Question for the advanced Bowlees, I am having a similar issue with my first tm2. It seems at temp 2 on the bowle I get no clouds - intense flavor but no clouds so I start at 3 and work my way up. The only thing is I feel that even at temp 5 my ABV doesn’t come out nearly as dark as I thought. For a max temp setting for concentrate use I expected near combustion or super dark coffee brown ABV. Am I missing something in my convection technique?
I can see vapor on level 2 but it takes a couple of long, slow draws to coax it out. It may also depend on the humidity of your flower. I can get pretty dark ABV on level 5 but I haven't pushed it to the limit because the taste gets too bad for me. I personally think the color of ABV is not a reliable measure of extraction. I've vaped bowls until the flower is bone dry and crumbles to dust on level 2 or 3, but the ABV is light brown and not coffee dark. Really dark colors usually indicate some sore of pyrolysis (charring) has occurred.
Try examining the ABV after a session and see how dry and spent it feels. Maybe vape it in a dynavap to see if anything was left behind. However, it is very possible to have ABV that looks light in color but is completely extracted. Don't stress over your ABV color if you're getting all the goods.
With convection vapes, usually a long, steady draw will pull the most heat through your flower. Maybe keep an eye on the lights of the Bowle to make sure the light stays green while you're hitting it. It should only change to light blue when you let go of the fire button since you're using the mode where you hold it down. Perhaps sometimes you're not pressing hard enough on the button for the duration of your hit and the heater gets disengaged early? I used to use the push+hold then release method for my hits and this would sometimes happen to me.
Because of this, I started using the method where you:
push once and release-> wait for green light-> take your hit->push and release once again to stop the heater and end your hit.
This way you don't have to keep track of how hard you're pressing a button while taking a hit.
Also, if at any time after the green light the Bowle senses that you're not drawing at all or not drawing hard enough, the heater will shut off to protect itself from heat damage.
I also notice that there’s like a “crinkling ?” Sound idk if that’s the right word but after pressing and holding down the fire button and letting go I get the crinkling or some noise - subtle but it’s there. Almost like a coil heating up ? Idk anyways could use some advice for my technique and how to get that dark roast abv. Thanks in advance , bowlees!
Yes, I've heard this sound you mention. I'm guessing it must be related to the heater disengaging and cooling down. That's why in your case it coincides with when you release the button.
