Milaana II by RastaBuddahTao

GetLeft said:

The difuser / micro bubbler works very well but is a little cumbersome even without water. I think I recall at one point DDave had a version that didn't require the adapter but I missed out on it.

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david8613 said:

so cool!!! rasta can you post a pic of the milaana 2 and milaana 3 next to each other?

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GetLeft said:

I wouldn’t wait for the 3 if the 2 is available now. Made by hand right here by rbt. Might even end up being the better of the two models. If I didn’t have 2 milaanas already I’d be picking up one of these. Who knows I might pick one up anyway ‘cause when they’re gone they’re gone.

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Jayvape said:

Hi all, I was curious, is it okay to leave a battery in my milaana when I'm not using it if I have the pick in between the battery and the copper hatch? Or will it squish the the part in the bottom of the device where the battery makes contact? I've had a milaana for a while now but always just take the battery out when not in use, it's just become tedious to always have to take a battery out and put it back in with frequent use

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bossman said:

Is what I tell myself.

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Jayvape said:

Hi all, I was curious, is it okay to leave a battery in my milaana when I'm not using it if I have the pick in between the battery and the copper hatch? Or will it squish the the part in the bottom of the device where the battery makes contact? I've had a milaana for a while now but always just take the battery out when not in use, it's just become tedious to always have to take a battery out and put it back in with frequent use

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bossman said:

Are you a Splinter fan as well?

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Jayvape said:

if I have the pick in between the battery and the copper hatch?

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GetLeft said:

Gotta scratch an itch here.

The hole on the Mi2 (or any Mi) isn't really a carb. It's an air intake. It allows air to be moved from point A (in this case, air drawn in from outside the vaporizer) to point B (in this case, our lungs). In the middle of that air path, there's a heater that (ideally) has heated its contents enough to produce vapor that can join in the the air flow and move its way down the air path into our lungs.

Covering the air intake does indeed effect the flow of air. But I would recommend against covering that hole too convincingly. If you do, where's the air you're breathing into your lungs coming from? With the air intake unobstructed, the air path of the Mi 2 is clean as far as contact with electronics and glues is concerned (cleaner than prior versions, and that's where the upgrade with the new position of the intake is truly found). But if you cut off that clean air path, all bets are off. Who knows where the air you're breathing has been.

But back to the whole 'carb' thing. A carburetor regulates the flow of air during the process of combustion. It feeds (or restricts) airflow to the site of combustion and therefore enhances (or reduces) combustion. A combustion style bong might have a carb. When it's covered, an increase in the air flow from outside the site of combustion is added to the site of combustion as it is pulled through. Therefore, the fire burns hotter and produces more smoke.

Adding air to the airflow on a Milaana does the opposite. It cools off the heater, and lowers the rate of vapor production. Unless of course you've created such an amount of heat in the heater that even a high level of air flow can't counteract the heat produced by the battery. Stopping the airflow to the heater by cutting it off (by covering the intake) can produce combustion, but not because it's adding fuel to the fire, but because it's restricting the flow of cool air to counterbalance the heat produced by the battery.

So now I feel better. The Mi's have air intakes, not carbs.

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LabPong said:

Thanks for posting that.....I was unsure of how the air intake worked as I have not used an RBT product yet....I am trying to figure out how I will use the Mi3 when it is shipped....I normally use these type of vapes inverted in my water rigs..... (like my arizers...with the heater over the load).

I have been wondering if I can get a bubbler MP like a scorpion to satisfy me when mobile? The DDave's cooling MP looks like it may work......but without water...Im not sure until I can try it. It seems like it might be like the Rogue Wax Works chambered vapcap glass stem I got.....it cools good...but I feel like water is still a need for me and my throat.

Anyone using a water bubbler MP and not a rig with a Milaana?

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bossman said:

I won't have a Milaana until the Milaana 3 drops. I do have all the Splinters and can recommend the grey XL8R cooling stems. The long one works best and while it's not super portable it's more convenient for my use than a bubbler. I never fuck with the short or long straight stems anymore and I doubt that'll change with the Mi3.

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bossman said:

Sepele and walnut sounds like a regretsy wood combo but there's a Milaana 2 on the rbt store right now and everything is an additional twenty percent off for Halloween. Splinters range from fifty to ninety bucks shipped. Get down on it like kool and the motherfucking gang

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Shit Snacks said:

Counterpoint, I feared the same for walnut body with sapele cap, but just look at this wood:

These aren't even good pictures, can't quite capture the grain and color, sapele has unique grain with rich reds that pop next to the walnut (always a lovely wood in its own right)

Sure its not as special as my purpleheart Milaana, or those stunning Bloodwood and Canarywood ones that were made in that same old batch, but come on they are not regretables! I mean hey, at least its not the same ol plain Maple of yore (not that it was bad either!)

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bossman said:

Sepele and walnut sounds like a regretsy wood combo but there's a Milaana 2 on the rbt store right now and everything is an additional twenty percent off for Halloween. Splinters range from fifty to ninety bucks shipped. Get down on it like kool and the motherfucking gang

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eideal852 said:

i looked earlier, and again just now: where is this Mi2?

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Verax said:

gone now. Someone got it.

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GTX1 said:

hi. that was me. :>

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