Cheap High Quality Bubbler

[LesPlenty]

but now is saying he will send me another.

That would be my fault, I got in touch with Yinmin and 'had a go' at them and linked them to the post showing the welded ball and said the reason I went with them was to stop all this QC shit and if problems do occur (we are only human) they would fix the problems without all the Chna Bullshit excuses we usually get when a problem arises.
They apologized and said they would send a replacement, hopefully, a perfect example now.

 

[Moses Baca]

Damn, @LesPlenty, you're the man! You helped me get my functional replacement from stevenlmz and now you're helping @cybrguy get his from yinmin! Thank you for all your help!

 

[cybrguy]

That would be my fault, I got in touch with Yinmin and 'had a go' at them ...
They apologized and said they would send a replacement, hopefully, a perfect example now.

Thanks @LesPlenty. I don't expect perfection on knock offs but I do expect a piece that functions as promised. While I was willing to go sans rattle at a discount, I would rather have the rattle and pay the expected price. Your effort is appreciated.

 

[Azn2101]

Stephen is the one to get from, not sure whom popular glass is.

For some reason I thought they were the same person but I could be wrong.

Either way I'm really glad I grabbed the extra Rattle Can back in April before the Orange man and Whinnie the Pooh began clashing. Yeah it's only a few bucks more but as people have said it seems the quality (or at least consistancy) of these Rattle cans seems to be questionable these days but it will always beat stateside prices.

The Diffusion Pump aspect is one that I don't think has been fully...explored (if that's the right word for it) because designs like @Richiegageglass's "bottomless" diffusion Pumps are just insane!



Next time I have free cash it's going towards this. But I really liked the aspect of the single arm in the FC-710 models cause the water seems to more or less break up the streams of vapor with water, and looks/acts like a Volcano spewing lava instead of vapor being carried thru bubbles until they release the vapor into the main chamber.

I hope posting the pic this doesn't violate terms on FC. As long as it doesn't have a logo right?

I'll remove it if it does violate rules, sorry in advance Mods.

 

[Moses Baca]

Stevenlmz = popular glass

My experience with him (not good) is documented in this thread. He's also mentioned in the 'sellers to avoid' thread a few times.

It looks like you generally get what you pay for. Lots of vendors, lots of reports of hit or miss.

 

[pxl_jockey]

@Azn2101 no worries, bro - that rule is just for counterfeit glass logos, posting proper glassblowers on instagram is always fine. He's not trying to deceive or trade off of a name that's not his. Although his stuff looks so nice it's probably not for the cheap thread! Lol, but thanks for sharing him here because Im always looking for some new IG artist to follow. I look for the ones who know their craft well but haven't been "discovered" yet. Once that happens and they've got +50,000 followers, I know they're way outta my price range!

 

[Azn2101]

@Azn2101 no worries, bro - that rule is just for counterfeit glass logos, posting proper glassblowers on instagram is always fine. He's not trying to deceive or trade off of a name that's not his. Although his stuff looks so nice it's probably not for the cheap thread! Lol, but thanks for sharing him here because Im always looking for some new IG artist to follow. I look for the ones who know their craft well but haven't been "discovered" yet. Once that happens and they've got +50,000 followers, I know they're way outta my price range!

So true. I think this guys on the cusp of the glass blowing "You made it" team cause this piece+dropdown was $225 for a long time well at least the few months I've been eying it, then he must've needed some cash cause he did an auction for all his base models and it went to $245 so now they're $275 without the Dropdown and the piece I didn't think people would want was $300 for a new blown one and I think it ended at $550 so I'm genuinely scared to ask if his prices increased with that sale.

But his work is really cool and really original so I think it'll be worth it Considering the "Bottemless" doesn't go over it's current price with the dropdown

 

[justcametomind]

I'm talking with DHgate rep about my bad buying experience. I have received some FC-Mod clone. The glass thing that gets inside the main body is too tall (or better said the main body is too short). So it has bad balance if used with the "attachment" on (should it be called the ash catcher?), other than a connection that's far from being airtight. You could probably get the job done if combusting, but that's not an easy thing for them to understand.
After telling me in every single mail that the next day they would close the controversy (without doing it), they offered me a 15$ refund while the piece costed 54$. I said that 15$ was better than nothing but the piece was considerably different than the pics, unusable as I intended to use it and would like better the seller would send me a shorter diffuser (the hing that gets inside the main body) or full refund.
They answered me they'll ask.
Is there any rule on it? Should't they apply the rules of the nation where the purchase goods gets delivered?

