Yeah, it's like a fat and less portable Grasshopper for everyone instead of the lucky few.
Part of the charm is in the heat delivery. I assume the heater is getting very close to the target bowl temp, like the hopper, like the Sublimator. Most, especially convection, heaters go far and beyond the target temp leading to an undesirable dynamic, especially at the lower temp range, and specifically for temp stepping at any level. As you draw energy through the material, you slowly eliminate the cold thermal mass surrounding and inside the chamber as it heats up in sequence, and the chamber temp continues to ramp up until it ultimately reaches equilibrium with the passing stream of hot gas which is energised by the coil. If the coil is red hot, or really any amount beyond the target temp, which is often required due to the inefficiency of the heat exchanger, then you can't really get low temp hits because once you start getting clouds the chamber temp runs away and over heats. This is why so many vapes cause hot spotting and are for all practical reasons wasteful and inferior.
The only way to do it better would be with aerogel insulation or something like what surrounded the Hopper chamber, very high R-value insulation.
The TM2 has a big coil with great surface area, a sizeable wooden build (very porous and reasonably insulating) and good dynamics and power delivery.
It's just a brilliant little heavy hitter that is also a sippers delight. It is a rare combo, and it is widespread market ignorance and hesitancy to spend for the right dynamic that causes most to not know what they are missing out on.
To be fair to hot spotters, the weed still works. But so does a bic
For me I need the best dynamic to beat the flame. It has worked well and the TM2 has kept the healthy clouds pumping, in a big way.
