to be completely honest, I've never bought a piece from him I like, but I can't help but put my hopes in him because he seems to be the only one here who is actually attempting to take on-board users input and suggestions. Not trying to hate but I swear every single piece I've gotten from him has been way too small and functioned poorly. I really want him to turn it around with these hydratubes but I fear you guys are giving him a way too complicated design to be able to emulate to the quality we want it.
I Just want him to slap one of his 'matrix percs' into a side car hydratube and make it a decent/large size and call it a day.
I'm not in the hydratube gang, so I can't help you there. I just got 2 pieces from Steven, both packed really well (double wall cardboard box, styrofoam, and 3 layers of duct tape. The FC-710 functions as it should, perc is a little misaligned, but normal as far as the other 7 or 8 pieces I've gotten from dhgate. Just got a mini straight fab, which although I haven't really used it yet, hits
very nicely. May be my favorite oil rig so far. These othership pieces are complicated, and the perc on this one is off a good bit, but it does function quite nicely, and is the size it was described. Jane offered a return, but I'd need to smash this one before they would ship. I may just keep it. I really want him to turn it around too......
So, I'm conflicted. Part of me wants to stick to simple pieces, they seem to come out the best. OTOH, the mini straight fab is a terrific design, and he's charging more for it, so we would hope the increased cost would take into account the added complexity, and keep quality consistent.