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[BudToaster]

... meanwhile, in the Bud Toaster labs ...

... meanwhile, in the Bud Toaster labs ...

the next version takes shape, though ever so slowly it seems ...

 

[FidelCashflow]

yeah... from what i can tell they are pretty much the same; different companies... i think the tsunami is us based... they both use quality glass... the tsunami advertises schott's glass... i've never seen a hurricane in person though; i'm on the left coast as was surprised to find this piece in my hick town... usually any quality work has to be obtained out of the area so decent production pieces are all that's available and even they are few and far between... down side of economy... not as many people going to the head shops for the heady pieces

Hurrican no longer retails in the U.S., so Tsunami is their american counterpart. as far as i can tell, theyre the same quality. my headshop deals Tsunamis, and they look like good peices. not sure how they hit though, i guess the "jets" concentrate airflow? seems like it just dilutes the smoke, but nonetheless, it's a nice tube

this bong is 9mm thick thats right 9..... its price is 300 bucks.... why is a roor bong not nearly as well made and much much thinner 700 bucks ???? in case you cant figure it out ill tell you........ roor is hyped up bullshit. way overpriced.

9mm glass is the reason it's $300. the way it hits is the reason it's not $900. find a RooR perc that hits like a HVY, and then come spreading your trash talk around. hell, find a RooR straight that hits like a HVY, and maybe you'll have a legitimate argument. until you can show me a bong that competes with RooR.de's rediculous function, stop talking because you're making my head hurt

the next version takes shape, though ever so slowly it seems ...

hmm, need testers?
that looks sweet

 

[bkind]

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Wtf is the image in the background?

 

[BudToaster]

hmm, need testers?

the first 5 beta testers have been recruited already ... after that, perhaps.

 

[heavy dank nugg]

no they are not because I have a hook up on my glass.

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then share the love get me a 5mm or more flat base tube with ice notches diffused downsteam. and a 8 arm perc... for around 300 bucks

cause honestly i think even thats a ridiculous price.....

but im all for the science behind a smoother cleaner bong hit.

so what excatly dose a perculator do in there....... i know it looks cool till it gets all shitty caked with resin....which is like a week tops with me.

i want to understand these functions that make a bong hit better..

i know a diffuser makes smaller bubbles so less glug. no more mouth full of bong water.

but what on earth dose this perc do ????

 

[EvilRaven1031]

a perc adds another chamber for diffusion and filtration

most times the trees have slits on the arms for extra diffusion. (domes dont do as good a job in the diffusion department)

and going through another round of water filtration is bound to make things smoother

 

[heavy dank nugg]

a perc adds another chamber for diffusion and filtration

most times the trees have slits on the arms for extra diffusion. (domes dont do as good a job in the diffusion department)

and going through another round of water filtration is bound to make things smoother

so i gotta add water to it???? or dose it fill up and drip into the base when you put water in the bong?

 

[EvilRaven1031]

ive mostly seen people fill their percs from the top of the tube. then they just blow gently into it to make the water flow into the lower chambers

 

[love?]

It also cools the smoke some more and adds some surface area that the tar can attach itself to (better that the perc is caked up in resin after a week and not your lungs..)

Or so I'd guess, I've never used a perc bong or even seen one in real life. They aren't too popular over here...

 

[heavy dank nugg]

and this looks like my perfect bong. Its beautifull its 9mm thick so if i drop it it wont just smash...... why do you guys say its junk. it looks beautifull

hand made in the usa. i trust usa made... when i buy a new guitar i allways seem to get a usa strat. even though its 3x as much...as say a japanese strat or mexican strat or german strat....

I know if its made by american potheads for american potheads....then its going to be a quality bong....
so why is it inferior? as i said it looks like a great well made bong

 

[FidelCashflow]

no one was saying it's a shitty bong, just that it can't hold a candle to something like RooR.de or Toro or SG. you mentioned guitars, and how when you look for a guitar you're always willing to throw down some cash for something that's had some serious attention put into it. it's the same way with glass, and i don't understand why that won't sink in. just because it's american made doesn't mean anything, i can think of plenty of american companies that market plain shit off the top of my head. you have to look for a company with a reputation for the quality that you want, and RooR, Toro, and SG have that. it says 9mm thickness, but it's likely to have areas around the joint and the base where the thickness varies up to a few millimeters. the joint itself is not going to be as thick as consistently as the tube, and the weld has not gone through the quality control that higher end companies have. with 8 arms, if they know anything about what they're doing it's going to function nicely, but compare the hit from a HVY 8 arm to that of a Toro 7/13 and then tell me Toro's aren't worth the $800+ price tag, or that the 8 arm was even close to as good.
but now i'm trying to argue this point with someone who doesn't know what a tree perc is or what it does, so i think i'm going to rest this here

 

[masterKahn]

and this looks like my perfect bong. Its beautifull its 9mm thick so if i drop it it wont just smash...... why do you guys say its junk. it looks beautifull

hand made in the usa. i trust usa made... when i buy a new guitar i allways seem to get a usa strat. even though its 3x as much...as say a japanese strat or mexican strat or german strat....

I know if its made by american potheads for american potheads....then its going to be a quality bong....
so why is it inferior? as i said it looks like a great well made bong

I like your bong!

The smoothest bong I ever hit was a 3 foot tall triple prec PHX bong. I thought there was no way with all that glass and water it would be possible to smoke through but it was like butter.

