love these five millimeter
tags! Of course the five is just as squeezable as the 10 millimeter one and the 20 and the 25, but
i do want to just - i can't emphasize enough that it is like really hot out here today. I've never
seen this paint drip this much, not even on some hot freight metal or anything like that. So when
it's not 35 degrees out, generally you're gonna get a few less drips than you are getting here. Or
not even fewer drips, it's more that the tags will hold that nice three-dimensional shape and you'll
get those more three-dimensional drips rather than them being so runny. And, if you're like me,
you do really enjoy the three-dimensionality of tags with a thicker paint formula, and that's what
this full metal paint really is good for. With the 20, specifically with that flash yellow, i
was honestly quite disappointed in the colour there. It was a little bit transparent. The
20 millimeter size is nice. I really enjoy the 20 mil size a little bit more so than the 10.
The 20 is slightly thicker, the body, but just as squeezable just as controllable. Love how it feels
and actually i do have to say that carries over to the 25 millimeter nib size full-size grog squeezer
as well. The full-size ones are just as squeezable as the mini ones. They're a little bit wider,
so there's that to deal with, but the bodies and shape of the bodies are nice and slim in general,
especially for a mop that's going to hold a hundred milliliters of this full metal paint.
Very nice. I love the 25 mil size. I just wish i had a bigger surface to write on that was a little
bit smoother. And that is a bit of a problem with these surfaces that i'm writing on. I did want to
try a sort of rough surface with a bit of bumps on it to just test the nibs out and see how they hold
up. And, of course, how a nib holds up really is going to depend on what surfaces you're using it
on mainly. But so far these ones are holding up to just a basic test on a mostly smooth,
semi-rough surface. So, the grog squeezer is obviously a very versatile mop with a great
colour selection and nib size selection, but i do want to go through specifically the pros and
cons of the grog squeezers with you right now, as well as the grog squeezer's biggest weakness,
and how it compares to some of the other mops on the market. So let's do that!
So, the pros and cons of the grog squeezers here. I'll go through the pros first because
i've already touched on a lot of these. Number one, the selection of colours, the nib sizes and
the shape of the body is awesome. I always say one of the main reasons i use the grog squeezers is
that the minis feel so nice to actually write with. Number two, i would argue that the grog
full metal paint formula is a pro. If you're like me and you like the sort of thicker paints,
the more three dimensional looks that when they dry they gloss over and give you that nice sort of
wet look, then you will love that full metal paint that they come filled with. But if you guys use
another paint more regularly that you prefer, hey that's fine too! Maybe put it in the comments,
let everyone know what paints you're up on recently. And number three, and this is a very
important one i think to a lot of people, this paint is very weatherproof. I'm not so sure about
buff proof; i don't really care, but in terms of weatherproofness, i've had tags that are up for
over five years with this formula. The colour even is pretty fade resistant. If you want more details
on that, you want to see a couple of the tags that have been up for a long time with this formula,
check the video in the corner that goes over how weatherproof a lot of different paints,
inks and markers are. And the fourth biggest pro is, i would say grog's pricing is pretty darn good
for what you're getting, compared to the market. And that is only amplified when you start buying
the empty mops like we had here of the 25 mil full size one, and you buy some refills for it
to save a bit more money. And i personally think these grog mops really are right up there with the
competition in terms of quality... except for their one big weakness, which i haven't talked
about yet. And that single biggest weakness that i have been alluding to throughout this whole
video is the grog nibs just suck! They are the worst nibs of almost any graffiti mop brand of
at least all the big ones, that i have used. And don't get me wrong, they're not that much worse,
but i just find the cotton on these nibs to be less sturdy than even other cotton nibs. And of
course if you do use any mop regularly, the nibs are going to need replacing, but i have just found
that using these for several years at this point, these nibs just plain wear out faster. So usually,
if i need a nib replacement, i buy a different brand of nib. If you guys have experiences with
these nibs as well that you want to share, please put that in the comments because that helps us
confirm if it's a lot of people having the nib problems, and i suspect it is because i've already
heard that from a few different people. And just as an overall picture about how these grog mops
stand up to the market, i will say this. The two brands i really associate as being in the same
sort of price category and fighting for market share are really the grog mops and the On the Run
mops. They're both right in there and they're close enough in price that it would be sort of
pedantic to pick out the differences and see which one is lower. And how do these grog squeezers
stand up to the on the run mops? Well, it depends right? The first thing i'll say is that these grog
squeezers are fairly squeezable. They're nice and squeezable in general. All the grog mops seem to
be about the same squeezability, whereas the OTR mops, they have some that are very very squeezable
like the 003 Soultip. You can check the video of that out in the corner. And then they have some
that are just like almost rock hard, but they're still apparently squeeze mops. So OTR is really
all over the place whereas the grog squeezers are a nice middle ground of that squeezability,
in general and it's pretty consistent across all the grog mop models. And that being said, i'm
sure there is a type of mop under both brand names for everyone, that everyone would find enjoyable
to use or reliable. But the OTR nibs, i have found, even though i've used them less regularly,
i have still found that they are more tough than the ones that come on these grog squeezers.
So maybe an ideal solution might be picking up these grog squeezers if you do end up liking
the feel of them, and then replacing them with an OTR nib of sorts. For example, the OTR 007 (review
in the corner if you want to see that) those nibs i'm pretty certain fit on the grog squeezer five
millimeter, so that's sort of my solution. I don't know tell me what you guys think in the
comments of course. As for other brands on the market, generally the grog mops are slightly
less expensive, but i would be surprised if any of the other paint formulae out there were actually
more weatherproof than the grog full metal paint, especially just because i know how weatherproof
the grog full metal paint is. Krink, Krink is a lot more expensive of course. If you like Krink,
you'll be fine paying more for it. That's about all i have to say there. But that's my take on it.
I hope the review is helpful. Feel free to let me know your experiences with the grog squeezers and
the grog paints and inks that they sell in the comments below. That helps everyone else learn
more as well. We have a ton of different graffiti reviews on the channel, as well as a few other
graffiti related series in our 320 plus videos on this channel. You can check some of the best
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