Hi all, just got my zion back from Ryan yesterday. I originally got it a couple of weeks ago and had the same problem that others were having. Most of my down time was due to travel time across the border. To me, it seems like this is an indication that Ryan was right to have the slow roll out of the zions. I imagine it would have been much worse with a lot more zions sent out.
Still getting used to it. There has been a bigger learning curve for me than expected but I am getting the hang of it. I do get a hot spot in the middle, so I am trying to figure out how to overcome that. Right now I have started to use the screen much lower with a eq screen on top. That way I leave it loose in there similar to an elb.
Despite my initial hot spot issues, the vapour tastes amazing, and keeps until the end of the load. Even with a middle hot spot, the entire load vapes thoroughly (as evidenced by use in other vapes). I have a feeling Zion and I will be very good friends. The ddave 14mm stem is amazing with the zion. Dense, tasty clouds on minimal herb.
As for the next group, I imagine the rest of the people in the group that had been emailed will be getting the zions that are being made now (with pics on instagram). Thankfully, you will have less of a chance of DOA, because of the lessons learned from our failed zions.
I also got a stem as a thanks from Ryan for dealing with the failed zion. Initially, I got a black female joint with a colour change stem with my zion. During the repair, I asked to purchase a black medium stem as back up, and he sent it for me as a thanks. The black stem with the black joint looks so good.
Overall, his cs was very good with quick responses and a thorough explanation of the issue.