Decent sandblaster for the casual user?

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Right now I have one of those little suitcase type sand blasters, I think I got it at Harbor Freight or something. Anyway, it pretty much sucks. Works well when it feeds, but the feed is intermittent at best. I'm using a high quality, dry air source with plenty of pressure and quality medium grit glass beads. I don't blast that often, and mostly small parts up to a motorcycle frame here and there, but it's one of those things, when it's not working properly you want to smash it. Anyone have any direct experience with a home user blaster, maybe something like this?http://cgi.ebay.com/PORTABLE-SANDBLA...ht_1815wt_1139
Reply:I used to have an ALC, 110 lb unit.  Worked great.  The main complaint I've heard about the HF/cheapo chinese units is how they load (slowly thru a funnel) you want one with a toploader and either a manual lock or popup valve.I now have a 6 CF Clemco unit, probably a bit big for what you are doing, no headaches with it but you can trust that it'll work great if you get a blast pot from Clemco, Pangborn, Empire or ALC.  I learned quickly you gotta pay to play if you want it to work reliably.Depending on how quickly you need to get things done you might also consider a siphon blaster from TP tools if you have a big compressor.Last edited by greenbuggy; 01-23-2011 at 03:47 PM.
Reply:i borrowed a buddy's HF just like the one you have pictured after replacing the hose valves and nozzles it wasn't to bad i just made a funnel to pour the sand in and it worked fine think the one i used was this one http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-...ter-34202.html350P 30A spool gun cut master 51  syncro 250 other stuff " take a dog off the street and make him prosper and he will not bite you sad the same cannot be said for man" i didnt use punctuation just to piss you off
Reply:I bouth mine from this site.  Good quality for the price:  http://www.jkitools.com/shop-equipme...-blasters.html