The Tempest by Mad Heaters & Phatpiggie

HaggisHunter

Well-Known Member
Since i dont like the idea of dedicating my wand exclusively to the tempest, i found some cork sticks with 12mm diameter. I guess i could cut them to the according length and insert temporary into the wand adapter for heating my dynavaps?
If so, does anyone know how long these would need to be, if i want the dynavap to sit at the correct hight within the tempest adapter?
Are you using a regular or armoured cap?
I have my adapter set so the bottom is slightly proud of the red ring at the bottom.
Sitting there heats the tempest perfectly for me.
While I'm not using it much, I have used my Dynavap and armoured cap with the tempest adapter in the same position with results that are absolutely fine. Not quite as dark as with a torch but almost.
The tips I'm using are titanium and it's either A regular old 5 fin or a limited edition 7fin.
I can send you a photo to show how it looks later if you like.
 

RedZep

Well-Known Member
Ebony sleeve arrived! It’s a bit darker in color and lighter in weight than I expected. Awesome! What I really didn’t think too much about was the feel of it. Really smooth while spinning for up to a minute. Some added steadiness first twirl. Measuring only a couple mm smaller diameter than the metal shield though. Will use both :tup:
I love how it gets thicker towards the end. Feels like holding a fat cone
 

linux3214

Well-Known Member
I recently made a purchase with the idea of doing a little experimentation...


I ordered some spare Zirc balls and when I was ordering I couldn't help myself from picking up 100 2.38mm SiC balls.

If anyone has any specific ideas or things they want me to assess let me know!
I hope this allows for a super long draw time like a lit joint or cigar without impacting taste and shattering. Where'd you source this size? I could only find 3mm everywhere.
 
linux3214,

RedZep

Well-Known Member
I recently made a purchase with the idea of doing a little experimentation...


I ordered some spare Zirc balls and when I was ordering I couldn't help myself from picking up 100 2.38mm SiC balls.

If anyone has any specific ideas or things they want me to assess let me know!
I would find a 100% SIC experiment interesting. Especially for hash, where the potential extra heat cycle length could be utilized. For flower I imagine it's overkill, but I would be very interested to hear otherwise
 

rebelFarmer

Well-Known Member
I hope this allows for a super long draw time like a lit joint or cigar without impacting taste and shattering. Where'd you source this size? I could only find 3mm everywhere.

I would find a 100% SIC experiment interesting. Especially for hash, where the potential extra heat cycle length could be utilized. For flower I imagine it's overkill, but I would be very interested to hear otherwise
See lads, I did not know the SIC were good like that, I have them in a ballvape because thats what it came with (actually, them and some rubies and some glass cos I filled the head beyond the manufacturer). I love smoking hash in the tempest and am really curious how this works out! Keep me posted :) :) Love the plan!
 

simba

@weedanwine
That ebony sleeve has helped make some decisions about what colour way I'm going for on release, well until I change my mind again 😂

Still waiting patiently for release, hopefully all these pre-release drops will mean it's not quite such a mad dash to purchase.
 

Jojofernz

Well-Known Member
Rosewood sleeve arrived today. Really loving the grain on this thing. The small channels cut into the base closer to the tip are great. Gives it a bit of extra grip as well as preventing it from rolling too much.

It's clean and has a fresh application of beeswax and mineral oil applied, looking forward to trying it out later!

Damn that is pretty….actually not sure if I want that over ebony…or grab both?
 

Anandaman

Member
Seems like the postal overlords were shining on the tempest packages today! Got mine and was as excited as i’ve been in a while.

Passes the eye test. :brow: Cleaned up and waiting for launch tomorrow (its been a busy night).

Feels amazing in hand (very balanced), more pretty in person than in pictures. Will report back on performance. Wish I had three to start with. One to use with ih. One to use with torch. One to look at and play with in hand. Then I could be patient and wait for all the extras/aftermarkets. I’m sorry, I know that’s greedy.


(Holding spot to post image, really struggling with this)
 
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RedZep

Well-Known Member
After seeing all these pics of the rosewood, I should’ve got both. It’s affordable enough. Hopefully when my ebony comes, I’ll be less remorseful. But I’ll probably grab a rosewood on release day, along with an oven, screens, and pre-release kits.
Yeah the price point for the wood/glass stems is great. I honestly feel Tempest lovers ought to pick up one of each at some point, as they each confer different advantages.

I've been back on the glass stem this last week. Doing low temp hits only. Rehabilitation for my lungs after COVID. I know we say it a lot in here, but this vape tastes incredible.
 

VapingYogi

Pranayama; of a sort.
Yeah the price point for the wood/glass stems is great. I honestly feel Tempest lovers ought to pick up one of each at some point, as they each confer different advantages.

