l think the goal was sometime this month, pending some equipment repairs / replacements.Any idea when the thermal accumalator will be back in stock for us customer (vgoodies?) Would love to throw one of those heads on my tempest body
and I still use it. I've tried using smaller lighters and not been able to get it to the same level of consistency as with a big flame.
Yea you’ll want a bigger flame to cherry this cap a lot quicker. I’ve tried a zirc/sic mix, rubies, and put the boro it came with back in. Like how they perform with this one.
Thanks for the advice! I've noticed boro heats quicker and harder than the other balls in my tempest. I've seen you over on that forum. How's the tempest wooden sleave/ cu handle the heat of the TA. Also I'm assuming the reload magnet doesn't work on the TA?
Yea those get pretty warm cause this head gets hotter. It’s pretty big sitting on them too but definitely do-able. Think it’s the TA screw that’s magnetic so it does stick just a little bit on reload. It can be used to de & re-cap with a little finesse as long as you didn’t tighten cap too hard
Big Buddy's what I got, works well with a bunch of glass vapes, etc, is great for this. I usually use the Firefox with the TA, though, just to keep things a little quieter. Works fine, takes a few seconds longer.
I've gotten this one on the recommendation of a member here and I am happy with it.
Very pocketable but small tank (I'd say 5 TA sesh on average).
Very strong flame. Cherry the TA in probably less than 30s.
Ok, so it's partly temperature and partly draw intensity. With a Big Buddy, sorta comparable to yours, I make a strong flame and slowly pull the TA's heater into it while I slowly spin it. I avoid the bowl but I let the body of the heater take heat until the flame is orange (and you've moved in enough to touch the bright inner flame) and then I move up to the top, blasting it until it's cherried. Let that cool until the color is gone and then do a couple test cigar pulls to see where you're at. 3 or 4 tokes and you should have a sense of whether it's hot, in which case you'd continue cigar tokes, mtl, until it cools enough for longer hits. If it's not producing after 4 cigar pulls, it may need a BRIEF blast of maybe 3-5 seconds. When the vapor trails off have a look and if it seems ok have another go, but much gentler, maybe just across the top until you see color. It will be easier to combust as the herbs are drier.
Yeah, that sounds about right, the timing. And you want to be touching the inner flame. You'll see how quickly it starts glowing.
Not sure about other places in the US, but my understanding is that sometime this month we should see a restock of TA3 and TA4 on vgoodiez!
Most of the time I let the screen in the lowest position. If I want a smaller load I just put less in it.