It's difficult to judge without knowing the manufacturing costs. For all we know Brenyo is breaking even on those components and making the money on the full units.
Tempest V1 Upgrade Kit
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The Tempest by Mad Heaters & Phatpiggie
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I didn't even know all the accessories and wood sleeve were in stock for pre order. I hope I didn't miss my chance to get a wood sleeve. Where abouts did you see because I can't see it?
Singularity Walker
Well-Known Member
To me it seems Tv2 is a tighter fit for the ball chamber due to the fixed height locking screen.
Tv1: I can get 84 * 2.5mm or 44 * 3.0mm shaking/settling as they're put in.
Tv2: 84 * 2.5mm or 44 3.0mm, while possible, is much harder to fit requiring even placement at start and shaking/settling as they're put in once past the critical start area.
Either way, both heads seem about the same in number of balls.
I do like the added overall mass of the Tv2 head and the larger bowl which seems to distribute the heat a bit more evenly.
Currently running side-by-side Tv1 and Tv2 heads on Tv1 stems with 44 * 3.0mm Ruby balls in each with Wand as heater using v2 Wand Adapter.
Tv2 head improves on the already great design enough that I can say for certain I will be ordering a second full device and a few extra heads.
Tv1: I can get 84 * 2.5mm or 44 * 3.0mm shaking/settling as they're put in.
Tv2: 84 * 2.5mm or 44 3.0mm, while possible, is much harder to fit requiring even placement at start and shaking/settling as they're put in once past the critical start area.
Either way, both heads seem about the same in number of balls.
I do like the added overall mass of the Tv2 head and the larger bowl which seems to distribute the heat a bit more evenly.
Currently running side-by-side Tv1 and Tv2 heads on Tv1 stems with 44 * 3.0mm Ruby balls in each with Wand as heater using v2 Wand Adapter.
Tv2 head improves on the already great design enough that I can say for certain I will be ordering a second full device and a few extra heads.
Reiterating cuz I really want to know, what settings are you using in your flare to get it to work with the Tempest?
You legend, thank you. I don't know how missed that, I didn't see "tempest v2" under the accessories section. I got the green wood sleeve and thought. At aswell get some ss balls and some sic 3mm as I love the 2.5mm sic balls in the v1
T2 has a slightly smaller ball chamber. The sleeve and cap height is 1mm shorter.
The difference is about £11 if I remember correctly.
Do you find the torch produces a better extraction than the wand?
I'm up to 370c on my wand and it's still not quite as good of an extraction as the torch, but I'm getting closer.
Doug.dimmaglow
New Member
Noooo I just placed an order for spare parts and it shipped a few hours ago
don’t want to pay that shipping cost again so I guess I’ll wait for them to stock in the USI'm holding off until the blue heat shield is available as well, usually I'm all about the wood sleeves but that blue is just too nice. Still not sold on the look of the wood sleeves, hoping they are better in person. Think the upgrade kit is probably a must for me as well, if it brings the v1 up to the same performance as V2 should be well worth it.
Getting consistent brown AVB with the wand at 300C and rubies waiting till timeout
Smknbud
Well-Known Member
Feel the same way. Chunky and fugly looking. Opposite of the wood sleeve I love on my Tempest v1.
Jozin88
Well-Known Member
I think I just enjoy the ritual of using the torch at home. When I'm on the go, I use the Wand. With my torch, I get a similar roast to what I get with the Wand set to 290–300°C until it times out.
HaggisHunter
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Those look rad, love the look! Bravo
Nah, £45 individually priced, £35 is a decent price to offer some extra performance to an old model. I guess he didn't need to offer any upgrade kit.
Nice! I'll need to wait, just bought my meds yesterday and that cleaned me out. Would you mind putting up a photo when you get it? Might be a week or two before I can order one
If it were actually old I would agree, but the tempest isn't even out for a year
Of course!Nice! I'll need to wait, just bought my meds yesterday and that cleaned me out. Would you mind putting up a photo when you get it? Might be a week or two before I can order one
Interesting, thank you.Getting consistent brown AVB with the wand at 300C and rubies waiting till timeout
General Disaster
Schrödinger's rat!
But then again, it fits the aesthetic of the T2, which is incompatible with T1.
But it's also a cutting edge design that's not old established tech, and to expect perfection out of the box when playing with new ideas isn't realistic imho.
HaggisHunter
Well-Known Member
Fair enough, but this kit will also be great for those who can't afford a T2, but would like some of the benefits of it, not just those looking to bump up the performance of their T1.
The time it's been out doesn't matter, if anything, it shows he's not leaving the old product or customers behind, even though he's had a lot of new stuff to work on.
The tempest 1 has been tested on here for what, 1.5 years before being released? The revolve stem the v1 uses also has been out for like 3 years.
But that also is beside the point I tried to make. It's ok to bring out an entirely redesigned version after just releasing a product several months before. But in that case I would expect a way cheaper upgrade pack for people who bought that product just some months ago.
Don't get me wrong, I love my tempest and will buy the upgrade pack either way.
_Eladamri_
Active Member
wait untill he releases Tempest v3 next month XD
Smknbud
Well-Known Member
Agreed. V2 is definitely function over form for me.
b0
Cloudy...
Vote with your wallet then, don't buy it. Personally I will buy 2 for both my V1's, I don't think it's expensive at all