Cheap High Quality Bubbler

nihil

nihil

Member, Known Well
xjxjr said:
Thanks for the replies about big diffusers. You guys are awesome.

I'm trying to clear a few things up.

The recommendations were for a *-187-* piece. This is what I have got from you guys and looking at dhgate

GB-187-S - You guys love the mouth piece. Curious question, the mouthpiece looks to go straight up, from the picture on dhgate. Is that annoying? I really like the slanted mouthpiece, seems like it would be more comfortable.

GB-187-1 & FC-187v2. I've seen a lot of praise for these on here. Are these basically the same take on the design by different vendors? I did notice that they had the slanted mount pieces.

Could you guys help me understand the difference, and what you prefer? I imagine some of it's personal preference.
Click to expand...

The original was the GB-187 that came out last spring (v1). A few of us bought them, gave them raving reviews, and he sold out quickly.

Looking for a replacement from another vendor, I believe it was @blankrider that reached out to Steven and got us the FC-187 (same design, but with a sidecar mouthpiece as well).

Yingmang then released more GB-187's last fall (v2). The v2 version had a slightly taller can as well as a taller base. Here's a post I made with pictures of the differences - GB-187 Versions.

Then, a few months later, Yingmang created the GB-187-S, the sidecar version, probably due to demand.

I own 2 GB-187's and an original FC-187. I no longer use the FC-187 and will offload it to a friend. My reasoning is simple.. I don't care for sidecars and I am not impressed by the build quality of the FC-187 (mainly the perc compared to the GB line, but I also despise the mouthpiece and actually rigged it for whip use, it is that bad (for me)).

Hope that helps.

On another note, I'm getting excited about the FC-UFO. Will order it tomorrow.
 
Tweak

Tweak

T\/\/34|<
nihil said:
I no longer use the FC-187 and will offload it to a friend. My reasoning is simple.. I don't care for sidecars and I am not impressed by the build quality of the FC-187
Click to expand...

Same here. My problem is the angle my FC-187 is attached to the body is kinda offset instead of straight back. So when I pushed my face up to the mouthpiece to make an airtight connection, the bubbler wants to rotate.

Really love the thickness of the glass, but my build quality is a turd too. Would be cool to see steven make one w/o sidecar.

Also don't forget there is a GB-187 w/50mm can. I have one on the way, I'm hoping it hits as good as the 60mm can, but for 25% cheaper.
 
nihil

nihil

Member, Known Well
Was not familiar with the 50mm can version. Looks like I'm ordering 2 pieces tomorrow, thanks!

Edit: Sorry to be that guy, but do you have a link @Tweak? Not finding it in his storefront.
 
C

ChiefKeefe

Well-Known Member
Steven already shipped my repaclment fc-186.

Also got a CCG egg and vertigo cycler that should be here tmrw or thur..

Will post a family pic and individuals of any of the pipes people want to see.

Shoutout to this post for the opportunity to have all this glass for soooo cheap!
 
Tweak

Tweak

T\/\/34|<
nihil said:
Sorry to be that guy, but do you have a link @Tweak?
Click to expand...

Here is the one Steven has in stock for $35.

Yingmin5's is the same link for the GB-187, just need to specify 50mm.

rBVaGVTYYt-AQcvcAABuezfgt3U055.jpg

Just measured my OG 187, looks like they measure the OD, :huh:

I had one more link but it looks like the vendor shut-down. I was going to order another Reti perc from them too, ugh.
 
Delta3DStudios

Delta3DStudios

Well-Known Member
Accessory Maker
xjxjr said:
Thanks for the replies about big diffusers. You guys are awesome.

I'm trying to clear a few things up.

The recommendations were for a *-187-* piece. This is what I have got from you guys and looking at dhgate

GB-187-S - You guys love the mouth piece. Curious question, the mouthpiece looks to go straight up, from the picture on dhgate. Is that annoying? I really like the slanted mouthpiece, seems like it would be more comfortable.

GB-187-1 & FC-187v2. I've seen a lot of praise for these on here. Are these basically the same take on the design by different vendors? I did notice that they had the slanted mount pieces.

