I can certainly appreciate that.

The thing about Roor and the like is that it's an aesthetic that perhaps you're not into. I personally don't care for those big colorful handblown bongs, they just look clunky and are super-heavy. But they both do the job well. You do pay a lot for the Roor name but they do make the nicest hyper-modern designs. Sometimes you get lucky though and find some really nice local stuff and I agree, if you can buy local, it's far better.

I think it really depends on what kind of hippie are you?

The Barak Supporting, futuristic hippie
or the
Willie Nelson Ron Paul hippie.

Feel free to insert any post modern cause in substitute of Barak.