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No offense, but this sounds like a pretty geeked out custom setup, not clean, integrated system.
Haha I'm not offended, but you asked, it is geeked out and custom, but it is very clean and feels integrated in use...
Isn't this a little funky to store and use? IE: if you wanted to put the TB on a coffee table in front of you, it's just a cup - whereas this setup will be the TM, a separate glass pipe adapter next to it ready to be loaded or popping out of the top of it, then that big separate glass piece you'd have to always keep off to the side, since the TM goes in vertically, you couldn't store it all together, right?
No, you lie it down on its side on the table, which is how I would set the TM down always regardless, I would never set it down with the stem pointing up... You can remove the TM from the jayhook, but either way I am lying them on the widest side flat on the table... I remove the J hook when not in use, but if I am in the middle of a bowl, I keep the hook attached lying on the table, it is quite compact, and in the hands easy to hold in one hand together... Takes up a little bit more room on the table than TB, sure, but worthwhile, check these photos my man:
If I understand it correctly, it's not really an apples to apples - as when you want to use this "setup" you have a bunch of equipment you've got to deal with (grinder, rolling tray or some sort of paper to put ground material on to load into the $5 pods or direct into the bowl each time), the water pipe adapter, the large bent glass cooling pipe and the actual Tinymight? That's a lot of kit. If you want to use it - you grind and load up the TM WPA with ground material, then affix the WPA to the TM device, then grab the glass pipe, invert the TM with WPA vertically and affix it to the glass pipe, take a few rips, then pull the TM/WPA from the glass pipe, clear it, set the glass pipe down, pull the WPA from the TM, remove the used material, and should you want a round two, repeat? That's involved. Even if you use the TM pods, and pre-load it, it still won't be as elegant as the TB with the potter, which is drop a couple pieces in the grinder, give it a few twists and you have four ceramic pots ready to go. To use it, pull out the stem, drop a pot in, push the stem back, then push a button. Round two? Pull out the stem, swap the used pot with a fresh one, pop the stem back in - and you're ready to launch.
It is apples to apples, I'm talking hit for hit, taste and effect, you asked if it had better flavor, we weren't talking about all in one design, sleek industrial build or automatic features...
First of all the pods with the TM are not good, it's better to load the glass stem and basket screen as shown in my photos above, in my experience, much quicker and easier to load, talk about simpler, I think it is a little more tedious having the separate chamber pots from the stem with TB personally.
You have a grinder, you can load from it directly into the basket screen inside your glass stem WPA, many people suck it up like a glass straw, then you insert it into the TM, with TM upside down, then insert the TM into the hook...
Dude you do not need to repeat all those steps in that way, you are way overthinking it and overcomplicating it, I assure you in my usage is extremely simple and compact with minimal effort, it is not as simple as the TB, which I never said it was, again this was about potential better vapor quality!
I do not like to use the potter with my TB anyway, I only really use brilliant cut grinders (and occasionally flower mill) and I also only use one chamber pot with my TB at a time, I use it similar to how I use my TM, which is why I shared this hook with you and the other details of my usage style, because I use the TM and the TB in a similar fashion this way and definitely prefer the TM for a variety of reasons...
The TB I can leave out on a table with minimal risk of it getting noticed, or damaged, but with the TM "kit" I have paraphernalia all over, some of which are quite delicate.
Yeah, I never said the TM was hiding in plain sight the way the TB can, and absolutely looks more like paraphernalia, or like I said, potentially in e-cig depending on the setup... Yes glass is more delicate, there are trade-offs, I think they are well worth it for the benefits...
With that in mind - other than the faster heat up time, I'm not sure why/when I'd use that setup over the Herborizer Ti, if I was going to have a whole "kit" out. I'll still give it a whirl, but this wacky setup sounds more like a battery powered on demand desktop, than a handheld.
Faster heat up time? I feel like you misread a lot of what I said, because I specifically said the TM probably heats up slower than the TB, being less instant, though both are on demand and near instant for my needs (TM heat up also depends on the temperature setting and battery as I said, similar to TB)
Haha yeah battery powered on demand desktop, but it is mobile, that is the key, not having to plug it in, like the TB, but again this started with you saying you would buy it if the flavor was going to be better which I assured you it would be, particularly if you used it the way I am! lol
I understand the appeal - quick heat up time, lack of wires, and high-end desktop levels of smooth flavor... but it doesn't really seem to be a like for like comparing that setup the TB, more like a more portable comparo to the Herborizer.
Don't get me wrong, I have come to really enjoy plug-in units especially the ones from cloud connoisseur (Halo and Atlas) now, but I will always appreciate the freedom of a good portable, that doesn't sacrifice on the vapor quality and versatility, quicker and easier to use during the day for me, in many situations...
Truly it is difficult to compare any of these, they are all so different, when you get into the design styles and particulars, but hit for hit, especially with pure convection, the comparisons make more sense, when you've been around the block trying most every option available and heavily researching the others as a part of the community for many years... If you follow what I am saying, get your TM set up this way that I am trying to explain, it should be hit for hit comparable to the TB and outperform it, but it is tough to be the all-in-one convenience and consistency the TB offers as a more mainstream user, less of an enthusiast, you know??
I mean you certainly seem enthused, but not as enthused as me with my exhaustively enthusiastic collection and experience