After picking up the Ruby Twist earlier this week, I've been loving it absolutely stupid. I've been stupidly baked for the last 48 hours, and have used nowhere near the amount of herb that I usually would to be this wrecked.
A couple of highlights:
- the microdose bowl is fantastic. I've pushed the screen about a mil below being flush on the rim of the bowl - so it holds about 0.05, and it's the perfect size to fill the bong and clear it in one draw. And the effect of 0.05 might be the best I've found on any device.
- I got the Ruby Twist for the microdose functionality, but of course I gave it a go with the full bowl. Even that doesn't take as much herb as the Screwball bowl, and it's probably similar to the CH Shovelhead. The glass passthrough that comes with it has one of those "liners" around the circumference of the bowl which shows you pretty much where the injector goes to, and acts as a "line" to fill to. For best results you're not tamping at all - just putting in the appropriate amount with the scoop, then giving the bowl a couple of taps with the scoop. The reason for this is that you obviously want the flower pretty "loose" to optimise the twist action... which is absolutely mesmerising! As I say, I got it for microdosing, but there's something really hypnotic about the twist action that makes you really want to use it that way. (Your microdose bowl goes inside the injector, so you can't see the twist action.)
- I've never been a terp/flavour chaser, probably cos I haven't had the right combination of flower and device. I started the Ruby Twist with a hybrid Blueberry OG x Gorilla Glue, then I gave it a go with some Black Cherry Punch. It's a flavour experience like nothing I've ever felt before.
I've been using it with my Table Top Bong, alternating between the 5-arm tree for maximum diffusion, and the diagonal slit stem for a combination of diffusion and movement of water. The 5-arm is just so perfect with the microdose bowl; the size of the bowl, the diffusion of the stem, the size of the bong - it's like it was all made to work together.
Today's experiment is to see how it goes with the Screwball bowl, which it fits in almost perfectly, and goes super deep. I think if you want to want to really "macrodose" with the Ruby Twist the titanium screwball bowl will be more condusive to it than the glass Ruby Twist bowl/passthrough, but I haven't tried it yet. I think this would especially be the case if you turned on both vapes and used the Screwball diffuser head to heat soak the bowl and then use the Ruby Twist to extract it.
I absolutely love this device. I can't really compare it to the Screwball in terms of which I prefer - they both do really different things. The Screwball is just massive extractions, while the Ruby Twist is a flavour sipping microdoser. I do suspect the combination of the Screwball and Ruby Twist largely leaves my Flowerpot B1 injector a little redundant. I received the diffuser housing last week - I think I might turn the B1 into a diffuser, cos I think it then finds itself a niche "between" the Ruby Twist and Screwball in terms of flower use and in terms of effect.
Happy to take any questions.