My other concern is the top heavy design. Dr Dabber should consider putting a metal weight in the base to shift the center of gravity lower. As it is, the device is somewhat tenuous and seems prone to easily tipping over. The last thing anyone wants is to break the bubbler.
This is exactly what I'll be doing after my unit is off warranty. I'm undecided if I want to replace the bottom magnetic plastic piece with metal or crack it open and epoxy in some weights. My coffee table is on wheels and a month back the dog jostled it and the switch relatively gently fell in the direction of the stock perc and *tink* it broke at the join. Similar thing happened to the ball attachment. In fact the ball attachment is MUCH worse for falling over because the weight is farther from the center of mass. If I do open it I'll take pictures and give thoughts on my experiences doing that.
There is one big tip I have for anyone that has had this happen, has the short glass fitters top, or who wants to use other glass. I'll post it tonight when I can take pics.
The reason that I want to wait until my unit is off warranty is that 3 times now in the last 2 months it's gone into it's flashing lights fault mode. I've always let it cool down correctly. It has been used fairly heavily by a household of 3 as our shared daily driver but that shouldn't be a problem. Man not having to change coils is a blessing, and it always works like we expect. Anyway each time it was fixed by turning it off and on again but it is still alarming.
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Completely unrelated to the above. I now have had 2 months+ experience daily driving the quartz cup, before that months of using the stock cups.
The quartz cup has a few advantages going for it.
1) It cleans up so much easier using a butane flame.
2)Yes the flavour is a bit better in the quartz cup.
It also has a few cons
1) The flavour difference is not night and day. More like night and early evening. It is something you will notice if your concentrate has a good flavour though. So this depends on what you're using.
2) It is SO much harder on battery. From full charge to dead it will get 4-5 hits at around level 15-20 in crystal mode. FI will be getting the new sapphire cup when it re-stocks to compare it to
3) It retains heat. When the cycle is done you usually have 1-2 good hits left. If you don't want them you're going to be wasting product. You can compensate for this by ending the cycle early, but you have to remember to do that! I'm the only one out of 3 that does, the others don't want the hassle.
So for travelling or camping we use the stock cups. If we have power, or are using it as a dab station then it's plugged in and we're using the quartz.
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Is the glass that is part of the top unit of the switch ever going to be available for sale? Mine has acquired some build up on the inside that will not come off. But more than that I'm concerned that eventually it will break. Even if it's a special order item I would like to get another one. Then I'd like to etch a design into it and swap it out keeping the original as a backup. My concern that it will break stems from the glass on glass connection since my unit came without that silicone ring at the bottom, being a Jan 2019 purchase.
