Well, boys, I have bad news today I dropped my bowl while cleaning, and it chipped and cracked. A very sad day.
@invertedisdead If I ordered a new Zbowl now would it ship around the same time as the ZXL? If so, I might end up just getting one of those instead of a new one.
Sorry to hear about that friend, appreciate you letting me know about it.
The ZX bowls will be in stock shortly here, I have a bunch of extras coming with the ZX heads.
ZXLs are at least a month out as my manufacturer had an issue with a piece of production equipment and is a number of weeks behind schedule.
Yeah I just got unlucky. It’s chipped on the bottom with a crack running to the lowest screen shelf from there it just follows the grove of the screen shelf.
I’ve dropped my V1 ZBowl so many times with no issues so I think this was just bad luck.
One of the unique features of the ZX is how the same internal diameter is held from the heater all the way to the end of the bowl.
On the 3 shelf bowl, the lowest shelf has a fairly thin wall thickness as it's placed directly inside the joint of the bowl - which is already the thinnest part of the bowl.
I had some initial concern that bottom shelf could present as a weak spot, but when I checked with my manufacturer they approved the design as being sturdy enough to produce with high RPM equipment, so it suggested it would be fine under normal use.
That said, as the original zirconia bowl design doesn't have this lower shelf, that part is technically more structurally sound.
Ultimately I figured the best option was to produce the part and push the material to its extremes, so we could find the limits and build the best parts possible.
I think for most people its held up well thus far, so I'm not sure if it warrants a design change until a higher failure rate persists - but if it did, I have considered what could be done, and I figure there would be two options:
1. Just remove the lowest shelf
or
2. increase the wall thickness in the joint, which would remove that stable 12MM ID through the entire device, but would make the joint more structurally integral.
Honestly I haven't heard too much feedback
on the bottom shelf - most people talked about using the first shelf.
I'd be curious to hear what screen position FC has been preferring with the 3 shelf ZX bowls.
I know dynavap caps are very popular, so I see why you'd go this route. Any consideration to making a stem that fits some of the heavier hitters, like the Dani Vape or the Stunner, ect....?
The initial idea was just do a cooling stem that would work with a bunch of vapes, but with most of these companies all sort of offering their own cooling solutions now, I sort of get the vibe that most people aren't really chasing aftermarket stems as much as they once did.
I say that as I remember there used to be a bunch of companies competing in that space - but it seems like most either left the industry or started making the entire vape.
The current idea with this P3 TED is to thread the heater to the stem (to make certain oven dimensions work)
But the stem still has an 8MM ID, so a threaded vanity cap could perhaps be produced to cover the threads and have a universal 8MM fitment inside, which would work with 8MM to 9MM adapters or DV to Vestratto adapters. That's sort of the current running idea.
I'm also paying attention.
A TED that has the Phase3 style delivery preferences would be pretty compelling.
My ZX has almost entirely monopolized my time (sidelining some very nices vapes in the process). The other that gets used a good deal when I'm mobile, is a Dynavap Hyperdyn.
The needs/preferences of others may vary, put having a "click cap" is not a compelling feature. I don't listen to the click, as I'm "early."
Others may have reasonably different thoughts on the matter. I could care less.
Getting sweet terpy hits? Priceless!
Bill
With a ZX, even on a Saturday it's EZ like Sunday morning
Appreciate everyone rocking with PHASE3 and supporting the vision!
