Here it is!
The Official Review of the Illadelph Glass Spoon, and the Jack Herer Double Barrel Double Venturi Ricocheting Votrex Effect Pipe.
First the illadelph.
Taste: 10 (1-10)
Smoothness: 8
Burn Quality: 8
Ease of Draw: 10
Durability: 5
The illys bowl is alot larger and is virtually drag free. it fits snugly in either hand and the carb is easy to work being as its well placed. the entire piece is a great design i like the simplicity of the clear and blue glass. the illadelph painted logo is tastefully placed, when laying on the flat bottom looking down it can hardly be seen, when rolled onto its side, the logo faces beautifully up at you. the glass is clean and clear, very clean joints, no air bubbles at all. The mouth peice is a nice large bubble that fits cleanly and nicely on the lips. being glass, cleaning is very easy. the hardest part is to get into the holes, but a bristle pipe cleaner makes a job easy. just soak in iso, or simple green and its shining like new.
Second the Jack Herer.
Taste: 8 (contribute this to the wood, but may change as this pipe gets broke in)
Smoothness: 10
Burn Quailty: 10
Ease of Draw: 9
Durability: 10
The jack herer's bowl is a nice size. its not overly large like the illadelph's, and when packed properly it burns as stated. The bowl takes a bit longer to pack, and if not packed properly it doesn't burn evenly and have difficulties keeping a amber. When your passing the pipe, only a small wisp of smoke comes from the bowl and when drawn on the amber immidiately grows again, comsuming a little more green each time on its migration acrost the bowl. Being as its wood, there is a slight taste to it, and has a resiny kind of taste to it. im not sure yet if this taste will go away, get worse, or better. With that being said, the taste is not bad at all. its still alot "fresher" tasting then a single hole glass pipe, but just cant compair to the illadelphs clean glass. Hitting this pipe is very smooth. no harshness on the back of your throat at all. The feel of the pipe on the lips is nice, feels like a traditional tobbacco pipe in your hand. No need for a carb on this pipe, its a nonissue while smoking this. Cleaning this pipe is easy enough, i am unsure of how dirty how fast this thing gets, but i plan on running a pipecleaner through it regularly. Placing the screen in is easy, but kind of difficult to take back out. The Jack Herer also comes with a hemp pouch packing tool allen wrench a pack of screens, and one percent also included some I-Tal Hemp wicks, a book of matches, a tin of condoms (yes condoms) and a paper with the packing dirrections, and a little info on the pipe.
All in all I would have to say they both are excellent pipes, and anyone would love either one of these. Im just lucky enough to have both
while the illadelph is cleaner tasting, it lacks a little in the smoothness compaired to the jack. Its hard to beat how well and evenly the bowl burns in the Jack, when packed properly, it burns as stated, and only needs to be lit once. The illadelph is close in this department, but the amber has a tendency to suck into the center of the bowl and grow outward where as the Jack burns from one corner across the bowl. The illadelph will also require a few lights towards the end, whereas the Jack will be a even colored char. Both pipes are well worth their pricetags, giving the slight advantage to the jack due to how smooth the smoke is. Me personally would probably choose the illadelph first though, due to how tastey it is, how easily it is to keep clean.