My goodness! so many words from so many people Zapping this thread. Hard for me to figure out where to start. Ya, sure Rick.
Tree, yes, as a matter of fact I picked out a special log yesterday. A special yule log. Thanks for the time slot.
Jesus.... thanks for the inquiries on the Zap and reminding me how confusing I can be with descriptions and especially lack of descriptions, etc. The different descriptions(reg, primo, grab bag, out on a Limb, Retro, etc) were what I first came up with when we started making the CRZs for real in the latter part of September. It was a big hodge podge then, especially with me trying to name each unit, a foolish idea much better suited to each customer. We went to numbers by each month in early October which is working very well. We will be putting stick-on labels on the bottom leather with the item number and wood species very soon. All CRZs are the same except the wood used. I am normally adding $5-10 to the price on what I consider are the premium grain pieces. Sometimes I leave the price regular on some very nice grains like the Walnuts. Most are beautiful. Every unit has the same ceramic insulated solid stainless steel heatport assembly that has been fine tuned to make the kind of vaping air we like.
The hot air produced by our ceramic insulated Zap is very steady and consistent. Our log vape is probably not the best choice if you want to crank up the milk and get a roasted coffee ABV. Ours is sweet and mellow and continuous and very efficient at extracting essentials. They are relatively small compared to the traditional log vape and are getting smaller. We do believe in the traditional extra mass heat sink core used in log vapes for years. The extra mass steel is there for a reason, to provide continuous evenly heated air.
We do have re-sellers. Blisssville has already been mentioned and we have a small retailer in Portland, OR besides Vito in Arizona selling CRZs to medical card holders at reduced prices. I will very soon put links up on our CRZ buy page to other sellers of Zaps. Each seller has their own special twist on the Zaps they sell which we will outline on the CRZ page.
Stem holders yes. We often hear what we need to hear and I often let it go to the wind. The problem is the design. We are doing our best to stay away from labor intensive products. Business success is a fickle girl. If you are going to produce something and sell it, you must have the correct profit built in or you will not be able supply the market if it is a winner. The guy/gal on the lathe is working for wages, not just for fun. I started out long ago on this thread with a statement to the affect of "we are in this for a living, a job, NOT altruism". It does happen to be that especially now our Zap is very good and very unique so we are doing 'a good thing' but it is still about business. The vapes out there you can get and get quickly, easily and regularly are in it for the business. As for stem holders.......keep on hanging. We will come up with something soon.
Y'all sure do learn patience dealing with Zapville!
Albert, thanks for your answers to questions on this thread. You are very helpful and we appreciate it.
THC and Magic, nice shots and comments on ABV. This vapor game is not just black and white. There are so many variables all along the way. Roast coffee ABV is not the best thing for everyone. I am always amazed at how many pulls these new Zaps can do at a steady temp and how the stem tips stay clean. I would be interested in hearing from a dedicated ABV user if the CRZ ABV, even if not dark dark, still has lots of goodies left? What are we pulling with those extra pulls? The only totally spent ABV is dark dark brown? Gimme slow and steady, the Turtle way.
OB, thanks for the post on your Portland store. Guess forum rules are enforced as they should be here on the AZ thread. I'll get some stuff up soon as I mentioned earlier. Thanks for carrying our Zaps in your store.
Better stop for now. I am sure I missed plenty.
Glad to see you took my advice and came to visit this fine thread 