Gear D-nail thread

[herbivore21]

They said the unit is operating as it should and is not underperforming... I do wish it maintained temp better but it does medicate.

"the TI cap is going to pull some of the heat away from the dish. WE have been able to get TI on TI to drop 75 degrees in about 10 seconds with a hard pull

Because you are going so slow the heat is able to transfer to the cap over that period of time"



With the Halo shaped bowl and retaining nut on top, are there any other carb caps people have found success with, or do all user just use the D-Nail cap?

The d-nail cap is the best ti cap that there is for heat drop IME of all the nails I have. Honestly man, temp drop is not the problem that many of us think. One of the best things you can do for yourself after you find your ideal temp is to stop looking at the number on your controller. So many people get so anxious about the numbers there, when in reality, that number does not represent the temp on your dish, but rather a thermocouple inside the coil. A titanium cap will draw more heat from the dish when placed on all enails, and many other nails that I have do much worse in this regard than my d-nail halos (holy shit the infiniti with HE cap for example!).

A glass version of the d-nail cap would work better for not taking heat off the cap, but would drastically sacrifice pressure and airflow inherent in the d-nail cap design. You would lose more beneficial functioning for vaporization than you'd gain. This is due to the limitations of precisely engineered shapes and tolerances when we are blowing glass as opposed to CNC manufacturing titanium.

I do have some advice to offer that will greatly improve your experience. It sounds like you dab more like I do. A long inhale, leaving the cap on until vapor is finished. As the d-nail CS people say, this will draw more heat into the cap due to increased contact time. However, if you have your qtip in hand, you'll notice that the cotton end perfectly covers the air intake hole on the d-nail universal 2.0 carb cap. If you do that, it'll cause much more rapid vaporization with a somewhat more restricted draw. This is my favorite way to use the d-nail cap, which is my favorite cap

 

[FlyingLow]

Excellent tip on technique, it is my method now to restrict the carb flow and it much improved my experience. I am still getting massive temp drops though and longer trails than I would like at the end. I've started to try to time the draw while the nail is heating/overheating past my preferred temp. Starts low and I start draw as soon as I hit desired temp, then the increasing temp momentum allows for low temp tastes but more complete vaporization.

 

[shredder]

Excellent tip on technique, it is my method now to restrict the carb flow and it much improved my experience. I am still getting massive temp drops though and longer trails than I would like at the end. I've started to try to time the draw while the nail is heating/overheating past my preferred temp. Starts low and I start draw as soon as I hit desired temp, then the increasing temp momentum allows for low temp tastes but more complete vaporization.

Not sure if this could help, but when I got my dnail the dish didn't sit flat on the heater because the heater wasn't flat.

I flattened it, best I could in a vice, and now it sits almost flat. The heater arm is slightly thicker than the coils, so it's not perfectly flat.

Im surprised dnail said these large temp drops were normal. Maybe for the ninja controller?

I am glad you've adapted tho.

Sometimes, I start at say 550F and after a couple flavor hits crank the controller up to approximately 625F to get the rest of vapor as it gets wispy.

I vape rosin, and every variety seems to like different temps. Even the same variety but taken at different stages of curing vapes different. Perfect for a gadget geek I guess, lol

 

[PoopMachine]

Im at 560 on my SIC dish right now with the Hexnail. I was running it at 625 with my Dnail controller.

 

[herbivore21]

Im at 560 on my SIC dish right now with the Hexnail. I was running it at 625 with my Dnail controller.

Are you suggesting you couldn't use lower temps on the d-nail controller? I only ask because I use my SiC dish at 520f on my d-nail controller.

Have they got presets for the hex-nail for the d-nail range yet?

 

[PoopMachine]

Are you suggesting you couldn't use lower temps on the d-nail controller? I only ask because I use my SiC dish at 520f on my d-nail controller.

Have they got presets for the hex-nail for the d-nail range yet?

Never really tried. Ive just been adjusting the HexNail to get as low as I can without excessive reclaim buildup.

Yes. There are SIC specific setings now for the Dnail Halo and theyve actually improved them since the first release.

 

[EmDeemo]

Sigh... I'm gonna do my best to show my complete ignorance here. Please bare with me

I wanna move to an enail eventually but as with most ppl, money is tight. Im happy to upgrade over time tho. Atm, I'm just using a quartz banger/torch.