The seller of my unsatisfying FC Mod clone was bongglass. Dhgate rep firstly proposed me a 15$ refund while the water piece was worth >50$.
The problem was that the main body wasn’t blown as tall as it should so the downstem touches the bottom of it and consequently, also the connection at the top of it wasn’t airtight. It could be used to smoke maybe, not at best, but not to vaporize. Dhgate rep proposed me a 15$ refund. I asked full refund or better, a reship of a shorter downstem. The seller agreed for a reship of the whole piece, but apparently didn’t provide any shipping notification to DHGate and apparently this thing pissed them off, so I got a full refund. I can say I was very lucky and it’s not excluded I will receive a new piece as well. Regardless of how it turned out, I was prepared to take it as a loss. I will now buy only from reputed sellers like yingmin5, popularglass or steven. I misplaced my FC Mod and thought this could be a replacement. Never again.

 

[wildything]

The seller of my unsatisfying FC Mod clone was bongglass. Dhgate rep firstly proposed me a 15$ refund while the water piece was worth >50$.
The problem was that the main body wasn’t blown as tall as it should so the downstem touches the bottom of it and consequently, also the connection at the top of it wasn’t airtight. It could be used to smoke maybe, not at best, but not to vaporize. Dhgate rep proposed me a 15$ refund. I asked full refund or better, a reship of a shorter downstem. The seller agreed for a reship of the whole piece, but apparently didn’t provide any shipping notification to DHGate and apparently this thing pissed them off, so I got a full refund. I can say I was very lucky and it’s not excluded I will receive a new piece as well. Regardless of how it turned out, I was prepared to take it as a loss. I will now buy only from reputed sellers like yingmin5, popularglass or steven. I misplaced my FC Mod and thought this could be a replacement. Never again.

The FC-Mod clone I got 3 years ago was from that seller and I had no problems with quality. The new one wasn't as bad as yours but I also got a refund. It seems like the only good FC-mod available now is from Steven. I'm currently waiting for TAG to relist the 4.25" matrix since that's the only piece that I broke and wanted to replace.

Ironically the showerhead on the new FC-Mod clone has less slits but has less drag due to bigger slits than Steven's(Which I ordered as a replacement a couple years ago). But its shorter and the ashcatcher sticks out pretty far and looks fragile so still can't recommend but at least they had one thing going for them

 

[ataxian]

The seller of my unsatisfying FC Mod clone was bongglass. Dhgate rep firstly proposed me a 15$ refund while the water piece was worth >50$.
The problem was that the main body wasn’t blown as tall as it should so the downstem touches the bottom of it and consequently, also the connection at the top of it wasn’t airtight. It could be used to smoke maybe, not at best, but not to vaporize. Dhgate rep proposed me a 15$ refund. I asked full refund or better, a reship of a shorter downstem. The seller agreed for a reship of the whole piece, but apparently didn’t provide any shipping notification to DHGate and apparently this thing pissed them off, so I got a full refund. I can say I was very lucky and it’s not excluded I will receive a new piece as well. Regardless of how it turned out, I was prepared to take it as a loss. I will now buy only from reputed sellers like yingmin5, popularglass or steven. I misplaced my FC Mod and thought this could be a replacement. Never again.

Since your so rich, just buy from MOBILUS in the USA
Like I said in a earlier post: buy what U can afford?

 

[Azn2101]

Damn, I'm almost ashamed to ask this but does anyone know how to get thick/hard water deposits that are REALLY stuck on there on the inside bottom of Glass off?

Let my Rattle Can go (as far as the few other pieces of glass that I don't really like their performance compared to the Cans) and normally 91% iso and rock salt work like a charm (out of simple green concentrate mix) but again it must've gotten Truck Stop Bathroom Bad cause after two good washes it's gotten so that I can kind of see through it but it literally looked I had an opaque bottomed Rattle can.

