Recent content by howie105

It's like talking to the horses, it's never a problem until they start replying.

In my experience, every time I change the screen position in the bowl, I usually need to adjust the temp by about 10–20°F to compensate. That said, shifting the screen often ends up affecting more than just temp — things like heat soak time, how the bowl’s packed, and even draw speed can all...

Adding something that might keep me from burning myself. No Way, I need that possibility to get rolling in the morning when I wake and bake.

Learned this the hard way—burned a couple fingers when setting up a tight new coil with a slightly used Phase3 ZX head. If your coil feels overly snug right out of the box, don’t worry—that’s common. But there’s a better way to handle it. First, heat the coil up fully before inserting the head...

If I'm chasing flavor or fine-tuning a new vape, I stick to using my fingers or a pair of manicure scissors.

Give it a month or so and then “follow the money”.

Zirc, holds heat longer than titanium.

Are we talking about this? https://www.amazon.com/1-Pack-FILSHU-Heavy-Braided-Computer/dp/B07TXRCX7D?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&psc=1

1 3/8" from the coil to the start of the handle, if I were to redo it I would probably go with a 1 1/2".

Hey Mr. Grumpy Using the highest stock bowl position as the base, adding a layer of 3mm balls (x7) and a second screen to top off the stack does a number of things. This moves the load closer to the heater outlet, which lowers cooking temperatures and adds a bit more draw restriction and...

I went down the ball size and material trail with other ballers, but not with the ZX. The stock balls are good enough that addressing other management and performance approaches was quicker and easier.

I like the Rouge Wax Works approach to hybrid heating, their 14 mm quartz cap is very efficient, inexpensive and the taste is not shabby.

I appreciate the one knob control, the little buttons on my other PIDs are just too small to meet my preferences. Performance wise, they all work.

Using a cheap Chinese caliper in the hands of a 74-year-old operator, it measured 14.27 mm.

I sat the new ZX bowl screen at its shallowest position, then added seven 4 mm quartz balls, and a cover screen. I am getting a slight but noticeable improvement in taste.