Dropped my beautiful new IBTank :(
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Wow, that sucks. I try to stay away from breakable things. I don't do well with fragile.
That's a shame! Glass is funny like that. You could take two pieces that look completely the same, throw one as hard as you can on concrete and it wont break, and the other will break falling a few inches onto carpet.
The fact that IBtanks don't have flame polished ends could possibly contribute to them being more fragile than they would be otherwise. While ground down quite nice (pretty similar to ground glass joints on scientific labware) it still leaves a bunch of tiny tiny cracks on the end of the tube, that are a great starting place for a break to happen when too much stress is applied.
I've dropped my IBtanks several times on concrete pretty hard with zero damage. Then one of them simply tipped over on my coffee table, and it chipped a piece off the end. Which seems ridiculous as you'd imagine the large falls onto concrete would have broken them, but a tiny soft tip-over on a coffee table breaks it. Glass is just an inconsistent material.
Luckily replacement glass tubes are dirt cheap from IBtanked.
The fact that IBtanks don't have flame polished ends could possibly contribute to them being more fragile than they would be otherwise. While ground down quite nice (pretty similar to ground glass joints on scientific labware) it still leaves a bunch of tiny tiny cracks on the end of the tube, that are a great starting place for a break to happen when too much stress is applied.
I've dropped my IBtanks several times on concrete pretty hard with zero damage. Then one of them simply tipped over on my coffee table, and it chipped a piece off the end. Which seems ridiculous as you'd imagine the large falls onto concrete would have broken them, but a tiny soft tip-over on a coffee table breaks it. Glass is just an inconsistent material.
Luckily replacement glass tubes are dirt cheap from IBtanked.
...and there is the selling point for me...the caps cannot possibly break and i have a huge crush on these caps...so flat and beautiful.
Man that sucks. My 2 IBtanks have fallen over on the coffee table a number of times each with no damage. I'll count my lucky stars tonight. 
Words can't describe how awesome and great looking these tanks are. As for durability, I'd guess my Phiniac is even tougher. That glass is THICK, and the edges are all clear and smooth. It's just a tad too wide.
Words can't describe how awesome and great looking these tanks are. As for durability, I'd guess my Phiniac is even tougher. That glass is THICK, and the edges are all clear and smooth. It's just a tad too wide.
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