Anyone got some finger wagging that comes along with some advise. Haha....but seriously lol.

 

[elykpeace]

Damn, I'm almost ashamed to ask this but does anyone know how to get thick/hard water deposits that are REALLY stuck on there on the inside bottom of Glass off?

Let my Rattle Can go (as far as the few other pieces of glass that I don't really like their performance compared to the Cans) and normally 91% iso and rock salt work like a charm (out of simple green concentrate mix) but again it must've gotten Truck Stop Bathroom Bad cause after two good washes it's gotten so that I can kind of see through it but it literally looked I had an opaque bottomed Rattle can.

Anyone got some finger wagging that comes along with some advise. Haha....but seriously lol.

Pub Brewers wash and then distilled water and vinegar rinse

 

[Moses Baca]

Google search gives lots of options. I'd try soak with some warm vinegar and lemon juice mix. Or get more Simple Green.

 

[triskelion]

I go with PBW

 

[Azn2101]

Pub Brewers wash and then distilled water and vinegar rinse

Hmmm I see here that Oxyclean is pretty similar (same base ingredient) to PBW cause I don't have PBW and always wondered what it was but ill look into it if Oxyclean won't work (still reading if it's ok as a replacement for this.)

Google search gives lots of options. I'd try soak with some warm vinegar and lemon juice mix. Or get more Simple Green.

Awesome man thanks I kinda forgot about Vinigar cause I used so much of it to clean dog pre out of the carpet that I solely think if it as "piss cleaner" lol

I go with PBW

Thanks for the quick responses guys.

Is PBW like a clean all type type material like simple Green?

 

[ataxian]

Damn, I'm almost ashamed to ask this but does anyone know how to get thick/hard water deposits that are REALLY stuck on there on the inside bottom of Glass off?

Let my Rattle Can go (as far as the few other pieces of glass that I don't really like their performance compared to the Cans) and normally 91% iso and rock salt work like a charm (out of simple green concentrate mix) but again it must've gotten Truck Stop Bathroom Bad cause after two good washes it's gotten so that I can kind of see through it but it literally looked I had an opaque bottomed Rattle can.

Anyone got some finger wagging that comes along with some advise. Haha....but seriously lol.

Many will disagree with my assessment?
I use RO water + dishwasher soap to make my glass sparkling clean?
Dirty glass destroy’s the flavor of the vapor!
Simple Green will work however the favor might experience alteration?
It dose work for some?
I’m quilty of chasing flavor!

My comment’s is my take?
.

 

[cybrguy]

http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/pbw-the-chemistry-of-clean.7854/page-55

Designed for and most recommended to clean equipment for brewing beer. I use it as the cleaner of last resort or when I have let something get VERY dirty. Otherwise, because I use Cranberry Extract in my water, cleaning rarely needs much more than hot water. But I don't do dabs and I understand they need much more cleanup than flower...

 

[Azn2101]

Many will disagree with my assessment?
I use RO water + dishwasher soap to make my glass sparkling clean?
Dirty glass destroy’s the flavor of the vapor!
Simple Green will work however the favor might experience alteration?
It dose work for some?
I’m quilty of chasing flavor!

My comment’s is my take?
.

Reverse Osmosis water? U think we had one of those on my dad's property when we drew water from and underground spring in Tennessee. I think.

Do they sell it bottled or anything?

I also could be confusing what you're talking about cause I just saw something on Google that it's like a 6 on the pH scale or something lower than what we should drink but again I could be confusing things.

http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/pbw-the-chemistry-of-clean.7854/page-55

Designed for and most recommended to clean equipment for brewing beer. I use it as the cleaner of last resort or when I have let something get VERY dirty. Otherwise, because I use Cranberry Extract in my water, cleaning rarely needs much more than hot water. But I don't do dabs and I understand they need much more cleanup than flower...

That is so funny that the best cleaner for beer is also the best cleaner for most glass pieces/accessories for smoking and vaping. Really cool, thanks man. =)

Edit: it's sitting in some plain distilled white Vinigar and it's clearing up but the bubbles have stop rising and it seems to be as clean as it's going to get but then again it's been....less than 20min lol.

