Enchantre
Oil Painter
Yup, gravity is not your friend.Question for ya'll - I'm loving my Nano with a J-hook, but I just purchased a wand from @VaPeD&CoNfUsEd (still no word from Andy on my missing wand).
How do you prevent the herb from falling into the Nano's heating element when hitting the wand upright? Or do you never use the nano in the upright position? Do you hold it at a 90 degree angle parallel to the floor?
There are a couple of techniques, and a bit of magic.
Medium shred/grind, or finger-shred. I suck the herb into the stem from my Jyar, then adjust the amount. I just (can't sound NOT crude) suck it fairly tight in there, then hold it so the herb won't fall out, and slip the Nano on. Give it a good hit, and the magic happens - until you stir it, it will stick there, probably from the heat, maybe a little resin release, whatever.
Or, you can put your herb between two basket screens. You can have the surface of the near screen just clear the heater core, and get amazing results with no fear of herb loss. Can't stir it easily, however. I have played with using very little herb between screens, so that the herb can move around a bit, and that works okay, too.