goldfinger
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To add to this convo-- I'm running a stretched coil that formerly lived in a B1. Came from CH originally and I didn't modify it when changing setups, just unscrewed one and screwed on the other. All 3mm rubies in the 2.0 vs mixtures of 3/4 in my B1 and my B2.
I'm running it at 600 even and it's never come too close to combusting but it is very capable of the dark roast at that temperature.
The craziest thing about this setup though is it never seems to stop finding more vapor in my bowl even when I think there's none. And to top that, if I don't heat soak the bowl before I start, I can legit just rip this thing as hard as my lungs will allow and it stays light brown while producing endless vapor. It's like I found some glitch in the matrix. Makes no sense but it also makes me higher than a fucking kite so probably most of my observations at that point feel like they make no sense.
Final thing I will say is I was pretty convinced that my tolerance was over the moon and there was just no way I would get stoned again without a serious T-break in my future. This thing smashed right through thatit's honestly kinda freaking me out
Kay like - the same thing happens to me? I keep my temps high as hell, and my ABV is super dark, but I feel like I can produce a -lot- of vapour, and even moreso if I stir around like a lunatic.
That is legit mad science lol. I'd feel so weird with that octopus of wires on the go.
I kind of feel like the space to grow is in form factor and in materials used. Regarding the form factor, I feel like these units have a bit of a "yikes" factor that would inhibit their ability to infiltrate a market. They kind of look like a mix between a gross druggy tool and a mad science experiment. The Hot Rod is a good example of a decently-marketable form factor, IMO - nice wood trim, self-contained footprint that comes back together for storage, simple controls that aren't too industrial, and so on. I love my Taroma, but the setup looks so funny/industrial. My wife was cracking jokes while I was using mine, saying I looked like some geeky science kid from an 80s movie.
Materials used seems like an interesting exploration, because that would require a lot of rigorous work in terms of research, testing, practical application, and so on. I saw that one guy was working on a zirconia unit. I wonder if there is a theoretical unit that pumps out as much as titanium but has the same flavour properties as glass.
If you asked me to try and make the next big, market breakthrough, I'd focus on point 1, and only dive into point 2 if it compliments point 1. I think that a unit that took on a more elegant look and targeted a "low-premium" price point (maybe a price comparable to a mighty+ or a Tinymight) would eat up some market share.
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