Discontinued Terp Torch
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despeRAWdo
Fan of Hot Air Makers.
I guess I should more closely read what I'm buying, lol, my bad.
Haha no worries I had to double check when I read your post, but yeah with simrell helping push these, I believe he did a live stream today or is doing it now on IG for them now, he will make custom tips for them. If he doesn't I will be really surprised. Plus if it works good every one who owns will try n doll them up in some way with how cheap it is.
D3m0nFlare
Unggoy Terrorizer
Got mine today, the stand it comes with is not bad unless you violently shake it. I would be worried more about hitting the wire and pulling it of the table. The deluxe stand looks heavy enough to not tip and probably less likely to hit it with your elbow and get burnt like i already did. Took less then 5 minutes to set up, hardest part was lining up the screen. Just don't stab into place a bunch of times like i did, it falls in place if you lightly do it and secure it with the clip. Luckily they had spares and the holes in the screen where the bud sits look smaller then the review ones, but my grinder is coarse so it might be different with the fine grind.
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D3m0nFlare
Unggoy Terrorizer
A simrell tip on this would be awesome, give it a less sketchy creme brulee heater look.
arb
Semi shaved ape
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
I got my Terp Torch yesterday and I'm very happy with it. The performance of this vape is very impressive for the price you pay. The set up at the beginning is very easy, the biggest problem you'll have is if the C-clip fly away when you install it, good luck finding it. The torch itself is not too heavy and easy to manipulate, but when you put it on the pipe it's easy to press the button and change your setting by mistake. The cord is a little stiff and a pain to work with, I have a lot of stuff on my table and it keep getting stuck on things when moving around. If something bad happen with this vape it will be because of the cord, so be careful when moving the vape from the stand to the pipe. The stand is very heavy and the clip is holding the vape securely but it's not difficult to place or remove the vape on the stand. The little tool that comes with the vape is amazing, it has the perfect weight to pack the herb in the bowl, and having a place to put this tool on the stand is a nice touch. The bowl is not that great, the screen is crap, I'll talk about it later.
This vape can finish a bowl in two shot at level 7, it can produce a lot of vapor. Not a lot of vapes can do what this thing can do. Unfortunately it's not without some problems. Depending on the heat setting you use, a hot spot will appear very quickly. The C-clip might be the problem so what I did was to put the C-clip facing me when in the oven so I can see more easily if a hot spot is forming. I'm not sure if this is really the problem because I did this all night but at the end of the night the hot spot was at the opposite side of the C-clip. I left the Terp Torch on for the whole evening and I know that the ceramic rod wasn't perfectly centered when I've put the glass beads in so I think it's possible the heat accumulate on one side and created this new hot spot, it was bigger than the hot spot from the C-clip. The only thing that make me unsure is that this happened when I was using another bowl than the one it comes with. This is the kind of thing that need more testing to really understand what is going on. I used the titanium screen on my Terp Torch and didn't add beads in mine but I think I could fit a couple more. I have some 3mm boro beads that I want to try with this vape I'm curious if it will make a difference.
