Final Beta / First Production Halo arrived!
^exclusive Blue Mahoe wood body, well-worth the wait, just beautiful in person, rich colorful grain... Also it is just so small, super compact and very ergonomic little handle!
^first bowl was through this milk blue CaliBear straight fab FOL rig dry (better airflow and still nice cooling with that large egg) though I have so much more to try and many more coming!
^this is a digital vvps from Alan that I had made with my first Heat Island, figured it would be nicer to use than my aromatizer vvps's, having the amps with the volts allows me to calculate the wattage... I started around 6.5v for the first two hits, but that was a little low so I went up to 6.85v, which was about just under 8 watts of power for a low temp sesh!
^after 7 or 8 hits, got this new elev8r bowl from vgoodiez a while ago in prep, also got their glass honeycomb screen version, it is super nice with the non-ground glass joint unfrosted, makes it super smooth and easy to remove the Halo as I keep inhaling to clear each hit... Extraction is very even at this low temp, and it is safe to take a hit after it has been sitting a bit, no scorch risks or any hotspot at all!
^so after about ten hits at 6.85v, last hits taken with plenty of time in between for strong heat buildup, and this load of Blue Dream OG was done for me, flavor fully spent and the cloud thickness dwindling, yeah very nice low temp extraction for many hits off a substantially sized bowl, left me quite high!
A couple stray thoughts: you don't have to worry about the brightness because everything is shrouded in stainless steel mesh, and the rubies help give it a little red glow as you can see, not bright at least in daylight lol Even without a stand it is pretty easy to keep it sitting upright with the flat head, gets a little tricky when you have a plug attached, depends if you have a right angle elbow or straight across, the right angle is nice because it helps it sit upright further, although it could be a little more complicated ergonomically depending exactly how you are using it... Since I am milking the low temps it is a good idea to turn it up till like 8 volts or so for the first minute of warm up to help condition the bulb, also a good idea anyway to help it heat up faster, can be good to go in under 5 minutes although I gave it a good 10 or 15 before my first use and did some empty dry hits for testing purposes as well... Shipping was super fast because it is so tiny in a small flat rate box! Could be different if you are getting a VPPS or whatever though certainly easy for just a unit itself lol So far I am not disappointed and I'm excited to use more glass with it, definitely delivering in the regard of quick and easy way to fill glass!!
Yeah much more testing to do of course, it's nice that these are already opened up for the initial batch, with the slots filled, we'll see if I come across any issues (one other one went out as well) though I think everything should be good to go based off my early impressions
Atlas is glass beads I think? (maybe rubies)... And yeah Heady Atlas just larger with Heady glass and no wood head...
I just had a conversation with my glass dude shot him the idea of heady 18 to 14mm glass bowls. If he decides to I’m thinking about trying one with one around 12mm chamber in diameter to match the halo and atlas adapters that the hot air comes out of. Reducing green rings from convection heating since the hot air will match the surface area of the bowl. Correct me if I’m wrong in my theory and maybe save me some money and time haha
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