I use an old Zippo lighter with magnets on one side to cool mine down.
Just wanted to add that their induction heater absolutely sucks, although most do. Bummer that in the EU the options are limited to Chinese crap, a maker that can’t be trusted due to mental health issues or the Dynabox, which performs worse than it looks inside.
Bummer about their IH. I think the Wand's been a blessing and a curse. It comes just after the best alternative (Fluxer) peaks and then pauses, deploying a similar technology which, to be fair, works really well. Nobody else has attempted it as far as I know, and to compensate they've come up with a number of clever, simple user adjustments (tube height, discs) that evidently work pretty decently. I'm not sure how they could deploy similarly sophisticated implementations of technologies as those developed under the support of a larger company. With something like the wand dominating technologically and competing price-wise, the handmade alternatives can mostly only compete on price or cache. I guess even DV can't support the R&D to compete against it or innovate beyond it, but who else would there be?
Yeah, this is a big issue I had acquiring a quality IH in the UK. There’s just not many real high quality options
Especially if you remove the stock plug and make a custom one with cork.
You would love the wand IH then, basically an electric single flameOnly ever used 2 IH’s, pipes caldron and PSM, hated both, so sold them (no desire to ever use another IH), very tame and produced wispy vapour compared to a torch, PSM was the tamest, not satisfying at all, single flame for me, satisfaction every time
No interest sadly in spending £145 when a torch costs me £5.99, and I’d need to charge the wand as well.
I honestly still wouldn’t buy if it was £100
, that’s about 17 large tanked torches right there.
Yeah that’s fair man, not everyone can justify itI honestly still wouldn’t buy if it was £100
I just trimmed the rubber plug on the carbon mini to meet my needs. I have several plugs of varying lengths to suit. Just a millimeter or two goes a long way.
Huh crazy, I have the opposite experience with my PSM, for me it's powerful as can be, I could combust with it if I wanted, and I can get the vapor at pretty much any level I feel like, light or heavy and dark ABV with a little manual action playing around the click.Only ever used 2 IH’s, pipes caldron and PSM, hated both, so sold them (no desire to ever use another IH), very tame and produced wispy vapour compared to a torch, PSM was the tamest, not satisfying at all, single flame for me, satisfaction every time
I too was using old undated OG caps (not a huge fan of their new caps, they have done something with themHuh crazy, I have the opposite experience with my PSM, for me it's powerful as can be, I could combust with it if I wanted, and I can get the vapor at pretty much any level I feel like, light or heavy and dark ABV with a little manual action playing around the click.
I'm using mostly older caps tho, the ones that came with my OG woody's and omni's and vongs, not sure exactly which year models but been quite awhile since I bought new ones.
I love my PSM it's not the same using a vapcap without it, not really a fan of my Ranger IH tho so I can see how performance could differ with different heaters.
), mainly used one that clicks then clicks 7 seconds later, do that to the second click in the caldron or PSM and shite wispy Vapour every time, do the exact same with torch to the second click and it’s fat hits even from cold, very visual difference can be seen using a bong. Torch blasts a dyna bowl in 2 bong hits (perfect for me) dark brown avb, IH’s took me more than 6 bong hits to get avb that wasn’t even that brown (took the piss for my needs). Torch all the way for me
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Ahhh I think that's probably the difference.
I heat my cap as low as I can for maximum vapour production, I do understand how heating the tip produces wispy hits because the disc/clickers in the tip heat quicker cause they are in the tip, but like I say I heat as low as possible for a slow heat up, if I wanted lighter hits I’d use a low temp cap, I honestly don’t see the appeal in IH’s, with the exception of people with a disability which mean they have to use one to heat their favourite vapes.Ahhh I think that's probably the difference.
Going past the click is totally fine for me with an IH and that's where it comes to manual technique.
Same thing happens with torches in that depending on how you use the torch it will heat the cap and the load up differently.
For example if you used a torch only near the tip of any cap the click will typically occur faster before the body of the load has been heated thru and produce lighter vapor and by extension lighter ABV which is sometimes preferred.
If you use a torch and rotate mainly around the body of the cap and stay further from the tip, the main body of the load will be hotter all the way thru before the click occurs and therefore produce thicker vapor with more roasted bud.
Analogously if I use an IH and just go to the first click and immediately remove I will get lighter vapor and ABV which is sometimes preferred.
If I use an IH and go a few seconds beyond the click I can get more of a thorough heating throughout the load and get heavier vapor and browner ABV.
When I want to get 1 heavy hit from my IH I may even use the IH for a few seconds and stop before the click occurs as a little pre-heat of the entire load, then go back in the IH again and let it go a few seconds past the click for a fully thoroughly heated entire cap load to get those big 1-hit rips.
I love to try different techniques to get different effects and experiences
I agree, I don't understand the hype with IH i have tried 3 and sold them all, they can't produce the nice roasty hits a torch delivers.
