Bouldorado
Well-Known Member
I found this counterfeit Lotus a few weeks ago @ http://puffpuffpassit.com/collections/vaporizers/products/lotus
It is currently sold out, but was priced at ~$17. The real version costs $104, or more than 6x the knockoff. This should be the 1st clue of a counterfeit: it is very unlikely to find products 50% below MSRP, much less 600%!
There are two pictures of the fake lotus, taken from puffpuffpass, and two of a real lotus, taken by myself, of a lotus purchased from the Mendocino therapeutics website
Fake - top view. Differences from real:
Real - top view:
Fake - WPA view. Difference from real:
Real - WPA and bottom view:
Finally, @jambandphan03 has dissected a counterfeit lotus in this post:
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/the-lotus-vaporizer.2595/page-92#post-540135
It is currently sold out, but was priced at ~$17. The real version costs $104, or more than 6x the knockoff. This should be the 1st clue of a counterfeit: it is very unlikely to find products 50% below MSRP, much less 600%!
There are two pictures of the fake lotus, taken from puffpuffpass, and two of a real lotus, taken by myself, of a lotus purchased from the Mendocino therapeutics website
Fake - top view. Differences from real:
- Phillips screws (+ shaped) instead of a hex/allen head.
- The 12 lines are raised rather than indented.
- The heating area in the middle is flat rather than indented.
- The cap appears rough and uses a different wood/varnish.
Real - top view:
Fake - WPA view. Difference from real:
- No o-ring slots/o-rings on the WPA
Real - WPA and bottom view:
Finally, @jambandphan03 has dissected a counterfeit lotus in this post:
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/the-lotus-vaporizer.2595/page-92#post-540135