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Your call, I'd advise one as a backup at least. Then again you have a good 'gas gauge' (much better than Air) it's easy to keep enough charge for needs (at least to me), much like not running out of gas in your car. I have a single spare 18650 to support several Airs but really never swap...

Load 'er up and ride again, cowboy! Ride hard enough and you still catch up....... Sometimes the reader can make up for some of the shortfall, but best to not depend on that I think? FWIW I'm sensing a difference between ArGo and Solo/Air. I think it 'starts up' slower? It might be my...

You know, while 'testing' in the garden earlier today (it did just fine.....) another lame 'this would be better if' came to mind. I think if there was a seal in the cover that would come down around (over) the MP and seal on the top plate you could 100% contain the smell with the cover...

Sorry, "IKR" went right past me??? But I do have to advise you about your plan to get and ArGo 'when no one is watching' isn't going to work. We're watching you carefully. In shifts, Mutual Protection and all that. Common good. Have been for a while. In a rare (and hopefully brief) serious...

Come on, she can't be all that sharp.....look who she married? OF

I can help you with that, you can send it to me right now! I won't object........ Hey, I'll even be grateful? Really. If you really insist I guess I could send it to him when he wants it......maybe. OF

Naw, not a bit of it, just different skills. You don't see me trying to surf do you? Or trying to be irresistible to women? You just wondered into my pond is all. Don't discount your question(s), great insights rarely happen in a vacuum. Seeds need to be planted usually, often by accident...

It might, but experience with just this (heat transfer through Zinconia insulation) didn't work all that well where the ceramic layer was much thicker and the heat had to 'climb' through an inch or so 'up' and through a layer almost half an inch thick. It too needed a silicone cover for multi...

Zirconia is cool stuff for sure (extremely dense, hard ceramic) but it's not magic. It was used extensively in the TB Cera and very definitely gets hot in use. 15 or more minutes and you're hanging onto the bottom end, inches away from the oven. Or else. It takes longer than otherwise (it's...

Naw, sorry, ain't buying it. Your not going to skate out of this that easy. You might not have known a lot about batteries but you knew enough to ask the right question, the one that got me to thinking/investigating what was up. I don't even recall what you said. Maybe something innocent...

So I just got one of these for evaluation.....and I'm really impressed with it for what it is. At least the wax part, I didn't have much luck with the oil one yet. Hopefully different concentrates will do better? Anyway, the 'oil burner' is pretty mundane I think, nothing really fancy. Just...

Very cool, great to have them giving advice to customers to save them money when they could do otherwise? Just last night, while looking for NCR18650B specs I went to our good friends at Obtronic: https://www.orbtronic.com/batteries-chargers/panasonic-3400mah-18650-li-ion-battery-cell-ncr18650b...

You're welcome. Your call. FWIW the only 'battery' (since we're only using one, it's technically a cell) I can recommend is the one the factory uses. Among other issues is fit, the door barely closes on the factory cell, a mm longer and the latch won't hold the door shut I believe. Regarding...

Smart move! Out bid the 'milk and cookies' bunch, get the really good presents........ Brilliant! My hat, sir, is off to you! Merry Christmas to all. OF

I don't follow the question. The Amp Hour rating is 3.4 (3400 mAh), with 3350 typcial for new ones, 3200 guaranteed. The maximum current rating (not that we use the maximum here) is something like six Amps, 12 Amps in a few second pulse (followed by cooling). If I guessed wrong about what...

Yes, pulling the working stem out of a hot Solo/Air to stop vapor and 'save the rest' is a common and successful technique. You should plan on a 'dry' hit (you won't get much) after you do, the cold air rapidly cools the load below magic temperature. The stem end remains hot, you've got plenty...

Another (IMO fun) idea for your consideration, ease of cleaning the stems? My 'first stem' was getting pretty fouled, enough so that different strains were now not so different in fact. So I put it 'bowl up' on one of the unused posts in the dishwasher (the ones that normally keep plates...

I's say Solo II hands down, I have both. This is to be expected, I think, Solo II is carrying twice the battery power to work with (two of the same 18650s ArGo has only one of). Not to hot to deal with, like say the OG DiVinci was, IMO. But awkward. Most of the heat comes from the corner...

As I said above, I found that standard 1/2 inch ID vinyl caps fit 'perfectly' if I leave the cover in the retracted position (just push the cap on the 3/8 inch or so of exposed glass). You can see the critter hisself on the lower right: The cap length is 'just right' so there's a small gap at...

Thanks, that's what I saw (and no doubt reported somewhere) with Solo when I rigged this years back. Sort of what you see with a load? So, now I suggest removing the conduction effect (which you can clearly see since the temperature is rising long before hits (convection) happens?). I've no...