The bowl is the worst thing in this bundle, but it's far from useless. It works, but it's not good at it. First the bowl itself, the glass is not very thick but doesn't look fragile either, standard quality. The big problem is the screen, the holes are too big and a little bit of herb will fall thru it when you stir. Even if you use a drop down you'll still find some herb floating in your water. I used a Brillant Cut Grinder with the medium plate. You can put a regular screen on top of this one to stop the problem but it could move while you stir and will fall out when you dump the ABV after you are done. If you really want to use this bowl you will have to get creative with the screen but I suspect a lot of people will simply use another bowl. I used the bowl two times before I decided to switch to something else. I saw a couple of people used the ELEV8R bowl and I think it's a really good idea, you can even choose between a regular screen or a glass screen so it's a good option to try I think. Since other people already tried it I decided to go a different route. One thing I wanted to try but didn't was the Herborizer bowl. The Terp torch has the habit of getting stuck on the glass when you remove it from the bowl so I think the Herbo bowl with the little handle on the side will be perfect to help you hold the bowl while you remove the Terp Torch, I'm gonna try it tonight. I tried two other bowls last night got a hit and a miss. The first one I tried was the bowl from the DDave Mod for the Arizer Extreme Q. This bring the Terp Torch only 3/8 of an inch from the screen. I lowered my temperature to the 3rd and 4th setting for this one. I got some vapor but not what I was expecting, there's two reason for that I think, first I didn't put enough herb in it to cover the screen properly since the surface of the screen is a lot bigger than what I'm used to. Second is the shape of the bowl, you have the ridge at the middle of the bowl where the screen sit and you got some herb there that's not directly under the heat so it take a lot more stirring to extract everything. I'll need to come back to this idea later and play with it to be sure if it's a good idea or not. The second bowl I tried was more successful, I decided to stay with the Arizer theme and tried the Cyclone bowl for the Extreme Q. With this bowl the heater is further away but still closer than with the standard bowl. I got really good cloud with this set up but it's with this bowl that I got the other hot spot issue so I don't know if it's the bowl or the vape that is to blame. Like always more testing is needed but for the first night using it I slept like a rock so it's working very good. The vapor quality is good not too harsh on the throat and you will exhale a cloud way bigger than you thought you had in your lung. The taste is good but it's not the reason why people will use it, if you are after tasty vapor there's a lot of other vape that will satisfy you before this one. I think this release way too much vapor at the same time and at the end you have the hot spot that start to change the taste too much. Bottom line I didn't cough out a lung after using the Terp Torch and vaping 0.3g in two shot so it's a win in my book.
There's a lot of room for improvement. The cord is a problem but I don't think they can do a lot about it, like others have said the way the cords hangs from the vape is gonna be something to watch closely before it damage the connection. They need to find a way to better support the cable so it doesn't bend the way it does. They need to have a better indicator that the vape is on because the little blue light is flickering too fast and is difficult to see when you are away from the vape. The buttons are too easy to press by accident when you manipulate the vape. The stand should have more protection around the tip of the vape so you won't burn yourself by accident, a little cage around the top should be easy to do.
At the end of the day this vape does what only a couple of other vapes can do at a fraction of the price. This is not a fancy vape but it will kick your ass if that's what you are looking for. It's far from perfect but it work without being too complicated. It's not gonna make you stop using the other heavy hitter if you already got one of them but if you are looking for something that will introduce you to the next level in vapor potency this is the vape to do it. For the price you get a desktop unit that will help you get where you want to be. I'll see what I think of the vape after a couple of days with it but so far I'm liking it.
This vape can finish a bowl in two shot at level 7, it can produce a lot of vapor. Not a lot of vapes can do what this thing can do. Unfortunately it's not without some problems. Depending on the heat setting you use, a hot spot will appear very quickly. The C-clip might be the problem so what I did was to put the C-clip facing me when in the oven so I can see more easily if a hot spot is forming. I'm not sure if this is really the problem because I did this all night but at the end of the night the hot spot was at the opposite side of the C-clip. I left the Terp Torch on for the whole evening and I know that the ceramic rod wasn't perfectly centered when I've put the glass beads in so I think it's possible the heat accumulate on one side and created this new hot spot, it was bigger than the hot spot from the C-clip. The only thing that make me unsure is that this happened when I was using another bowl than the one it comes with. This is the kind of thing that need more testing to really understand what is going on. I used the titanium screen on my Terp Torch and didn't add beads in mine but I think I could fit a couple more. I have some 3mm boro beads that I want to try with this vape I'm curious if it will make a difference.
