What makes some glass items "luxury" and others low end?

I have been wondering the same thing. Hopefully someone will be able to give some insight into this.

I'm quite curious myself. I know that some glass pieces, like the Icicles 22 at original price (around 60), are more expensive because of the design. I'm assuming it's much harder to blow the patterns and the different colors. But 200 dollar glass vs. 30? I just don't get it.

A lot of it depends on how difficult it is to make. Different colors, intricate shapes, and things like that will jack up the price quite a bit. (A dichrotic dildo, for example, is naturally going to cost way more than something clear.) I'm not a glass blower, though, so I can't really say what the most difficult effects to achieve are.

In other cases, it's just the company itself. SSA Glass is usually pretty cheap while Phallix toys are expensive.

Nire is right. It all depends on the artist making the piece. Pyrex/borosilicate glass is pyrex glass, but the artist creating the piece makes all the difference. The dichroic toys are a much more difficult pieces to make and required more skilled craftspeople and more time to make.

They feel the same in use, just some are prettier or fancier than others.

The different companies just use different processes and different artists to make their pieces, hence the price differences. It's all the same material when you get down to it.

Here is some additional information on dichroic glass, and what makes it different from plain old clear, or single colored glass: What is dichroic glass?

When it's the same shape and same size, I generally go for the version cheaper by $180.

In some cases I would say quality control however, the weird thing about the comparison between SSA and Phallix is that both have a reputation for having inconsistent product. So I don't know.

Any time you have a product where each item is hand made, there will be variations. (There is even variation with the pure silicone toys too, some are a little thicker or thinner than others, etc.)

The issue some have had in the past with the SSA glass toys is that the toy was actually totally redesigned, and Eden didn't have an updated product picture. Several months ago they went through and tried to update all product pictures though, so while there will be some variations due to the individual nature of the product, most of them should be up to date as far as toy design goes.

I've bought several SSA glass toys, and they were all as pictured, with some slight variations due to the fact that they're hand made.

I've been wondering the same! I bought the rotator for less than $15 and there are some that are the same, but diff colors and are just ridiculously priced. I don't pay ove $100 for a glass dildo. The cheaper ones can be just as amazing. I really can't understand some of the outrageous prices for glass.

I'd been wondering this too. Is there any difference with breakability or overall quality between manufacturers?

idk maybe company name too, or how they make it. just because its the same type of glass doesnt mean they made it the same exact way.

Why are these so expensive... :/

I am not sure myself but my fave one I paid $8 for

According to other posts here, its a difference in production costs:
SSA Glass products are made in China, and Phallix in USA; big difference in wages and businesses costs there!