I wasn't going to get another DHGate bubbler but after my experience with asking around and eventually getting a custom- made piece made by a US glass blower, I will likely have to eat that statement... Bubblers made by people who actually vape should be better / have better quality control but I would not try to get a custom piece from "scene" glass blowers again.
The western glass blowers I have interacted with IRL and online generally do not have the patience to deal with people who don't know the limitations of the job (and the particular glass blower's own limits), they have some atittude and see themselves as artists rather than craftsmen, and this is why most of them don't even do custom pieces.
I also encountered a weird negative vibe when i enquired about 14mm bubblers- I imagine they get asked a lot and are tired of the question but I 'm not sure why they seem to be so against the proposition. Apparently a 14mm piece needs a wider base to be stable so it's probably more work that they don't need to do as they sell enough 10mm pieces? I just said to one of them- "There is a growing number of people vaping flower with 14mm bowls so if you make'em you'll sell them!"
If anyone asked me about getting an original (and more expensive) high quality bubbler I'd say just buy one of the already made pieces (and good luck getting it before it is snagged by someone else) and if you want a custom piece, China is the way unless you have a 4 digit budget...
The western glass blowers I have interacted with IRL and online generally do not have the patience to deal with people who don't know the limitations of the job (and the particular glass blower's own limits), they have some atittude and see themselves as artists rather than craftsmen, and this is why most of them don't even do custom pieces.
I also encountered a weird negative vibe when i enquired about 14mm bubblers- I imagine they get asked a lot and are tired of the question but I 'm not sure why they seem to be so against the proposition. Apparently a 14mm piece needs a wider base to be stable so it's probably more work that they don't need to do as they sell enough 10mm pieces? I just said to one of them- "There is a growing number of people vaping flower with 14mm bowls so if you make'em you'll sell them!"
If anyone asked me about getting an original (and more expensive) high quality bubbler I'd say just buy one of the already made pieces (and good luck getting it before it is snagged by someone else) and if you want a custom piece, China is the way unless you have a 4 digit budget...
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