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Well, I'm very fond of cannabis and bicycles. I'm pretty sure most of you were aware of the cannabis part. The bicycle part is both work and play. I run a non-profit, community bike shop, I'm a devoted bicycle commuter, and my main passion in cycling is mountain biking. I love both the beauty of...

Oh, goodness no, I hope that wasn't my message. Your inquiries have been so thorough that I haven't needed to make any of my own, and you've kept the conversation moving with positive enthusiasm.

I took a trip to Portland Friday for a Mudhoney show (yes, it was awesome), and I made a quick detour to the Goo Roo factory. I mentioned on the cheap glass thread a while ago that I planned to pick up a domestically-made recycler after my positive experience with the SAML Klein, and the Goo Roo...

I am also a Dynavap half-bowl enthusiast. That's because that's as much as a DV can handle if you want even, single-cycle extraction. The Tempest can handle much more, and I love using the full bowl.

I've had my Tempest for over a week now without having much to say; I feel like a kid who failed to turn in a book report. I guess after weeks of following this thread, especially @VapingYogi's questions and @RedZep's answers, I don't have anything to add. I can sum up my feelings about the...

Nope; too quick to the click, even on the lowest voltage. V2. I had high hopes for it with the Tempest, but it won't detect.

Yes, it works great. It offers the flexibility of a torch, as you can apply heat higher or lower on the cap. Still, my favorite heating technique for this one is the Wand. Like @RedZep, I find my self spinning with a torch or the Inductor; maybe it's a little OCD, but I have trouble believing...

No worries at all; I've got that issue sorted out, and I love the technique. I've also got a Duracore on the way, so it will be a moot point. I'd been using the Founder's with my WPA, but it doesn't respond well to my Inductor, so it's time to upgrade. I'll put my User's oven on the WPA (it...

Wow, that's about the best hit I've ever gotten out of an Anvil. Thank you! But I did run into a problem--the bowl seized after being installed cold into a hot oven. I assume it's because the cold threads swelled. My oven and bowl were also well-seasoned, so I took some time and Barkeep's...

Ordered October 29; received November 10. It felt much longer.

I'll let @HumbleLivings field that one from their perspective, but, yes, that's my experience. I either use the magnet on the Anvil tube, or I use a jeweler's magnet. I've got one of those on my keychain for portable use (which I rarely use, as I've usually got the tube handy), and another that...

You've never heard a Dynavap sizzle? You must keep your devices spotlessly clean. When a dry piece heating in an IH sizzles, it's just the reclaim heating up.

Sure, I always use my Reload with my Anvil. It's great for debowling. However, you'll still want to use the Anvil tube's cap or another magnet for loading, because you can't tamp the bowl into the storage pot while it's attached to the Reload lid.

Has anyone found good Tempest storage? I've been using my XL Anvil tube, but my Anvil is out in the cold. I'm planning to do a Vestratto order anyway, so maybe I'll just get another.

Yes, they do. I've turned the Inductor to its lowest setting, because in my limited experience it seems like the Tempest likes a relatively slow heat-up to thoroughly soak the balls. Even then the Inductor makes the Tempest glow in seconds, but the time to full heat on the visual indicator is...

It doesn't have that hole-shot, off-the-line dab-like density of the Anvil, if that's what you mean. The Tempest ramps up more slowly. Still, I would say that comparing similar sized loads, the Tempest can produce equal effects, and it tastes better.

Thank you! I have to note, somewhere on this forum, maybe in this thread, I posted a rant about supporting domestic glass production as a means of reparations for the artists and sellers (all the way up to Tommy Chong) who developed this craft even in the face of fascist oppression. In my...

Now that I've had time to sit patiently with the Tempest, I see that I didn't lose an o-ring from the heat shield--there isn't one on the air hole end of the shield. I realized there's no o-ring when I spotted the small key on the inside diameter of the shield, which fits into the groove on the...

Should there be o-rings on both ends of the heat shield? I'm guessing that I lost one from the air-port end, because it's floating free. I'm usually pretty good about not losing little bits during disassembly/reassembly, but I was a little excited this morning as I had a very narrow window...

Yeah, I've tried various torch techniques and strengths. I started out as @coolbreeze describes, stopping just short of red-hot--seeing it glow is alarming. Then I watched Bing's video, and I started going to red then waiting for a brief cool-down. That worked okay, so I've been using a similar...