Had to split the above video, there is about 24 seconds in between the two clips that I cut out (mostly covering the preheat before second hit since I fully cleared the first hit with heater removed as I am want to do)
Here is the load in the stem pre tamp, of medium fine ground chemdelachem herbs:
And here is the extracted herb after, next to some fresh in the grinder, pretty tiny amount:
Can always go further I'm sure...
The vaping community is strange, and I feel for
@funkyjunky, as hype drives sales (VAS). If I ran Lamart, I'd follow a similar strategy and share my new products with influential community members to provide initial reviews to get sales started.
The way I see it most of the vape industry community is just like broad tech beta testing outside of the mainstream, these sort of artisan products are their own world.
To be clear, this product was not specifically shared with influence in consideration nor for reviews or anything related to sales really... It was shared in another smaller vape community as a product being made for limited sale in beta secretly (not publicly)... Most of us believe in it enough that we encouraged it to be released as is to the general public even though the project may take new shape ultimately... Similarly many wanted to post and talk about it, being so passionate as many of us are, especially as it seems like other enthusiasts desired certain features available with this design...
The frustration lies in the fact that there aren't better disclaimers around the compensation provided for the beta testers' reviews (e.g., free test units), which leads to a lack of trust and certainty about whether the reviews are honest.
To further disclaim then, the compensation was the ability to try the product technology as soon as possible, fairly at a lower price since it is so early and rough, furthermore having opportunity to choose specific acrylic pours and colors we liked (most of them scraps from previous Tetra builds) along with a free beaded dry cooling stem... I believe at least one person close to Ralph received one for free, the person I am thinking of has not even posted publicly with it as far as I know, but pretty much all of us paid the full price otherwise with a modest discount (like $20 possibly 20% but I think it was less)... I paid $195 for my BAK, spare stem and spare cap (this is the magnetic piece that holds the stem, glass fits into the wood securely with silicone, very important to avoid touching hot glass, helpful to have spare ready to go for more chamber setups or hot swapping back to back BAK2BAK) along with a 510 extension cable (which I have not yet tried with anything) and that included a $5 international transaction fee from my bank transfer payment... Ralph threw in an extra stem that has a smaller chamber pinch (which is good because there was a weird cut in one of my other stems lol) also sent stainless steel tube and early rough banger he made for free to
@jasp3r to send to me later (still don't have those yet) and I'm going to buy a rough U-turn banger that Ralph made more recently too...
That said, as soon as more people get their hands on the BAKx, we'll know if it's as good as the beta testers say. When people have to spend their hard-earned money, they tend not to sugarcoat if they like something or not.
Yeah, again, just to be clear, not only were we not asked to review or promote, we were specifically asked not to mention it at all... In my posts here I am not trying to review per se, merely provide feedback for the manufacturer on, and information for anyone interested in, something relatively new... Since the beginning of FC, and even back when I joined, there were several other new upcoming vapes that some members seemed to have access to testing and talking about, I never considered this phenomenon as targeted stealth promotion, just wondered if someday I would have the privilege myself, so once it happened for me I took it upon myself to share a lot with the community and give back in that way... (I've certainly felt prey to being overly passionate and even promotional in the past) So that is how I test and share personally, trying to keep everything in perspective and thinking of what I would want to see too at least.
but if you give the bak to people without tetra p80 already, they can't appriciate the restriced air flow now, for diversity purposes.....
i think when people use their tetra p80 a lot, you need that restricted hits sometimes. and if it supports full nugs and hash is cool too, more hash per battery or so...
with hash usage at the tetra p80 you will need to replace batteries often
Hm? I'm not sure what you mean, you don't have it yet haha just wait, I do like some restriction for the open tetra airflow, bak definitely much more restrictive, but I think each should be approached individually, and I don't think the airflow is the only key here... Battery life is ultimately pretty similar for me using single Molicels between them too.
like what I did there 
