Ah, I have a gas stove. An iso soak and scrubbing with q-tips is then some mechanical abrasion with a silicone covered tool and it's not bad. But it takes much longer than taking my MAP gas to the Sic and I don't think it ends up as clean as the Sic with that routine. I'm real careful with it though because when I wasn't around someone tried to clean the sapphire insert with a butane torch and now it has a big crack in it. Thankfully it is still water tight but I don't want to break that chunk out.
It depends, usually I start out with lvl 4 or 5 which is in the purple and then and up maybe up to 15 as we take more hits from it. My girlfriend will usually run it 15-20 because she wants it all right now even though it's a lot. If it's smoked out and we're changing concentrate we'll usually then bring it all the way up to 25 and you can sometimes get another hit from it. I also get hit real hard in comparison to a lot of people I know though so it takes a lot less to effect me.
I have found that the first hit with a fresh dab is the most flavourful. If you have it low, below 15 on sapphire or below 10 on Sic then you get a real taste of the plant. After that hit though I don't get much and don't notice a lot of flavour difference between the levels.
What carb cap have you been using? I have found the stock cap to be pretty bad. Right now I have the
bubble carb cap and it makes a world of difference. Especially using your finger to as a valve to cause a lower pressure in the chamber. I do also have the original directional carb cap but I don't use it because it sits real proud with with the silicone seals. Using those silicone seals really helps with being able to lower the pressure in the chamber. I do have the new
mini decanter directional carb cap coming in so I'm hoping that works well and sits less precariously.
One thing I have been enjoying lately is some ground flower and concentrate mixed. That gets you a lot of flavour over multiple hits. I have not tried a moon rock yet though.
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@DabberChase When are you guys coming out with an electroplated hive ball? ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