Reviewing the Polaroid Hi-Print vs. the Fuji Instax Portable Printer -2022 update
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Which portable photo printer is better? The Fuji Instax or the Polaroid hi-Print? One of my most common questions for people who use my Wanderlust Passport is what portable photo printer should they get. I did a review in 2020 and I am here to update that review to see which is better, the Fuji Instax or the Polaroid hi-Print
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I guess my only comment is that even though it takes the Polaroid Hi Print takes longer you have to consider that the instax (which I am a super huge fan) take the same amount of time to create a print. The instax still has to take time for the print to show up because of the image process.... so the speed test is kind of a misnomer because the print emulsion is somewhat faster in comparison to instax because the image prints instantly it just takes 4 passes to complete the print... just a thought.
But you can print a lot of photos, and let them sit and develop while you do other things. The polaroid printer really takes a while to spool and print up and you have to sort of baby sit that before you can get to printing the next one. While you are correct, for the wait time,Id rather wait for the picture to develop than print, but thats a personal preference.
12:37 That is *NOT* ZINK paper. ZINK paper processing is ejected directly like the Polaroid instant film (right out of the printer). The process of CMYK is like professional photo printers do it: one color at a time, and it's exactly the same process KODAK/Canon/etc. printers do when you go to any shop to "reveal" your digital photos.
searching for this comment. it is indeed not a zink, it is foil sublimation or something like that, this method is very durable... and a Zink don't even stand a spill of water.
I've been going back and forth with trying to figure out which one I would like/prefer. This has helped greatly because I can be indecisive. Thank You!!
Oh I am soooo indecisive too. But I have to say, I have about 5 portable printers and I still exclusively use the instax. It’s just the best fit for my needs and my aesthetic
This was great. I'm picking up the polaroid because I want to put the stickers in my bullet journal and it was great to see this review! Glad to love the instax!
Hi! I am looking forward to buy the Polaroid also for my bullet journal but I was wondering how is the quality of the paper photo, like does the color of the photo starts to deteriorate?
my husband's sister had an instax printer for her wedding. i've always wanted one and when i was able to actually try it, i really enjoyed it. the photo came out pretty good too, i ended up taking one and keeping it for myself instead of putting it in her guest book haha. ended up getting the dusky pink; can't wait to use it for myself.
Oh I love how they turn out. Especially having owned an instax camera where you have to be like 12” from your subject and Eve then you don’t know if it will look hood. This printer is best- cute vintage feel, but great print quality from your phone!
Helpful comparison. Thanks.
This is exactly the info I needed. I’m probably gonna get the Polaroid
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the awesome review I was trying to decide between the two I was just at target trying to figure out which one to get and I decided to leave them both there and come home and look at the reviews on CZcams lol so this was great very helpful
Glad I could help! As I’ve been using the hi-print more, I’m quite unhappy with it. I recommend the instax still. It’s hands down the most reliable in terms of quality, and of course, the film is so much easier to get!
The hi-print is much better, but the cartridges cost more
Thanks. I recently got the new Instax Wide, as I love the larger size print, which also means more detail. The Polaroid printer is a thermal printer, different from the Zink print. Canon has a thermal printer line which I've considered, the Canon Selphy, a portable one and a larger sorta-portable which produce large 6x4 prints. I've considered the larger one for home prints, the Selphy cp1300.
I’ve been wanting to try the selphy too! I love the smaller size for my journaling but def want a large format one too
I've used an older Canon selphy in the past (the big 6x4 one), it's very good in my experience. A bit fiddly to set up with some devices, but the actual printing is easy and very high quality.
I’ve had two Canon Selphy printers and they changed my memory keeping for the better - frustrating they are not true 4x6. The best of the best is the Epson Picture Mate 400 - best quality photos of anything else. I currently use that and the HP Sprocket
Hi good review.Have you tried putting the Fuji instant printer paper into the Polaroid hi print in terms of using it to print???If you have did it print???
