Solo23 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 That's why I only buy soild class bowls.plus those plastic ones can get foggy after awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Here are the pictures of my stargate rotator that I bought recently. Again, please do not get me wrong, this is one of the best hookah's that I have smoked with, but I did not expect it to rust this quick.Sorry some of those pictures have bad quality but I was in a hurry.This is the base, it stopped rotating, I have to oil it and turn it around to start rotating again but the rust on it is very annoying.[img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/BASE1_SMALL.JPG[/img]This is the middle part. You can see the rust inside.[img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/MID1_SMALL.JPG[/img][img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/MID2_SMALL.JPG[/img][img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/MID3_SMALL.JPG[/img][img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/MID4_SMALL.JPG[/img]The middle part from the outside looks good, no rust. But notice how I have the valve half open, the reason is that the ball always gets stuck when I blow the smoke out of it and I have to open it. Now I filled the upper part of the valve with foil and I keep the valve half open and this seems to work fine.[img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/MID5_SMALL.JPG[/img][img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/P8300016_SMALL.JPG[/img][img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/P8300017_SMALL.JPG[/img]Finally, this is the stem, it is rusted from inside. [img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/STEM1_SMALL.JPG[/img][img]http://www.freewebtown.com/gunsboy/STEM2_SMALL.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Sorry I edited this post like 4 times to get it kind of right ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I e-mailed them the pictures, still no response ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novicafe Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 This will make me change my views on Stargates. Hopefully Taqseem will respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 [quote]So... the ACTUAL stargates are chinese... thus making the knockoffs better?[/quote]No. in reality ....ALL of them are chinese.... theres knock-offs of knock-offs by now.The "stargate" is a knock off of a high dollar hookah where the shank on them are lathed out of solid silver.The design from that was taken to a chinese manufacturer and made of obviosly less costly metals than silver round stock or castings.What were those things going for guys? Bout a 1k to 1.2K US$?Are the originals still even found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 i like the way the stem looks alot but im not sure if its worth a thousand bucks lol, then again it looks like it would last a life time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Silver is probably not better than brass, safety wise. Silver is more poisonous. Well the salts of it are, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 also it's got a silver head, if im not mistaken, it would burn the shisha a lot quicker because it conducts heat better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I've actually had decent sessions with a metal head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Yay, I just got a response from Taqseem, they will replace it and they said it is the only complaint they got about it. What could have caused this?I love this hookah it is so smooth but I was a little disappointed to see some parts rust like that. But until now I have seen great customer service on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GQ_Playboy Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 that is awesome.... now i know i made the right decision when i bought the stargate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Yes, probably one of the single worst metals you could make a head out of would be silver. Some metals may have higher thermal conductivities, but I can't think of any, off the top of my head. Thats a common response in standard customer service responses. Tell the customer this never happens (when you are up to your eyeballs because it happens ALL the time). Just so they think its weird and feel confident in the quality of your product. Other people have said the same things, right? How could it be the only one?? I'm looking at corrosion throughout your pipe in the pictures. If you are the first to complain, something is seriously wrong and they are going to be having alot of complaints, thats obviously a case of manufacturing with non-rust resistant materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnick Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 havent had any problems with my rotator one, except the rotation thing gets stuck sometimes, but no rust problems. Then again its not my primary hookah so it gets smoked about once a week, but no problems with it other than the ball bearings clogging the hits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unleashtheclown Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 i bet id fry one in a week as much as I smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafedelmar Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 [quote name='unleashtheclown']i bet id fry one in a week as much as I smoke[/quote] just the hookah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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