Anony Moose
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Got a GB-186-1 (stereo matrix) from Yingmin5 today. 12 days shipping over the holidays wasn't bad, and he did ship within the two days he said he would. Function is perfect. Exactly what I expected. Nothing's broken. There appear to be no leaks and everything is airtight. The percs are a wee bit crooked. This doesn't appear to affect the functionality. The percs have a LOT of holes. I think there's close to 200 holes in total in this piece.
Diffusion is excellent with the water level a bit more than halfway up the top perc. When you pull, the water level rises above the top of the top perc. The bubbles easily stack to the top of the can with little effort given to the draw. The holes on the top level of the top perc fire bubbles pretty evenly around the entire perc, so the crooked percs aren't affecting the diffusion. It diffuses REAL well when I watch it in the mirror. It's possible to drink water if you pull really hard but I don't have any need to ever pull that hard.
Drag is 1/10. There's a very slight initial drag on the pull, super slight, nothing that'll bother even the weak-lunged, and absolutely nothing past that. The middle section between the two percs has some very turbulent water action going on in there and this gives the piece a very slight 1/10 chug to it. The fixed downstem is well-designed and not at all chuggy. Hits from a V-Tower via a whip are, overall, extremely smooth, well-diffused, and surprisingly flavorful. Using this is an extremely enjoyable experience.
Mine has the label on it. I'm OK with this because I never had any intentions of selling it. Yingmin5 said he was going to start selling ones without labels in about 10 days... and this was over 10 days ago, so hopefully he's selling label-less ones now. The label is not a sticker or decal.
Diffusion is excellent with the water level a bit more than halfway up the top perc. When you pull, the water level rises above the top of the top perc. The bubbles easily stack to the top of the can with little effort given to the draw. The holes on the top level of the top perc fire bubbles pretty evenly around the entire perc, so the crooked percs aren't affecting the diffusion. It diffuses REAL well when I watch it in the mirror. It's possible to drink water if you pull really hard but I don't have any need to ever pull that hard.
Drag is 1/10. There's a very slight initial drag on the pull, super slight, nothing that'll bother even the weak-lunged, and absolutely nothing past that. The middle section between the two percs has some very turbulent water action going on in there and this gives the piece a very slight 1/10 chug to it. The fixed downstem is well-designed and not at all chuggy. Hits from a V-Tower via a whip are, overall, extremely smooth, well-diffused, and surprisingly flavorful. Using this is an extremely enjoyable experience.
Mine has the label on it. I'm OK with this because I never had any intentions of selling it. Yingmin5 said he was going to start selling ones without labels in about 10 days... and this was over 10 days ago, so hopefully he's selling label-less ones now. The label is not a sticker or decal.
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