gordontreeman
Everythings coming up Milhouse!
@Zuhdj et al I've actually been pretty disappointed with a bunch of P28A I just got from 18650 battery store. I don't really notice it in the Toad at all, but in another vape the battery life wasn't really improved over some older P26A I had on hand. I tested the capacity in my charger and the P28A came out to 2600 and change mah (e.g. like 2667), which is closer to the rated capacity of the P26A than what the 28A should have gotten. Maybe it was a bad batch from 18650 Battery store or something and why I was able to get a bunch of them for $3 in a sale 
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Kind of OT though: in the toad they perform fine, and I don't notice the battery life drop. I've only used Molicel with my Toad so far, so I can't comment on how something else would perform but the molicel have been otherwise great. It gets up to temp very fast when the batteries are almost fully charged: I will do a fast 4 count vs 8 - 12 as the voltage drops, so you need to be aware of the unregulated nature of the game. Otherwise I happily use them down to ~3.6V, when the heat time becomes noticeably onerous for me such that I have to take very long draws or really lean into the preheat, so around there is when I swap and charge them up.
Still otherwise very happy with my Toad! Its been my go-to vape unless friends are over. I have come to love the unregulated ritual, and now that I know the vape some its pretty easy for me to do lower temp hits even with the high heater. I've taken to taking it along in my bag (or pocket if I'm just going for a walk around a nearby lake) with the wooden stem loaded with the beads, as I still find it pretty hot without some cooling for my tastes.
Its been wonderful as a microdosing vape, but I've been experimenting with larger loads some as well. This will sound really goofy (and it kind of is), but in some sense it is making me a better--or at least more knowledgeable--vaporizer user! I was finding with most of my vapes that the very top layer of flower exposed to the heater always ended up darker than the rest of the avb. It looks like a really uneven bake, but usually dumping the load out onto a paper towel revealed it wasn't as bad as it looked, just the bit exposed to the heater was much darker. I thought this was inevitable: just that layer of flower acting like a "blast shield" or something to that effect. Its absorbing heat from the air stream at its hottest. However, with the Toad I am finding that slower draws beginning at a lower temp (e.g. if I'm aiming to vape at temp x, start at x - y, though I couldn't tell you the variables here at all, the value of y and even x is just something I'm developing an intuition for with my toad) and continuing until I'm up to my desired temp don't cause this and produce a visually more even bake. I couldn't tell you if that is a worthwhile goal to chase after or just a visual artifact of the physics in play in a vaporizer, but its been a pleasant learning exercise for me. I never approached my draws as though I should suck for all I'm worth (the golfball through a garden hose thing), but most of my regulated vapes were so comfortable with a wide open draw that I never bothered to think about draw speed, as I considered it a relic of the unregulated days.
While I'm finding that is true to some extent (again, I couldn't tell you more even colored avb implies that I am extracting more or anything like that), its been cool for me to discover and sort of correct without really trying to consciously fix it. I assume with a faster draw the blast shield thing holds to some extent, its just that when you get to your flower you're hitting an area of restriction: with a more controlled draw the different velocities before and after/while the air passes the load aren't so extreme. With an uncontrolled draw presumably there is more of a difference, and as the faster higher temp air is bottlenecked I guess the excess heat produces the darker colored front.
Most of this is rambling because I enjoyed a bowl earlier, so I apologize if it doesn't all seem as coherent as I might like it to be
! I'm off today, so just catching up around here and sharing my musings and observations as I've gotten more comfortable with my Toad!
P.S. This is maybe also slightly OT so I can move it to a dedicated wood/woodcare thread if necessary, but has anyone tried https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075LP6ZGC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for treating their wood? I've seen a few woodworkers swear by it + their oil. I just ordered the wax for now as I wasn't sure how the oil would work on a vape, but if anyone who knows wood really well wants to share their experiences or suggestions I'm all for ways to keep all of mine nice. Even if its not necessary to preserve the wood, I find it looks and feels a little better after a waxing, and I think it is meant to provide some protection from moisture.
.Kind of OT though: in the toad they perform fine, and I don't notice the battery life drop. I've only used Molicel with my Toad so far, so I can't comment on how something else would perform but the molicel have been otherwise great. It gets up to temp very fast when the batteries are almost fully charged: I will do a fast 4 count vs 8 - 12 as the voltage drops, so you need to be aware of the unregulated nature of the game. Otherwise I happily use them down to ~3.6V, when the heat time becomes noticeably onerous for me such that I have to take very long draws or really lean into the preheat, so around there is when I swap and charge them up.
Still otherwise very happy with my Toad! Its been my go-to vape unless friends are over. I have come to love the unregulated ritual, and now that I know the vape some its pretty easy for me to do lower temp hits even with the high heater. I've taken to taking it along in my bag (or pocket if I'm just going for a walk around a nearby lake) with the wooden stem loaded with the beads, as I still find it pretty hot without some cooling for my tastes.
Its been wonderful as a microdosing vape, but I've been experimenting with larger loads some as well. This will sound really goofy (and it kind of is), but in some sense it is making me a better--or at least more knowledgeable--vaporizer user! I was finding with most of my vapes that the very top layer of flower exposed to the heater always ended up darker than the rest of the avb. It looks like a really uneven bake, but usually dumping the load out onto a paper towel revealed it wasn't as bad as it looked, just the bit exposed to the heater was much darker. I thought this was inevitable: just that layer of flower acting like a "blast shield" or something to that effect. Its absorbing heat from the air stream at its hottest. However, with the Toad I am finding that slower draws beginning at a lower temp (e.g. if I'm aiming to vape at temp x, start at x - y, though I couldn't tell you the variables here at all, the value of y and even x is just something I'm developing an intuition for with my toad) and continuing until I'm up to my desired temp don't cause this and produce a visually more even bake. I couldn't tell you if that is a worthwhile goal to chase after or just a visual artifact of the physics in play in a vaporizer, but its been a pleasant learning exercise for me. I never approached my draws as though I should suck for all I'm worth (the golfball through a garden hose thing), but most of my regulated vapes were so comfortable with a wide open draw that I never bothered to think about draw speed, as I considered it a relic of the unregulated days.
While I'm finding that is true to some extent (again, I couldn't tell you more even colored avb implies that I am extracting more or anything like that), its been cool for me to discover and sort of correct without really trying to consciously fix it. I assume with a faster draw the blast shield thing holds to some extent, its just that when you get to your flower you're hitting an area of restriction: with a more controlled draw the different velocities before and after/while the air passes the load aren't so extreme. With an uncontrolled draw presumably there is more of a difference, and as the faster higher temp air is bottlenecked I guess the excess heat produces the darker colored front.
Most of this is rambling because I enjoyed a bowl earlier, so I apologize if it doesn't all seem as coherent as I might like it to be
! I'm off today, so just catching up around here and sharing my musings and observations as I've gotten more comfortable with my Toad!P.S. This is maybe also slightly OT so I can move it to a dedicated wood/woodcare thread if necessary, but has anyone tried https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075LP6ZGC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for treating their wood? I've seen a few woodworkers swear by it + their oil. I just ordered the wax for now as I wasn't sure how the oil would work on a vape, but if anyone who knows wood really well wants to share their experiences or suggestions I'm all for ways to keep all of mine nice. Even if its not necessary to preserve the wood, I find it looks and feels a little better after a waxing, and I think it is meant to provide some protection from moisture.
, and the button really ties everything together well. I also really, really love the colors on the sunset fade and misty landscape!
did I miss out?
thank you!
