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Thank you! The black screws have grown on me, too; I initially didn’t like how they don’t match well to the heating plate, but you’re right that they mesh well with the dark wood cap and deep blue ring.

Not at all! The bigger cylinder that houses the bowl and that the Lotus mounts onto (this is easy to see in @maremaresing’s pictures but isn’t really clear in mine, sorry) has enough thermal mass that it doesn’t get hot while in use, and it’s a comfortable size+shape to hold. I was originally a...

Lotus Sunday, because Friday and Saturday were busy. Feat. the fantastic Petal pipe by @maremaresing!

That's the fun part, we don't (the discoloration and, eventually, warping from heat are permanent, that's why the refresh kit is sold).

That’s fair! I actually thought of it because the petal pipes remind me of their cobbs, but that’s totally fair. I believe the WizardStix bowl is actually threaded and removable from the curved stem, so I wonder if you could make a Lotus or 9/8mm vape adaptor that could just thread onto the tube.

Only a third of the population chose this, mate; the rest of us are just along for the nauseating ride.

This reminds me of something I’ve wondered about – would longer, curved stems be possible, and something you’d be interested in making? I’ve long wanted something like Dangle Supply’s WizardStix, or even their longer WitchStix, that’s compatible with Lotus or Dani, but unfortunately lack any...

In case anyone else searches this thread in the future, M2 x 10mm screws did the trick! the ones I used are less pretty than the original screws because they’re carbon steel machine screws rather than stainless steel flathead screws, but they’re also more robust, and I’d like to avoid needing to...

Oh wow, those low profile pipes look incredible! I may have to pick one up - but later on, since I already have one of your 9mm Lotus stems in the mail. Thanks again for retroactively adding the 420 discount to my order, btw; made a killer pipe also a killer deal!

Oh yeah, it's absolutely going to be a shitshow – packages got backed up for weeks last time the US president even suggested removing the de minimis exception – I'm just saying that's how tariffs are usually handled (and how they're currently handled when people import things with a higher value...

It's worth noting it may not up to the platform to charge tariffs; in most countries with import tariffs, packages are held at customs until tariffs are paid by the recipient. Also, the de minimis exception for Chinese goods shipped to the US won't be removed until May 2nd, so we won't know from...

Oh, thank you! I’m happy to pay full price, though; it’s more than fair for an artisan metal pipe!

Noticed my Lotus' upper screen had somehow come loose, so I opened up the whole thing. Got the screen back into place properly, but somehow two of the screw heads stripped out – does anybody know what size screws are used for the Lotus, so I can take these broken screws out and replace 'em? I...

Does anybody know if POTV's stock of the Solo 3 is V1 or V2? The description makes me think V1, which would explain why they're discounting it by 36%...

2-3 years is a reasonable expectation, possibly over 3 years, though you could get lucky and get selected in a Toad lottery (where you throw your name in the hat for duplicates and designs everybody in a given batch passed on) to have a shortened timeline. I signed up in Novermber 2023 and my...