stargate vs. stratus

[mushrat]

hmm..looks like a stargate to me. Period.
Unless its what the stargate is modled after?

[yashman19]

Well Sammer claims to be the distributor of the real Stargate hookah,
and warns us to look out for fakes which are produced with lower grade
materials. Also, the clear part of the chamber on a Stargate is made
from plexi-glass, not regular glass or acrylic.

[yashman19]

Sorry, I forgot to include that Sammer is the owner of Taqseem hookahs,
so if you want a real genuine Stargate from the source, order from
Taqseem.

[hookahphxsmoker]

odd. the base looks a little different than my stargate.......maybe an overpriced knockoff?

[joeaflak]

ive already posted this somewhere else. Will add again.

My Stratus is an absolue monster.

Once you overcome some of it bad design problems such as,

Filling the perfect amount of water, too little and not enough bubbling, too much and it splashes up into the hose.
Using a thick hookah foil on top so not to burn the head too quickly.
gluing the ball bearing in the air release as it has a habbit of falling out of place and creating leak while your smoking.

The air flow that flows through this is amazing. I also own 3 different MYA pipes and air flow is no comparrison, hence the nessesaty for a thick foil. The air passing over the coal really gets it going good.

The thick smoke and clean flavour it produces is incredible comapred to all my other pipes. I consistantley clean all my pipes, use the same tobacco, same coal and share my hoses amongst all my pipes (apple hose for apple, grape for grape ect) and the Stratus is a standout hands down without argument.

A fresh bowl of Al Fakher last about 1 hour, compared to my MYA's 1.5 hours. but the flavour and smoke is heaps better so i guess its worth the sacrafice.

In response to the rumors that it leakes between the glass and metal base........absolutely not. the glass is in fact perspex and it runs all the way through. the metal base is simply a dressing on the outside so there is no need for a clean seal between the two.

I can highley recommend this pipe to anyone who has the patience to fiddle around with it.

Joe...

DID I MENTION IT LOOKS ABSOLUTLEY STUNNING.