what is the major difference between the omni 6000 and the 5000. even though the 6000 is side feed does it act like a bottom feed or like a gravity feed. what are the pros/ cons of a side feed vs. gravity or bottom?
-brian
The Omni 6000 is a side-feed as you mentioned and it acts pretty much the same as a gravity-feed, although technically it is really a siphon-feed.
The main reason for the side-feed model is to give the artist a clearer view of what they are painting and that is why they were designed that way.
There is really very little difference other than the placement of the cup between the side-feed and the gravity-feed models.
The gravity-feed is slightly faster to clean because there is no siphon tube on the color cup to clean as there is on the side-feed, but the difference is not really worth mentioning. All three types of double-action, internal mix airbrushes are not hard to clean and take very little time to do once you get the hang of it. [:D][;)]
Mike