Wanted to write a quick micro-doser's review of the IO Hornet / Crossing Tech Station with 16mm coil kit that VGoodies sells... it's good.
I was very pleasantly surprised by the size of the station. It's much smaller than I'd understood, maybe 3" square?
And I like the PID because I like having a nice red on/off switch up front AND both cables coming out the back. My ADHD is happy.
The ambisexual heater is on a nice wooden wand, and the slender part of the stainless steel dual-shaft contraption that holds the rubies sits well in the coil. The rig gets hot (I like around 500F) in about 3 minutes - long enough for me to fill the metal bowl that comes in the kit.
That metal bowl is small, kinda looks like a spinning top toy, and holds maybe about the same amount as the little ceramic pots that the Tafee Bowle 2 uses... about 0.2 grams (or even less).
Both the heater and the metal bowl feel good in the hand and look nicely machined. The whole rig is completely unobtrusive on my end table.
The heater and both bowls in the kit (there's a glass one too) mate via diffusion (rather than injection) so the heater is the female side.
The metal bowl is my favorite. It tastes great (I like it better than titanium) and it allows you, if you wish, to heat-soak the bowl. Heat soaking is a nice way to vary the level of punch.
The glass bowl has a fidgety metal screen. I don't love it. I like the idea of it, but the metal bowl is just leaps better.
My last foray into ball vapes was a Pinch Hitter. This is better, for me. Wireless, adjustability, small size, free airflow... yeah.
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