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I haven't tried that kind exactly. I feel like it would be somewhat chuggy with some volume of water but both of those pieces look like they hold a low to moderate amount so I think it should be pretty smooth. Not sure, though. I'm mostly passing on what I've heard regarding the VapeXhale Turbine Hydratube.
 
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ataxian said:
D020 for portables.
I have the D series and they are good for portables. ASH COLLECTOR adds volume.
FC series I have almost all of them. (logs)
HYDROTUBES I have made in CALIFORNIA. (better seal)

I'm a CANNABIS MEDICAL PATIENT.
You are most likely a RECREATIONAL USER?
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Yeah true, the D020 is a pretty small piece, good for travel. The FC-187 replaced mine as my car rig though, fits in c.console better.
I take my FC-187 now as my travel beaker, to the beach, to the forest, into the alpine for relieving stress. It's a new age dabble of REC/MED balance.
 
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It's not that I really need it....but, I kinda feel like I shouldn't be a chump and ignore the great value this piece offers.. Does anyone have any negative comment to make about the FC-MOD?

http://www.dhgate.com/product/2015-...atrix/255741536.html#s1-0-1b;searl|2285108166

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unsorted said:
It's not that I really need it....but, I kinda feel like I shouldn't be a chump and ignore the great value this piece offers.. Does anyone have any negative comment to make about the FC-MOD?

http://www.dhgate.com/product/2015-...atrix/255741536.html#s1-0-1b;searl|2285108166

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maybe this is what I need for my ssv. I am finding it real awkward to lift up any of the D or 187s I ordered. Kinks in the whip from ssv to glass makes it awkward to pick anything up. What fittings do I need to make this? Is it just a fitting for the whip mouthpiece?
 
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WOW!!---> Silver fumed banger hanger <---LINK
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This is some elegant Chinese glass!
In the pic the GH is leaning back and not flush in the joint, which is nearly perfectly vertical (it does have the slightest lean away from the can, less than 1°)

Really impressed. In the sunlight this thing is dazzling, photos won't do it justice.
For the money, it is a joke how good it is.

PROS
  • Looks, feels, is nice.
  • Fuming is legit, it is covered all over.
  • Size (small, base: ø85mm, height; MP: 160mm , 14f joint: 80mm, MP width: ø40mm)
  • Relatively flawless glass (no bubbles, acceptable joins)
  • Mouthpiece is comfortable
  • Diffusion is reasonable

CONS
  • perc is uneven (placement, angle, cuts) [still functions well, it is a 13 slit showerhead {8 on one side, 5 on the other}]
  • Can give splash back (the piece requires only a tiny amount of water, if it is just above the slits, there is no splash back at all, with a few extra drops of water extreme rips will flick up the odd droplet, with a decent amount of water [30% more than in pic] it is fine with a controlled slow drag but not so good with 100% inhaling speed. Most vapes should slow the draw speed down to levels it can easily cope with though.
  • Glass thickness. If the base was a little thicker, it would feel like a legitimate quality artisan piece. It is quite light - walls would be 3mm, base is ~2mm thick.
The glass bowl it came with had a broken handle, couldn't care less but even that looked quality (cheech branded). Customs opened my parcel so I'll blame them for the stupidly long postage and poor repackaging (hence the break). The piece itself was standard DHgate wrapped, so fairly bombproof.

I feel a lot of FC'ers would enjoy owning this little rig, I know I am stoked with it

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wildything

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Impressive! I've been looking at that one as well. Have you tested it to see if the fuming was done properly and doesn't just wipe off?
 
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wildything said:
Impressive! I've been looking at that one as well. Have you tested it to see if the fuming was done properly and doesn't just wipe off?
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Not adequately
Gave it a hot water rinse with detergent and a pretty good eye over. From what I can tell it is properly silver fumed with a finish aiming to produce the blues in the pics. So it is quite thin and transparent in normal light. The fuming is only on the outside surface, the inside and base are plain glass. There's also a few spots where there is none (a 'shadow' behind the neck for eg.), and other thin patches on the outside, but the unevenness looks good.

It is either legit silver fumed or has a very good imitation style. I don't have any acetone to test atm.

The only thing that looks suss to me is the brush stroke like finish, I don't know if it's normal for fuming to look like that so it could be paint, but they'd also need to have sprayed it. It looks good whatever it is.

*edit - for what it's worth, I have no affiliation whatsoever with the above piece. It kinda seems like a shameless plug or whatever. I have just read some complaints of splashback on reddit.
It is a valid concern with the piece, and I think mine might be a lucky sample that doesn't splash (might help with off centre perc placement)
I'd seen this review whilst waiting, so was pretty stoked with mine in comparison (different seller, same product pics)
https://www.reddit.com/r/chinaglass/comments/4wi8be/review_fumed_banger_hanger_from_seller/
 
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George1151

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Narrowing things down for my first water piece to use with my Haze V3

Seems like I will need the water tool adapter

http://www.hazevaporizers.com/product/haze-dual-v3-glass-water-tool-attachment/

to use with any of the pieces. Being in Canada I can get the glass one but the wooden ones would have to be shipped from the US and shipping would be too expensive.

My choices are D020-D, FC 187 V2, or the FC-UFO.
 
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George1151 said:
Narrowing things down for my first water piece to use with my Haze V3

Seems like I will need the water tool adapter

http://www.hazevaporizers.com/product/haze-dual-v3-glass-water-tool-attachment/

to use with any of the pieces. Being in Canada I can get the glass one but the wooden ones would have to be shipped from the US and shipping would be too expensive.