 

[heavy dank nugg]

no one was saying it's a shitty bong, just that it can't hold a candle to something like RooR.de or Toro or SG. you mentioned guitars, and how when you look for a guitar you're always willing to throw down some cash for something that's had some serious attention put into it. it's the same way with glass, and i don't understand why that won't sink in. just because it's american made doesn't mean anything, i can think of plenty of american companies that market plain shit off the top of my head. you have to look for a company with a reputation for the quality that you want, and RooR, Toro, and SG have that. it says 9mm thickness, but it's likely to have areas around the joint and the base where the thickness varies up to a few millimeters. the joint itself is not going to be as thick as consistently as the tube, and the weld has not gone through the quality control that higher end companies have. with 8 arms, if they know anything about what they're doing it's going to function nicely, but compare the hit from a HVY 8 arm to that of a Toro 7/13 and then tell me Toro's aren't worth the $800+ price tag, or that the 8 arm was even close to as good.
but now i'm trying to argue this point with someone who doesn't know what a tree perc is or what it does, so i think i'm going to rest this here

so your big argument is that the thickness will vary at the joint....Ya know i spent alot of time comparing and shoping and honestly for the quality and the price.. i think i made the correct choice......and for the record

toros are ugly bulky shitty looking bongs they look like a vodka bottle.

 

[FidelCashflow]

so you spent a lot of time looking at pictures of bongs on the internet, and you think you know about glass? yeah, that'll give you a great idea of what each bong hits like, or the little imperfections and weaknesses that can easily be hidden in photographs. you're not even going to get the same tube as the one in the photograph, so how on earth can you be sure that the one you get won't have a misplaced label or an odd joint angle? what about the percs? do you know what kind of attention went into making the welds on the tree arms thick and durable? when i want to be sure, i buy from companies like RooR.de, because i know based on personal experience and from the testimony of others that .de's are the pinnacle of quality. again, i'm sure you'll be more than happy with that tube, it looks like a beast, but don't come in here acting like you know shit when you very clearly know next to nothing. at least, don't do that and expect a warm reception

 

[FidelCashflow]

anyway, i realize i've forgotten one of my favorite peices. straight off the Tamarindo beach in Costa Rica, one of the best little spoons i've ever had

 

[heavy dank nugg]

i never said i was a glass expert..

im just saying show me your credentials.....you say your a expert.

Im also saying there is no way the people at shivadas are anything less than experts....

that bong is a very high quality piece of glass...very well made... and im sure it will hit like a dream.

even the cheap weedstar for the money it costs .......is one of the best bongs in the world....Ive paid more for plastic leaky pieces of shit...its just to bad edit is a scam operation who stole my money......I could have been saved the experience.... If my thread asking about them was allowed to stay up. for more than 1 min...thanks kg.

anyway....... I think RooR is extreamly over priced........It may be top of the line

and its ok to be priced as such.

but they take price inflation to a whole new level.

like i said a bong of the caliber of that hgv made by RooR is 3 x the price.

its not even remotely possible that its 3 x as good... It may be a little better made.

but in no way is it worth 3x as much.........RooR is taking advantage of people....

thats my problem with them......

 

[FidelCashflow]

i wish i could get some better lighting gear, in the right light this shit looks unbelievable. i think i caught some of it well, but there's still not a lot coming through. this is the creature slide i picked up from an artist i had never heard of before, Jason Sparks, and it's one of my favorites

same here, the dichro on this Hefe cube really pops in direct sunlight

i'd grab more shots of my Kennaroo ice pinch, but it's dirty right now and i'm lazy

 

[heavy dank nugg]

there is no denighing those pieces are amazing works of art. espically that 1st one.
beautifull....

 

[heavy dank nugg]

no one was saying it's a shitty bong, just that it can't hold a candle to something like RooR.de or Toro or SG. you mentioned guitars, and how when you look for a guitar you're always willing to throw down some cash for something that's had some serious attention put into it. it's the same way with glass, and i don't understand why that won't sink in. just because it's american made doesn't mean anything, i can think of plenty of american companies that market plain shit off the top of my head. you have to look for a company with a reputation for the quality that you want, and RooR, Toro, and SG have that. it says 9mm thickness, but it's likely to have areas around the joint and the base where the thickness varies up to a few millimeters. the joint itself is not going to be as thick as consistently as the tube, and the weld has not gone through the quality control that higher end companies have. with 8 arms, if they know anything about what they're doing it's going to function nicely, but compare the hit from a HVY 8 arm to that of a Toro 7/13 and then tell me Toro's aren't worth the $800+ price tag, or that the 8 arm was even close to as good.
but now i'm trying to argue this point with someone who doesn't know what a tree perc is or what it does, so i think i'm going to rest this here

couple of things here i need to adress. 1st

why can't it hold a candel to a roor or toro ???? its at the very least a quality , well made, piece of glass. looking at it it is obviously a quality product.and its not even 1/3 the cost.as a roor.de of that same spec.
how do you justify this?

2nd. I stated i think the price of this is ridiculous...The same for the American strat....But i choose to pay it for two reasons.....1. cause its quality...2 cause its american. and while there are plenty of things wrong with America . American made to me means integrity and pride go in. RooR. de is german made and while i see the quality i cant see any heart.and i cant see the reason for the huge difference in price.So my logic is this

on one hand you have a flawless, heartless,smoking machine..on the other you have a exceptional quality but not flawless..piece of art.made with pride.for 1/3 the cost....I dont need to know what a tree perc is to know that my logic is sound...but i should just stop pretending to think you could even understand logic.

 

[growshower]

guys it is glass, chill, they both get you high, end of story