I was invited to a friends house for the afternoon/evening, and for dinner. I'm known to most of my friends as "the one with the gadgets and cool shit," referring to the Cloud, other vapes, oil/rigs, etc...When being invited, my friend said "You can bring any cool gadgets that you'd like..."
So, in the travel case goes the Cloud and GBD FC bubbler. 2 of my friends that were there had experience with the Cloud, and the other 6 people ranging in age from 22 to ~50-60, got to use the Cloud for the first time ever, and they were all easily impressed! They are a crowd that usually smokes blunts, with bowls/bongs/joints following at a close second. Not a single person was able to walk into the room without uttering something along the lines of "WTF is that?!?" seeing the Cloud on the table, amidst it's accessories, or inverted atop the FC bub.
One person out of the 6 first time Cloud users is a current vaporist...they own a 'Cano, but it doesn't get daily use, etc...more special occasions/for friends/visitors, etc, from what I can gather. This one particular person, didn't LOVE love
the Cloud, but was still satisfied/impressed. Everyone else was satisfied with the cloud/bubbler combo going around the table, but the 'Cano owner would keep bringing up little negatives/issues with the Cloud/setup...these included "the bowls dont pack a lot/last long." to which I opened the jar of spares, and said "there are more." I packed up several, so there was no delay between peoples hits, and everyone was loving it...yet this one girl still wasn't loving it.
Finally, she said "Why can't we just spark a bong or twist a blunt?" The next person in rotation smoothly grabbed the bubbler/Cloud and said "I'm just fine with this!" before proceeding to milk up the piece! Out of respect to the girl with the 'Cano, she did like the Cloud, just didn't appreciate it as anything more than any other vape...
By the end of the 3 hour visit, 3 blunts were burned, out of the planned 7...As for the Cloud...it was on for the whole three hours, and was used with minimal downtime, by myself and most everyone else. Tally it up however you want, but I think the Cloud came out on top
As per usual, a couple people were thrown off by the price tag, but aside from the 'Cano owner, they were all very impressed, and glad to finally hit the infamous Cloud that my two friends rant and rave about all the time! The Cloud's temp floated between 10:30am and 3pm, with every hit providing decent visible vapor in the glass and upon exhale, with the nice sunlight that occasionally peaked through the outdoor clouds.
Just another day with an OG-tickin' Cloud! Going strong for a little over 10 months now!