Very helpful! I'm still looking for joint placement similar to the TAG piece or the Protege, so the GG or CB versions won't work for me.
Yeah like I said if you need that shape, modular mouthpiece, shorter, your options are much more limited... You should just grab a protege honestly then, if you think you don't like prophet (note there is also a new version with wider base if you check his thread now)
curious question, I see a lot of people have resin filled drop down adapters not being cleaned much, do you guys just take the adapter and soak a little in iso for reclaim?
The adapter is catching all the herbal particulates, it is not simply clean reclaim oil, but trying to make iso reclaim is pretty disgusting anyway (tried it long ago)
I clean my adapters when they get really coated, more dirty and sticky, particularly if I am noticing the taste, if they saw too many high temp hits took through them etc. And I do it with my round of rig cleaning to keep for using the same alcohol for many pieces (yes the adapters require a bit more of a soak n scrub though they still clean quick)
not sure if I want a drop down adapter, would be nice to catch any material too, but i clean my bong just about every day.
Yeah, they allow me to avoid cleaning everyday, especially as I have multiple glass pieces in rotation, I will empty and clean the glass before the adapters as they get dirtier and I keep the glass cleaner... Part of the strategy is also using distilled water only inside since the water here is so hard... Would be ideal if I could also rinse with distilled water but that's too involved for me!
Again, the other benefits of dropdown adapters, are they change the form factor, letting your vape sit lower in the rig and off to the side potentially or further out front... They also allow you to switch sizes easily if you have dropdown adapters in every size combination... Finally they offer additional cooling with some right angle pathway (related to the particle catching keeping the water cleaner benefit)
@coolbreeze: Letting it get dirty helps keep the future goo from getting through. At least, that was the recommendation with the dry catch I use. It definitely helps to keep the piece clean in any case. That doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy the reclaim, though, every once in awhile.
Oh, yeah, if I have a freshly cleaned adapter, I tried to first use it on a glass piece that has not been cleaned and set up with fresh water yet, I will first try to use it on one of the dirtier pieces, so any particulates that get through without sticking to oil will be cleaned from the water soon anyway lol