Orestes said:
Your skepticism is bordering on troll levels.
What the hell? Troll levels?
I was just askin' cause I've really never experienced the clogging issues you talk about. Even though you may use 7 times the amount that I use, I've never had any clogging in over 2 years, so I was just wondering why there is such a difference here. Maybe it's the way we empty out the ABV, maybe it's the grind. Maybe it's the screens. I also blow out the stem REALLY hard into a small muslin bag. I don't know how you empty your stems, so maybe that contributes to the difference between our experiences.
hereatlast brought up in the post above about blowing out the ABV when the stem is still hot, which I religiously do. I also empty out the stem after the first 3 hits and crumble the ABV between fingers and then reload for another hit or two. Maybe it's this process that accounts for me not having the same experience as you. What also may be true is that we use different quantities.......or maybe, it's all of the above.
As an aside, this issue has been brought up before and although there are some that experience frequent clogging issues, there are also others who are heavy users such as yourself, that don't experience this same issue, and so, being that you brought the issue up again , I thought it may be worthy of discussion, but trolling was the LAST thing on my mind.