Do you find that you use one controller setting for warming up/heat soak and then adjust to a different setting for use? I'm trying to get an understanding of how often the user must have access to the controller during daily use. Or could I set the knob to the desired temp and put the controller out of view, and only turn it on/off at the outlet
You can take this approach on the heat up, some have, to set it higher to (hopefully) reach heat faster, then turn back to your desired setting when you feel it is hot enough.
Similar principle as putting the oven up to 200° to warm when you want it at 180.
But this way of thinking is still, to me, somewhat speculative in cases where it hasn't been verified or tested/timed. Im sure you could make some empirical (and accurate) observations by testing it and timing the heat up to see if you can get it to produce vapor quicker, or get into your sweet spot sooner- this is the main aim here.
Im not saying setting it to 6 or 7 for 10 minutes then back to 5, isn't going to get you and your heat soaked bowl ready at as desired a few minutes sooner then setting 5 from the off.
It kind of makes sense logically, but is yet to be determined.
@stickstones may be able to conduct some kind of objective testing on this initial heat up higher temp question.
But it may not make much difference for all we know. I know
@Carlos8400 has certainly uswd this approach when drooling for the Ti
after having to switch it off 8 hours prior for the vapor interrupting inconvenience that is sleep!
I bet he has observed accurately what difference it makes to reaching desired heat soak level sooner.
But no, it isn't necessary as such. Yes you can just keep the controller set on your chosen level and turn on/off at the socket. Personallg though I would want to always have easy access to the controller. You are very unlikely I feel to get optimal performance from the Ti and your weed with regard to different times/medicating needs, variable load sizes, weed moisture, strain etc.
And just your fancy, which is not set in stone at all. I just would want to have sight and access to the dial at any time myself, EVEN if I was going to keep it in the exact same place at all times. I did tweak it a lot, between 5 to 5.7ish, often during a load. You certainly don't want it to be inconvenient to get access to this important aspect of controlling and monitoring the vapor- not at least until you are familiar with the device.
And anyhow, you will want some room to move the heater and lead. The controller is pretty close to the heater, and very small anyway. So I don't see there really being any need to conceal that part.
I've never used a smart plug- could be employed Im sure, just make 100% sure the heater is safely positioned.
So if I understand, Ti warm-up is 5-10 minutes and Digi-Ti will be 2?
I dont think we have had any information at all so far on the performance of the digital? We have only been speculating, I know Sebastien said ages ago it will have "better reactivity", I can't remember if he also said "faster heat up".
But I am sure it will heat up faster, and reach a full heat soak sooner as well.
@Carlos8400 says a 15 minute heat soak is required for optimal performance and I take his word on that.
Going by intuition alone, I bet the digital may achieve this in 8-10 minutes (or less).
Just a calculated guess though. So you could see this as a bonus. I can see then added and bigger advantage in actual usage to keep the bowl heat soaked when you are removing the heater and not replacing immediately. The more powerful and reactive digital heater would likely make for more consistent performance throughout the session, when the heater is being removed from the bowl for stirring or reloading, possibly bringing the bowl back up to optimum heat slightly quicker, partly due to increased power and also the ability of the heater to increase heat in reaction to the cooler bowl when replaced.
Again though this is all just speculation and theorising, but has some logic I think.
So there may be some practical functional advantages to the Digital in this sense, we have even less idea how the performance and vapour production of the digital will compare to the analogue. There is no reason to expect a functional difference at this stage, but we can't be sure that the more powerful heater won't affect the vape signature and Performance in some way.
Personally if I could be absolutely sure that the vapor production and performance at specific temperatures will be identical, I would possibly consider waiting for the digital. (Only in relation to my vaporizer tolerance, in cass it affects me differently to the analogue.)
One definite advantage the digital may offer is knowing when you have reached temperature and what temperature you are vaping at. It could take the guesswork and uncertainty out of the equation regarding initial heat soak specifically, and even more so for when you are tweaking temperatures during use so that you have a better idea of when things have stabilized.
Right, I must confess I am really struggling to make sensible and relevant comments here, my brain is currently very muddied, so I bid you good night, I hope something was helpful- Im sure the other members have posted much better simpler answers in the meantime.
, who has all the best vapes and as much vape experience and knowledge as anybody.
So, here it goes:
