I like aluminum wool over steel, it's softer and generally doesn't scratch. Usually available alongside the steel wool. I'll also stuff an ISO soaked cotton ball in a down side up oven and let it vegitate a bit before scraping with an orange stick (wooden cutical tool). The ISO usually softens things up enough to just wipe away.
Yeah I hit it natively, don’t really want to use a bong. I am wondering if 3d, dimpled stems and /or a bcg coarse grind may help…
Would you say corser grinds help to get it less dry for the mouth? I find the solo 3 is really drying my mouth and throat, even at 370I do, yes. It’s been my experience that the coarser the grind, the more airflow I get, the faster I can extract the bowl.
Can’t comment on the plates as I own a 2 piece grinder - I prefer them wider rather than taller, and I just grind until it hits a consistency I’m happy with. Try it for yourself! Grind it just enough to break the material up and no further, then load it and see how you get on
That could help. Or maybe flower with a bit more moisture too. The Solo can handle little hand-torn nuggets as well to see if a coarser "grind" helps. There's a pic of a nice long stem with a u-bend from GVB that I use for cooling a few posts back that makes things easy on my throat.
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Yeah but to pricy for my liking. Have you tried the 3d flow stem?Pricey because of the style collaboration with colors, but this is so effective for smooth hits:
Also the toad stems will fit solo, a little looser, which I think can be great if you want to be able to remove and clear hits easily, it still fits tight enough for use... I have 18 mm WPA this way and I love it!
Toad J/U Hook With Satin Blue Cooling Marbles And A Satin Blue Tapered Mouthpiece – Store
Toad J/U Hook With Satin Blue Cooling Marbles And A Satin Blue Tapered Mouthpiece – Storegoodvibesboro.com
There are straight stems too but these are my favorite because you get to keep the vape upside down so nothing can spill, you can grind any which way, and have more air flow with mesh screens and no glass holes
Wow. I've never actually used mine at max temp because I've never felt the need. Even with concentrates I never went beyond 210C.Okay, I knew that the S3 is a quite powerful device, but wtf?
Fine grind, stem fully packed, compressing the herb for 2mm space. Started session mode at 220C, hitting it hard on my 40cm bong. After a while of hitting I saw the vapor changing like I’m combusting af, but I didn’t believe it and kept on going. A second later the taste confirmed the observation.
I thought the herb has touched the oven due to decompression, but it hasn’t. This was simply too much power for maybe too dry material. I totally didn’t expect that to happen, in fact I didn’t consider the S3 to be capable to combust without the oven touching the herb. Anyone else have experienced this?
I have been running mine at 220C too, never combusted without oven contact. I’ll be observing this, reaching out to the seller if this happens again. Good to know that I won’t be left alone in case this is an issue.
Usually I like to take the terps off at 180-200C before going to 220C for full extraction. The times when I started my session at 220C I used whole nugs. My theory about the dry, fine material is the same as yours. Let’s hope we’re right on that, as I don’t want to give away my S3 for one single day.
I contacted them as the left/right buttons were flakey when the unit was fully warmed up. They still worked just not as reliably as I think they should. All they said was that I should send it back and they will make it right.
I was getting some pretty decent clouds too, was surprising. It won’t vape it clean obviously so you’ll still need to clean it eventually
I think it’s the airflow as much as the temp which decides how dark the roast is. If I pack a light bowl and a tight bowl and both run at 220c the tight bowl will be darker every time. The vapour is also noticeably hotter
How the fuck, that’s exactly what I thought
Today I had one nug, one ground bowl native and one through water, different weed, all starting at 200C, everything normal so far. I checked the other weed again, it’s paper dry really. So I don’t blame the device, although I’m impressed by the power it delivers. How’s the taste? This sounds like something I’d definitely try when out of weed, hash and keef - in this order. Probably your cooling stem is the better option as it has a bigger surface area than my straight and bent stems. But in times of need, the devil eats shitSpeaking of power, I’m quite lazy with cleaning and found another use for the power in times of a weed drought. If you put the empty dirty stem in and put on 220c session mode, you can vape the reclaim in the stem and get fairly medicated in a pinch
You still get weed droughts? Feels like it's a constant deluge these days
great intro review, I've had it for a week or two, I get insaneterp production, but I can't get clouds. I use the small aroma tube, vape it at 375F course grind.I actually have a Solo 3 for testing. I also have numerous other vaporizers (Crafty, Mighty, Mighty+, Venty, Firefly 2, Arizer Air Max, DaVinci IQ2, multiple Dynavaps, Tempest). I always liked the dependability and predicatbility of the S&B vaporizers. However every other one has it it’s strengths and I switch between them based on how I feel. With all that being said, I was very impresesed with the Solo 3.
The quality of the device is outstanding and it does feel premium. Size wise, even if it cannot compete with the Arizer Air Max, it still remains extremely portable. I personally find it much better to handle than for example the Venty.
So far I have only used it a couple of times in on demand mode and it literally rocked my world so to speak. I used the XL tube and around .25g herb very lightly packed. While airflow wise it will not get close to a Mighty+ let’s say, the airflow is definitely better than the Air Max. But where this thing shines and literally blew my mind is taste and flavour / fullness. I would say that at this point it is the best device from that perspective from the ones I own.
With the Venty for example, same herb qty. and same temp around 180C, with a full lung inhale I do get the ‘Bickle tickle’ and end up coughing mostly from the vapour concentration and temp. With the Solo 3 I will cough significantly because of how much more terpier the hits are. If you are a flavour chaser, you will love this one. It is almost in a class of it’s own. And the flavour is there with almost no deterioration for a few hits, more than let’s say with the Venty.
Herb wise, I was surprised how evenly cooked it is at the end with a beautiful golden brown colour.
This will definitely be my main device for the next few weeks until I get a better feel and see how it performs in warmer temperatures as the weather gets better.
I will try to post from time to time as I use it and get used to it. One thing is clear, Arizer did and excellent job with this one, IMHO they have a winner.
P.S. they should have called this one Terpy Max instead of Solo 3
As per my previous post I can tell you this is a bit different with a Solo 3. The new heater/oven size and XL tube takes care of that. For me it hits as good as a Venty for example but with much more terpier hits.
Have you tried higher temps? I use to start my sessions at 200C and I get decent clouds. Don’t know about the humidity of my weed though.
Seconded, I definitely use on demand mode when looking for the biggest clouds. I haven't even tried anything other than level 3 because it usually vapes the small bowl to my liking in one heatup and produces very respectable clouds.
