How are you guys finding the heat cycle time frame? Are you finding it keeps it's heat well enough to casually puff on it like a joint? Or do you find yourself rushing to finish the bowl before the heat cycle ends?
Absolutely maintains the heat well enough, in fact it keeps producing nice vapor even when I think I've had my fill, but I like to keep going until it stops so with average heat up definitely have plenty of heat retained to finish the bowl in one sitting with several puffs leisurely spaced out a bit even. Timing is comfortable, no rush, and no long waiting, mine is the WPA model, but using with a nice hook it really still can capture that joint like experience, except it's more like puffing on a pipe of course!
I ask myself the same question because my first attempts have rather emptied the bowl in 1 or 2 puffs but I would also like to be able to draw several small puffs in a row.
Aside from the variables of how you are loading and heating, it depends on the draw, fast or slow work fine, puffing with your mouth or pulling the TA from the hook briefly, allow you to get several small puffs in a row easily... However long deep inhale you can cash in one hit if you really want to, depending on all the variables, the hits can be quite smooth enough to do so. The way I have settled into using it, generally heating and loading, it can be tough to take a long enough deep inhale to fully cash in one hit, so I like taking multiple so I have some time to exhale and enjoy the vapor more...
Exactly, Can hit it and quit it, then come back later for another or Steam it up good rip after rip.
@Shit Snacks you can try using cellulose fiber (Rayon) or organic cotton, but it may smell funkier than the synthetics. best part for me using fiber/trates with the TA is that there is very minimal cleaning involved.
I have only been finishing bowls in one sitting, only a couple times did I heat it low at first, requiring some reheat... Yeah I don't know how I feel about cotton or hemp fiber anymore, not really looking to buy something else, maybe I'll try some steel mesh if/when I finally do...