I'll let you guys know before the end of the evening

Edit:

Not completely clean but 100x better than even after the Iso/Salt solution.

I'm fairly sure at the small layer of build up will come off with the drippings of 2x old bottles of Simple Green concentrate that should be enough to cover the bottom provided the microwave doesn't zap too much away and all of it makes it to the bottom and not on the walls.

It's awesome though Thanks @elykpeace @ataxian @Moses Baca @cybrguy @triskelion

Now to wait for a new banger to use this 2nd hand AiN insert in freakin mint condition. I guesstimated about a 30/70% (70 being no good) that I was gonna get some Frankenstein of an insert but it's clean as hell! Something about it not fitting into a Even Shore "TruthTech" banger which i cant find much about. Anyone know what it is; im guessing it must be been a badass banger to just not just go get a banger that it would fit the insert.

it's torture to have a Enail set-up and no store in my city and only a few in the county, that sells a reasonably well made banger for under $80. Almost like a 710coil banger except with a 25mm w/ 3mm bottom and 2mm walls...and no bevel for $75+tax.

How can I live in SoCal and not have a smoke shop with decent enough stock at reasonable prices without having to drive into LA.

Sorry, got off topic but I'm "bubbling" over with excitement

 

[ataxian]

http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/pbw-the-chemistry-of-clean.7854/page-55

Designed for and most recommended to clean equipment for brewing beer. I use it as the cleaner of last resort or when I have let something get VERY dirty. Otherwise, because I use Cranberry Extract in my water, cleaning rarely needs much more than hot water. But I don't do dabs and I understand they need much more cleanup than flower...

My education is in science and ph was are friend in the lab?
FAITH or FACT?

 

[triskelion]

I use tap water only ph7

 

[ataxian]

I use tap water only ph7

Depend on your water supply?

S. California water hardness is 750 - 1100 +/-
Colorado 30 - 60 -/+

Tap water is different depending?

REVERSE OSMOSIS is constant.
For growing on the mainland you need clean balanced water to have food quality!

Indoor grow’s or Outside grow’s require decent water to reach a decent quality level.

I use a “M” to test COLA grown in the garden!
In HAWAII when I was a surf hippie we used rain?

We had no cash!
Are crop’s we’re decent?
No seed’s in the 70’s! (Some were in to this kine of growing?)

 

[triskelion]

Miss the 70s, faded blue jeans, hanes tee, and Chuck Taylor sneaks.

 

[Azn2101]

Depend on your water supply?

S. California water hardness is 750 - 1100 +/-
Colorado 30 - 60 -/+

Tap water is different depending?

REVERSE OSMOSIS is constant.
For growing on the mainland you need clean balanced water to have food quality!

Indoor grow’s or Outside grow’s require decent water to reach a decent quality level.

I use a “M” to test COLA grown in the garden!
In HAWAII when I was a surf hippie we used rain?

We had no cash!
Are crop’s we’re decent?
No seed’s in the 70’s! (Some were in to this kine of growing?)

I seriously wonder if you know my Uncle or is it First Cousin? Great-Grandparants adopted him unofficially as a child, who is and has been a genuine Beach Bum for 30 years on and off. Which people will hear that term and think it's meant in a derogitory way but in Hawaii it's not...generally. Also my Great-Grandpa ran a Gas station in Wahiwaha but im not actually sure when. We're also related to someone named Ben (and I don't know how to spell it but it's pronounced like "eye - e - pa") Ieepa or aiepa or something, and I think he was a successful surfer. I should really get to know those roots before there's to big of a gap

I have no idea why when you mentioned Hawaii that I remember seeing a picture in a junk drawer at my moms and how funny it was to see a bunch of Koreans with dark skin in a Black & White photo and there he is, White as can be. It's like the sun somehow made him look more "Howlie" as my garndma used to say, than Tan lol.

Rattle Can cleaned up really good with the simple green concentrate, got smart and just dumped it the Can and threw the whole thing in the microwave. Using the ol' noggin is never a bad thing but for some reason it never comes to mind =D

Thanks again guys.

