I love the minimal design of the ZX and it's superior light weight while still being able to hang in the same group as the other overweight vapes.
It's the welterweight champion that boxes in the heavyweight division and is kicking ass!!!
Less was always more!
@invertedisdead I have two questions and an observation regarding something I see as an undersold feature.
Is the zxl internal geometry scaled-up ZX?
What are the chamber IDs at the screen channels?
ZX>>my famous maker's ti bowl for two reasons besides material. The smaller functional screen area is better suited for snap loads; no hot air goes unused. This feature is obvious and I'd like to be able to compare the functional screen sizes of zxlb to one I know.
Yeah, ZXL is just a slightly scaled up ZX to fit 20MM coils.
Since the Z8/ZX was the InV1.7 successor, the ZX is already based on an 18MM platform.
So ZXL does not need to be much larger to work with 18MM.
Rather than opt for a huge bead chamber like everyone else, ZXL uses a 25% thicker housing to add a bit more mass to the system, without creating more drag/flow resistance which would detract from vapor production.
Zirconia is a better insulator than ruby beads anyways.
ZXB is 12MM ID
ZXLB is 15MM ID
ZXLB screen shelves are at 7.5MM and 15MM depths.
ZXB area = 565
ZXLB area = 706 @ 1st shelf (25% larger than ZX) 1060 @ 2nd shelf (nearly double the capacity of ZX)
1st shelf should be great for rapidly crushing ~.2-.25g
2nd shelf should be good for up to 0.5g
The other differentiator, which doesn't seem to be discussed much if at all, is how much easier the ZXb is to maintain than its famous ti cousin.
ZX has unobstructed flow all the way through- since nothing projects into the airflow, very little settles out. Mine goes for weeks with nothing but a quick brush out, which I really appreciate.
The inner geometry of my famous ti unit is full of cheap-to-manufacture square edges and apparently zero internal aero engineering, all of which collect so much claim it starts to drip and will eventually seal the separate nozzle to the chamber body. (Love that).
Don't compete on price.
Yes everything has to be ultra low maintenance, I don't think I've ever even ISO soaked my ZXBowl. For an insta-clean after a vape session while it's still warm I'll pop the screen out, run a Q tip through the joint, and pop a new screen in and its good to go.
And yeah, oil dripping from a metal bowl causes problems.
That's a problem with materials which are too conductive to be an insulator, yet not conductive enough to heat evenly, so the result is what you describe above. The bowl has a built in cooling unit.
Fun fact: all the oils trapped right there are all the ultra stony, sedative, high temp molecules most people want so bad.
I was not aware of the Convectorium, it looks so cool !
I'll look for a downstem and give it a try then.
To get back on the track of the thread, about marketing.
There's an old theory by Google from 2010 (but is still pretty much relevant I think) called the "Zero moment of truth".
It's about making information available to your prospects where and when they are starting researching about it and it's competitors.
I know the website has information about the product, but for example, I could not find a lot of videos of the ZX on youtube when I was looking for (only 3 of them on youtube, none of them on the website), and it's not very convenient to go through 115 pages of posts to find some. Whereas some competitors have plenty. When you buy a product like a vaporizer you want to see it being used, demonstrated, you want to know about every detail. At least, I want to.
That did not stop me from pre-ordering, but maybe some people are more hesitant because of that ?
That's a good point, I thought youtube was super anti canna these days so I never really thought of posting anything there. I always posted usage videos on Vimeo in this thread for that reason, but I haven't really made much videos on here since I started the company officially. I usually post those kind of clips on my Instagram page through Stories. Again because IG was being weird and deleted so many accounts, it's a unique grey area so I tried to make my IG more product oriented rather than usage clips but I can understand why people would want to see that, I think it's a good point. I used to always want to see as many usage vids as I could back in the day. IMHO certain vapes (electronic portables especially) make it super easy to get more appealing, "organic" and fun content - like a Puffco commercial
My vape plugs into the wall and gets hooked to a bong - honestly it's probably not the most romantic setup for content creation, but maybe I can think of a way to make it more interesting or something.
How long will the preorder run for?
Until I sell out of ZXBowls.
I do still have some glass bowls in stock though.
I'll try and post about it on Instagram, just been busy preparing for this move so I haven't really spent much time on it. Once I'm settled in I'll be able to work on that kind of stuff all day long again so that will be cool. Back at it!
