Look brother from another Mother!
Cheap Glass is CIVILIZED!
Just my opinion!
Put your EGO in your pocket!
We will all die one day.
Tooth Fairy's and many other make believe characters are made up!
CANNABIS is the HOLY GRAIL not word's of a make believe book?
I buy cheap glass because it break's the same as expensive glass>
My EGO I try to kill so I do understand the need to feed it?
Let it die so we can live?
CHEAP GLASS is our FRIEND!!!!
Cheap glass is great, but in my experience it commonly has weak spots and is easier to break with only minor shock.
Obviously all glass is fragile, but not necessarily prone to failure.
Now with progression of market, there's a huge array of cheap, quality glass. And China's options have evolved a lot in the last 10 years.
Origin doesn't matter beyond quality.
In terms of value - cost and satisfaction, Stevenski's Maddabler rig is exceptional value.
I don't think it's about superiority more than its about pure satisfaction.
Cannabis is paramount of importance with all this technology and innovation surrounding it, but like fine china, crystal or any object, insightful design allows it to be enjoyed to a maximum.
It's a personal thing, not necessarily about appearance but about smoothness and appreciation.
Compared to smoking out of a garden hose and Powerade bottle, vaporising from a well designed glass rig is a very different experience, and without telling anyone about it who would endeavour to realise.
I don't think it's about the ego, as Australians ours is heavily deflated due to the nature of paraphernalia and freedom of use here anyway.
It's really just about enjoying the experience, and hoping that someone else out there could resonate enough with it to share in it.
There's plenty of cheap glass that offers this potential, a thousand pages of examples.
There's no wrong option, but with only finite time and opportunities, if you're here reading about glass then I recommend buying some to enjoy for oneself.
My comments, however long-winded, are really just to say, rather than settle for a utilitarian solution, enthusiasts will enjoy the small difference to a more personal solution. It's not to be better than others, but to enjoy what we are a little bit more. Cannabis brings many enjoyment, why shouldn't it be served on a silver platter? It's not that outlandish, but sure spend little enough to not get attached to it. Breaking glass is a reality, but without any sentimental value attached it's easy to replace. Obviously live within your means, but nowadays that means cheap, quality for all.
When I'm gone there'll still be use for my glassware, borosilicate isn't recyclable, so the DHgate machine isn't good for the ego either.