So, some more tinkering with the Flowermate mouthpiece. So, it fits into the unit well, but it still falls out fairly easily. Doing some brainstorming on how to resolve that issue. However, I was experiencing some difficulty with draw restriction. At first the mouthpiece was great and offered no restriction, and it remained that way for quite a while, but of course after a good amount of use it got a little clogged up so I used a Qtip and iso to clean the screen.
Well, after the first time it got mucked up, I couldn't really even get through a bowl before it was so restricted I could hardly inhale. Well, I started checking it out and noticed that there are actually two dividers in the Flowermate mouthpiece. There is the initial fine mesh screen on the bottom of the metal portion of the mouthpiece, but then at the top of the metal portion there is another divider, with several small(but larger than the screen) holes in it. Since I already butchered this mouthpiece with experimentation, I decided why not do some more. So I took a screw, pushed hard enough to put a little dent in the screen, then took a hammer and just tapped hard enough so that the screw broke through the screen. Then I just kept widening the hole until almost none of that initial screen was in place.
So far, after a couple bowls, absolutely no change in draw resistance. I think with the second metal screen being recessed in the metal housing, rather than super close to the bowl, it really helps to prevent the herb from actually sticking to and clogging to airway.
Here are some pictures for you guys, again, this mouthpiece is kinda butchered but still works well. Im gonna order in another glass one plus a black one tomorrow and do this same thing, but they will look much better because there are no previous errors messing up placement of the rings like on this one. So when I get those and finish em up I'll post some new pics.
And here I tried to capture a photo of that inner divider.
For anybody that wants to try making a mouthpiece like this, I wholeheartedly recommend it. The glass fm mouthpiece drastically improves the flavor with this unit, and I get no odd, plasticky aftertaste like I sometimes did with the stock mouthpiece.
While this is quite the fun device to tinker with, and really is pretty awesome for how small it is and what it does, I originally got it to take out skiing with me, and I don't think it will be the best match for that. It is quite stealthy, but I can definitely notice an initial smell on this bugger. Fresh herb in the chamber was pretty easy to smell in my opinion, and when it starts heating the smell gets stronger. After around 1 session into the bowl the smell really starts to die off, but it means I cant really take it some places. Also, the mouthpiece falling out. I cant even put this thing in my pocket without the mouthpiece falling out, so I'd never be able to ski with a bowl ready to go. I will definitely keep the unit and keep tinkering, as it really does give me some pretty big clouds and seems to get me more medicated than my solo(personal opinion). But, to meet my skiing needs I'll be ordering an Indica Noir tomorrow. Heard nothing but positives about it, so I'll be stoked to have one of those coming in.