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The Phase3 ZX is pure ceramic and rubies
Phase3 as a company hits a sweet spot with me – a small startup run by a vapor enthusiast trying to perfect a specific experience. In this case – maximizing taste and efficiency for a ball vape. Check out the talking points for the ZX Plug & Play bundle:
- Pure and durable vapor path with a zirconia ceramic bowl and heater head
- 3mm lab cultured rubies
- 3-4 minute heat up time
- quickly responds to temperature changes (not easy with a ball heat exchanger)
- efficient 14mm configuration – big hits from little loads
- ZXB (larger bowl) coming soon
- small profile
Early impressions
If you’re looking for a ball vape on a budget, but don’t want to assemble it yourself or hunt for parts online, this is it. The pre-order sale price is just $200 including the PID controller! All you need is a 14mm bubbler. We’ll dive deeper in the livetream, but here are some initial thoughts:
- This thing is tiny! It reminds me of the pinky, except this one is ready to go.
- No doubt the taste is pure. Grab your best flowers!
- The ceramic bowl and heater go well together and create a really low profile for such big vapor. The o-rings on the outside of the bowl are the “handle”.
- The ceramic bowl doesn’t hold much, so you’re forced to give the high-efficiency bowl-size a go. It smacks!
- I’d like a handle on the heater, but it would have to be small to go with the little heater head.
- The glass bowl holds more herbs than the ceramic, but I didn’t like it much. The heater fit is good but not perfect, and the bowl screen doesn’t hold in place.
Big Ass Gallery
Here’s some eye candy while you wait for us to start the stream Friday night!
The kit…Heater head and coil, metal stand, ceramic bowl, and glass bowl. The pre-order also comes with a PID controller for just $200 – that’s a great deal!
The ZX Plug & Play bundle on a matrix-style bubbler.
Same shot from a different angle.
Closeup of the heater head.
Top of the heater. You can see a little ruby red through the screen.
Bottom of the heater bunghole shot! The rubies shine through the screen a little bit.
Looking down into the bowl.
The two o-rings around the bowl serve as a handle to avoid burns. They just slide off.
Closeup of the bowl and heater on a bubbler.
The glass bowl holds more weed, but the screen comes out easily. I had to reseat it after each bowl or stir.
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Is there an adapter you can use, so you can do 14mm and 18mm bongs? or can you only use the 14mm bongs?
you can get a reducer to put a 14mm bowl in your 18mm bong. I’d go that route…cheap and universal.
May I ask why the video was pulled? It was one of my favorites ones that you folks have done.
Good question! We’ll have to look into it. Thx!
$300 now >.>
Here we religiously use the ‘zx’ as our daily starter for one hit treats. Being amongst the first run, the 130 engine, 70 bowl was reasonable even prior to recent inflation.