The new Splinters are going out with 19/19mm glass joints &, although RBT said this joint will be backward compatible with the old 19/22 stems, that remains to be seen since the 19/19 are just now being distributed. I assume that 19/22mm will fit in the 19/19 joint, just slightly shallower.
Hey guys, since the beginning something felt wrong with this whole story. I mean, Ryan is not idiot. There already were a lot of compatibility issues when he chose to use US standard taper joints instead of ISO ones in his previous products. Why would he now switch to something even less compatible?
Are you sure he's not just talking about the male joints? Using shorter male joints would yield maximum compatibility (19mm would fit in 19, 22 and 26mm female joints)
I have wanted to keep quiet on this subject until I had a Splinter in my hand. No point in just speculating on this important issue with no data.
I SHOULD be able to put an end to some of this joint confusion but unfortunately I cannot. I CAN clarify that, like this pic from Ryan's IG, the "package" I received Friday from an order last weekend included the device, one short stem, 2 screens, a wood poker and a burlap bag. That appears to be the current standard Splinter package.
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@KeroZen I can't imagine a reason for Ryan to reduce the female joint size INSIDE the Splinter. There is no advantage unless he needed the room, and if that he could easily have lengthened the Splinter instead. And the only good reason I can think of to shorten the MALE joint would be to end any incompatibility issues with ISO joints (the most common out there) or proper US joints that aren't precisely 22mm long. Maybe I am missing some other reason to shorten them, but I AM missing it if there is one.
The Splinter I received, presumably recently built, has a 22mm female joint. Standard US female, not customized in any way I can see. However, the short stem I received is ALSO 22mm, not 19 as others have prepared me for. I have no way of knowing if the stem was just pulled from the wrong bin and mistakenly included or if this is how the package is meant to be assembled. While I can easily buy that the 22mm STEM is in error, I have a harder time believing that the 22mm FEMALE joint is a mistake for the reasons above.
And, as my friend Forrest would say, "That's all I have to say about that".
Added: OK, I will say one more thing. In the photo above, from Ryan's IG, the stem certainly LOOKS like a 22mm joint. If it WERE 19mm, it would appear more square with both width and length being the same size.