Would you folks consider dnails analogue unit enough of an upgrade from banger/torch to warrant using it as a cheaper, usable stop gap until I can afford a digital controller? It appears like a good choice as it'd be compatible with a digital controller, but I'd still get use out of it in the meantime... If its any improvement over using a torch that is.

Is it a no brainer or is there a better functional, upgradable, starting point at a similar price point?

 

[seaofgreens]

I think the auber RDK-200 is a better and cheaper option than the d-nail analogue.

 

[EmDeemo]

I think the auber RDK-200 is a better and cheaper option than the d-nail analogue.

I shall have a look! Thanks.

 

[herbivore21]

I think the auber RDK-200 is a better and cheaper option than the d-nail analogue.

100% agreed. Don't get the d-nail analogue controller. It can't be used with quartz or sapphire halos, and the temp control is not ideal IME. If you wanna save money on a controller, the auber units or a number of other cheap PID controllers have been tried and true around these parts. You can still use your d-nail nails/coils etc with other brand controllers so long as the pin arrangement is the same.

 

[shredder]

I think the auber RDK-200 is a better and cheaper option than the d-nail analogue.

I bought a thick ass glass controller, and matched it with a dnail enail for the same reason. And it works great.

And now im looking at getting another rig, and im thinking about getting a cheap dhgate controller and another dnail slim series with the SIC dish.

That way I have a spare and I'll have one in my home and my shop. And save several hundred over the dnail controller, or the hexnail, that can read your mind.

 

[EmDeemo]

100% agreed. Don't get the d-nail analogue controller. It can't be used with quartz or sapphire halos, and the temp control is not ideal IME. If you wanna save money on a controller, the auber units or a number of other cheap PID controllers have been tried and true around these parts. You can still use your d-nail nails/coils etc with other brand controllers so long as the pin arrangement is the same.

Very helpful, thanks

 

[FlyingLow]

Just now catching up... the comments really make me feel that my unit is underperforming.
I am still getting puddles on rice size pieces at 705-715! Starts whitewall, fades quickly though. I feel I am running way too hot. I tried getting a temp gun but I am getting such inaccurate and random readings that it is pretty unusable as a benchmark.

 

[shredder]

Just now catching up... the comments really make me feel that my unit is underperforming.
I am still getting puddles on rice size pieces at 705-715! Starts whitewall, fades quickly though. I feel I am running way too hot. I tried getting a temp gun but I am getting such inaccurate and random readings that it is pretty unusable as a benchmark.

What type of dish?

Using rosin on a sic dish I typically vape at 550-600F. I have found tho that each variety of rosin wants to vape at different temps. But im a low temp guy, ymmv.

I use small loads of about 1/2 of a bb siz up to a bb size.

And for whatever reason some varieties of rosin provide more hits per load than others, not sure why. But the more liquidy or buttery ones seemingly provides more hit, than the more stiffer ones.

 

[FlyingLow]

Thanks for feedback. I am using SiC, about the same size as one BB also, but I tend to shape it into more rice-like shape.

 

[Eatrocks]

Hey dudes, Ive sworn by quartz for a long time, now I see this sic dish with hive base and I start thinking...is this better than quartz? I like hot dabs a lot too, sometimes the quartz makes it taste soooo harsh if it's too hot.

To me clean up is important, I have to qtip the bowl otherwise sitting oils smokes up and is not stealthy.

Is the sic dish easy to clean so it don't smoke up on the next torch up.(for just over $100 for just a nail...it should clean itself)

Also does dnail ship discreet and do they ship the next day?

Also......how is the airflow? Used to high air flow bangers

 

[herbivore21]

Hey dudes, Ive sworn by quartz for a long time, now I see this sic dish with hive base and I start thinking...is this better than quartz?

Yes, unequivocally so. Better taste, stays at temp throughout the dab better, better clouds at lower temps, less trails and say goodbye to 'waste to taste'. Quartz is old news man, the waste involved in quartz dabs is justification enough alone to buy SiC.

I like hot dabs a lot too, sometimes the quartz makes it taste soooo harsh if it's too hot.

Buy SiC, you'll get your large clouds at much lower temps and with much better flavor, guaranteed.

To me clean up is important, I have to qtip the bowl otherwise sitting oils smokes up and is not stealthy.

