We just finished looking at several different small format UV coating machines, narrowed it down to three:
TecLighting TRU16, Kompaq Ez Coat 15 and the Als UV/American UV 20" (PSC20 1/3d). We considered about 6 different machines and narrowed it down to these three. Two machines, the Kompaq and the Als UV, made the short list because they could do both UV and Aqueous coating. Most of the machines we looked at were very close in price and quality. The count mentioned above was probably the least expensive and the Kompaq was on the high end. We looked at a few machines in person and talked to several end users, then we sent print samples for coating to Al's and Kompaq.
We decided on Als/American UV mcahine, it will be installed in August. The main reason we eliminated the kompaq machine was that you cannot vent the fumes out of the shop. If i had known that sooner we would have eliminated Kompaq and kept another coater in the mix. The other reasons were cost and quality of coated samples. Feel free to message me and i can give you my number if you have additional questions that cannot be answered here.
Hope this helps and i will post something after the machine is installed and running.