The bowl is the worst thing in this bundle, but it's far from useless. It works, but it's not good at it. First the bowl itself, the glass is not very thick but doesn't look fragile either, standard quality. The big problem is the screen, the holes are too big and a little bit of herb will fall thru it when you stir. Even if you use a drop down you'll still find some herb floating in your water. I used a Brillant Cut Grinder with the medium plate. You can put a regular screen on top of this one to stop the problem but it could move while you stir and will fall out when you dump the ABV after you are done. If you really want to use this bowl you will have to get creative with the screen but I suspect a lot of people will simply use another bowl. I used the bowl two times before I decided to switch to something else. I saw a couple of people used the ELEV8R bowl and I think it's a really good idea, you can even choose between a regular screen or a glass screen so it's a good option to try I think. Since other people already tried it I decided to go a different route. One thing I wanted to try but didn't was the Herborizer bowl. The Terp torch has the habit of getting stuck on the glass when you remove it from the bowl so I think the Herbo bowl with the little handle on the side will be perfect to help you hold the bowl while you remove the Terp Torch, I'm gonna try it tonight. I tried two other bowls last night got a hit and a miss. The first one I tried was the bowl from the DDave Mod for the Arizer Extreme Q. This bring the Terp Torch only 3/8 of an inch from the screen. I lowered my temperature to the 3rd and 4th setting for this one. I got some vapor but not what I was expecting, there's two reason for that I think, first I didn't put enough herb in it to cover the screen properly since the surface of the screen is a lot bigger than what I'm used to. Second is the shape of the bowl, you have the ridge at the middle of the bowl where the screen sit and you got some herb there that's not directly under the heat so it take a lot more stirring to extract everything. I'll need to come back to this idea later and play with it to be sure if it's a good idea or not. The second bowl I tried was more successful, I decided to stay with the Arizer theme and tried the Cyclone bowl for the Extreme Q. With this bowl the heater is further away but still closer than with the standard bowl. I got really good cloud with this set up but it's with this bowl that I got the other hot spot issue so I don't know if it's the bowl or the vape that is to blame. Like always more testing is needed but for the first night using it I slept like a rock so it's working very good. The vapor quality is good not too harsh on the throat and you will exhale a cloud way bigger than you thought you had in your lung. The taste is good but it's not the reason why people will use it, if you are after tasty vapor there's a lot of other vape that will satisfy you before this one. I think this release way too much vapor at the same time and at the end you have the hot spot that start to change the taste too much. Bottom line I didn't cough out a lung after using the Terp Torch and vaping 0.3g in two shot so it's a win in my book.
There's a lot of room for improvement. The cord is a problem but I don't think they can do a lot about it, like others have said the way the cords hangs from the vape is gonna be something to watch closely before it damage the connection. They need to find a way to better support the cable so it doesn't bend the way it does. They need to have a better indicator that the vape is on because the little blue light is flickering too fast and is difficult to see when you are away from the vape. The buttons are too easy to press by accident when you manipulate the vape. The stand should have more protection around the tip of the vape so you won't burn yourself by accident, a little cage around the top should be easy to do.
At the end of the day this vape does what only a couple of other vapes can do at a fraction of the price. This is not a fancy vape but it will kick your ass if that's what you are looking for. It's far from perfect but it work without being too complicated. It's not gonna make you stop using the other heavy hitter if you already got one of them but if you are looking for something that will introduce you to the next level in vapor potency this is the vape to do it. For the price you get a desktop unit that will help you get where you want to be. I'll see what I think of the vape after a couple of days with it but so far I'm liking it.
Well that explains a few things.
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
Yeah in his review Troy was talking about something and said "Austin told me..." and I thought is he talking about Simrell? And I connected the dots from there. I was suspicious about the connection between Troy and Austin but after using the vape I can say that his review was fair. The vape does deliver on the promise of an affordable heavy hitter and the problems with the vape where talked about. The Troy and Jerry Think Dank was more like a lunch party than usual. I expect to have a more direct comparison with the heavy hitters down the road because that will make a good episode. Right now the vape is too recent to really get a feel for it's real worth and we need to play around more before making the final verdict.
I was just thinking that surely it would make sense to sell just the tip (cue jokes) or to design a tip that fits on most soldering irons? But then I thought there wouldnt be the mark up on the tip that there probably is on the soldering iron?
I hope its a quality iron in there!
I hope its a quality iron in there!
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
I think it was on Instagram that they said selling just the tip wasn't an option since all the soldering iron are different. The tip is made for that soldering iron specifically. Another way to bring the price down. No idea about the quality of the iron but it's not too flimsy so far.
SatanLovestoVape
Well-Known Member
I just got mine in today. It's so fun to use with different 14mm bowls. Austin is the co-founder of the terp torch. Pretty impressed how the vape can hook up to any 14mm bowl.