Thanks. I have several Instax cameras and tried the printers, didn’t like the printers. As this comparison shows, the Polaroid photos look considerably better and they are larger. The Hi Print is now cheaper than the Mini printer too. I need to pick one up.
That is the one major bummer with the Instax. The price has gone up significantly, which I assume is supply chain. I do love the size of the Hi Print. I did have some of them peel off of my journal since using so the adhesive is wanting, but its still a great printer! I def enjoy both!
Great review.
Things keep changing. I remember the instant Polaroid cameras, the quality wasn't so good, but thy were still amazing at the time.
The cameras are still not great which is why I love the printer.
Thank you awesome video!
Hope it was helpful!
Wow! That's trippy.
Thank you for this!! Going on a trip to Honduras and I really wanted to by a printer and this really helped me so much. I’m going with instax because of the of easy it is to find film and I love how they came out. Thank you again for the help
good review
Can I print directly form my camera (sony) ? Does it work with android S23
Can you add a border if you want ?
Does the installation Nintendo one work with an android? My mom won't let me get an iphone
i need an opinion on this i really want a printer to print photos i took on vrchat and also irl but at the moment the instax costs 110€ and the hi print costs 80€ im also looking for one that can take those cute oerfect square print papers wich one should i get? Pls ;-;
I have the Canon SELPHY square and SELPHY 1500 and love them! I also, like that my Square is sticky backed for journaling. I am thinking of getting the Polaroid Hi Print because it’s smaller then the square.
Hello, excuse me but I was going to ask something, I wonder if you order photos with an instax printer? I mean, I was going to ask for some photos. If such a thing is possible, please reply... Thank you very much in advance🙏🏻
Good video taught me a lot, I'm from the old days in Polaroid as we all should know started the whole Insta print world, my question is well anyway you can get the Polaroid film now no problem, do you know if this is connecting with DSLR like my Nikon 750? Or the iPhone 14 Pro?, And thanks
it connects via bluetooth to the iphone through an app. I don't think they connect to a DSLR so you'll have to import your DSLR pics to your iphone
Thanks for the great review, I currently have the Polaroid Zip but it's getting harder to find paper for it so thinking of upgrading to something where I can just go to the store and get more printer paper (went to both Target and Best Buy for other reasons and saw paper for both printers but have not checked Walmart). Do the pictures for each printer last over a long time period as some of my Zip pictures look good years later and some don't?
So print quality doesn’t really degrade from what I’ve seen, mainly bc they are pasted in my journals so they stay well preserved. I will say the adhesive for the Polaroid is terrible. I opened up a journal and they are already peeling and curling so they still need glue. I still love the look of the instax.
@@bobo_design_studio thank you, for now I'm going to stick with the zip until there is no way to get print paper.
Hi what app do you use for your zip printer I can't seem to find an app that will connect it
can we buy it
Hello, Noticed there seemed to be cropping issues. Elements missing from the original to the printed. Is it difficult to re-frame before printing, so you have exactly the same composition?
It doesnt do a lot of cropping. I think that is mainly the result of the screen ratio versus the ratio of the film. I don't really have an overall issue with it cutting off my images for print. In fact, I don't even really notice it.
I have the Instax but I think mine maybe arrived broken. Anytime I load film all it will do is flash yellow. It never spits out the cover so I then can’t print in the app. I’ve tried the reset button a million times but I just can’t get anywhere with it. So upsetting as I bought it to bring on my holiday in Australia so I could add photos to my holiday journal as I go. But I guess not :(
Mine also stops working and destroy the photo paper, all vent Black and light blink yellow. Junk printer.
Thanks
Please compare the Hi-Print to Kodak mini 3. The Kodak Mini 3 is much better than the Fuji Instax.
good! I would like to know if q Polaroid is able to connect with Bluetooth to canon 90d? Thank you 😊
That’s a great question and I wish I knew the answer! I’m not sure.
@@bobo_design_studio Thanks for telling me, so I can send the printed photos to my cell phone, that's it, I understand👌
10:44 the Fuji prints them faster but you have to wait a few minutes until the photo is ready so.....
How much film do you get per package with the Instak printer?
