Hi lsv owners
Im new to this thread and also the forum.
Ive just pulled the trigger on an lsv and am waiting for delivery direct from 7th floor to uk.
Ive sold my ssv for it and hope ive made the right decision. The clear tube of the ssv had to go when I saw all glass vapor path of the lsv. And also the look of the whole thing!!!
Ive bought it with the long transfer wand and the whip kit. The whip comes with a coloured hose so I wont have to look at the yellow of the hose, the whip kit is more for friends and newbs and the glass transfer wand is for me and my girlfriend. I havnt bought a bubbler/bong yet so dont know what size wpa I need.
Short long 14 or 18mm.
Just wondered if there were any ex ssv owners that have jumped ship to the lsv and what they think. Any lsv owners that use it just with the long transfer wand?
And any ideas of where to get a good but cheap glass bubbler/bong in the uk for the lsv. Ive googled them and you can spend hundreds. I would like a good starter bubbler just to test if water filtration is for me.
Any tips or websites to find one would be appreciated.
Welcome the UK LSV owners club, we'll have this place colonised in no time. (I had a look but I can't find a British Flag or Redcoat smiley, that's strange isn't it?)
If you go back though the last few pages of the thread you'll see a bit of discussion regarding the WPAs. I think you'll see that most people agree the short WPA is the way to go since it holds the load a bit closer to the screen. Some people prefer to use 18mm-18mm adapters, personally I can see the merits of both.
If you want cheap then it's probably best to go with a Chinese bubbler from DHGate and after if you want to get a more expensive piece down the line then you'll probably have a better idea of what you want. The most popular sellers on DHGate that offer reasonable prices on their shipping to the UK are
Kathy and
SunshineStore (Just click on the names for the links).
A quick note: Kathy kind of combines her price with the shipping a bit but if you look at the totals then you'll see that their stuff mostly comes out to a similar price/value point.
Luckily some of the popular Chinese bubblers come with 18-18mm adapters so with a bit of finessing you should be able to place a screen in there so you'd effectively have a spare WPA. I used quite a large screen so I could put a curve in it (making it concave) to stop it flipping round.
These are the ones I was thinking of:
D020:
http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/d020-bubbler-hand-blown-glass-vase-perc-water/175832535.html
D020-D:
http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/d020-d-bubbler-hand-blown-glass-water-percolator/187214099.html
You'll see from the pictures that the second one I linked has slightly more volume and each slit it split into two so in theory it'll give a bit more diffusion.
I would suggest that you have a good look through both the sellers that I linked and if anything catches your eye then you can ask the guys in the
Cheap Bubbler Thread since they're familiar with most of the stuff on there. I would suggest that you have a look back though the last few pages of that thread before asking questions because some folks can get understandably annoyed with people asking questions that were answered only a few pages back. Also you may find links to some of the other newer sellers and peoples opinions/experiences with them.
