weenstoned
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Oh ya my mistake the GB-187's perc is definitely more elaborate. I want both! Even though I already have an old style D020-D.
Satan?
At $26.25 this piece is a steal! Mine looks exactly like the pic above. It is 4.75" tall at mp tip, 3.75" at 14mm joint tip, there are 14 uniform and precise slits on a reinforced from the bottom "tire", more like a showerhead perc. It sits well in my hands and propped up on my sifting box. Nice thick glass with a low center of gravity. Easily in my top 5 China pieces 1) gb-187 (Yingmin5) 2) double barrel (Yingmin5) 3) CCG curved worked inline (CCG) 4) "Beldar" (Alina0086) 5) D020-W (Sunshine)I was just having a little bit of GAS and decided to check some of the pieces I like that I had previously bookmarked.
This rig from Alina that I had been wanting was originally like $43 which is why I never ordered it. Turns out that it is currently on sale for $26.25 and I could not resist. Looks like a good rig and I love how far the nail is from the mouthpiece
I laughed out loud on this picture that has the note on the conepiece "weed"!!!
http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/10-quot-fritted-disc-water-pipe-bong-with/199786497.html
I also ordered one of those, along with a D022. idk when i'll be able to use mine so i guess you'll be the first to know.Just ordered 2 of these, what are peoples experience
http://www.dhgate.com/product/d020-...g/187214099.html#myaccount_orderdetail-1-null
The last piece I ordered from Dhgate showed "out for delivery" for 2 days before I actually received it on the USPS tracking site. Have you tried your tracking number there.so my YQ42 was supposed to arrive today but unfortunately it did not. it went out for delivery (one town over instead of my town) this morning. it was never delivered and neither post office has seen it. anyone have a similar experience with USPS? ive never had an order go out for delivery but not be completed or leave a note. nbd but a little frustrating knowing its so close
At $26.25 this piece is a steal! Mine looks exactly like the pic above. It is 4.75" tall at mp tip, 3.75" at 14mm joint tip, there are 14 uniform and precise slits on a reinforced from the bottom "tire", more like a showerhead perc. It sits well in my hands and propped up on my sifting box. Nice thick glass with a low center of gravity. Easily in my top 5 China pieces 1) gb-187 (Yingmin5) 2) double barrel (Yingmin5) 3) CCG curved worked inline (CCG) 4) "Beldar" (Alina0086) 5) D020-W (Sunshine)
Some of the stuff from dhgate looks like be resold here at a much higher price: http://www.glasspipemaster.com/glass-pipe/water-pipe.html?limit=100
I think after this year the price of glass might be closer to it's actual cost of production price due to the net...
Don't get me wrong though, a lot of online glass sites and local shops do sell DHgate pieces at a ridiculously high mark up price
so did you buy the recycler? if so please make a post about it! ive been wanting it so bad! but i already bought a rig this last week. so im thinking of this for the next oneHas anyone pulled the trigger on the clean clear glass recycler with the donut looking perc yet?
http://www.dhgate.com/product/creative-new-design-glass-water-pipes-with/203190898.html
I purchased a piece a week or 2 ago from them, which sadly wasn't functional (design issue - the build quality was perfect) and they offered to give me free shipping on my next order - which I was happy enough with as a resolution.
So I've decided that's gonna be the one.
Another one I wish was a bit cheaper:
http://www.dhgate.com/product/hot-sell-by-ems-2014-new-design-big-blue/198063972.htm
I know it's a knockoff of a $1-2k piece, but $146 seems too high for my liking, even if it is a big piece...
If they could knock up a SG pillar knockoff for $150 I'd be all over it though
They're knocking off the wrong high end pieces
I guess a pillar would be harder to make (and conceptualise assuming we're still running with the theory that most of the blowers over there don't understand the intended function of the pieces)
Oh, also, the other day I saw a listing for an actual hitman double barrel recycler for $600
Didn't realise the originals ran for so much.
If I had to choose between the two pieces I would go Alina all day. The mp style and placement and polished slits are cool but not for more than twice or three times the price. Plus look at the joint, the slant on the top pic is no beuno for a vape, even with that low center of gravity, snap. The joint on Alina is straight up, I can rest my Nano on top with ease and my LSV violates this beauty with no tips as well. This piece gives me confidence in Alina's other products bc it's very clean and uniform.That site does have some of the same designs as DHgate, but I can tell you that they are not made in the same factory as the DHgate pieces we buy. Some of the items I know are made by Apollo Glassworks, which is a glass company in New York.
I have ordered some pieces from GlassPipeMaster and they are much better quality than most DHgate pieces I have purchased.
For example I bought this piece on GPM. It is made by Apollo Glassworks. Quality is perfect. I bought it for $85. It is also sold on iOffer for $110
http://www.ioffer.com/i/4-5-14mm-direct-inject-circ-micro-dome-sidecar-oil-rig-567491555
The same piece is also on DHgate
http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/hot-sale-new-design-two-function-concentrate/200326170.html
But it is not the same quality (will have small flaws like most DHgate pieces). You can also tell it is not the exact same as the DHgate piece because the mouthpiece and angle is different You can also tell the perc is not cut as clean on the DHgate piece and it does not look like it is fire polished as well as the GPM/iOffer piece.
A lot of pieces on DHgate are copies of actual pieces other companies make (like the Mobius pipes).
Don't get me wrong though, a lot of online glass sites and local shops do sell DHgate pieces at a ridiculously high mark up price