nosmoking
Just so Dab HAppy!
I usually leave mine on always so heat up time was not a question I was prepared to answer, but this morning I went ahead and started from cold start to find out for you. It takes 2:22 seconds to get the temp to read 497 but it will overshoot a few degrees for another 62 seconds when it stabilizes at 497. Even though it reads 497, the dish is still not quite ready until about 5 or 6 minutes and even then it is still not going to perform as well as a long heat soak. Keep in mind this was with an ambient temp of 50F.@nosmoking thanks, and what is your heatup time from cold to stability, and do you get much of a temp drop when taking your hit?
Interesting how you went with one quartz pearl of each size, instead of 3 of one size like Shane suggests. I'll have to try that!
I notice the temp can change up to 7F during a hit. I think it drops up to 7 degrees and then overshoot up to 7 degrees then stabilizes. Or vica versa?
I tried many combinations of the 8mm and 6mm pearls and have had plenty of them jump out...somehow this is where I settled and just how I keep it now. It seems to work well. One reason I thought about mixing up the size of the pearls is due to the contact zones. The larger pearl is going to make great contact at around 4-5mm mark up the wall and on the floor away from the wall. If you have a spinning cap you can sometimes see a trail from the pearl. The smaller pearl is going to make contact at around 3-4mm mark. Its ridiculous that I am breaking this down like such small variance can make much difference...but I like science!