This one is available now! Reminder it is a very effective herbal recycler design and I'm sure it would work well for dabbing too (incycler style drain with outer uptake tube to cylindrical klein vortex funnel and fountain perc with 15 slits grouped by 5 in 3 spots)
Thank you!
I have to note, somewhere on this forum, maybe in this thread, I posted a rant about supporting domestic glass production as a means of reparations for the artists and sellers (all the way up to Tommy Chong) who developed this craft even in the face of fascist oppression. In my defense, I was perturbed about a particular brand which emphasized its domestic design headquarters while hiding its overseas production, not about the existence of Chinese glass in general.
Still, over the years I've ended up with a few pieces of Chinese glass through other distributors, like my Sneaky Pete globe (I'm not sure where it's made, to be honest, but it's sure not an artisan piece), so it wasn't too big a stretch to finally just go direct to China. This SAML Klein recycler was my first DH Gate purchase, and I am psyched.
For quite a while my main piece has been a Goo Roo Hookah, which I picked up after enjoying the whip experience on the Globe. I've really enjoyed the large chamber; watching it milk up is satisfying, and I can rip it hard or pull casually from it like a Volcano bag. I've gotten so used to that, going all the way back the acrylic U.S. Bongs, that it was hard to imagine a rig with minimal chamber space being as effective.
So I looked at recyclers as kind of gimmicky, and a little expensive. This was a chance to try one affordably, and I'm so glad I did. The way this thing conditions a hit, it even smooths out the Anvil on a WPA. I can pull an Anvil half-bowl in an continuous draw, which would have choked me with the hookah.
Now, like graduating from the Globe to the Goo Roo, I need a good domestic alternative. Right now I'm looking at the Goo Roo Klein Recycler and the Texas Hot Glass Recycler. I'd also consider the THG Baby Recycler, but it looks smaller than the SAML--if someone has both, I'd love a comparison. I don't want to go smaller than the SAML. Right now I'm leaning toward the Goo Roo, because the factory is just a short field trip from home, but I'm open if there are better alternatives.
Thanks!