As I have said for a long time now, sapphire manufacturing is absolutely bleeding-edge and not something that many manufacturers will be able to do in the near future (and if they can it is going to be limited and expensive!), save for breakthroughs in the manufacturing process (which will no doubt come one day).
Still, I hope you guys get a chance to try sapphire sometime soon, it really is so outstanding.
By the way,
@KimDracula as the longest-term user of sapphire on FC - I'll put it this way:
I own D-nail's sapphire, quartz and SiC halos.
I use the SiC when I am limited to torch use only. I use the Sapphire exclusively on my enail as my daily driver. I do not use the quartz at all.
Sapphire has a substantially better taste in A/B comparison over SiC. It also vaporizes very effectively, similarly to SiC vs the comparatively inferior vaporization/heating of quartz.
IMO the question of whether to get sapphire or not when the opportunity emerges is as follows: can I afford it? If your answer here is yes, then do it
If you can't either afford or access sapphire just now, then SiC is the best option of course IMO.