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Yeah, I'm prolly guilty of this one too. I'm a big fan of 'em. I buy them a 100 at a crack, I'm nearly out of the blue ones, after running out of the red ones. I've give well over 100 away (by the hand full sometimes) to happy campers far and wide. I've also sawed some back to make 'em...

Funny you should bring up venting in place. I was looking at it the other day. The bottom's too solid, while the seal up top is pretty good that's where the gas is going to go. Up and out the side vents, no doubt ballooning up the skin if it's covering it in a comical way and making all kinds...

I'm with you, I too am a fan of step 4.....higher sometimes if there's water in the game. You know that enjoyment testing stuff is highly subjective. Very difficult to get useful information from. If you really want to do a good job this phase could take you a very very very long time...

Hey, life is not fair......in case that's escaped your notice? Let me ask a rhetorical question? If you somehow misplaced your VM stem you'd need to replace it, right? I'm thinking Ed would be faster than the Swiss factory? No need to bother hubby with the decisions here I think, he's a busy...

Amen on both counts. Sure be a bummer to get a counterfeit battery and a load of grief by following 'something I read on the net'...... Known good factory batteries are cheap, cheaper through brother CZ. My only problem is justifying buying more now that the price is down......are 4 or 5 too...

Hey, it works that way too...... I agree, that would make perfect sense if Air was designed around those specifications. But it seems that is not the case here. It can, for instance, damage 'in spec' cells by too deep a discharge? As a working EE I'm sure you can think of many cases where...

Yep, but not quite? How's that for a lame answer? The important part of charging comes in two stages, in the first, Constant Current (CC) is applied to the battery, basically as fast as the charger can supply and the battery can take (we're in a hurry here, everyone wants fast.....). Here...

That depends on you. For some it's not questioned (just do it!), for others it's only a matter of time. However, IMO if you lean that way best to try it out. Wondering about it, second guessing every 3rd or 4th hit can harsh your mellow big time. You get this stuff to enjoy, not stress over...

Gentle Friends, My new unit has charged itself. I know because the current through the USB fell off after crawling downward from about 120mA (after a run at 1000mA). So now it comes down to firing it up or taking it apart. Wanna guess which won out? I figured it'd be a lot easier squeaky...

So I just got my unit, it's being charged now. The finish seems to mar easily, perhaps some wax will correct that. Otherwise, pretty impressive so far IMO. One thing of interest, this thing is a charging beast, or can be. I used a hot USB port (able to deliver over one Amp, not the .5 Amps...

For sure modern ones will survive many years storage, ten being a common number, and still deliver nearly full capacity.....provided they're not fully charged and are kept reasonably cool. Check out what our friends at Battery University has to say about it...

"The battery expert"? Naw, that's CentiZen. He's a little taller than me, and some say better looking. No, to be honest, lots of people say that.....some of them insist "lots better looking"...... We all have our crosses to bear they say. I'm sure he'd tell you that these guys are somewhat...

This is cool. We're seeing this about as differently as we could have and yet be alike........ We both, I think, share being happy we played it safe and didn't stock up on batteries we now would not want to use (even regret buying?). The only two differences between us here are, I think, I...

Great news, well done. They say it's really hard to stop a man with a well thought out plan, and from here that sure looks like you. Enjoy the weekend. Remember, work again next week........ Thanks for the uplifting post. OF

Bummer shipping is so high, but I guess there's no way around that. They're a dollar each here, still very pricey compared to 3 or 4 dollars for a hundred. However, IMO they really are that much better. Very well formed from much thicker wire than what you're used to (punching such hard SS...

Brovo CentiZen! Useful information. Summarizing he now has a source of the official batteries in hand, has tested them carefully, and determined that Air does indeed stress batteries past normal limits (for longer run time, no doubt). These are pretty unique guys, normal types, even highly...

Excellent news indeed. In fact 'most excellent' IMO. About what was expected (at least by some), typical chargers will be 'safe' to use but will not give normal run times. Minor IMO if you have one already. OTOH, 10% is half a session (five or 6 minutes) and the left over half a session is...

Agreed, at least I can't. Even wicked up to the top I can't see it killing a bowl roughly like this one in 3 hits? Time will tell. Now that can't possibly be right. A Tbs is like 15cc, not 1.5. Even a Tsp is five. More than most portables I know of? I'm not even so sure about 1.5cc...

Checking this here Solo stem (12mm dia, 10mm high) I make it at 1.13cc. .2 grams is probably possible, based on that, but probably something more like .125 common? In any case, I don't rate Solo as tiny and I don't know anyone who can cash a stem in 3 hits.....do you? Maybe I just don't get...

Well said. Seems to me some useful ideas have been exchanged, I've tried to contribute what I know and see WRT the process and the technology. And it also seems to me that if it's not your sort of discussion, there are others to occupy yourself with. Drift by from time to time and catch up...