ok i just had a major fuggin breakthrough with my Evo. i was getting mixed results and sometimes loved it and sometimes took it off to reach for my Dart to get where i wanted w/out much fuss. both are the LV flavor. anyway, ive been experimenting with screens in my Evo. a screen at the bottom... a screen at the top of the sleeve... neither of which seems to make much of a difference. i left the one in the bottom cuz i feel like some herb bits can still get through the holes in the Evo, but tonight i felt like taking it out again to see if it was impeding any vapor production. as soon as i popped it out i got an idea. the idea was to load the Evo like normal. loading it to the brim w/out packing. then pushing the small domed screen on top of the herb pushing it down to a light pack. the screen is domed and holds itself in there w/out moving, but you do need a poker to get it out.
now i know what your thinking... that now im eliminating the "no stir" function of the Evo. and i very well may be, but let me tell you... whoa nelly! i was getting GIANT rips. in fact the first rip i took with this setup was with a mostly kicked bowl. then i hit it and it blasted me with vapor. i couldnt believe it. 10 times the amount of vapor of my largest hit with this puppy. so right away im thinking i combusted it by keeping it pushed down near the heat. so i popped the top off quickly and unloaded it to find some very evenly browned ABV. no charring at all. i could have swore that i combusted by the cloud i blew out, even though i could tell i didnt taste combustion.
oh and not only were the rips way better, but the warmup time has decreased a bit. before i was looking at 25-30 secs before the "prime hit" and then getting to the "real hit". that process is now over for me. i waited for 20 secs and started to pull slowly and got a decent cloud right away. i waited another 5-7 secs and gave it hell... and it gave it back to me. lung buster no doubt. then i quickly grabbed my tube and started milking it pretty well. not super chalk, but def got some nice big pulls through it. not only does this allow me to rip it sooner than before, but that also accounts for longer battery life. i was getting about 2 full bowls evenly vaped on one cell charge. considering how quick and easy these rips are coming now id say ill get closer to 3 full loads vaped.
all you having trouble getting decent clouds please try this! im telling you it works perfectly. in fact its working sooooo well that i would suggest that TV take a look at a screen option or something maybe inside the sleeve... like a screen on a spring or something...? i think with the herb being held up at the top of the sleeve its a tad too far away from the heat. with all my experimentation with Hakko mods and how to harness that heat i have found that the smallest amount of space in either direction will drastically change vapor production. it has to be perfect to get really good production. in this case i believe that pusshed down (and held down) to the bottom of the Evo bowl is a winner.
i was so excited that i totally forgot about the boiling pot of water on my stove and lost my white Evo sleeve and a black mouth piece... water totally evaporated completely and the mouthpiece was melted to the pot. the white teflon sleeve looked good still, but its a tad warped and doesnt hold on the Evo well enough to trust. so dumb
time to pack another i suppose