@Hogni and other Ti lovers- I visited my friend Dave last night who bought my Ti. He also has the XL since 2011. I have been looking forward to trying the ti again, especially since I have been doing my infection treatments recently and making a lot of progress.
The plan was to start on the XL, and move on to the Ti later on.
However for some bizarre reason the XL injector wasn't heating up properly. I was loading my exact usual recent loads into his XL as I do in mine.
It doesnt take a huge load to get very good clouds and effect with a properly working injector, like 0.2 to 0.3 usually, largely in the name of conservation and longevity of herb!
And I am used to very visible clouds with ease with my repaired XL injector on setting 7.
Last night at Dave's we just were barely getting any visible vapor no matter what. I was getting an effect, with very light exhales, but missing the party bigtime!
And the herb was still pretty green by the point vapor had completely stopped. We were in a log cabin next to his house and he suspected it may be a problem with the power outlet. He usually only runs his XL indoors, whereas the Ti has taken up permanent residence in the log cabin.
So eventually we decided to switch to the Ti. The only problem is my friend does not know the meaning of the word "hygiene". He has NEVER cleaned the Ti yet and the bowl is caked BLACK at least an inch deep. You cant see into the bowl from the side and looking from the top is like a deep, dark dungeon! Gross!!
I know for a fact that this would not be some of your cup of teas, if you get my meaning.
Anyway I did my best to clean it out but purely because I will be allergic to the herb my friend puts through the Ti, so my primary concern was to reduce residue in the bowl which could be vaped up along with my own safe weed. Finally I was satisfied and we proceeded
So I have to say I'm very much enjoyed the Herborizer Ti. By that point in the evening we just wanted to get stoned and didn't know if the Ti would be working either, so I was mightily relieved when I saw instant clouds and felt stoned for the first time in the evening from the first pull.
We ran a fair amount of herb through the Ti and I did get very stoned in a nice and comfortable way. It was very easy actually, no draw restriction at all really. I couldnt judge taste fairly as Dave's bowl and bubblers are so rank, but the vapor was extremely smooth.
We kept it on setting 5 the whole time. This is just what Dave has been using a standard. Loads were reasonable, about 0.3 or just over. There were a good number of hits per bowl, like 10 or 12 possibly, and the ABV was coming out pretty dark, but it never tasted unpleasant or harsh.
My XL abv never comes out nearly as dark as the Ti abv. The Ti just extracts very well and efficiently, with very smooth vapor. Allergy wise I actually tolerated it much better than I expected. This is a result of the progress I have made with my respiratory infections just recently.
It has certainly giving me hope that if I can continue to improve, then I have a much better chance of tolerating these super heavy hitting vaporizers in the future.
I definitely enjoyed hitting the Ti last night more than I enjoy using my XL. It is just like having a faster, more powerful car with cruise control, so much easier and faster to get where you are going.
This is the difference between the two models in one sense.
@biohacker , it isn't quite correct to say that I sold the Ti in favour of the XL. At the time the Ti just wasn't going to work for me and I needed to move on so I did. Saying that there are things about the XL which I actually prefer, but without any allergy problems I'm sure I would be using the Ti as my daily driver, but possibly keep the XL around for added versatility in social settings.
And did you also realise
@biohacker that it would be SO much more expensive for us to buy the Ti again now. No discount at Lacentrale now, and the full package would cost me at least £400 now, compared to the £253 bargain I passed it onto Dave for!
@Hogni , I was thinking of you last night and I could see how you are getting so much satisfaction out of your Herbo Ti. Enjoy friend!