ah, thanks for that xchadb... you're probably right about the larger size, 10" is pretty small. $250 is a lot more reasonable for my price range too... 18" it will be then... once I can get it.
haha yeah they advertise like "oh you cant smoke flowers thru this one, but this one..." ect... uhm yeah you can...and its larger so its actually a good idea, i just think they dont want someone with too much money for thier own good to just start loadn bowls without a proper ashcatcher or frit screen, i think they made the joint sizes lager so you can put the little glass screens in to protect the frit more effectively then having to use and AC and ruining the whole look of the piece in a sense...
so unless having the fem adapter and bowl and screen setup bothers you (for people that love doing snapper bowls this is huge) but this being FC i dont see why thatd matter