Alright I am shipping off my second Zion (early production body with thin front wall and some other rough bits, redesigned heater but no turbulator or any of the finalized newer parts/processes, it was sent with Ziggy's tuned hot/fast second coming and was tuned cold/slow for testing purposes) to an old friend who first got me into vaping with a Thermovape and created the monster you see before you... So I am finally getting some group family shots together with all four in their received order before the collection dwindles to a mere three:
Left to right we have Ziggy Sawdust (the OG redone with clear glass newer heater tuned super hot/fast with old beta body #4), then with a custom cut down smooth joint 18-14mm stem from JoDa is the artist formerly known as Zenon the Zequel who will soon be rechristened Zap BrainAgain I believe/hope, then after that is the finalized production model #69 with all the trimmings who will now be known as Zenon the Zequel proper with green glass just like my OG Zig but runs a little slow yet smooth with amazing vapor quality, then finally on the right end is the spalted capnand blue glass finalized model #150 running as it should for perfect controlled vapor across the dial with the appropriately sexy name Zsa Zsa Vapoor
The custom color stems you see here that I have also been meaning to share here for a while are from
@mistvaporizer and his glass-working friend (check out the bubbler and 14mm stems they made too!) and they are an ideal I have been searching for ever since my early beta Zion days 2.5years ago... Love love love them!
The medium amber male to male has a 14mm tip and can fit loose in the storage slot (though its a little tall so not quite as secure as the clear one, it does fit RBT screens perfectly, unlike that one which can be a struggle as a cut down iso joint). The amber bent stem was imperfect but works perfectly for me, nice narrow mouthpiece and cool ergonomic shape, the angle smooths vapor well, but joint ID is a little wide so need wide RBT screens but they can fit mostly secure with a little glass rim as I like. The blue bent stem has a mouthpiece closer to stock but slightly narrower, still nice if not quite as nice as the amber, but it does have a normal joint ID and fits RBT screens perfectly secure with little glass rim, however it is so secure that I cannot get it out really since bent stem means no dowel to come from other end... So that one I just need to stay more on top of the cleaning, iso shaking the whole stem and rinsing with hot water. They all fit RBT vapes perfectly with the right 18.8/22mm size joints and are such a treat to use. Literally just like my color RBT stems only GonGed or bent making them even better! Expect to see more of them, likely in Zsa Zsa