It’s 10 per pack! I usually order on Amazon and get them in bulk!
Thanks so much - incredibly helpful. Is the Instax a sticker too?
So that is one of the downsides for the instax. It does not have a sticker backer. I normally keep a Tombow Double-sided tape runner with my printer or in my bag of pens for when I need to tape it into my journal
@@angelabchua thank you so much. I want to take photos at a wedding and quicky stick them in a book with comments and give to the bride and groom before they head back to the hotel.
I got the hiprint and it just came! However, the photos I'm printing out look a little blurry... Even text that I'm laying on the top using the app looks slightly fuzzy and I can see banding on the image - it doesn't look as high quality as yours. Is there something wrong with my printer or is that normal?🤔
Ya know, I’ve been using it more and mine are DEF blurry. And the adhesive isn’t really that sticky. I ended up still having to use glue to get them into my journal. I’m overall not happy with the quality which is such a bummer.
All along the review seems the final verdict is clear, which is fine - although to my opinion - having bigger pictures (all prints are small anyway), when there is no real difference on printing time (as on the Fugi it simply takes time for post printing until photo is finally revealed), where Amazon delivery is 2d time (I assume you are not basing this printer as mass-lab-production) .
Regarding the waste, should not be a relevant parameter between the 2, as you stated "if you melted it all down, ,maybe it's the same" (so why bringing this factor up at the beginning?!).
So all-in-all, from my point of view, printing quality wise and photo size wise - the Polaroid hi-print is a clear winner.
(BTW - I am in the process of finding the best mobile printer that fits my needs, I am not getting anything from any of the providers/brands).
It’s def a personal preference. And I have lots of folks who love the Polaroid. For the needs of the travel journal some things missed the mark. I’m also finding the adhesive on them isn’t great as I’m having to glue them back into my journal which is a bit of a bummer.
How do you know how many of the 10 empty films are left in the Instax printer as there is no indication on the printer itself?
It actually shows you in the app! Once the device pairs to your phone it will show the battery and film status.
@@bobo_design_studio Thanks! I can’t say I’ve noticed that so far. Yesterday I wasted 4 out of the pack because I was having trouble getting a photo to print so I assumed that maybe the pack was empty, so I took it out of the printer to put in a new pack and discovered that there had been 4 left in the old one! I had to bin it then because it had then been exposed to the air. I do find the printer good, but it’s a bit hit and miss whether it connects properly to my iPad or iPhone. It says ‘connected’ when I pair it but then won’t actually print the photo. Sometimes I think it might be to do with the printer itself and whether the correct light is showing on it. There are so many of them. Green, green flashing, purple etc. plus I can’t figure out when you know if it needs charging. Maybe I’m just getting old!
@@katperson7332 Do you know which instax printer model you have? The older ones will pull photos from your camera roll only if they are downloaded to your phone from iCloud. If your phones are not locally on your camera roll and is being saved in iCloud to save storage on your phone, it’ll say that it can’t print it. The older printers connected to your phone by creating a Wi-Fi signal rather than Bluetooth. So the older printers tend to run into the problem that you were describing where it won’t print a photo if it’s in iCloud. I hope this helps. It’s a pain but for my uses with the passport. It was a far better quality photo for the job.
@@bobo_design_studio Thanks for reply. The model is just called Fujifilm mini link Mobile Photo Printer and I bought it new in October 2021. A few years ago I did have a different older model of Instax printer but I gave it to my son as I didn’t use it much, but now I have what I assume is their latest model. It looks exactly like the one in your video. I never use iCloud to store any photos. I just keep them on the phone or iPad, so the problems I have don’t seem to relate to that. I usually am able to print eventually but for some reason I have to jump through hoops before I get there! Next time I use it I will have a look to see if the app tells me how many pics are left in the pack of 10, but meanwhile I’ve decided to just write on a card how many I’ve used up and I keep the card in the printer box so I’ll know when I get to no 10. Thanks for your help anyway! Regards from Scotland.
haii where did you get the cartridge from? or did it come with the hi-print?