Could you guys help me understand the difference, and what you prefer? I imagine some of it's personal preference.
Click to expand...
Same here. The GB-187 by Yingmin5 was the first to hit this thread. Then a few weeks later Sunshinestore modified the D020-D to have a similar matrix perc (this is popular but not nearly as popular as the GB-187).

Stevenlmz made the FC-187 by our request for a sidecar version of the GB-187 (because Yingmin5 wasn't interested in working with us). Suddenly, within weeks of the FC-187v1 release, the GB-187-S was released. A sidecar version of the popular GB-187.

I had the FC-187v1 and was underwhelmed with the performance - my perc was poorly constructed. The piece otherwise was constructed well and the glass was VERY thick for china glass. But I wasn't happy with a perc that fired through pretty much 2 slits exclusively. So I sold the piece at cost to a combustion friend who REALLY liked the piece (the perc worked better if you pulled fast for combustion, but slow vaping speeds didn't work very well).

My GB-187-S however is perfectly constructed. Not one issue with the perc or the welds - it fires as nice as any DHgate matrix perc could. There isn't one thing I can say bad about this piece, for the price, it's everything I wanted it to be.

I suggest you look at the GB-187-1 or the GB-187-S (choose bent neck or sidecar mouthpiece, that's the only difference)
 
4

4tokin

Well-Known Member
My wings of liberty arrived.

3 weeks postage, bomb proof bubble wrap (no box). Purchased from laubinyo.

Nice solid unit well put together.

It has a chuggy pull regardless of water level. It takes a hard pull to get any volume of water into the funnel but once its there you will get the vortex .

Not exactly sure on how its suppose to function but it works for me.

Regardless of function it will be a keeper due to the interesting design.

A question for the glass tech heads. Will the lead in angle of the holes in the funnel, affect vortex operation (clockwise v anticlockwise) when used in between northern and southern
hemispheres (globally)?
 
Frederick McGuire

Frederick McGuire

Aggressively Loungey
4tokin said:
A question for the glass tech heads. Will the lead in angle of the holes in the funnel, affect vortex operation (clockwise v anticlockwise) when used in between northern and southern
hemispheres (globally)?
Click to expand...
You're referring to the Coriolis Effect
The Coriolis Effect is basically negligible at human scales...

The results were that after you carefully control all the variables (use a large wooden tub, control the temperature throughout the tub, have the drain be a tube extending up into the tub to avoid friction effects with the tub walls, start the water off spinning the "wrong" way, etc) and wait 18 hours for the water to settle down, water does indeed spiral down the sink opposite directions in the two hemispheres. But this effect is so subtle that it wouldn't ever be seen in your bathroom sink.
Click to expand...
(from the bottom of this page)

My interpretation of that would indicate that there is absolutely no way for the Coriolis Effect to influence the vortex.

EDIT:
So basically, I'd say the design of the incycler is gonna determine the spin almost always.
Maybe if you hold the piece at a significant angle or something you could influence the spin of the vortex, but the Coriolis Effect isn't gonna be doing anything :)
 
Nugg

Nugg

Well-Known Member
Ok so I bit the bullet and bought the first FC-1000. Someone had to take the risk lol

Steven was awesome! He worked it so I could use my $5 coupon. Ships out within 13 days so it will be over a month before I can review it for you guys and gals.

Edit: Just got home from a holiday and my d-cycler was waiting for me. I'm really happy with it!! Build quality is awesome. Money well spent.
 
Last edited:
C

ChiefKeefe

Well-Known Member
My packi came..

Vertigo cycler is trash and they need help to fix function. Its being sold for what I paid for it. The funnel is pushed in to deep ans the botom of the return drain dosnt go low wnough on the can so when you hit it water pulls up the return stem.

The CCG EGG IS AMAZING.


No flaws, so fricking thick, showerhead perc.

Shits on kathys. And it feeeeels way more like the real one when pulling on it..

Pics soon
 
wildything

wildything

Well-Known Member
ChiefKeefe said:
My packi came..

Vertigo cycler is trash and they need help to fix function. Its being sold for what I paid for it. The funnel is pushed in to deep ans the botom of the return drain dosnt go low wnough on the can so when you hit it water pulls up the return stem.

