Everyday this thing surprises us with something else lower quality than expected. I am in awe of the situation and storz and bickels inability to communicate with the community.Here is a weight test of the Hybrid aluminum bowl and the Classic and Digital EZ valve stainless steel bowl. The Hybrid's aluminum bowl weight doesn't even show up on my digital scale, So I'm guessing 1/2 a gram at the most. The Classic and Digital stainless steel EZ valve bowl weight came to 3 grams on my digital scale. The stainless steel weighs more than aluminum bowl. The top metal valve both weigh 7-8 grams without the screen. The scale fluctuates when I take the top valve on and off the digital scale. So both are made from stainless steel. Aluminum conducts more heat and gets hotter. This is why the company used aluminum vs stainless steel on the lower chamber of the Hybrid. I knew right off the bat as soon as I had both bowls in my hand. The sound of the metal hitting the glass table gave it away. I felt like I was in a jewelry department trying on rings. The Classic and Digital stainless steel bowl feels like an expensive ring and the Hybrid bowl feels like a ring from a gum ball machine,cheap! I can tell the difference in the taste of the vapor quality in the stainless vs the aluminum bowl. Much better in the stainless steel bowl. Here is the video to verify. The plastic housing wasn't even hot after blowing up the third bag with the valve left on the entire time. The green still had a green tent to the ABV.
I ordered these to take the SS bowl on and off for longer sessions. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PLC5LJQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I am in awe of the situation and storz and bickels inability to communicate with the community.
hm. maybe. but i dont really understand the customer / community differentiation. if we are a community, the one thing we have in common is what makes us potential customers to them. so surely they must be monitoring threads like this one here?It's actually not so much an „inability“. Companies being in touch with a community is a very u.s.-American thing and not typical for the European culture, hence S+B avoid being part of for example this thread. There are companies who try to adapt to these kind of demands, but to perceive this policy as „hiding“ or an „inability“ is a *huge* misunderstanding. European and esp. German companies tend to be very customer oriented, but not community oriented.
but i dont really understand the customer / community differentiation.
Get a Plenty if you like the whip part of the hybrid the most. Hell you could get a classic volcano and the plenty for near the same price as the hybrid.
I have both and have no reason to ever own a hybrid.
So bummed about this whole aluminium dust issue!
I am not experiencing any melting plastic (yet) but have stopped using my Hybrid and really hope S&B release an update soon.
I was using the Mighty for a few years prior to this I really loved the Hybrid for it's smoother more plentiful vapour delivery can anyone on here recommend something on a par or better than the Hybrid?
I know it's all subjective but I am a little out of touch with all the new vapes I was until now a S&B purist!
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
Should have mentioned I don't use the whip - I used to have a classic but never really got on with it - nothing I have owned seems to really hit like the hybrid.
I already have a TI GH and I am not a big fan it's been back for repair several times and keeps breaking it may well be a dud one mine is def not even worth using.
I may just buy the Crafty+ out of boredom!
Get a Plenty if you like the whip part of the hybrid the most. Hell you could get a classic volcano and the plenty for near the same price as the hybrid.
I have both and have no reason to ever own a hybrid.
this is true! with a classic and plenty no need for a hybrid that set up is so good. I had both and sold them to get a hybrid, I should have never don't that, I should have waited a little.![]()
I guess the plenty also has an aluminum chamber? I’ve been looking at alternatives and I want a plenty but after all this I know I shouldn’t. I wish Sb would get their shit together.I haven’t been able to enjoy my plenty since word came out. My plenty was used for six weeks and it really doesn’t look good.
https://imgur.com/a/9A9ecJv
agree, sucks that they never answered my email, I am not happy about that at all. I keep checking my emails everyday, I even ran a search in my account to see if maybe I missed it, but nope, nada, nothing there.
I just don't get for any reason why they would choose to use aluminum over stainless steel? I am not an expert but isn't aluminum a softer metal compared to stainless, and wouldn't stainless hold heat better longer, staying more heat saturated? the volcano was always known to be a tough rugged piece of equipment that lasts forever. I just don't get it.
The vapes you mention are not built the same as day one. They are still made of plastic but all had improvements since the first version came out. I think S&B will do the same for the Hybrid sooner or later. Having read it had touch controls and the almost useless workflows was already enough for me to stay away. I feel it for you guys because if I didn’t had a Digit I could have been in the same situation.aluminium= faster heating and cheaper. SS is more expensive and harder to shape.
i mean they use aluminium for the dosing capsules too, people use them happily without asking questions, they even put them in a Sticky Brick to put direct torch heat to them.
if anything ALL S & B products are overrated af considering the materials used. Plenty has the aluminium ring with smear since 2008 plus a plastic housing. it is 12 years at this point, no one considered this to be in any way unhealthy
as someone else put it, they had their run for 20 years but that doesn´t mean that the devices are flawless. they sell the same Mighty since 2014, the same Plenty since 2008 and the same Volcano since 2000. looking at the Hybrid, they are no innovators in todays market, that is for sure.
The vapes you mention are not built the same as day one. They are still made of plastic but all had improvements since the first version came out. I think S&B will do the same for the Hybrid sooner or later. Having read it had touch controls and the almost useless workflows was already enough for me to stay away. I feel it for you guys because if I didn’t had a Digit I could have been in the same situation.