The ploom

[frogbmth]

It reminds me of the xbox360 and PS3 - sold for less than the production cost but a fortune made from accessories and software

[lobro1]

Folks -

Just bought 1.5 LBS of shisha (peach,cappucino and grape) for $26 - how many pods do you think you can make w/aluminium foil?

200 is conservative. Am using with the iolite. Tastes good but a bit messy.

Still working out a way to make it neater.

[ShinKun]

You really think no one here will figure out how to mod those pods?

[ShinKun]

-sigh-

Maybe they meant sales would start 2-3 weeks after launching the website....

[frogbmth]

They are probably waiting for the shipment from China

[ShinKun]

ha!

Maybe the whole thing is a sham.

Has anyone tried to google "ploom"?
ploom - Google Search

The first result is ploom.com, the description reads...

"Offers design services with a focus on branding and identity. Site provides briefs and examples of client work. Based in Toronto, Ontario."

Ploom transforms ideas into visual strategies?

[gooney0]

It looks interesting but too expensive. Same issue as SE. They want to get you buying refills for the next 20 years.

For me to replace smoking it has to cost less than $5 a day. Cigarettes are meant to be cheap after all. (no thanks to taxes of course)

Don't worry though. If the design is good it will be reinvented in a cheaper form. You'll buy a Chinese version, then a custom mod made from stainless steel soon enough. The only difference is some of our moders will loose an eyebrow or two.

-Gooney0

[mikea]

It does look as if it might get expensive in short order. The hardware price isn't so bad (so far). But those pods...

Checked their Facebook page again. More tasting parties, more artwork (I have to admit, the photos are great), more buzz. Um. Product? Nothing about a ship date yet that I know of, and they still haven't sent mail providing a login for the e-commerce part of their site.

If a person held his breath about this, why I do declare, his face might turn blue... so ho hum, already, and my atomizer and e-liquid supplies are still ok. My personal conspiracy theory is that the prospect of ECF modders figuring out how to "hack" the pods (by figuring out how to refill them) is delaying the release. :-)

Wonder if in the future there'll be vaping-versus-Ploom ads along the lines of "I'm a Mac" / "I'm a PC" with the vape guy in the Mac-like role. :-)

It looks interesting but too expensive. Same issue as SE. They want to get you buying refills for the next 20 years.

For me to replace smoking it has to cost less than $5 a day. Cigarettes are meant to be cheap after all. (no thanks to taxes of course)

Don't worry though. If the design is good it will be reinvented in a cheaper form. You'll buy a Chinese version, then a custom mod made from stainless steel soon enough. :D The only difference is some of our moders will loose an eyebrow or two.

-Gooney0

[2pooped]

It all just seems to be smoke "vapor" and mirrors.

[mikea]

It all just seems to be smoke "vapor" and mirrors

They certainly seem to be spending the $$$ to travel to various cities for tasting parties and all that -- but where's the product? Have they run short on venture capital to produce all but a few units? Problems getting the "pods" in quantity? Manufacturing problems? Etc.etc.

There's no real-world evidence to think any of the above. But, the longer they go on generating buzz but not shipping anything or dropping a line to the people in the first "wave" of "enrollees," the worse they come off p.r.-wise.