The CCG EGG IS AMAZING.


No flaws, so fricking thick, showerhead perc.

Shits on kathys. And it feeeeels way more like the real one when pulling on it..

Pics soon
Click to expand...
Very glad to hear your egg pulls fantastically because I was having trouble selling my friend one the function of the ccg egg since I received the hole perc and we were comparing pulls with the Kathy egg. We both agreed that although the build quality was very poor on the Kathy egg that it functioned the best still. The drag was a lot more on the ccg egg. How is the drag on the shwoerhead ccg egg compared to the Kathy?
 
wildything,
u bwade wunner

u bwade wunner

Well-Known Member
My UFO arrived today.after a good afternoon/evening of vaping through it,I m a happy chappy.

a few issues that arent deal breakers, mouthpiece connection is angled very slightly to the left....also the female gong on the perc downstem is in a dip which might make it hard to remove a reducer,for example, later on.the adapters are a nice feature and compliment the perfomance and look of the UFO.Glass mouthpiece is the only thing I dont like so much

apart from that,design, function,welds are spot on.there are a few internal smudges in the can im hoping will wash out. agreed on a good clean when You first recieve these pieces.i could taste something odd until I gave it a hot PBW rinse.
Im using small MF or Herbalizer hose,really nice flavour.this is a big can but its milking up really easy once those early flavour hits are out of the way.

Many thanks @blankrider for youre tireless work bringing great glass pieces to FC & beyond.:cool:
 
Last edited:
blindowl

blindowl

goin to some place where I've never been before
Monsoon

Monsoon

Well-Known Member
blindowl said:
Anyone have a good relationship with yingmin5? This piece was mentioned earlier
http://www.dhgate.com/product/new-glass-bong-glass-smoking-pipe-glass-water/232791541.html
would be awesome if he just sold the base. i would probably buy at least 3 of them to use with hydratubes, would turn them into awesome dab rigs. i have emailed him asking to sell it separately, no reply yet, but maybe if enough people have interest maybe he will do it.
Click to expand...
That's a good idea but I don't know if there's enough clearance at the joint for a hydratube to fit.
Dangus said:
Nice and sunny morning here...had a nice session with the FC-710, some tasty White Russian, and now my second cup of coffee...

anyways...this is pretty cool:
rBVaGFU_f4OASoCtAAClqdHZjJY497.jpg

http://www.dhgate.com/product/bong-bong-glass-recycler-2015-new-glass-bong/237584823.html

~45.50 to the US. Seller is DKglobe
Click to expand...

The egg part is the same as Kathy's first one which I didn't like though having just the honeycomb perc may make it better.
 
blindowl

blindowl

goin to some place where I've never been before
Monsoon said:
That's a good idea but I don't know if there's enough clearance at the joint for a hydratube to fit.
Click to expand...

from this angle it looks like some of the skinnier ones would fit, like the showerhead and old turbine model, these newer ones with the beefy bottoms for sure wont fit. maybe the custom glass guys can whip something up similar if they have interest, sure would be cool.



BirDlG1.jpg
 
poonman

poonman

Well-Known Member
blindowl said:
from this angle it looks like some of the skinnier ones would fit, like the showerhead and old turbine model, these newer ones with the beefy bottoms for sure wont fit. maybe the custom glass guys can whip something up similar if they have interest, sure would be cool.



BirDlG1.jpg
Click to expand...

I like that middle piece , it looks like it can be used
as a portable HT for my Solo . Thank you for posting that .
 
C

ChiefKeefe

Well-Known Member
Waiting for my smashed fc-186 to come again.. Any questions hit me. Hoping to vid each one soon just to give back to you folks at FC for making this possible.. Without further adue.. I present

Fc-187 v2
Fc-ufo
Fc-710
Fc-711
Kathy egg
Ccg EGG
CCG D-cycler
Ccg vertigo
Fc-mini

11tbd4z.jpg


I love FC! (before you ask mats at from walmart)

edit: they all rock except the vertigo knockoff. If i wasnt cheap about 50$ id smash it. Very poorly designed
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom