Sorry fellas, been living out of a suitcase this week and hadn't had a chance to type a proper response, so here goes!
Thank you everyone for your feedback.
RE Using HydraTubes with your Extreme We'd be more than happy to sell HydraTubes that can be used with other vaporizers but you may need someone to make you an adaptor so that you can make a proper connection.
RE patents - All we are at liberty to say (per our attorney) is that we are taking steps to protect all relevant intellectual property. We just can't comment any further until the attorney's and the USPTO finish doing their thing
RE- Pricing of VX Cloud, HydraTubes, Launch Packages I want to nip this in the bud (no pun intended) and properly set expectations. Just to put everything into perspective, let's keep in mind that the SSV with whip, Extreme, and Zephyr all go for about $299-350 and the Volcano somewhere in the $400-600 range.
The Cloud is, and always will be, considered a connoisseur's vaporizer. I know some people were already saying the $349 launch price tag (which will save you anywhere from $50-100 bucks off standard pricing) is high and that it is out of their budget. As much as we'd like to make it cheaper, there are certain materials that would not be compromised when developing this product. Unfortunately that raises our costs, but ultimately, creates a superior vaporizer.
Creating a vaporizer that would appeal to the masses seemed like a strategy for general blandness. Our idea was to target the vaporists that value superior taste, efficiency, low drag filtration, health, moisture conditioned vapor, and are not willing to compromise on any of those things
We are estimating that the inhouse HydraTubes will be about 20-30% cheaper than a "name brand" HydraTube. So if a SGW Showerdome is $200, then a VX ShowerDome will be around the $150 range. Glass is one of those funny materials that you just can't automate. Each HydraTube requires a human to shape it, mold it, and conform it until it resembles what we see in the pictures from the previous page. There is just no way of getting around paying labor charges for superior glass.
What we can guarantee is that regardless if it is one of our name brand or inhouse glass pieces, we will be using the highest quality borosilicate and everything is blown in California. We don't outsource our glass or import any cheap Chinese alternatives.
I'm a big believer in touting your strengths without trashing your competition but if you are having a hard time rationalizing our cost, you will need to ask yourself if the alternative provides you with:
Custom enclosure built from scratch. No off the shelf boxes, cylinders, trapezoids, etc etc
Custom designed heater, flexible, malleable, and most importantly safe and separated from the electronics and air path
All glass pass thru
Space age, thermal insulator Keeps the size and temperature down
Thermal retention that allows you to hit the vaporizer as fast or as slow as you like while still producing thick vapor
Engineered, designed, and built in the California, United States
In summary, we are doing everything we can to make our processes more efficient, cut logistics costs when possible, order raw materials in higher quantities, all with idea of keeping the Cloud at a reasonable price without compromising our ideals and quality. We hope this explanation gives you insight into our methodology and pricing.
. Both are lookin on point. Still waiting to see what SG has comin. SOV FTMFW!!!
It would appear with a proper adaptor the EQV would be a good candidate for the HydraTube. 
Have you given any thought to marketing it as such? I know this is a tricky question so please don't feel compelled to answer it definitively at this time if you haven't thought it through. 
Thanks!
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