My choices are D020-D, FC 187 V2, or the FC-UFO.
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Since we've been talking about this piece and haven't actually named it I will.
FC-278

I think this is the go to pick and the one I will recommend moving forward for people looking for their first piece. It's small, saves flavor, and can be used as an ash catcher for if you want to use vape on max temp and rail hits.

http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/2015-new-two-function-mobius-matrix-perc/259562203.html

Bonus: It's not expensive and it has no logos so I can link it.
 
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Since at least one person asked, the holey piece I mentioned up above that's basically my 2nd favourite piece is this one:

http://www.dhgate.com/product/2015-feb-newest-glass-bong-9-quot-inches/247499767.html

Now that I've pretty much tried all the bongs and e-nails and am pretty happy with my setup, I've now turned my attention to one of my other passions/hobbies, portable/hi-fi audio. I got turned onto a thread over at Head-Fi and ended up pre-ordering all the earphones on this page except the Phoenix which isn't for sale yet. I've only gotten the Vyrus and Sabre so far, both sound great but the Sabre are the best I've heard yet in that price range and I got them for maybe 40% less than the listed price. The Hunter's actually use a titanium shell which is anodized uniquely which I thought was a cool crossover to the dabbing world. I've pretty much bought all the hardware I could ever use but then I discovered ultra high-def DSD music which is hard to find for "free". So this hobby is seeming pretty cheap comparatively. I swear I won't buy those $10k cables but that's mostly because I can't afford it. Maybe after I buy all the legit Motherships out there if I still have cash to burn, lol.
 
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UnidenWallet said:
....Nope, no explanation. The USPS tracking just stops when it arrives in customs. Then about a week or two later, the Chinese tracking site DHgate uses tells me that my item has been sent back to China.
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Damn it!! I ordered the Symbiartic tube and inline hydra base from Sunshinestore and this where I'm at. The tracking stops at US customs. It says processed through facility but that was on the 24th delivery was supposed to be yesterday but nothing. I'm guessing it's on it's way back to China.
 
hanfhead

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Likes2vape said:
Damn it!! I ordered the Symbiartic tube and inline hydra base from Sunshinestore and this where I'm at. The tracking stops at US customs. It says processed through facility but that was on the 24th delivery was supposed to be yesterday but nothing. I'm guessing it's on it's way back to China.
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Check on your order page on dhgate and click tracking. When mine was turned back the usps tracking stopped but the dhgate page still updated and showed its scans on the way back. Sorry to hear you have to deal with that, sunshinestores been good in the past I'm sure they will turn it back around once it arrives.
 
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I've been checking both dhgate and usps with the same results. I'm bummed the US customs officials on the west coast are being such turds in regards to bongs. Hopefully I get it sometime next month.
 
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Not just west coast, mine was returned through chicago. I reordered and also had them resend the one that got returned. Both of those made it no problem.

I just checked and it took over two weeks to show a scan in china after it stalled in customs. They probably tossed it in the corner for a couple weeks.

CCG told me:
Dear client,
We got news that Chicago customs is inspecting these packages strictly in the past few days.
That's why it got returned.
Sorry for the trouble you get.
We would like to ship it to you again or offer you a full refund.
Let me know please if you have made up your mind.
Thank you for your orders.
By the way, the other order you placed might got returned or pass the Chicago customs.
It's hard to say now.
But we will make sure you get the refunds or what you ordered eventually.
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Likes2vape said:
Damn it!! I ordered the Symbiartic tube and inline hydra base from Sunshinestore and this where I'm at. The tracking stops at US customs. It says processed through facility but that was on the 24th delivery was supposed to be yesterday but nothing. I'm guessing it's on it's way back to China.
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Sorry to hear. You'll know its back in China for sure when the DHGate.com's tracking tells you. It usually takes about 2 weeks to return to China after its been intercepted by US customs. I had 3 orders seized that came from sunshinestore, glassbong_salon, and yingmin5.
 
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I figure it'll show up in China next week sometime no biggie!

I just heard from hemping that my Mai tai straight fab is shipping out, he even sent me pictures of it. It's beautiful!! Can't wait, I love new glass. Has anyone seen the new color pieces he posted? They are sick! High light colors on the mouthpiece and rim of down stem. This blue with green freaking awesome.

http://m.dhgate.com/product/hemping...-14mm/389745708.html#s3-20-1;searl|2278277831
 
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Thcgos said:
USD$253 for china glass with minimum of 30 units?!?!? I'm good. Rather put that to some local blown glass.

Even if it were single unit price, I couldnt justify it, just my personal opinion.
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Yeah for real. I paid a hundred bucks less for my most recent US glass purchase, and that is with shipping and resale on top. It's a one off, and hits like a boss.

When I was talking to Zhang about getting a piece made, he had this to say re: colour
Most seller on DHgate use Chinese color bars, the color has a little different with the USA color, the Chinese color is very ordinary, sometimes can not cause people to buy it.
Yes, I buy the USA color bars from a particular source providing material, the price and the freight are very high, so I just use the USA color bars to produce the special pipes.
I know the lower cost and the color pipes will appealing, but I send the pipe only by DHL, the freight is high, so my price is higher than other sellers.
Now I don't have this style pipe in my warehouse, in the future I may will to produce it, but now I will not produce it and sell it.
Thank you, Zhang
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The last line is referring to his super-high cost items, they're priced so no one will buy them as he doesn't have them in stock.
 
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