Do you always have to rinse the Mouthpiece after cleaning with ISO? I've heard of people that let it dry and other ones who clean it with hot water. Does a regular type of alcohol works? Cleaning the interior of the chamber with the stick that came with the FM is enough?
No, but if you're at a sink then why not? Only takes seconds and it's ready to go.
Rubbing alcohol is the cheapest. 70% is fine. I'd make sure it's only alcohol and water though.
Unless your bottom screen gets gunked up, just hold it upside down and clean with an alcohol soaked cotton swab.
You can take out the restrictor plate and drill out the center hole to a larger diameter. I used a 5/64" bit if I remember right, and you could go a little bigger. I think some restriction is good though. Make the hole too big and you'll really have to adjust your draw speed, since you'll be pulling much more cold air in (and dropping your vaping temp). If the draw restriction really bothers you though, you can compensate for the freer draw and temp drop by slowing down your hits and/or using a higher temp.
Then the bottom line is that you're getting vaped, whether you see or feel the hits or not. Judge by how much you load and how you feel when the bowl is done. You can also make clouds when you want to get there quick. It's nice to have options, vs. the one note that's smoking.
If you're talking about the mouthpiece you'll need to take that apart eventually, for cleaning.
I don't know if you're talking about smoking tobacco or mj. Tobacco certainly, with thousands of chemicals added to it, is bad for you. I know that from experience. For me, even smoking mj eventually taxed my lungs. I was to the point of putting my mj pipe away for good, and giving up on mj entirely, when I discovered vaporizing. 10 years later my lungs are still complaint free.
However you change the mouthpiece, there's still 5 tiny holes for air to enter the bowl down below. I have my mouthpiece completely drilled out & remade w ss screen, there's still plenty of draw resistance. I have more control to play with and zero clogging issues, but when I'm sharing I can still say "draw slow" and newbies get it.
What did you do to destroy 2 alfa's!? Don't own one but they look so sturdy!
.. Hiding in plain sight...
No, but I'm sure they're legit. Nobody sets up a site like that just to scam a few people.
Maybe, but size wise the V5.0/S is more comparable to the Storm and he sells those. His isn't the only site that sells Flowermate and lacks the Mini. The Storm was an upgrade to the base X-Max V2, using Vapefiend's chosen features. Since then (no surprise) Topgreen has adopted some of the changes for the X-Max.
Again, he's there to sell and make money, not rip off a few people. Besides, you have buyer protection with eBay. A few years ago I (along with some other buyers) got ripped off on eBay by an iPad seller. We had to play the waiting game for a while (after it was apparent it was a scam), but everyone ended up getting a refund. You can buy from him with confidence, especially on eBay.
Hmm good point. In that case it's just odd that he doesn't care for this unit.
Thanks for reassuring me! I've actually never bought from ebay. All I ever heard about it was that there might be warranty issues because sellers don't necessarily stay around for long, so I never bothered with it. Until now...
That's true. It depends on the manufacturer's policy. Sometimes eBay is the best deal, all things considered, sometimes not, if it's a pricey item and you get no warranty. With the Flowermate, even assuming Smiss will provide warranty svc., IMO it's not worth sending it back to China due to the high shipping cost. With a vape like this you need to depend on the reseller/retailer for warranty coverage.
