there are a ton of these mini graffiti mops out there and it's probably because
so many graffiti writers love how compact they are, how carryable they are, how versatile they
are in terms of that five mm nib size and probably how comfortable they are to write
with to a certain degree as well. and today we are taking a look at three of the big guns here guys,
because there's actually a ton of differences between them. and i want to highlight and compare
those differences today in a full tagging test and a drip test to help you guys know if you're
looking to try some of these out, which ones might be best for you as a graffiti writer,
depending on what kind of graffiti tagging you do. so let's get right into it!
so what i'm going to do throughout this comparison is specifically try and highlight the differences
between these mops by showing you in a tagging test of course. and at the end i'll actually
sit down with you and tell you what i believe to be, in my experience using these mops, the most
important features of each individual one. so to start off i'm just going to tell you what you need
to know about them right off the bat, and then i'll leave the talking to the mops and let them
showcase their strengths for themselves in our tagging test. and to start off i don't like to put
too much emphasis on pricing because if you're doing it right you buy a mop and you use it for
years and years. for example i bought this mop at least four years ago. i actually have
a video on youtube of me unboxing this grog mini squeezer. and all these years later i'm
still able to use it. I've replaced the nib a couple times; that's about it. but the price
is still important based on what you're actually getting so i'll lay it all out for you right now.
to start off the grog squeezer mini 5 fmp, which is the 5 mm nib version, comes filled with 35 ml
of their grog full metal paint. that's the fmp. and they sell roughly for around at seven US
dollars each. we're gonna use US dollars just because it's the universal-ish currency. i would
use Canadian but then no one would understand the value of anything. similarly as you can tell just
by the shape the molotow dripstick mini here holds 30 ml of their alcohol based permanent
paint by molotow. and i can't wait to tell you guys how many tags you can get out of these
in my experience because i think it'll surprise a lot of people. and thirdly, out of the bunch
here is the super tiny soultip 007 10 ml here which comes filled with, you guessed it, 10 ml
of the soultip paint. and it'll cost you around 5.49 USD. obviously you can fill each and every
one of these with just about any paint or ink that wants to flow through a mop nib but you'll
at least get to see how each of the formulae react in our tagging test when used in each
of their respective mops this way. speaking of which we're gonna fill up these mops right now,
make sure they're nice and full and do a drip test just to highlight the differences
specifically in the paint formulae before we get to laying down some tags. let's get to it.
okay so we're gonna start off by just doing what i'm gonna call a line and dot test or a drip
test and we're literally just going to put a line and dot of each of these mops' formulae next to
each other so we can just see the difference in thickness of the paint and just how they react
sort of on a nice smooth surface. that'll obviously be very quick, but after that when
we start our tagging test, start taking out the names of the subscribers and the kings supporting
over on the patreon, i will tell you exactly in my experience using these how many tags you can
get out of each of these mops. i've used the grog squeezer mini for a long long time. i've also used
the soultip 007 for quite a while and i've got a pretty good idea about the molotow dripstick mini
here as well. but during our tagging test that is when i'm going to be telling you how squeezable
each of these mops feels, how durable they are in my experience. but the main thing we're going to
do by throwing these tags up is just highlight the differences between the mops themselves
so you can see it as clearly as possible. so let's get a couple lines up here. so just starting each
of these formulae off with the lines here you can tell the grog full metal paint itself is
just a little bit thicker than the other formulae there specifically much more so than the molotow
dripstick paint formula. similarly the soultip paint is actually fairly thick as well. it just
doesn't quite compete in the thickness category of the grog full metal paint exactly. but we're
gonna get a lot more familiar with each of these formulae as we throw some tags up. so let's get
to that! and as we move on to our surface tagging test here i want to give a big shout out today's
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definitely check out one of those calligraphy classes. but without further ado let's
get into this tagging test. we're going to start off with one of my personal favourites. i'm going
to keep my bias out of this but i have used this one the longest, the grog squeezer mini 05 fmp
filled with the full metal paint. i topped it up with jellyfish fuchsia but it did have a purple
in there before which was also full metal paint. so let's see what it looks like.
so starting off with the grog squeezer mini here. i have always found this to be a very
squeezable and controllable mop although it does loosen up over time of course. you do
have to remember that. so when you do get these they're a little bit stiffer than
some of the other ones right out of the pack. but i have always filled this with the grog
full metal paint just because i personally like that nice thick paint and because i have found
its weatherproofness incredibly incredibly good in terms of being in the freight environment or other
outdoor environments. i'll even link you to the video where we took a look at exactly
how weatherproof the grog full metal paint is as well as a bunch more. that's in the top right hand
corner and in the description for you to check out. the one thing with the five mm nib size here,
and i think it's just because the smaller the nib the higher up it sits with respect to where
the valve pushes it up, is just they wear out super fast. and that happens across all brands.
you guys know how much i love grog but i can honestly say that the grog nibs wear out the
very fastest. that being said and because i've seen these be used on an entire line of freight
cars i know it sounds ludicrous but if you really want you can get up to about 90 tags out
of one of these little things. that's if you're using them like you're seeing me use them here;
very few drips in some of these tags. you can do that consistently with this mop. you don't have to
get those drips each time. i should mention that i think when i filled this just now i didn't really
mix the pigment in as much as i should have before pouring more into this grog squeezer
so it's a little bit more transparent when you're just doing a nice thin line. so i think for this
time that is sort of my fault. but like i said i swear you can get between 50 and 90 tags if you
really wanted to with this mop. and the same goes for the molotow dripstick mini here of course.
