A few questions loyal Cheap, High-Quality Members, please. Better suited here than Ask FC, I think?
What is the cut-off price point when the topic is cheap, high-quality bubblers? For you, personally I mean.
And while the default source seems to be DHgate & Popularglass, do TAG or MaxQualityGlass qualify?
Isn't it Chinese Prodo Glass with more quality-control and less risk (presumably) at slightly higher prices?
Even their 2nd's discounted pieces, I've read more than one member say they couldn't even find the supposed flaw, certainly nothing affecting its performance. So that seems to qualify, for me, anyway. Besides, there are pieces on the Gate for $150+ so are those to be considered cheap as well?
Just curious if there is an unspoken groupthink price point at which functional glass ceases to be cheap and becomes something else. Is it simply personal and relative to one's taste, budget and breaking tendencies?
Sorry if this isn't appropriate here, please delete or move. I'm just a stoner who thinks about stuff sometimes and I freakin love FC giving me, us, this community to answer these burning questions.