I'm trying to decide between a couple of different housings for both Ti and Cermaic ball vapes and also wondering if anyone has any experience with the detachable coils. I'm hoping I'm not violating any forum rules/norms by asking about comparisons, but since it's "the tiodw thread" and not a specific housing/model thread I'm assuming I'm good. Thanks for any thoughts/opinions/advice.
I like the flexibility of being able to use a housing as both injector/diffuser. 9 times out of 10 I'd rather do two smaller bowls (which are really medium) over one large. Every now and then I might want to go big and do a .4'ish sized bowl for a more dab like experience, but my average amount would be around .2 , occasionally going down to .1 (or below, if possible).
I haven't tried one, but when I see videos of the Taroma 360 and the description on Ritual Colorado I say to myself, 'I like that.' I'm looking to save money and have seen/heard nothing but positive things on tiodw so here I am. Costs of both tiodw options for both Ti and Ceramic are close enough for price not to be a deciding factor. Right now I'm leaning toward the (original) Plus (which seems the more Taroma 360 like) but also considering the Mini 2.0. The FV Trio looks sweet, but based on my preferred vaping styles I doubt I'd ever need something so large/powerful. For the ceramic option I'm deciding between the V3 and the Pro Mini.
I noticed when pricing out options with the Ti housings that getting a standard coil with a handle only cost a couple few bucks less than the detachable coil which makes it possible to use wired or wireless, depending on how you want to use it at the moment. Pricing out the ceramic options was the same with not much of a price difference between the Pro Mini with an axial coil and the V3 using a detachable coil. I'm guessing the big difference is that the V3 takes 190 3mm balls while the Pro Mini takes 330 so the Pro Mini should be more efficient as far as heat retention for multiple hits, but using the V3 wired up makes that not an issue. Not sure if there are other differences/advantages/something I'm not considering.
I'd probably prefer wireless for one and done hits and to be wired for heat soaks and other reasons. I haven't seen anything on these detachable coils other than a couple of mentions, but no reviews or even comments on whether they're tight and everything you'd hope they'd be, or if they go janky after a bit and leave you wishing you just got a wired coil or went with the true wireless option.
Hello :-)
I went through a similar thought process a fair while back. I have used the 360 and Tiodw Plus extensively and I have a Tiodw Plus with the both the regular coil and the detachable coil. With ballers I only do one hit extraction, and the performance is extremely similar between the two. If you would like to get medicated with maximum sedation from a
smaller amount of material a heatsoaked Plus is very hard to beat, (eg hits harder than a b1 or screwball in my experience for small loads of same size). The detachable coil works well, a lot more heat retention is available due to the coil remaining with the housing while you hit and it looks exactly the same as the one for the 360 to me. Tabletop Bong and ritual colorado have videos of the coil in use. The Plus and 360 are the hardest hitting vapes I have tried in terms of potency with a heatsoak but I have used smoother ballers that clear quicker (large diffuser heads with lots of rubies). I don't find clearing the load sizes you're talking about to be an issue whatsoever personally. If friends that are medical patients are over I leave the housing on the Ti bowl (with the bowl in an adapter piece between it and my rig to prevent potential locking or shattering of glass). This way the bowl is always heat soaked. Peeps just pop a scoop in, deep breath to clear the lungs and hit it immediately and the bowl cashes super quickly. If you really want increased heat retention you can fill the housing with 2.5mm or 2mm rubies.
The option wasn't available when I got mine but if it was and I was you I'd probably consider not getting the Plus and a ceramic ballvape but maybe just the Universal Baller or tiodw pro 2.0 and a compatible ti bowl that you can slide into one of your existing coils for heatsoaking when you want heavy sedation? Less stuff lying around and That way you could have the best of both worlds with less bulk (max flavour when you want with all glass and max conduction for sedation when pain levels are high with heatsoaked ti, AND you will be able to clear loads faster I'd imagine. That would be my dream setup for a baller pretty much.
If this is your first baller and you need a pid as well, get a dual pid and the coils configured to standard US/Canadian pinout to future proof yourself, just send them a message and they will sort it for you.
TLDR Plus and detachable is inexpensive and will rip your face off but could be smoother.. 18mm TI bowl essential purchase with it. Universal Baller or Tiodw Pro 2.0 with a heatsoaked bowl is very likely best of both worlds and very flexible. I hope that helps and you find the tools that are right for you :-)
edit: If you decide on the plus remove the machined screens and pop a standard screen in place of it for increased airflow, takes 15 seconds and the best mod for the Plus and the 360 IMHO.