I prefer glass/ceramic but I really enjoy the SX (and others, tbf). What do you have in mind?
I'm just wondering again if I should release a budget oriented metal vape as that seems to be what most people are buying.
For me personally, no I wouldn't be your market, and that's probably not surprising to you. However I would love to see what you would do differently with those materials. Do you think your niche is too narrow?
I feel like there's a general unfamiliarity with zirconia so it just gets looked over.
It took me 3 years of constant research while using my glass vapes to consider trying it, so it's not really that well known outside the restorative dental office.
Stainless steel is in every kitchen, and titanium sounds space-age, both are well known and familiar, factor in the accessible prices and for the majority that's "good enough."
Especially with a number of people shopping now for their first, who don't even know if they are going to like vapes.
I know my products are just too far downstream. Almost all of my customers own other ball vapes, so the Z's are such an end of the line purchase, only the most hardcore and serious enthusiasts are going to get that far. You can't really survive long in this industry if you aren't selling to more beginners. The amount of hardcore enthusiasts is tiny and those who refuse to use a metal vaporizer far less.
People aren't valuing my differentiation. There's a lot of newer enthusiasts who just weren't around for the Glass Symphony or the G43 so they don't have the same connotation as I do that the ball vape was specifically created for this connoisseur ultra puritan vaporizer angle.
Metals allow a design freedom that I've never had, all my stuff has been glass or ceramic, and both of those are so much more limited in what you can do and how much it costs to do it.
I would be part of the party.
I still hope to see that metallic conduction vape you were talking about a while ago...
I love zircon and it's what I use every day.
But I have a great memory of my SX that I gave to a friend, and that person still uses it to this day! And daily.
And I have to admit that being in several discussion networks myself (not just FC), I honestly see more people prefer materials like titanium and then SS.
Particularly for ball vapes.
So yes for my part I would like to see a PHASE 3 version of a metal design.
I start from the principle that you have to be open-minded in life
I like my gear and my contributions and brag it up sometimes, but I sincerely do try to be open minded, open minded enough to reach out and ask directly to my supporters.
I want to make stuff that people really want.
Which metal conduction vape?
The desktop or the handheld?
That conduction heavy hybrid desktop design was basically finished, but now a lot of people are acting like they only want wireless vapes now and that one was optimized for coil use.
Stay true please. This is why I picked phase3 and why I prefer it over other ball vapes..by all means go down that road if you want but keep churning out the others
Watching mlb and basketball games today blasting some doughlato 4myhead hrosin through the zx..quickly became my all time favorite vaporizer in a very short period. The only con I can think of is the portability and you can look back a few pages to see my remedy for that
Thank you for your input friend.
I love my zirconia vapes, there's even plans for full zirconia models which I'd love to build for you guys, but I also accept that I have to make stuff that appeals to more buyers, otherwise its just a hobby and not a business.
Puritan here. I would prefer to see Phase3 stick with Zirconia or glass. If I wanted to use titanium I would use my B1 or FT Pro. For me personally the ceramic is part of what makes the zx lineup so attractive. I like like the looks of the black zirconia Produces great flavor and It's easy to keep clean and very durable. There are already so many titanium and stainless ball vapes on the market anyway. That black zirconia is part of what set's the Phase3 brand apart from the rest of the ball vape market. It's a unique look and it looks nice. The ceramic is also a very good insulator for the heat Just my two cents on the subject. Thanks
I guess the question is, is the reason there aren't tons of zirconia vapes because most people don't really care and don't see value in my differentiation?
My concern is that there's so many competing models out now, I'm realizing at this point the general consensus has become "a ball vape is a ball vape" which means price is a dominating factor, and I can't compete on price with diamond machined ceramics.
