I wonder if there’s any sound speculation or knowledge about the performance of the 7-Fin tip vs the titanium 5-fin? What are the differences?
I have all the ti tip versions. The difference in performance, for me, was when the outsource contracts ended and George began making tips in-house. I believe that the 4th and 5th generation tips were made inhouse. The changes that seemed to make the leap in improved performance were the wider, deeper and increased number of channels and the inner tip ridges that enabled 3 bowl adjustments.
I terms of performance, I am unable to tell the difference between the 4th generation 7 fin ti tip and the 5th generation 5 fin ti tip. They are both wonderful tips and both are a significant improvement over the earlier models.
I prefer the 7 fin tips because I find them more aesthetically pleasing. I also like the look of the finely tipped fins of the new limited edition. I think it's groovy. Will it give us better performance? It's hard to imagine, but I suppose it's possible.
If nothing else this new limited edition tip, is a tip. And I need another tip. It looks cool and it will work great and the there are not a lot of them so they'll be sure to become a collectors item and they're another piece of LEGO to play with.
Exactly. I know people generally seem pleased with
@VapCap service. But I don’t see it. I’m repeatedly disappointed. I even posted about my experiences in the main thread and of course nobody responded
I also went back and re-read your post. I'm not sure your expectations were all together reasonable regarding the stash. I mean even you said that after discovering the stash was a regular sized model, you still choose to purchase.
You were very specific about the type of responses you were looking for. I didn't respond because I didn't have anything constructive to offer you.
For the other deficiencies, you were doing everything I would have suggested. You contacted them, called them out through your post and I assumed by that, that if George or his team dropped the ball, he would make things right.
Did you ever receive a replacement lighter?
In re-reading your post, which btw, I 'liked' at the time, I don't think that they were obligated to offer you any compensation, but it would have been nice if they offered free ship or a 10% discount or at the very least threw a little something into your package for your inconvenience. As far as shipping is concerned, 3 or 4 days is not unreasonable &, personally, I would give a business 5 - 7 whole business days before I would contact them. Then, if I didn't a timely response to my query that day or next, I would lean on them. The lighter's another matter. If they had them in stock I would expect it to shipped out that day or the next as receipt of a defective item inconveniences you. 