 

[ataxian]

I seriously wonder if you know my Uncle or is it First Cousin? Great-Grandparants adopted him unofficially as a child, who is and has been a genuine Beach Bum for 30 years on and off. Which people will hear that term and think it's meant in a derogitory way but in Hawaii it's not...generally. Also my Great-Grandpa ran a Gas station in Wahiwaha but im not actually sure when. We're also related to someone named Ben (and I don't know how to spell it but it's pronounced like "eye - e - pa") Ieepa or aiepa or something, and I think he was a successful surfer. I should really get to know those roots before there's to big of a gap

I have no idea why when you mentioned Hawaii that I remember seeing a picture in a junk drawer at my moms and how funny it was to see a bunch of Koreans with dark skin in a Black & White photo and there he is, White as can be. It's like the sun somehow made him look more "Howlie" as my garndma used to say, than Tan lol.

Rattle Can cleaned up really good with the simple green concentrate, got smart and just dumped it the Can and threw the whole thing in the microwave. Using the ol' noggin is never a bad thing but for some reason it never comes to mind =D

Thanks again guys.

When I move to OAHU, Hawaii We kept our home in California.
Hawaii was a dream to me!

The country store was owned by a KOREAN FAMILY. ( KAMIE’s we called it.)

The weed (cannabis) was so decent! (We killed the male’s and cut the grass to hide from the chopper’s overhead)
My HAWAII friend’s were kine to me?
They gave me magic mushroom’s and I gave them COLAS!
NUGGETS we threw in the trash.
Sugar LEAF kept the mud off our feet.
HAWAII was dreamily a few decade’s back like CALIFORNIA once was!

The beach in front of my house with perfect wave’s and no people?

As a kid it was crowded? (Is playing video game’s da distraction?)
My wife and I were having Espresso on the beach and I didn’t see any body surfing?
1970 we thought there was too many people in da water?
Joni MICHELLE sang about this ERA? (Big yellow taxi)

Paper (Zigzag) all we had.

Before bong’s even?
My kid’s surf the old stomping ground’s.
HAWAII is crowed these daze!

Some surfer’s never came back from VIETNAM?
I was too young!

“M” is practical for me!
My brother and sister when to School in Hawaii.
They can fight like Tiger’s!

I was into peace and love!

ALOHA,

HALOE kine
After tough: my friend’s in WAKIKI (town) were called beach boy’s who surfed in front of my house!

 

[Azn2101]

@ataxian Huh I'll have to ask me aunt if she knows or remembers the store. the next time she does one of those Apple video chat apps on the iPad. My Grandpa owned was "Arakawa Shell" on California ave in Waikiki.

I think it's pretty much every Millennial has at one point in their life (or for me my entire life) has dreamed of growing up on an era between the 40's-80's as a young adult for one reason or another...hell I'd take going on 10 in 70's but until earth gets a time machine (or sucked into a Black Hole as some believe, and if I wasn't such a logical thinker I'd like to believe it could be true too) but anyway.

Our family name on Oahu (so confusing that "Honolulu County" IS the entire Island so for the longest time I thought they were different islands ) Arakawa.

But back to business.

Damn @pxl_jockey I think he like JUST made the "Made It" people cause his last piece "On The Block" is looking like it's gonna go at $400 when in August his pieces maxed out at $350 and that was a Prototype the piece I posted except with the top of the cover over the grudline indented to act as a well to recycle water like a Klein below to the lower slits. Ironically that one sold for less than $175.

I totally feel like this was one of those chances that the Internet and Glass Gods got together and split the sky to send his work to my phone and I squandered that chance on things like Car payments and "Rent" I mean like wtf was I thinking?!

Shot myself in the foot with this one haha. But seriously, Damn man! I feel like my dream piece just drifted into thin air.

Over 1000 pages, so many smart/genious individuals, and so much love for the diffusion pump perc and we couldn't think to just add top slits to so many pieces with that same "cup" design with slits at the bottom over a perc that comes from the arm into the main chamber. *Dave Chapelle voice* Gad Damn!