The Tempest by Mad Heaters & Phatpiggie

cuckF0mbustion

cuckF0mbustion

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I have read a few times now that the titanium heat shield doesn't have any practical effect outside of adding weight and cost to the tempest. I bought one anyway because I just like nice machining and can appreciate it even more with something like titanium. I just had one question about it though. Is it actually true that there's literally no benefit to it? I saw Brenyo say in a response on here that the titanium sleeve will basically never get hot. Would that be slightly different compared to the aluminum heat shield? I'm wondering if the full titanium version maybe does actually have one advantage, albeit a small one, in that it may be better for back to back to back bowls and heavy use? I'm not sure if this is an accurate way to think about it or not though
 
zatonic

zatonic

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From what I’ve gathered, it’s more of a marketing strategy to get some launch sales offering an exclusive pre-launch version. If the titanium made the performance any better, they wouldn’t only offer it for presale, it would be available as an upgrade option.
 
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GuiAlGhaib

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Hi everyone, I'm a proud owner of the Tempest V1 and it's been my daily driver for the past few months. I'm really enjoying the experience.
My wife currently uses a DaVinci IQ2, but with the V2 pre-order now open, we're planning to switch her over to a Tempest as well. She occasionally uses my V1, but misses the longer sessions that electronic vapes can offer.
Since the Tempest is so customizable, I think we can tweak it to get closer to that kind of experience. In that context, what kind of balls would you recommend to extend the session feel? I was thinking the new ruby balls might help, but I’m not entirely sure.
Any suggestions?
 
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zatonic

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GuiAlGhaib said:
Hi everyone, I'm a proud owner of the Tempest V1 and it's been my daily driver for the past few months. I'm really enjoying the experience.
My wife currently uses a DaVinci IQ2, but with the V2 pre-order now open, we're planning to switch her over to a Tempest as well. She occasionally uses my V1, but misses the longer sessions that electronic vapes can offer.
Since the Tempest is so customizable, I think we can tweak it to get closer to that kind of experience. In that context, what kind of balls would you recommend to extend the session feel? I was thinking the new ruby balls might help, but I’m not entirely sure.
Any suggestions?
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Check out the tempest manual page on their website for ball options. They break it down with material density and recommended temps. Looks like stainless balls may be the best option
 
cuckF0mbustion

cuckF0mbustion

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zatonic said:
From what I’ve gathered, it’s more of a marketing strategy to get some launch sales offering an exclusive pre-launch version. If the titanium made the performance any better, they wouldn’t only offer it for presale, it would be available as an upgrade option.
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I think you're probably right. I do know though that often with titanium parts, manufacturers just don't want to make them because it's so much harder to machine than aluminum. I'm not sure if there's something about the geometry of the heat shield that makes it particularly difficult to make out of titanium and just looking at the images of it, I can't imagine anything but it's possible though. I don't know anything about his supply side but it's possible that the titanium shield is added on at cost or very near it because it's already so much more and if that's the case then I would understand not wanting to offer it even if it did stay cooler. This is a lot of "ifs" though. I'm not expecting a practical difference either. Really I'm just excited and can't stop thinking about it lol
 
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