tubasco
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Just thought I'd let y'all know that (knock on wood) mine's still going strong, and I'm SO glad I have it for carnival season!! I'm thinking of rigging a lanyard or old phone cord tether to make sure I keep mine ON my person Mardi Gras day. (Or maybe I'll stick with a concentrate pen on such a chaotic day. I'd really hate to lose it on such a cluster-fucky chaotic fun day)
Point is: so far so good! (Just to remind y'all, I was a Dec 11 backer, green ti. I gifted my SS to a retired, older person, and his is still working great too! He only uses the magnetic charger so far as well. I mainly use a Nitecore, but occasionally use the magnetic USB with no problems.)
EDIT: I did use my Prima on a parade I played last weekend. It doubles as a hand warmer, and a full chamber in that thing lasted me for the hours-long parade...hitting it every so often. I do recommend the prima...I need to post a review in that thread. Something nearly everyone is wrong about that one: It is like 60% convection and 40% conduction...NOT full conduction, which means it tastes great for session one, but you lose flavor/efficiency if you revisit a bowl later, as the residual heat eats it up somewhat. I still use my firewood 3.0 at home through water sometimes because something about the slight woodiness is warming, but there's technique involved,and it's MUCh easier to just stick my hopper on my Orbiter and rip...and my flowermate mini is collecting dust. It DOES work great through water at home, but why bother when I have quicker full convection options for going through water at home?)
Point is: so far so good! (Just to remind y'all, I was a Dec 11 backer, green ti. I gifted my SS to a retired, older person, and his is still working great too! He only uses the magnetic charger so far as well. I mainly use a Nitecore, but occasionally use the magnetic USB with no problems.)
EDIT: I did use my Prima on a parade I played last weekend. It doubles as a hand warmer, and a full chamber in that thing lasted me for the hours-long parade...hitting it every so often. I do recommend the prima...I need to post a review in that thread. Something nearly everyone is wrong about that one: It is like 60% convection and 40% conduction...NOT full conduction, which means it tastes great for session one, but you lose flavor/efficiency if you revisit a bowl later, as the residual heat eats it up somewhat. I still use my firewood 3.0 at home through water sometimes because something about the slight woodiness is warming, but there's technique involved,and it's MUCh easier to just stick my hopper on my Orbiter and rip...and my flowermate mini is collecting dust. It DOES work great through water at home, but why bother when I have quicker full convection options for going through water at home?)
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