Hello Bowle's
My grandpa loves the Bowle and who would have thought the design will help him to stay hydrated. I'm out here to see if there is some way to connect the Bowle to water? Can anyone recommend me any accessory that would make this happen? Grandpa's lungs are not great and he is not able to handle anything over the setting 2. He wants the higher temps but it doesn't seem like it would be possible without water. Any suggestions would be really appreciated!
I'll preface by saying I'm a 74 yr old grandpa who doesn't quite rip 'em like I used to...
We haven't seen anyone come up with a decent adapter for a water tool. The design is not very conducive to the idea, and I'm going to argue that water tool may not be the answer for your grandpa.
I stopped using water pieces a few years ago, I found that water robbed some flavor and hits are almost always more draw-restricted. At my age, I want as little draw restriction as possible. (With some devices I do use glass/no water for cooling, but I think the Bowle's stem is exceptionally good at that, on its own.)
My suggestion is not necessarily what grandpa wants to hear, but it is simply to moderate, as in, don't take quite as long/big of a draw.
Vapor seems to expand in our lungs, kinda after we think we've taken enough.
Learning to stop the draw a second or couple of seconds earlier can allow use at a higher temp, yielding very satisfing hits. Might take one extra hit to finish a bowl, but you get just as much feel and effect either way.
Since it sounds like he is using the cup, staying hydrated, suggest that he take the sip before his hit, to moisturize the throat (most people would do it after, for 'relief' from abrasion/heat).
just hold the button until my hits were done instead of relying on the draw sensor.
Glad you are enjoying after that horrendous wait. (My stuff from them reaches me in NY in a week or less, they use UPS now, used to be DHL.)
There is another way to end your toke.
Discussed by
@ChooChooCharlie (and me) several monthss ago.
It is click-on, click-off. Click and release once, device will come to temp and lights go green. Draw, and then, about 1 to 2 secs before end of draw, click and release to turn heater off. Drawing that extra second does two things.
It lets the vapor path clear, so less hangs around in there to become reclaim, but, maybe more importantly, it allows your draw to cool the heater, rather that letting heating run-on until it realizes you are not drawing (draw sensor method). The heater absolutely does not like to be run without a draw passing air by it.
My latest replacement Bowle 2 came with a sticker slapped on the device, said something like, 'never power the heater on without drawing.' From that I also surmise that its not good to let heater run-on at the end, with no draw happening.
. Generally mail service is fast, especially within Canada (shipped from BC) but mine just happened to get shipped right before a long postal strike. Bad luck.
I read that the stem can be taken apart so perhaps inserts in a different material could slide inside the aluminum?
