Good ol' DT thread...it seems to go in bursts and spurts! Coming in a little late here...but
bizwaxzion is the new go-to-guy for helping the new out with settings and explaining how things work
His recommended settings are more accurate and up-to-date than OF's, and he's much more concise than me in explaining it
Some options have been mentioned, but I'm surprised no one else seems to be aware of this?
@supershredderdan,
a diligent new FC'er has used a DC Gen2 herb atomizer and some SS mesh pads with a different RDA top to make a complete, modded, high-capacity load n' go atomizer (not a tank)
Of course I mention it here because it's based on a DT product and it looks like it works, and is getting some good feedback?
This guy looks like he's getting nice clouds, but IDK if he's burning oil with his mod settings to achieve that? (probably not, just high-heat on a big glob of oil)
Those of you guys seriously considering modding V3's with SS mesh should take a closer look, Dan seems to have put alot of thought and effort into this modded atty, and is probably one of the better SS-mesh type high-capacity attys out there. With the much larger ceramic oven and space on the herb heater, this surely can outperform any V3 donut with a mesh pad.
But....
I largely agree, unless it's a well-designed tank. Even with a good tank, the rest of the oil that's in the tank but not directly on the atomizer coil or being vaped, will get partially, ambiently heated, but it doesn't have to degrade much or get reclaimed up if it's a quality concentrate run on a proper TC mod with moderate temps and a ceramic coil. For shatter, live resins, rosins, crumble, wax, etc on a high-capacity atty, I think it's counter-productive and
almost delusional to think you can get dozens of hits on a single large load and
expect the latter half to taste anywhere near as good as the first few puffs, so I don't try.
I'm fine loading a BB or two at a time. I still get somewhere between 8-12+ puffs on a 40-50mg load size. Maybe it's my moderate temps, or my "seasoned" donuts, or my shorter duration (8-12 sec. avg) puffs, or my willingness to puff down all those marginal reclaim hits after 3-4 tasty puffs from a fresh reload (always through water) that allows me to get many more puffs per load than some other guys?
(maybe some combo of those reasons?)
Medium donut, and using a tool to scrape up the semi-melt oil that gets around the sides and under the cup gets you more puffs per load, but is kinda annoying too
Yup, that's the main deterrent for me to try concentrate atty's with steel mesh as the medium. I've tried this with the volcano solid valve several times, and it makes for some great initial bag fills, but you're left with increasingly marginal, never-ending reclaim bags, and it seems wasteful.
I feel I can vape a modest amount of concentrate much more effectively on a single, un-aided donut on the V3. Without a bag and with direct conduction and SS pads, I wouldn't expect great flavor, but I m a ceramic hard-liner too.
I feel you with the pre-loading and the potential awkwardness of reloading the V3 in "field conditions" and I accept those limitations. Even a dry V3 on the road still feels like the best device for me to vape shatter without having to add PEG or terps to liquefy it.
Some guys like
@Steven have taken DT field-loading to a fine art and science with fancy syringes, versatile dab tools, and lots of practice, but even guys like us have shifted over to high-performing tanks, to some extent.
I could reload and field-clean my V3s given space and time, and the will to do so, but tanks are much more easy to deal with. I still take V3s to friends houses' and day trips when I can pay it the proper attention, but tanks have been getting alot better in the past year and are so casual
Matt is still working on the crucible cup and some other good stuff for us, but not much solid info for us recently? This could be the ultimate portable concentrate atty for me if it is pulled off right, like a combo between the DTv3 and puffco+, somewhat? Delays and problems with his suppliers probably holding us back.
Matt posted this a month ago but most of you guys probably didn't see it? This is not a necessary indicator of what he may release next?