I've been back on the glass stem this last week. Doing low temp hits only. Rehabilitation for my lungs after COVID. I know we say it a lot in here, but this vape tastes incredible.
Yeah I haven’t been able to replicate the taste profile of the tempest it’s definitely a stand out from a flavor perspective imo
 

DNice

Member
Let me tell you about my first 24 hours with the tempest:

I got it yesterday shortly after lunch. Unfortunately I still had work to do and couldn’t jump right into testing it but of course I opened the package to get a first look.

I was immediately impressed by the look of the device in reality. It is actually smaller (thinner) than I expected, but absolutely not in a bad way (the bowl is a perfectly good size). I actually love the form factor and the feel of the materials in your hand. Also regarding the wood sleeve, which feels very slick.

The colours just look soo good in real life. Since I’m not much of photographer the pictures really don’t do it justice. Also I can’t really describe which shade of blue it is because it seems to change everytime I look at it :D. Depending on the light it sometimes is a lighter more metallic blue and sometimes it’s a darker more vibrant blue, but it always looks beautiful.

I took the unvoluntary waiting time to soak it in ISO so everything would be ready to go.

I approached the first bowl slowly to test out the VI. Since I don’t own a wand (yet :D) and I didn’t wanna combust on my first bowl. The vapor was tasty but obviously not the clouds you see on here, so I went in for another heat up. And fortunately I hit just the right spot and got huge but relatively cool clouds (taste was pretty much gone by that time) with great effects that you could immediately feel.

I could straight away understand all the praise this thing gets!

I started with the helix tube on bypass mode, which seemed like a good starting point. And yeah… now I’m testing out all the different settings, which will take a while :D.
At first it seems a bit overwhelming with all the options: helix or direct tube with 3 settings each, SCU, matrix air hole and all the resulting combinations xD
.. but that just shows that you can really customise the tempest to your likings. How hard do you draw naturally ? How much restriction do you want? How much cooling? How dense do you want your vapor to be?

And I haven’t even tested it on a water pipe because I wanna explore all the native options first.

Also you really don’t need a water piece to get huge clouds out of this thing without coughing your lungs out. The native cooling is surprisingly great for such a small device.

The Tempest really is a special device and I can definitely see it replace a lot of my other devices. It just got the potential for a perfect daily driver. Native use during the week to keep the space nice and tidy; and usage on a waterpipe during the weekends when you really want a slap to your face

Hard hitting, cool vapor, no cables, tiny footprint on your table, no pre-heating for 10-15 min, customisable beyond belief, super easy cleaning ( I combusted twice while testing the limits but was clean and running again in no time :D), perfect team with the reload,…

This thing will blow my tolerance with all the testing I have to do!

I hope this wasn’t too long and that maybe somebody will find it helpful. :D

 

Dabberhashery

electrobubblerizer
Those who use the half bowl setting, with Direct flow tube + SCU. Please could you share your favourite stem and tip airflow settings.
I'm currently using the Tempest like this, getting good results using it through a water piece.

The half bowl setting is the one for me, I've settled on the direct tube + SCU with the air port open halfway to let the air through the helix and then back up to the direct tube (direct bypass in the manual) . I found I couldn't get enough airflow with it fully closed and the draw was too restrictive.

I haven't explored the air port opened in the other way yet (direct open).

I've only had the air path control dial open all the way so far too.

I can clear the half bowl in two strong hits, the draw resistance doesn't allow me to clear in one, but I'm happy cos they are both enjoyable hits and not one big one and one wispy second hit... Guess that's the benefit of the heat retention and thorough extraction working together.

Certainly more experimenting to be done in this field of Tempesting :sherlock:
 

Anandaman

Member
Seems like the postal overlords were shining on the tempest packages today! Got mine and was as excited as i’ve been in a while.

Passes the eye test. :brow: Cleaned up and waiting for launch tomorrow (its been a busy night).

Feels amazing in hand (very balanced), more pretty in person than in pictures. Will report back on performance. Wish I had three to start with. One to use with ih. One to use with torch. One to look at and play with in hand. Then I could be patient and wait for all the extras/aftermarkets. I’m sorry, I know that’s greedy.


(Holding spot to post image, really struggling with this)
keep getting an error when trying to post a picture (is this a new member restriction?) hope this link at least work:

 

anome

Active Member
Is there something about the locking protuberances of the bowl that cause the head to be misaligned with wood sleeves. Probably just the anal retentive in me, but the slight bend of the head always catches my attention with the wood sleeves.

@Brenyo , nice value add on the ship, thanks and much appreciated.
 
anome,

TigoleBitties

Big and Bouncy
keep getting an error when trying to post a picture (is this a new member restriction?) hope this link at least work:

Nice pics.

Now you need to buy the Bruce Banner strain to vape and you're all set! Just don't get angry 😉
hulk screaming GIF
 
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