The B2 v2 is a gorgeous piece. Just look at it.
It features full CNC-ed aluminum, gorgeous tints of anodizing and it smokes like an absolute beast. It doesn’t, however, feature a grommet. You pay $300 for a stem and then shell out another $60 for their trays and you don’t get a 50c grommet.
One of their key selling points is that their hookahs are “fully modular”.
What does their “modularity” mean? Well, it means that you can:
- Unscrew the diffuser
- Change the purge to a second hose port
- Get a longer downstem (no longer available, can’t really find it on their site anymore. maybe I’m wrong?)
- Remove some center pieces to make it different lengths
You can probably recognize the first two as something we like to call “completely common features”, while the last one is a reasonably nice feature should you actually want to use it. Then again, there’s so much more that B2 could actually do to fully kill it and actually gobble up a whole chunk of the modern-style hookah market. They have the machinery and the expertise to actually put out optional modules that would definitely make a B2 an even more appealing purchase:
- A molacatcher
- 18.8 fittings so you could add whatever molacatcher you’d like
- Separately purchasable PCC pieces. (of course, for a premium compared to the difference between getting a Precious cut and a regular v2)
- A different diffuser, more like the ones on the Mattpear, that could make the hookah completely silent, even if at the cost of the draw wideness. I’d definitely be up for a bit more restricted draw during watching a movie if it means no bubbling sound.
- Separately purchasable stem pieces, in the whole variety of anodizing colours. I could make a 120cm tall wasp-themed hookah by alternating black and gold pieces on a golden Egermann (just picture it!). Or build it to support your favourite football team.
- Small decorative rings in various anodizing. Just put a nice blue one somewhere on the middle of the stem and have it match your base even more.
- A new top part that would allow even more tray possibilities. I’m talking about this one mostly cause I can’t hang this one in my closet like I do with my egyptians.
Will they ever do any of these? Unlikely. B2 is mostly concentrated on putting out new stuff, instead. A pity. If any of you guys has a CNC shop and would like to put out some of these, I’ll happily be a customer.
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