i'm spoiled. i have a blast booth , complete suit with fresh air hood. i even have some ear phones in the helmet. it's still a lot of work to control an 1 1/4 hose. anytime the pressure in the pot falls below the pressure in the hose the media stops flowing . if the pressure in the pot is above the hose pressure by more than 5 lbs it will empty the pot. even my big pot is touchy. i keep the inlet pressure at 45 lbs. it takes that much to seal the pot or i would go lower. i use type 6 acrylic and starblast.