Is the sic dish easy to clean so it don't smoke up on the next torch up.(for just over $100 for just a nail...it should clean itself)

Qtipping is no problem with SiC, it'll stay very clean. You can also torch it until your butane dab torch runs out of gas without damaging it. I've done so with mine regularly for almost 4 years. I've dropped my SiC halo no less than 6 times from heights of 3-6 feet, always onto hard surfaces. No damage, no breakage.

Also does dnail ship discreet and do they ship the next day?

IME, they've always shipped in a timely fashion. I've never had faster service from another e-nail vendor, and the only other vendor that provides a solid SiC nail provides much, much less timely service. As to discrete, I suppose it depends on your standard of discrete. They have always been at least as discrete as any other vendor that I've dealt with IME.

Also......how is the airflow? Used to high air flow bangers

Airflow is wonderful. The d-nail universal 2.0 carb cap is one of the best airflow designs in a nail/cap IME. I've tried almost all of the high-end nails out there including the most expensive of quartz designs from pukinbeagle etc.

If you prefer more open draws, just use the cap as intended. It should give you nice open draws. If you want even more clouds and extra restriction, cover the carb hole with a qtip during the draw

 

[Eatrocks]

Yes, unequivocally so. Better taste, stays at temp throughout the dab better, better clouds at lower temps, less trails and say goodbye to 'waste to taste'. Quartz is old news man, the waste involved in quartz dabs is justification enough alone to buy SiC.


Buy SiC, you'll get your large clouds at much lower temps and with much better flavor, guaranteed.





Qtipping is no problem with SiC, it'll stay very clean. You can also torch it until your butane dab torch runs out of gas without damaging it. I've done so with mine regularly for almost 4 years. I've dropped my SiC halo no less than 6 times from heights of 3-6 feet, always onto hard surfaces. No damage, no breakage.



IME, they've always shipped in a timely fashion. I've never had faster service from another e-nail vendor, and the only other vendor that provides a solid SiC nail provides much, much less timely service. As to discrete, I suppose it depends on your standard of discrete. They have always been at least as discrete as any other vendor that I've dealt with IME.


Airflow is wonderful. The d-nail universal 2.0 carb cap is one of the best airflow designs in a nail/cap IME. I've tried almost all of the high-end nails out there including the most expensive of quartz designs from pukinbeagle etc.

If you prefer more open draws, just use the cap as intended. It should give you nice open draws. If you want even more clouds and extra restriction, cover the carb hole with a qtip during the draw

Wow thanks man, answered all my questions, I'ma order this nail. When I fuck up and dab too hot on the banger it's so bad, I'm jus like fuck that's not quartz, or I'm like that's not purged...lol.

Yea by discrete I mean just a normal shipping box with a normal label, no 'smokes r us' or obvious headshop name.

 

[nosmoking]

Wow thanks man, answered all my questions, I'ma order this nail. When I fuck up and dab too hot on the banger it's so bad, I'm jus like fuck that's not quartz, or I'm like that's not purged...lol.

Yea by discrete I mean just a normal shipping box with a normal label, no 'smokes r us' or obvious headshop name.

It might be better to go with the Halo SIC dish man just because you may want to go ahead and upgrade to an enail controller down the road. I usually wouldnt recommend the Halo for torch method but it sounds like your going down the same road I did. First it was torching Ti, then torching quartz bangers, then torching the TAG sic nail, then finally stepped up to an enail. Then I got convinced to buy the Halo SIC and slim series and it was the decision I should have made from the start. Many of us have gone down the same or similar path only to find low temp dabbing on an enail with a SIC nail is where we end up. You will find you get much bigger clouds on smaller dabs. My dab size was cut in half almost.

There is Sapphire out there too and this would be the Holy Grail of nail materials but I don't believe you can torch Sapphire and it is 3x expensive as SIC and fragile like quartz.

 

[Eatrocks]

It might be better to go with the Halo SIC dish man just because you may want to go ahead and upgrade to an enail controller down the road. I usually wouldnt recommend the Halo for torch method but it sounds like your going down the same road I did. First it was torching Ti, then torching quartz bangers, then torching the TAG sic nail, then finally stepped up to an enail. Then I got convinced to buy the Halo SIC and slim series and it was the decision I should have made from the start. Many of us have gone down the same or similar path only to find low temp dabbing on an enail with a SIC nail is where we end up. You will find you get much bigger clouds on smaller dabs. My dab size was cut in half almost.

