Finally managed to get a broken, stuck downstem out of my locally blown beaker bottom so I'm stoked to have a non stemless tube again for variety. The SG downstems are never around so it's between the Alex K and the Leisure. Which do you guys think would be better? I'm impartial to the looks, they both look nice enough and while I'm sure they both function great maybe someone has preferences they could share. My other, sort of unrelated question is what's with all the 14/18 downstems? I would think most people would prefer to keep everything 18mm since 14 is usually more limited with choices. Anyway, Alex K or Leisure?
Alex K that's what most people prefer on their beakers, you will be satisfied with either of those two choices though!
I assumed not being open to customs at the moment meant for all glass. If I ordered a downstem from him I'd want to throw some color in there for fun but it wouldn't really look right as the beaker is a sandblast heavy piece. I wound up getting the Alex K, also grabbing a Vector Nitro (replacing my crappy torch) and a glass stopper (replacing saran wrap and tape). I'm pumped! I'm also picking up a dedicated oil rig soon (use my mini stemline now), planning on grabbing one by Conviction.