Cheap High Quality Bubbler

[ryan8]

Got another glass lamp shade in from Ms. Kathy!!! My collection of lamps is growing constantly, I'm certain my mail carrier is having a chuckle!

My D020 was labeled as "glass bottles", which I thought is a much more apt description. When I went to pick up my package, my heart sunk a little when I saw the "Opened and inspected by customs" sealing tape on the box, half expecting to find the inside empty with a note saying the items have been confiscated. But I guess there was so much bubble wrap that they didn't bother unwrapping it, and it looks enough like glass bottles underneath all that bubblewrap.

 

[lovinlivinlife]

Got this piece in.

Pulls nice, no drag, pretty thick glass (≈6-7mm), no water in the mouth with the correct fill level and sits down nice in upright position (like picture, but mines sits flatter). The one I got is 18mm jointed.

The bad (for some )….

Just like all the Chinese glass it isn’t exactly perfect in the lines. The mouthpiece comes out at a slightly different angle then the bottom of the can (but still sits very solid). And the bottom of the can (where is sits on) isn’t a perfectly straight angle (kind of rounded like the one above, but again mine isn't as bad).

Tell him to use rounded tip spikes instead of balls. It will eliminate the phallic-nes of it.

Speaking of phallic-nes (had to give credit to farscaper for the word), this thing could pull double duty for the ladies! And I guess a few gentleman also . I like to say it “percs in the front, pokes in the back”! (I could go on for days with sexual innuendo but that’s where maybe you come in… read on)

Overall nice piece, but just not for me (it was also stated in this thread that it was 14mm but mine came 18mm).

So I am thinking possible contest. Maybe best quote for this picture wins….

Don't post your idea's yet, and I'll contact @vtac to see if it's OK. That is if anyone is interested in a contest for this piece?


As an interesting side note…

Which one of you is making the killing selling this Chinese glass on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hammer-W-6a...131?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417dabb0b3

I paid $16.50 shipped for mine and there is 33 people bidding this thing up to $71.00 with 3 days left?

Best part is that the same seller is offering out that piece as a buy it now for $50.95 ! http://www.ebay.com/itm/281279762985

These people definitely need to research a little better before pulling the trigger on this stuff!

Like maybe search around for a thread that talks all about cheap high quality bubblers. There has to be one of those around somewhere, right?

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Got it. Not bad. I really thought it would suck. So much that I tried combusting with it first and was shocked that it really took the pain away... (I know booooo I fell off the wagon after 4 years of vaping only). Then I tried the Lotus with similar results. I guess you really don't know shit until you hit it!

 

[Herr_Dampf]

Hmmmmmm... glassporn

Anyhow, looks neat, thanks for the video!

 

[Mister G]

That looks like it could be a good piece for people who use their Pinnacle WT with their Herbalizer or anyone that attaches WTs to a whip setup, as this one can stand on its own (but it does look a l ittle 'tippy')...

Contest is a great idea....

Got this piece in.

Pulls nice, no drag, pretty thick glass (≈6-7mm), no water in the mouth with the correct fill level and sits down nice in upright position (like picture, but mines sits flatter). The one I got is 18mm jointed.

The bad (for some )….

Just like all the Chinese glass it isn’t exactly perfect in the lines. The mouthpiece comes out at a slightly different angle then the bottom of the can (but still sits very solid). And the bottom of the can (where is sits on) isn’t a perfectly straight angle (kind of rounded like the one above, but again mine isn't as bad).



Speaking of phallic-nes (had to give credit to farscaper for the word), this thing could pull double duty for the ladies! And I guess a few gentleman also . I like to say it “percs in the front, pokes in the back”! (I could go on for days with sexual innuendo but that’s where maybe you come in… read on)

Overall nice piece, but just not for me (it was also stated in this thread that it was 14mm but mine came 18mm).

So I am thinking possible contest. Maybe best quote for this picture wins….

Don't post your idea's yet, and I'll contact @vtac to see if it's OK. That is if anyone is interested in a contest for this piece?


