Hi Tom,Hey PV and Enrico, when will you guys start accepting bitcoin payments? Companies like coinbase and bitpay allow you to accept bitcoin payments but receive your money in $dollars the next day so you are never exposed to the fluctuations of the price of btc. Its a win for us cryptocurrency users and a win for you guys!
We completely agree and have been working on testing the APIs provided by each bitcoin company on our website. We almost had a solution with Mt. Gox, luckily dodged a bullet with that one. Coinbase looks good and we like their security. Anything that makes transactions better and easier for our customers will be implemented and bitcoins certainly fit that. We need to test and verify security and overall reliability before it rolls out. PM us if you would like to help us test as an international customer. Thanks PV
Anyone else notice the XLR's are no longer on PV?
Yes we have had to take down our XLRs temporarily. The kits should all contain moon tools and the new 14/18mm teflon adapter ring. All included atomizers are 14mm and the kits contain a teflon 14 to 18mm adapter ring for 18mm use. When we received our shipment none of the kits contained the 14/18mm teflon adapter ring so we were using extra stock of the adapter rings we had to complete the kits. Now our stock of extra adapter rings is depleted and Sublimators factory has still not provided us with the missing replacement adapters so we can't sell kits with missing parts, very sorry.I did ... although AFAIK they never had all the XLR 2.0 options in stock. They didn't seem to have the full kit (which is the top seller on the official site). They mainly had the adapt-a options.
I was waiting for the full kit -- maybe the changes of late are in preparation for having the full XLR line? If not I will likely just buy from the official site. I like PV's warranty stuff etc but don't want to wait much longer.
We were first with full stainless kits, due to some finishing touches on the Stainless bases that were missing, we needed to send them back. We now have new full stainless kits, but due to the 14/18mm teflon adapter rings missing as per above, we can't sell them until we have completed kits.
anyone having any trouble with the new shorter atomizers blowing out 18/14 reducers when it gets hot. i have broke every single one i have in my fucking house and now i dont want to put that in a 14mm joint out of fear of that breaking. I still have a atomizer from the ufo that i never had trouble with before that i will have to try with the xlr head to see if it is the new atomizers breaking my shit or what
I just received a Ti Apollo adapt a sub kit, and was also very curious about the short atomizer. It's the first short one I've seen or heard about. I'm using the 14/18 Teflon bushing that came with, and running it all in a Sub buddy reclaimer. The first time I tried to use the unit, after a 30 min bake on full temp, the atomizer was stuck solid in the reclaimer. Wow, quite a task trying to work it loose without breaking my new reclaimer. I now give the atomizer a wiggle every few minutes during warm up. No issues once up to temp, but the 14/18 bushing always remains with the reclaimer instead of staying attached to the 14mm Teflon on the atomizer.
Does anyone know why they changed to a short atomizer? I suspect the longer one might provide better results when used with a reclaimer.
Was also wondering about the new heat guard for the Apollo. From a couple of videos, I was under the impression that they were going to be standard on the XLRs, but mine didn't come with.
Hi tig420 and tokeandstagger,
The atomizers have recently been shortened to make them compatible with a greater variety of water tools as well as making cleaning and Sublimate harvesting easier. The downstem won't hold as much Sublimate before it starts dripping, but it is easier and faster to harvest with the shorter downstem.
Your glass 18/14 reducers are breaking because you are heating the atomizer through conduction while having the glass 18/14 reducer attached. Teflon expands by design when heated, your UFO atomizer is not expanding as much because you are not heating it to the degree it is when being heated by the Apollo. Allow the Apollo and atomizer to heat up together while NOT in any reducer or joint. Once hot and fully expanded, now you can place it in your glass reducer or water tool joint for a perfect seal.
The 14/18mm teflon adapter ring will always stay in the glass joint unless removed. The teflon gets a much better grip on glass as it does against more teflon making the friction co-efficient the deciding factor of where the rings stays.
The heat guard for the Apollo is not listed as included in any kits.... yet, please read what is included with the kits and not by what you see in videos. Many videos contain prototype products being tested which might / might not pass testing. We have seen and used the heat guard for the Apollo and really liked it, hopefully they become available after all testing is complete.
Peace and Love,
PV