You can get it with or without the cartridges. And I actually have links to all of the products in the original blog post which you can find here. bobodesignstudio.com/blogs/news/best-portable-printer
But the design of the polaroid one is soooo much better, printer as well as app 😭
I Got the hi print for my birthday
6:49 if it opens it should destroy the cartridge
Do these work with android phones
I believe both devices have android apps!
Hmm the Polaroid looks significantly higher quality, bigger size, and yet quite a bit cheaper, right?
It definitely has a lot of pros! The size is bigger but the adhesive on the back is not great if you plan to use it for scrapbooking or journaling. And the price can fluctuate which Im not sure is a result of supply chain or various vendors with varying pricing. Its also harder to find the polaroid film on the go. When I'm traveling, I can't always order refils online. The print quality is good, but I personally love the look of the instax, so it really depends on what your looking for. For my journaling needs I found the instax to be a better solution. The most important things for me were print consistency, availability of film when Im traveling, and ease of app. Instax really checked all those boxes for me.
The Polaroid Hi Print is not a zink printer, that why it comes with that plastic cartridge and does multiple passes.
Instax having retro vibes has the photo quality blurry out of sharpness tbh
Polaroid is a dye sublimation printer and is not a zink so very different. Your photos will last way longer with dye sublimation.
The two machines use different printing processes, so its unfair to compare them so closely, both are high quality in their own way
Good point! This is a review for how i like it for my travel journal- and it’s overall less for the camera/film savvy and more for the average user. So I focus more on usability for travel and the final look. But yes! Both are great in their own right, depending on how you plan on using them.
14:05 Completely disagree with "cheaper" and "quality". On "cheaper": the original printer that Polaroid copies here (the KODAK Mini 2) costs $0.33 per shot, which is half of Instax. On "quality": it's cristal clear that the dynamic range is almost blown away in the Instax: the vest is black-flat and also the sky...
Agreed... I just got Instax Link Wide yesterday, and printed out some photos. With "natural mode", the blue sky disappeared almost completely, while the darker colors are still very strong. With the "rich mode", the colors are visibly better, and more similar with the digital version, but still lighter than the digital version. The photos are not sharp, but "creamy" instead (not blurred). Regarding the price, it took about 1 euro per photo. I hesitated between Instax and Polaroid Hi Print, and eventually chose Instax. To me these two portable photo printers are designed for different needs. Somehow I would rather put Polaroid photos in an album than peeling it off and sticking it on my laptop. On the other hand, I use a magnet to fix Instax photo on my refrigerator. I can totally see myself travelling to other countries and coming back with magnet souvenirs with an Instax photo taken there for my refrigerator :D
@@liudaolunhui Agreed, I'd prefer using the Instax IF... they would have been able to get their hands in the original formula which ended in soooooo much better quality photos. I know they have to re-invent the wheel (shame on the original company) but they're still decades away to be "good enough" to my eyes (which have a 140% of normal vision, meaning I notices each and every defect... which in turn puts me away from the current printing quality of Polaroid).
instax looked over saturated and crunched a lot of the data
For quality I chose Polaroid
LOL What a biased review, you made your verdict between the two way before making this video. Poloriod is definitely the best way to go, if you want higher quality photos.
It's amazing how you say you don't like zinc paper but you then say the printer which uses zinc paper is best instead of dye sublimation which is the better technology, especially when zinc paper has massive short comings when printing photos and dye sublimation is the technology that's used in professional photography printers
I make journals and stationery. I’m not a photographer and Im not versed in the different terms. So it’s not all that amazing that I don’t know the technical differences between the film. Haha. I’m solely comparing what I like/don’t like about each printer in the context of using them for my travel journal.
HP Sprocket does not have all that plastic waste.
Because it uses Zink, which is lower quality overall but cheaper and less complex. There's tradeoffs for all of them.
You are reviewing a printer and you don’t even know it’s not a zink printer?
why so biased??
The polaroid isn't even real "film"
hi mam plz give me one printer plz mam i really really need🥺
That vocal fry and these nails !