As an interesting side note…

Which one of you is making the killing selling this Chinese glass on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hammer-W-6a...131?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417dabb0b3

I paid $16.50 shipped for mine and there is 33 people bidding this thing up to $71.00 with 3 days left?

Best part is that the same seller is offering out that piece as a buy it now for $50.95 ! http://www.ebay.com/itm/281279762985

These people definitely need to research a little better before pulling the trigger on this stuff!

Like maybe search around for a thread that talks all about cheap high quality bubblers. There has to be one of those around somewhere, right?

 

[ataxian]

Kathy Hu had a functioning site on DHGATE, and all these Sellers are taking advantage of our shopping by doubling their prices that's bullshit these pieces are worth the original prices no more the prices they are starting too ask for some of this stuff rivals American Glass and this stuff is not of that quality

I agree with you!

Looks like the deals are over!
The Local Smoke Shops a couple of year ago had nice glass for a low price. Now they have thin glass walled garbage 3x the price?

Pipe Daddy's or Glass Blowers Direct will have the upper hand on all this!

Aqua Labs has nice stuff.
I guess it's time to move on?
I rather pay $300 for a water pipe that is well made than a piece of junk for a $100!

Why go broke buying bargains!

Made in CALIFORNIA!

 

[Meghan]

I agree with you!

Looks like the deals are over!
The Local Smoke Shops a couple of year ago had nice glass for a low price. Now they have thin glass walled garbage 3x the price?

Pipe Daddy's or Glass Blowers Direct will have the upper hand on all this!

Aqua Labs has nice stuff.
I guess it's time to move on?
I rather pay $300 for a water pipe that is well made than a piece of junk for a $100!

Why go broke buying bargains!

I've said it before and I'll say it again...I wouldn't pay more than $50 for anything direct from China (the most I've actually spent is $35). I noticed yesterday that a piece I'd considered buying at $45 shipped is now something like $95 shipped. Which means, of course, that I'm no longer interested in the slightest. I suspect that these sellers will soon realize that people aren't going to rush to buy their wares at any price, and that the popularity they've experienced was not so much about their fabulous products as it was about the fabulous deals they were offering.

 

[grokit]

Is that the consensus, that the "good" D20's are no more?

 

[063_XOBX]

Is that the consensus, that the "good" D20's are no more?

I wouldn't say that. Mine from a few weeks ago has been great (once you get over the flea bites in the percs slits). I think the boost in sales has just made the sellers believe their product has more value that it actually does. Should level off in a couple weeks when sales slow down. Until then I guess we'll have to either buy American (sweet Simba sale on Massdrop) or not at all.

 

[ryan8]

I wouldn't say that. Mine from a few weeks ago has been great (once you get over the flea bites in the percs slits).

Do you know if this affects performance? I know one of my slits has a noticeable chip and it seems like bubbles have a tendency to escape through that slit, and other slits often don't fire that often/at all.

 

[SSVUN~YAH]

I've said it before and I'll say it again...I wouldn't pay more than $50 for anything direct from China (the most I've actually spent is $35). I noticed yesterday that a piece I'd considered buying at $45 shipped is now something like $95 shipped. Which means, of course, that I'm no longer interested in the slightest. I suspect that these sellers will soon realize that people aren't going to rush to buy their wares at any price, and that the popularity they've experienced was not so much about their fabulous products as it was about the fabulous deals they were offering.

It appears to me the hammer bubbler looks downsized from the original batch. Or is that your petite hands, fooling me? It appears yours were larger than these newer models...

 

[063_XOBX]

Do you know if this affects performance? I know one of my slits has a noticeable chip and it seems like bubbles have a tendency to escape through that slit, and other slits often don't fire that often/at all.

Even on expensive American glass the percs don't all fire 100% of the time. The holes/slits that aren't firing are reducing drag. The only way to really get all the percs firing is with a really hard pull and a disc diffused slide.

 

[equatorgringo]

Why go broke buying bargains!

