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Cool. You can still have a black one, right? Nothing 'wrong' with the case? OF

Shady indeed. Funny, 'too bright' LEDs were a feature of the counterfeit Air I bought as well. And it's been reported on other types. Seems a common trait of fakes? Probably not always so, but it seems a common thread. But that only counts if you know what one is supposed to look like...

It doesn't kill it off right off, but it does really hammer the heater until it can start to cut back as the temperature rises. This leads to early death of the heater (basically anything over 14 Watts is getting onto really thin ice Matt tells us. The recommended mods (VTC Mini, Pico, Cuboid...

AMEN, BROTHER!!! "No truer words were ever spoken" as the saying goes, or in our case that would be '....ever typed'? No method is automatically superior, and that includes radiation which I think has some serious advantages to bring to the party as well. They can all deliver heat on demand...

The next 'step up' I think is the VTC Mini. A 'better' display that shows the resistance change in Ohms, keeps track of total 'hits' or total 'button down time' for instance. IMO the sharp corners make it 'less comfortable in the hand'. I have both, and appreciate the extra data more than...

Very useful information, thanks for passing it on. I'm guessing some of the confusion comes from Solo and the rest is mostly 'I read it on the web'???? OF

Well that sucketh mightily for sure. I don't recall much on counterfeit Solos (lots of fake Airs around it seems), but it seems only natural. Evil, but greed is deep in our nature for some. Too bad when it happens to a good guy. IIRC you're not even in the US? That makes a replacement all...

Again, you're welcome. Very soon hopefully it'll be your turn helping the new guys? You friend should be happy......and grateful for your efforts...... Enjoy the trip, please let us know how it worked out? OF

You're welcome, of course. Hope you're soon 'in the club'. Soon you too will be using the secret hand sign........ Sorry to say, thus far no Mods have been found reliable with the TC. The DT is another matter, we have several to choose from. Some of those mods work better than others with...

I used piece of copper wire myself, having no Mother handy at the time..... OF

Do not attempt to remove the pan ('bowl') the 3 tubes are attached to it in place, even if you remove the clamps you still can't get it out and then you have the alignment issue putting it back in place. The above advice to try shining light down each tube is excellent, you should reconsider...

First off, I'm really sorry.......I sure never intended to drive anyone to Algebra....... My head is spinning from trying to follow all that, please let me cop out and take another lash at this? First off, this is a materials thing. Best thought of in those terms I think. The resistance to...

Great idea! Now we need a charcoal briquette powered heating station as an accessory for the trusty Weber....... Is this a great forum or what? OF

Glad the factory finish didn't get wrecked. But it's not going to rinse out really, to make rinsing work you need a change of cleaner fluid. So that that fluid removes contaminated solvent (and with it, the contamination). There's just no way for that to happen with wood, not at a practical...

It's entirely possible it has stripped the finish if you actually soaked it. Soaking in solvent is not what I'd do (wiping is the extent there) since there's no way to rinse the dissolved junk out of the wood it's soaked further into. Soaking can't remove all the contamination from such a...

Agreed! In a better world, that's sure how it is. And Lord knows I've got plenty of such things around here to cover for LOTS of others......but as so often happens we have unequal distribution of such resources. The world I find myself living in lately seems to have a large number of folks...

Closer to 12mm, the size common to 'oil pens'. OF

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I've never got distracted and left it on on 'top whack', but have at 4 or so and found it 'stale' when I tried a second time. This is unlike what happens when you leave a stem in the Purple Days overnight ('full potency' many hours later), I suspect because it's enough cooler? This may explain...

Actually I don't. While some of us would favor this option perhaps, I think most want to have it installed. They don't even own a tiny screwdriver or sandpaper, nor the skills to confidently use them on their very own VM. Some of those venturing into the new waters of 'sand to fit' will use...