Info from The Horse's Mouth!!!
Talked to ZEN at length today, and one of the things that we talked about, was the "0" rings for the Kabuki.
Zen told me that the original O rings were of a fairly firm 70 durometer, whereas the new 0 rings were in the neighborhood of 40-45 durometer.
It took ZEN over half a year to have something as seemingly simple as custom "O" Rings made for us. What would seem simple, is in reality, a real PITA. It's very hard to have a manufacturer, change something in it's production line. Much more so if it is a run of an item that is not normally used, or have a wide need in industry.
Why go to this all this trouble of having "Custom "O" Rings made? Now folks, the answer to that IS Simple.
Zen wants to make the very best product possible. Not just the best he can make, but the best that can be obtained from Any Source. Period!
But still, why all the trouble? Well, remember all the fuss over just why the globes were cracking when filling the Kabukis? Turns out, it was the interface between the O rings and the glass. Not the type of glass itself.
Who Knew right? And to think many of us complained about the type of glass used, mostly not knowing that it was in reality a superior product in and of itself. Grrrrrrr!!!
So there you have it. To keep tolerances in a precision device was paramount to HOH. The O rings turned out to be the culprit all along.
Now who else but our very own ZEN would put out the amount of money, effort in research, and negotiations with manufacturers of such a mundane item, to simply make life a little easier for us.
News flash, Silicone O rings are now fully available from HOH, and the new Black silicon O rings will be added in a short time. There were problems getting the black Colour right, but they pulled it off. Woo-Hoo!! Don't ya just Love-it when a plan comes together!