HAIL SATAN!
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
I just hope this vape won't send me down the slippery road of soldering iron VAS because my wallet will quit on the spot!
RustyOldNail
SEARCH for the treasure...
Interesting. The iron certainly looks solid, but I dont know shit
I don’t know about this specific iron, obviously a Chinese product, but perhaps a custom firmware for the presets. I’ll bet the investment was the custom tip, with some markup on the iron. First and only google, here is one for $22.
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
I found something that looks like the same model of iron for 50$ The kit as a couple of other things in it, the stand look a lot better quality than what I've seen previously. When I look at this iron versus the other ones at Amazon you can see the quality looks a lot better. People seems happy with this iron when you read the comments. I'm not really scared about the quality of the iron to be honest, when you hold it in your hands it feels really solid.
https://www.amazon.com/Soldering-Ir...ywords=Soldering+Iron&qid=1598477784&sr=8-154
I found a couple of them on AliExpress. This one even comes with some rosin! I'm sure it's good stuff
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://www.amazon.com/Soldering-Ir...ywords=Soldering+Iron&qid=1598477784&sr=8-154
I found a couple of them on AliExpress. This one even comes with some rosin! I'm sure it's good stuff
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
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D3m0nFlare
Unggoy Terrorizer
That even has the same function's as the Terp. My cheap 30 dollar soldering iron does not have those sleep features or a option the change presets, plus the tip would probably melt the handle with out that metal shielding
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
There's two version of them one at 80W and the other one at 150W. The one at Amazon is 80W. I wonder what version the Terp Torch is using. I'm not even sure it's using a custom firmware since the 8 and 9 preset are combustion country, way too hot for the herb. Use the same stand by and auto shut down mode too. By the way it's useful to have but it will shut off after 20 minutes so it too early. You need to let the vape heat soak before you use it and after 10 minutes it goes into stand by, so if you are not careful you might come back to use the vape and the heat is already down or worst it's off completely.
androponic
vaped.
its the ST-2065 found here, 65 watts.
The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
Yes you are right I just saw 65W written on the label on the electric cord. At least we know where to go if the iron stop working to get a replacement. Once you have the tip you can just change the iron for 25.50$ or 34$ when not in sale. Good to know you don't have to spend another 120$ to get another one.
androponic
vaped.
i bought one actually. 24 bucks shipped so its good to have a spare that the tip fits perfectly. it has a shorter cord but that can be swapped. the TT one has customized presets but they can be offset in the programming anyway.
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The Chemist
New member but long time lurker
A shorter cord might not be too bad because the one on the TT is way too long for me. Anyway nice to have some option in case you need it.
Popcorn Lung
Well-Known Member
It would have made all the difference in the world if they added a 90° angle to their tip design. It would solve the cord and control issues. The design would look much more elegant and it would be ergonomically pleasing to use. And they could have used a smaller profile stand similar to the Flowerpot and Herborizer.
I would really like to know the thinking behind not adding an angle. Looking at the design I could imagine a few variations for it using a 90° angle and that wouldn't have necessary increased costs.
I think adding an angle would have elevated this vape from good to great and I haven't even used it. We've all used vapes with the same heating element though. I think the dbv/ssv kicks so much ass. And the saber would still be popular to this day if it had a more versatile design.
It also appears that many of the veteran members are not impressed with another soldering vape. I don't mind it but it is tough to overlook the design choices of their tip assembly kit.
If TerpTorch stays with this design could we see it go the way of the saber? Form and function are so important for both the use and sale of all equipment.
I would really like to know the thinking behind not adding an angle. Looking at the design I could imagine a few variations for it using a 90° angle and that wouldn't have necessary increased costs.
I think adding an angle would have elevated this vape from good to great and I haven't even used it. We've all used vapes with the same heating element though. I think the dbv/ssv kicks so much ass. And the saber would still be popular to this day if it had a more versatile design.
It also appears that many of the veteran members are not impressed with another soldering vape. I don't mind it but it is tough to overlook the design choices of their tip assembly kit.
If TerpTorch stays with this design could we see it go the way of the saber? Form and function are so important for both the use and sale of all equipment.