What's that red cap you have on the tip?
It's a protective cap for a ST fiber optic barrel. (Aren't you glad you asked). The fiber optic barrel is used to connect two ST fiber optic cables. Dust is the enemy of fiber optic connections, so even though the barrel is really only a shaped piece of metal, you don't want to get any dust in there when you're not using it. Not sure where to order them; I just took one from work. It fits nicely into the top of the Evo core, keeping it sealed tight so no aroma escapes when it's pre-loaded, and so no dust gets in when it's empty. More importantly, it looks really cool. The delrin sleeve around the Evo core is modified with the whole top and UFO removed. It's now there to just keep me from burning my fingers on the bare Evo core when I'm
stoned medicated. It's not in the air path. I pull off the red cap and replace it with one of the tips on the left side of the case when I use the Evo. There's a TFE shorty with a UFO in it, an extended length delrin mouthpiece, and a Smooth-Flow in the kit. I mostly just use the extended length delrin mouthpiece directly into the top of the Evo core. I really only use the Smooth-Flow with the T1 top these days.
ditto... also where did you get that case? I like it.
QuantumTimeSpace first turned me on to the Maxpedition cases. The one I have is the "
fatty". Looks like it's out of stock at the manufacturers web site (which is what I linked so you could check out their whole line), but it's cheaper from Amazon, which is where I got mine, and they may not be out of stock.
What's the difference between your evo kit vs t1?
Just the pieces I carry in the kit. Instead of the Evo top, I screw on the T1 top. I can actually fit them both in the kit at the same time, but then I have to remove either the little dropper bottle of water on the left or the little ISO bottle on the right to make room.