I'm in the same boat as you. I think, for now anyway, I'm going to wait for the next sale and get an Omni. I dont even know if I need one. I do know I want one. Now with the skeletor its even easier to use my M. The poor little tube of steel is getting a workout.
The object of desire isn't important, so much as our desire...trust me, you haven't had enough time with your 'Cap to know how to work it; you need to learn how to work with it and get the goods out of it, or you ought to sell it or gift it. Snap decisions make for bad relationships.
Once again this is why I do a loaner: not everyone is going to just 'bond' with the thing - or have the patience to explore what they've got; if it 'catches fire' with someone, then I give them one; if not, I take it back, clean it up, and loan it out...
At this point, crazy as it sounds, I've got $200 set aside for the next M4AF event. Not kidding.
for me, IMO, last paragraph is still not universal, as "moving the flame to center of cap to avoid comb"---- is off for those that normally heat only at tip, to minimize overheat problems. For those folks, moving heat to center of cap increases chance of combustion. Could you phrase it to include something like:
When re-heating after a cool-down click, you may want to try a "cooler vaping temp" area to avoid combustion.
OR just focus on difference----the M SS tip takes longer to warm up (and click) than the Ti tip. The M tip holds it heat better so it then takes longer to cool down to the the cool click/ the Ti tip will give a quicker cool down click.
I love pretty much the whole thing... but I fundamentally disagree with the idea that heating lower on the tip hurts the flavor at all.
The main thing keeping me from getting an XL has been that I would want a DynaStash XL too.
I came down to the fact that I
don't have to be able to carry EVERYTHING in its own snuggy:; I can just have my kit, and end of story.
Which is how I ended up getting a 'Stash: my Omni I'll leave @ home ('cause I can be an idiot), my M will go with me. Really, I only need one one, most times.
If I wanted to keep adding to an M setup, (already rocking ti tip) I should buy stems not bodies right, to fit M condenser rright?? I want a ti or carbon to even further lighten the weight. Say I wanted to turn my M into an omni it would require the xl omni condenser set up correct?? Thanks and Cheers, D.
Yes, to replace your M's body/mouthpiece unit, you will need a stem, not a body.
As much as I love my new improved Omni body (and I really DO), in hindsight I wish I'd gotten a stem instead.
Aw shucks.
Thanks, wouldn't have thought about an extra XL condenser and cap. Feel like every vap capper should have an extra cap anyway
Never looked at it that way: I'm holding off on cap purchases until they begin engraving again...I have two cap ready to return for engraving, and I'd buy two more, Don't know why I love as I do...but I do
Am I correct that the cap doesn't really "do" much, more-or-less just be a temperature sensor and way to ensure no flame gets into the bowl while heating? Or does it work with the tip in some more clever way?
UMMM..."just" being a temperature gauge? AND transferring heat efficiently to the cap?
Yeah...doesn't really DO anything....
Keeping your herb from burning? Well, if you insist.
So if I go nanovong xl.....it's got a Ti tip which is a big upgrade from the M, correct? I want it....
The Ti tip is a
different tip: you may or may not consider it a "big upgrade" from the SSLooking in the wrong direction: your satisfaction with the nonavong depends on YOUR GLASS, not your vong
I'm not thrilled in any way, honestly.
I was most looking forward to the adjustable chamber size of the Ti tip, as well as somewhat intrigued by the airflow adjustment of the Omni condenser. That, on top of the constant raves about how good the Ti tip is, was enough to make me bite on the big sale.
As mentioned elsewhere, the Ti tip is NOT an SS tip: they have different characteristics; the 'airflow issue' is also much misunderstood: the Ti tip does NOT provide "MORE airflow" than other tips.
After a week with the Ti Omni, I can state that it is WAY easier to accidentally combust with this Ti tip, than with the steel M tip. I char or combust about 25% of the heat cycles with the Omni... same torches, same bud from the same jars, same respect for the click. I have fully combusted AT the click at least twice. Most other heat cycles produce uncomfortably warm vapour (almost to the point of heavy coughing), and that with the airflow at its most open setting.
Your heating is broken: you should fix it. If you're combusting that much, you're either paying no attention to the click(s), you're using to high/hot a flame, and/or you're holding your tip too close to the heat.
I had also asked whether spinning during heating would cause the Omni MP to come out of adjustment; I can say that with mine, it MOST CERTAINLY CAN and does. Just spinning in my usual fashion causes the mp to spin loose of the condenser tube altogether. The tension between the Omni body and o-rings at the mp and tip is not particularly strong.
Everything about this sounds wrong: NONE of this has been true of my Omni; I've been revolving my Omni & M for months, and never had ANY effect on the condenser/mouthpiece joint. Nothing like it, not even once;
ditto for the grip of the o-rings.As to the use/effect? It is substantially different than with the M. I find that a single heat cycle hits much harder and much faster, but the effects last for less time. Each chamber produces fewer productive heat cycles as well.
Lasts for LESS TIME? Is your 'Cap making your pot
less effective?!? Please explain!
So much so in fact, that over a 24 hour period, I do not use any less material in the Omni than the M: I have the chamber size set to 1/2, but I empty and refill twice as often. (Which is to say, not much material in any case: about 0.1g from morning to evening, and about the same from evening to bed/night.)
this says something about you, but nothing about the Omni. If you want a certain level and it takes two bowls for you, then it does. What you're using is not much of a factor, the same trade-off would be in play if you were still smoking some old shesham-wood pipe
I will continue to use the Omni to figure out why mine seems so temperamental, but thus far, it has failed to impress or inspire, honestly.
your Omni doesn't sound temperamental at all: WE adapt to the equipment: it doesn't - CAN'T - adapt to us. Seems like that's an issue for you, so perhaps you should sell yours quietly and be done.
Thank you both. I'm just deciding to go PIU or straight. I know Randy has free shipping with a few in stock.....
Not sure if DV is free shipping.
Any advantage or disadvantages?
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