On their official Facebook page, B2 have announced their B2 Scorpion in what I think it’s their first full-blown picture of one of these hookahs.
Okay, so this looks like their attempt of getting in the growing niche of CNC-ed Russian-style hookahs, but adding their signature gorgeous anodizing to the mix. Well, at first glance… not a huge fan. The thin stem into the thick chamber looks like one of those sausage-making extensions for your chopping machine.
They also re-did the purge to be cooler.
It looks pretty cool, if you ignore the fact that it looks like your Volkswagen Touareg has a busted radiator. It also features a new style tray, that by the looks of it is similar to the B2 tray design, with two actual trays one in the other, so you can put your coals on it and not go out. It’s also quite a novel design I haven’t seen anywhe..
The price has yet to be announced, but given their other price points, and their knack for selling a $300 stem without a grommet, I don’t expect this to be less than $230 or so for stem + tray combo. If we’re lucky. B2 announced these as “pre-orders” soon, which makes me fear them not pulling a Kaloud, hyping up products before even anybody gets to try them. At least they allowed us to see the hookah before pre-ordering unlike Kaloud did for their Lotus II.
In other news, B2 also teased two new products, DYNAMIC and PARAMOUNT without any hint so far about what they are. Speculation makes me think mostly HMD and maybe a Skybowl competitor. We’ll see.
Update: The tray that was displayed on the scorpion is one out of two possible designs. The first one got teased as the “F22”. The good news is that this isn’t one of the Dynamic/Paramount teased products. The bad news is that one of them is probably the other tray.
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