The screen fitting only took a very light bending outwards from inside the basket under the rim. That, ANYONE could do. =) I had to do it with the original mouthpiece too. Every stem has slightly different inner diameter. So I wouldn’t worry about slightly modifying a screen.
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I agree. Not a smart move. But it wasn’t a deal breaker for me. It’s going to make it harder to sell them for sure.
If I had to guess, it was about supply and demand. Nothing more. Maybe where he was getting the old female glass from stopped offering, or this new stuff is better in some...
I hear you. But I should point out that the modification was easy. Lol. I wasnt thrilled either, but the workaround was fine. I am very satisfied with this thing, and if I need a replacement mouthpiece, I’ll buy another 19/22 and do the exact same thing. I am pretty gentle with my stuff.
If you got your stem collection grinded down, or cut down in the case of the wood stems they would all still work with your existing Splinters or milaanas. 19/19 is the new standard. They are hard to find, but not hard to modify a 19/22. I am relatively handy, but it was an easy fix. 10...
So I can confirm that any of the the 19/22 mouthpieces will not work with the new splinters.
BUT... I was able to use a Dremel Diamond coated cutting wheel to reduce the length to the same as the one supplied by Ryan. I bought the VF Cooling mouthpiece from 420 EDC a long with a 19/14 GonG...
I have been lurking here. (I read all 86 pages in the last two weeks!) I placed my order and it is sitting at my house as we speak. I ordered it this past Sunday, so for what it's worth it doesn't appear that he closed up shop quite yet.
I am very excited to check it out, I ordered the...