There is Sapphire out there too and this would be the Holy Grail of nail materials but I don't believe you can torch Sapphire and it is 3x expensive as SIC and fragile like quartz.

Hey how was the TAG sic nail?!? Of course I would rather spend 25 on one but the dish is SOOOOO small....I got the tag domeless str8 nail and I couldn't even get my pin head ti tool/cap to touch the base rendering it useless...not to mention the few dabs that went down the hole...yea that nail was retired a few hours after receiving.

I don't mind the ritual of torching up for a hit, I'm not in a place where I can just leave out a rig/enail, I'd rather go with the cloudv electro.

2.0 cap looks sic..lol. but I can't justify 50 for only a cap...I usually just cap with a glass vape juice bottle even thou I have a standard giant tag ti tool/cap.

 

[psychonaut]

Like @herbivore21 I recommend the dnail carb cap but I'd try what ya got out for now and make a decision at a later date if money is an issue. It's not going to break so that's a relief on the wallet =)

 

[ensabbahnur]

Hey how was the TAG sic nail?!? Of course I would rather spend 25 on one but the dish is SOOOOO small....I got the tag domeless str8 nail and I couldn't even get my pin head ti tool/cap to touch the base rendering it useless...not to mention the few dabs that went down the hole...yea that nail was retired a few hours after receiving.

I don't mind the ritual of torching up for a hit, I'm not in a place where I can just leave out a rig/enail, I'd rather go with the cloudv electro.

2.0 cap looks sic..lol. but I can't justify 50 for only a cap...I usually just cap with a glass vape juice bottle even thou I have a standard giant tag ti tool/cap.

There is pretty much zero comparison between the TAG sic and the Sic Halo, the size, the finish, the seal, the actual quality of the sic......the halo crushes the TAG sic in every possible way save the price but for an item that need ZERO tweaking, fiddling, etc beyond finding a solid temp (i run between 515-555 depending on the material and with the 2.0 carb cap it CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS EVERY single time), i cannot stress this enough with the carb cap, other things may work but the proper cap elevates the Halo to the top tier, the investment will absolutely change the experience for the better in every way over whatever carb you'd use instead. And as my anecdotal experience with dnail is they ship fast, on time and in a little white box with their ohm logo on it but nothing eye catching whatsoever.

 

[Eatrocks]

There is pretty much zero comparison between the TAG sic and the Sic Halo, the size, the finish, the seal, the actual quality of the sic......the halo crushes the TAG sic in every possible way save the price but for an item that need ZERO tweaking, fiddling, etc beyond finding a solid temp (i run between 515-555 depending on the material and with the 2.0 carb cap it CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS EVERY single time), i cannot stress this enough with the carb cap, other things may work but the proper cap elevates the Halo to the top tier, the investment will absolutely change the experience for the better in every way over whatever carb you'd use instead. And as my anecdotal experience with dnail is they ship fast, on time and in a little white box with their ohm logo on it but nothing eye catching whatsoever.

Thanks, yea been considering the 2.0 cap more....uhhhhhh. idk if I like the pitchfork tool, can u screw in a reg ti cap tool instead?

 

[ensabbahnur]

Thanks, yea been considering the 2.0 cap more....uhhhhhh. idk if I like the pitchfork tool, can u screw in a reg ti cap tool instead?

yep, standard threads. you can also use a qtip stick screwed into it as it will limit the heat transfer, you absolutely do not want to use it without some type of handle as it gets hot fast. Id also reccomend preheating the cap on the nail before you dab, that will mitigate any heat loss off the nail from the cap.

 

[Eatrocks]

yep, standard threads. you can also use a qtip stick screwed into it as it will limit the heat transfer, you absolutely do not want to use it without some type of handle as it gets hot fast. Id also reccomend preheating the cap on the nail before you dab, that will mitigate any heat loss off the nail from the cap.

Was checking on dnails site and I can't find where it says just the sic dish insert on the ceramic hive base is compatible with the 2.0 cap. The halo and insert look the same to me but without the screw in piece.

Just called dnail, said the sic dish is a little smaller than halo so prob not 2.0 compatible. But said he would ask around the office.