it's 30 ml instead of the 35 ml of the grog squeezer mini offers in the five mil size
specifically, but the paint formula itself is just that much thinner. it's much much harder
to write with without getting a ton of drips. i will say that the molotow dripstick minis here
come right out of the box very very squeezable, very comfortable to write with. that is one thing
i found with the molotow dripstick in particular. it feels nicer right away than the other mops.
once you break each of these mops in you know you'll mold it a little bit to the shape of your
hand and they all work about the same, but right away you can tell they use just a grade of plastic
that's one or two levels above what grog is using. and the biggest thing i want to emphasize about
the molotow dripstick specifically is, let's not underestimate the refill from the back system
specifically when we're talking about five mm nibs. trying to refill anything through the
little opening that a five mm nib offers is not fun. you gotta make a funnel or you have to have
something that pours really small. it's just it's so much easier having that refill from the back
system specifically for these mini mops. another plus of this that i probably have not mentioned
enough is that it makes it super convenient if you're trying to mix colours. i'll be honest,
i haven't used the molotow dripstick mini consistently enough to know how its nib holds up
over time. so if someone wants to leave a comment and just let everyone know their experiences with
the molotow nibs in particular, i'm sure everyone who appreciates it will give it a big thumbs up.
i'll give it a heart as well. from the bit that i have used it the nibs have been just as good as
the other five mil nibs if not a bit better. but speaking about the refill from the back system i
have heard three or four people complain i think about it leaking from the back. to be honest i've
used the molotow dripstick 860ds. i've used the molotow dripstick mini for a little bit now. i've
used the rollerball dripstick minis. that has never happened to me. my theory is if you're
one of those people that holds a mop a little bit like this, squeezing it closer to the back,
i think you might be warping the plastic just enough to break the seal at the back. that's
my theory at least. i'm just trying to solve the problem that some people are having here because
it's obviously not consistent across the markers. i haven't had the problem but i have heard a
couple people say they have. the mop itself like i said very very comfortable, very squeezable,
you feel like you have a ton of control. i would say a little less so than the grog squeezer mini
personally but that could just be because you're using a bit more of a runny paint in the molotow.
but moving on to the soultip 007 here the 10 ml size, i have used this mop for ages
and even though it's just 10 ml because of the squeezability of it in combination with the shape
of the mop you can seriously get about 30 or 40 tags out of this. trust me! i have tested it out.
i think we even tested it out in the review of the 007 soultip on the channel here. i find the 007
perfectly comfortable to use. the squeezability of it makes sure that you have very very good
control over it. some people do say they find it a little bit short. if you have particularly large
hands you might not be able to rest the back part of it on your knuckle. if that is a problem for
you you can just use the otr006. it's a little bit longer, exact same nib size and that might solve
that problem for you. the soultip paint i would say it's more vibrant than the other two paints
specifically. it's a little bit thinner than the grog full metal paint but not nearly as thin as
the molotow alcohol-based permanent paint is. that being said, since we're talking of these paints i
do have to say the colour selection for all three of these mini mops is great. they all have tons
and tons of colours which in itself isn't really the important thing, but the important thing is
that they all have massive numbers of refills as well in all of those same colours. out of the
three mops i have to say though the soultip 007 is the only one that is small enough that you can
carry it in your pocket and just not really know what's there. the other two are certainly pocket
sized but carryability goes to this soul tip 007. but hopefully seeing how each of these three
mini mops writes is giving you guys a good idea of how they perform and hearing what my experiences
have been with them. but i want to specifically provide an argument as to why it's good to use
each of these individual mops specifically and probably the argument that resonates with
you personally means that i'm emphasizing features about the individual mop that are more important
to you, and maybe that's the one you should pick up and try. i don't know. but i'm going
to specifically list out the pros and cons of each of these right now, so let's get to that.
okay the pros and cons of each of these three mini mops. which one might be the best for you?
starting off with the grog squeezer mini 05 fmp; it's a great all-around squeeze mop for
a very reasonable price and it comes with a nice thick paint formula. that paint formula though,
since we're speaking of it, does have some opacity issues. i find in the warm colours specifically,
yellows, oranges not that great. even the red. whereas the cooler colours like the blues,
the purples, the pinks, all of those colours are very very nice. like i said this comes with one
of the thickest paint formulae that you can get. the nib is a little bit harder to keep clean just
with how the cap is designed. it'll stick to it. so you do want to clean the threads often with
something like acetone aka the main component nail polish remover. but the cap keeps the nib
nice and wet and fresh. so if you don't use this for a week or two it's not going to dry out.
next up the molotow dripstick mini here. it is super squeezable and comfortable right
away. there's no real break-in period where you gotta loosen the plastic up. that's always nice.
it has the unrivalled refill from the back system that molotow provides for you. and
you can sort of just tell the marker body quality is a step above grog specifically. it is actually
the only one that doesn't have a mixing ball in it interestingly enough, or doesn't come with
a mixing ball at least. and it is by far the most expensive of the mini squeeze mops here. and next
up we have the otr soultip 007 here. it's the 10 ml. it's super squeezable. it's the easiest size
and shape to carry around with you comfortably. it's the cheapest of these options. you can still
get a ton of tags out of it. and it's great for the casual graffiti writer. but if i'm
missing any points that you guys like or dislike about any of these three mops in particular,
leave a comment. let everyone know your experiences with it. you guys can share
more knowledge in the comments than i ever could in just one video. we've got many more comparisons
just like this one on the channel. if you're looking for the best solid paint stick to use,
you can check the video on screen right now and it'll lead you to that. similarly we've got one
for the metal heads out there as well! i hope to see you over there very soon. until then, peace!