Sorry for the accident buddy...
it's nice I've been testing various things and it's been working well. The air path is indeed wide open and it's taking a little getting used too but I'm getting hang of it. It's a bit harsh dry but I was purposefully trying to cash a stem in a hit or two. With the wide airpath and heat, was kinda tough on shorty (I did manage to get it pretty roasted in like 5 hits) a slower ramp up was nice with it and not too harsh, still kinda harsh. Gonna use long stems later I did use it once and it was cooler for sure.
I feel my Batteries have so far been effective for much longer. I feel they were needing to work harder to overcome the extra resistance before which resulted in them feeling dead well before they were discharged. I was running to my charger with 3.9 V over and over. I started thinking I must just have some poor herb this week as the reason for my poor extraction. Nope, it was definitely a symptom of the contact resistance. Thanks for the tip guys!
I totally agree. The only stems I use right now are the tapered ones I got from Ddave with the screen that fits it. I microdose even with the larger one. I'm off to buy the cooler from him.I highly recommend @DDave's mods specifically the 18mm VaporCooler for anyone looking for a delicious solution to harsh vapor. I was having some initial issues with harshness due to my asthma when I first got my Milaana. If I wasn't careful I was taking much bigger hits than I needed before I realized it because Milaana is so powerful and I'm inexperienced with her.. So I started using it through water, which helped, but I just didn't enjoy it as much. I missed the flavour I was getting from the straight stems and the direct "dance" of coaxing clouds out of my Milaana. DDave's 18 mm VaporCooler has been the perfect addition to my Milaana and solved all my problems.
Not only does it cool the vapour, it also acts as a filter blocking any little particles from getting through your screen! Didn't realize how much that was until I saw how much was building up in the cooler.. It's a more restrictive airpath as well, so I find it a lot easier to get the kind of hits I want without straining my lungs to keep up the airflow over multiple sessions.
DDave also hooked me up with 2 smaller tapered stems because I clumsily broke 2 in my first days of ownership. One is 14mm for microdosing with a 18mm-14mm reducer bushing so it can be used in the Milaana, and one 18mm tapered short stem. I love this 18 mm short stem, so much. It uses those nice preformed dome screens so cleaning is a breeze, and it rotates very freely in my heat chamber so I can remove it easily or get even extraction mid draw if I feel it's necessary.. and its tapered so I can get a nice smooth draw from it with good suction; it's just perfect, exactly what I needed. Will definitely be a return customer for my future stem needs!
Also, I lightly sanded off the clear coat on the contact points of my copper plate as recommended in that video above @vapen00b linked;
Updated my Pelican 1120.
I think this is pretty good - milaana, 3 batteries (1 in the unit w delta3d mod), 3 wood stems, grinder filled with nugs before leaving, jar with cork and metal poker for abv (or nugs. whatever really.) and there is the @DDave direct connect cooling wand in there under the jar+cork.
Too bad using it would require leaving the house. It's not the high fashion of a fanny pack, but it works well for tossing in my car/backpack and not caring. I wouldn't be walking around carrying this like a briefcase, but that's just me.
All of mine from Alan are glass/wood. I think I need to get an all wood one. Beautiful.
L to R:
14mm to 18mm Bamboo
18mm to 18mm Figured Walnut (looks amazing. Almost holographic in the correct light)
standard 18mm Maple
All thanks to the man himself @Alan .
They are pretty much the only way I use my Milaana.
Hell yeah man glad its workin for you! Definitely check out @DDave I haven't been using his cooling wand much because I've just been relaxing with the smaller stems, but his tapered small mouthpiece shorties help a fuckton with harshness. I can barely use the standard 18s with the wide open mouthpieces because the hot air hits my throat wrong. Pretty sure his stems are a bit smaller than the 18mm stock stems, but are significantly cooler. The small mouthpiece really helps infinitely if you're sensitive to heat. It's all I use, I go back to the 18mm when I want to feel classy with the matching cobalt on spalted because it looks awesome, but any of his stems will most likely feel cooler than the wide 18mm stock stems.My OG arrived today
I may try to get a stem right in between sizes. The long is long for sure and the short is short but a happy medium may be right up my alley
Anyways I am quite high and it's working nicely, did some nice terpy hits too which was quite easy
And it works great through water! Better even maybe I'm not sure yet...
Across the board it roasts really evenly no stirring needed or stem twists or anything. That is really really nice. Also it's form factor is really nice and feels great in hand, especially once warm from some use.
Gonna go back to testing a bit more and then pass out! Cheers!
Well I guess you are going to have to send me that back up cherry with amber glass soon, if it's ready..
Should I email you?
