i had just found out The Flare wasn't going to hit the Tempest at full power (right after I ordered both), so the VAS kicked in an I got a TA3. After combusting on my first attempt (misread the recommended time), I've now been hitting it at 120W and 35 seconds. And this has been just amazing. The glass revolve (rainbow) stem works pretty well with the heat. It's starts to heat up after about 2 min, but I've even given it. a little 10 sec warmup with the Flare and it's been fine. At this point pretty much all the good flavor is sucked out of the herb.
The thing I can't believe is the quantity of the vapor, yet it still tastes so cool. No "bickel tickle". Somehow the vapor seems cooler than Dynavap vapor, yet it just keeps coming. Pretty happy with this setup, can't wait to try the Tempest, but can it be much better than this? Not sure how it could be. Well at least the Tempest has the easily removeable cap. Haven't had any issues with the screw top either. The TA3 and Flare are absolutely killer.
Also the coloring of the TA3 after a few heatups looks perfect with the rainbow stem.