Yes, I have that prob too.... I too have to pay 130 $ for one kabuki + shipping.... and have bought 5 Kabuki s plus countless spare glass tanks since I discovered the Kabuki last month.... ... the £ is terrible right now and buying anything in the UK is terribly expensive for anyone paying in euros,I try to avoid as much as possible but.... couldnt find any kabuki's locally (which is odd as France has always been very well equipped vape wise, from the very start...)
AND yes....I was unlucky with my first tank on my very first kabuki that broke before even using it, while screwing it on for filling
BUT...THE OTHERS ...
are mostly my cat's fault
I have all the kabuki on P3's and set them in those cheap aluminum (quite heavy though...) chinese round stands on my coffee table which is very low but all wood (not IKEA composite either

!).That probably has a lot to do with it...
My cat tends to jump on the coffee table and walk back n forth all evening so as block our view of the TV

....
and she likes to rub up against the ecigs in their stands as she passes theml...THEN she also sometimes enjoys head-butting them ...This knocks them over onto the table .Guess thats enough....

??
I never let them fall to the ground, but my floor has wall to carpeting anyway ...
This problem only happens with my Kabuki's ...certainly because of the high quality glass it's made with.
Ive been vaping-
chain-vaping - for almost
5 years and
never broke any equipment
except for
one mini nautilus tank that rolled off my kitchen counter onto a stone floor-shouldnt have just put it down like that on the counter top-my fault!
Before replacing all my setups with kabuki's I kept 5 setups going at the same time and in that very same situation... on the same cocktail table...and with the same naughty cat ...usually equipped with Mini Nautilus' but I also have an Aromamizer tank, an Atlantis, a subtank Nano a couple GS Air's, an Aerotank, a mini Aerotank , a full size Nautilus...none ever broke!
Last week I finally ordered in two SS tanks from CDV..dont like SS at all...but breaking all these glass tanks leaves me stranded sometimes...gotta wait anywhere from 2 to 6 days to get vapemail from CDV &
dont wanna be left without being able to use my Kabuki's

!!
Today i just received another order of 3 spare glass tanks from CDV.
Im spending a ridiculous amount of $$$$ on Kabuki's and kabuki tanks ...
I only DO it because I so value a quality-great flavor-vape and havent found a better one yet!
But yes,the exchange rate for us EUROZONE vapers is just terrible vs the £ right now (and wont be getting better either as this is a new chosen EURO policy to increase exports). It will def get worse vs the USD too over the next year...

so expect vaping expenses to go way up even more than they already have!
Anyway it's along story -
sorry 
- but now you can see why Im so desperate to get those plastic tanks !!!!
CDV told me
over ten days ago that they HAD already ordered some......?
Theyre out of SS one 's now too

....
IF FT comes up with something viable Ill def try it .I mean... Id rather use an original but if that's just not possible...?
I wonder if the high quality of the glass tank has any significant impact on the vaping-flavor quality and the "success" of the Kabuki (with those same old Nauti BVC coils
) ?
In that case the poly-whatever-plastic and the SS tanks would probably have a negative impact too though ..wouldnt they ? ?