Not sure if you were expressing confusion man? There is cheap quartz which is unmatched in price by anything else that tastes better - that is the only scenario I would recommend it in from my own experiences.
If you like it man by all means use quartz, but I haven't dabbed on quartz in at least a year! I only use SiC with a torch, I never liked quartz with a torch much. I've only dabbed on sapphire e-nails for a very long time now but if I didn't have the money for sapphire and could stretch it to pay for SiC, I'd take SiC over any quartz I've ever used, no matter how high end. I've never had better taste from quartz than the best taste I've had with SiC. I should say though that I have heard that some varieties/chemotypes lend themselves more to quartz or SiC so that might be a factor (nothing I've had has tasted better on quartz than SiC with the temps dialled in for both though, even if accepting some waste trails). I do find that quartz has a noticeable harshness that it seems to impart to full melt compared to SiC or Sapphire and full melt takes notably longer to melt up before vaporizing on quartz vs the alternatives (these may be related). It just doesn't transfer heat efficiently compared to the alternatives and so this isn't surprising.
One thing that really put me off of quartz early on is the wastage. In my view (and now that there are more sapphire nails than ever before!), it is much better to spend more money on sapphire if you don't want SiC for some reason than to waste a portion of your dabs in trails. The cost will build up and exceed the price difference over time, varying by what you spend on your oil of course. What I like about SiC and sapphire is you get a great taste from start to finish. You can inhale all of the vapor and the taste is never bad if you have good tasting material. That is much more important for my needs. I work hard to make the best possible medicine for myself and if I don't have to waste it and I can still taste it, then I'll take that option every time!
Of course, for someone that is a very occasional user, this argument may not wash!
Nothing meant against you at all man, just saying my piece. It might be that you usually dab kinds of material that I've never dabbed and that this material for some reason tastes better on quartz - who knows?
Yeah definitely that size shouldn't be any trouble in your scenario from the sound of it. You are dabbing the right sized dabs of the right kinds of material for it to work
I'll be interested to hear what you say when you try SiC man!
Also for those saying that they have tasted better hits on high end torch quartz than high end enails - here's an explainer of what you might be seeing:
Torched nails cool down after the dab hits the dish. They continue to cool as they are not having any additional heat applied. This means that the end of the hit gets less burned. It may or may not mean more trails (the style of nail will influence this a lot as well as the shape of your flame).
A torch flame gets heat over more of the surface area of most dishes too. This means more of your nail is directly heated with a torch than using a coil.
An enail on the other hand adds more heat after you dab and put the cap on top to balance the temp back out from the heat transferred to the freshly placed cap. It applies heat to one part of the dish (either the side with a barrel coil, or the floor of the dish with a flat coil). This means that this part of the dish is where your dab needs to hit. This varies with some designs.
Any inert, evenly heated dish will give you the ideal flavor. However, the trick is in getting the perfect temp with a torch every time - a number of the contributing variables to torching to perfect temp are out of the users control and so this is a challenge - some nail designs are more helpful than others for this. Different quartz will be very different in how hard it is to get the perfect temp. When you do though, and especially when the temp dip after you dab is just right - you could very conceivably get a better tasting dab than an enail with the same nail.
I don't like torches because I want consistency and ease-of-use (I medicate bad and persisent insomnia and don't wanna wake up in the night and use a torch half asleep!) - sapphire e-nails give me that. They've also given me better hits than the best torch + expensive quartz dabs I've had - not everyone will be in a scenario where sapphire and SiC enails work though, I get it.
Yes, the above mention of different heat behavior on enail vs torch and nail has obvious implications for new e-nail designs re: what to do when a cap is applied!
. The D-Nail quartz never did it for me ... ended up selling mine. For efficiency you are spot on, however for some of us we like to waste it so we can taste it. Don't get me wrong the e-nails always have their place but quartz isn't going anywhere.