This is something I have learned to apply in many scenarios in life. I used to be soooo cheap. Now I am just semi cheap haha. There are things that are worth spending the extra bucks on, if it is something you will handle and USE very often then you should spend the extra $ when necesary. If it is to look at then who cares.

 

[jambandphan03]

Is that the consensus, that the "good" D20's are no more?

If I have followed this correctly, I think the
DO2O from DHgate has been showing up in good condition. The ones from Aliex have been more questionable... please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[grokit]

It seems that the photos have changed, the perk used to be a nice diagonal cross-hatch but now a less complicated parallel diagonal?

 

[063_XOBX]

It seems that the photos have changed, the perk used to be a nice diagonal cross-hatch but now a less complicated parallel diagonal?

I don't think the D020 ever had the concentric showerheads (that's the Möbius Ion with reti perc it's vaguely based on).

 

[ataxian]

Mob

I don't think the D020 ever had the concentric showerheads (that's the Möbius Ion with reti perc it's vaguely based on).

Möbius Ion with reti perc (The real deal)!
http://aqualabtechnologies.com/scie...us-glassworks-ion-bubbler-with-reti-perc.html

You referring to this one?

 

[grokit]

I could have sworn there was a cheap chinese one with a perc like that,
maybe it was just wishful thinking!

 

[Frederick McGuire]

I haven't seen a Chinese Reti yet.

I've seen some American blowers doing them (colie glass was at one point), but the D020 is the closest I've seen a Chinese piece come.

So a "proper" Reti will have 2 percs, one nested inside the other, with opposing angles on the slits.

The D020 is essentially a shower head with angled slits.
(Though IMO the having the slits angled does seem to aid in the diffusion a bit )

 

[PoopMachine]

You might do better with something that has more than one chamber for extra filtration of particulates. It has been posted on here recently, on DHgate there is a comparable piece price/value wise with the D020, it is $38 shipped and is a honeycomb and 10-arm tree perc bubbler. I owned one until I broke it a couple weeks ago and it gives very smooth hits with little drag and I found it smoothed vapor out very well. Here's a link and a pic:

http://www.dhgate.com/product/10-ar...-bowl-glass/183729655.html#se2-11-1|467697776

I bought one of those. Its very difficult to not get a mouth full of water with that piece. I gave mine away.

 

[canj00digit?]

I haven't seen a Chinese Reti yet.

I've seen some American blowers doing them (colie glass was at one point), but the D020 is the closest I've seen a Chinese piece come.

So a "proper" Reti will have 2 percs, one nested inside the other, with opposing angles on the slits.

The D020 is essentially a shower head with angled slits.
(Though IMO the having the slits angled does seem to aid in the diffusion a bit )

Did you end up buying one of those D020 from the AliExpress link?
Mine hasn't shown up yet, but I'm not too broken up since people are saying that seller is selling a 'knock off' (lol cant believe it spawned knock offs) and not nearly as well done as the original DHGate D020.

Doh.

 

[Frederick McGuire]

Nah, haven't nabbed one yet.

I do plan on getting one at some point, maybe in a month or 2 when I haven't picked up anything new for a bit.

It my planned piece to go to for my next GAS attack

(Off topic: )
However, after seeing the sexy looking N8 recycler in the recycler thread, I've decided my next piece needs to be another space worked piece

 

[canj00digit?]

Yeah, worked recyclers REALLY get my G.A.S itching.
I am working hard to control my G.A.S.
Being on the wagon sucks.

I want to buy some glass.

 

[king krish]

Has anyone had any luck with Sumbudddy's glass from ioffer? They are not very responsive to questions. Has kinda put me off buying from them. Anyone bought some off him and can tell us more?

 

[equatorgringo]

You know they don't ship outside the US?

Yep! I use a mail forwarder from Miami

Has anyone had any luck with Sumbudddy's glass from ioffer? They are not very responsive to questions. Has kinda put me off buying from them. Anyone bought some off him and can tell us more?

I talked to him last week about that matrix perc he had recently taken off, he responded quickly. He did give me his email address for a better method of communication but ioffer deleted it out of the message before I could take note of it (was traveling atm).