Blowback can be worse depending on your glass. Stemless rigs (right angle from chamber then straight up) seem to be worse. Dewar joints (GonG at top center) seem to be best. I've never had a problem with it on dewars. Just don't sit GonG adapter with no nano on it down before letting water settle. I usually pull GonG, clear, let water settle, drop GonG back on. YMMV, but can tell you that if you start with good form it becomes second nature very quickly.
Now have a couple carbed GonGs. Nice, but don't know if I'm a convert yet. My nano one has to go back for refit (probably due to having older V1 nano), but should have it back soon. Have one for solo, too. It's OK, but solo on bubbler is such a letdown compared to nano IMO - hard to say. That restricted solo draw really gets me with the bubbler set up. New trick for me (solo on bubb), so interesting. NOt even worth comparison to nano, though.
Glad you're enjoying your nano! Always great to see another happy new nano-er. But, I think you'll find with a little practice and maybe some tweaking, the nano will blow clouds the solo only wishes for. I think heat level, draw and screen level/distance (on nano) all come into play with a straight 1 on 1 comparison. Though the nano can be used with much less material (without adding spacers to solo, at least), you can easily get two good clouds from a small load. Both that taste and hit you very nicely. 3x or 4x as much material can cloud up as well on solo, but not as easily IME. After the first few the solo will cloud easier, but pretty sure that's because you've super-dried the load on those first couple hits. So while cloudy, not as tasty and don't think as effective.
Not just being a fanboy here.... Really wish the solo could get closer. Would save me much carrying nano around and would be sweet to get as good of hits without A/C!
Think this is a regular thing. Mine is a little off to one side, also. But, there isn't really much room in there for it to be too far off. Sounds like seating everything level could be most of the problem. Also, higher heat (and leaving your nano on GonG for longer periods) will make this worse. Although mine isn't perfectly centered, have never had a problem scorching one side and not the other. On the rare cases where I've taken heat up too much the roasted spot isn't a perfect circle in the middle, but IMO not really cause for concern. You can certainly use your nano like this, but if you've got a scorched area to check for position you're probably at least a bit too hot to get the most out of your nano.
Yep, I'd say redbull can almost 2/3 as tall.
LOVE that canvas bag. Mine gets a good bit of use and looks it, but still hanging in there. If Andy made these available by themselves, I'd probably pick up another next time I need some accessories.
