Tornado by Vestratto

[hotmeals]

I'm a fan of using concentrates and flower together, and with the way my induction heater is designed I can only heat the tip with the top of the tornado chamber facing down. I'm worried about the risk of having concentrates seeping downward and damaging/ruining something. How do I mitigate this issue when using the induction heater?

I feel like there is nothing thay could get damaged from leaking concentrate. It will just get messy.

I think the click discs could potentially get messed up if it leaks out the bowl's air intakes and all the way around the bottom of the bowl into the hex slot. It does seem pretty unlikely if you're cautious though. I would probably sandwich it between layers of herb, should be fine.

 

[Duba]

Tornado estratto is really appreciated here!

 

[C-weed]

I like the color of that ABV...looks just like mine...I mean that shit is fully fully extracted.

 

[Fearless Disaster]

My tornado is on the way and I'm feeling a bit of IH vas. so much so that I'm considering picking up an inductor on sale even though a good portable ih would immediately bench it for me. Was there ever any explanation on why vestratto went with m12 batteries instead of letting us spend $15 on matched sets of molicel p30b's? is there any buzz on a higher power portable ih that would work with both the tempest and tornado? Brenyo has made mention of an upcoming heater not by him that will work with all the things but has not said much more. Does our community know of any upcoming portables?

 

[C-weed]

Vestratto prefers the power and reliability of the Milwaukee battery assopposed to the 18650 route....Tracking shows my T stem will arrive today.

 

[Fearless Disaster]

Vestratto prefers the power and reliability of the Milwaukee battery assopposed to the 18650 route....Tracking shows my T stem will arrive today.

If I recall the standard Milwaukee m12 batteries are 3S. The extended capacity batteries are 3S2P. At best they use molicels. So a standard capacity battery is just 3 18650s and an extended battery is 6 18650s.

Here is a breakdown of the number and type of cell in each m12 and m18 battery pack:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MilwaukeeTool/comments/10mdjfm
An argument could be made that Milwaukee put more thought into safe charging circuits then the typical in device charging, but so do external chargers.

 

[Bakin4Life]

Here is a breakdown of the number and type of cell in each m12 and m18 battery pack:

Interesting to see this, when Vestratto made a whole fancy video pushing why their IH was so good, using Milwaukee's tech. When it's really just more 18650s, in a different package.

(note that I'm not disparaging Milwaukee -- their cordless 'M' series are almost universally accepted as 'best in class' by mechanics, tradespeople, etc.)

 

[Fearless Disaster]

Interesting to see this, when Vestratto made a whole fancy video pushing why their IH was so good, using Milwaukee's tech. When it's really just more 18650s, in a different package.

(note that I'm not disparaging Milwaukee -- their cordless 'M' series are almost universally accepted as 'best in class' by mechanics, tradespeople, etc.)

I use the Milwaukee system for my tools and love it! I actually gave away my m12 stuff and replaced it with m18 stuff a few years back. Interestingly, when I picture a forge with a m12 battery my mind says "that's way too big to be portable". but when I think of a forge with an m18 attached I think "oh what a portable little desktop class induction device!"

 

[SockPuppetTheatrics]

I think this question has come up before (maybe it was on the Vestratto Discord), and it comes down to:
- unregulated 18650s are dangerous if you don't know what you're doing
- Vestratto wants to reach the medical market (I believe this was always the goal)
- someone else has already solved the problem of making a rechargeable battery pack capable of powering the Forge
- it's still more flexible than a factory-installed battery
- one could, if one chose, bring a Milwaukee battery pack on an airplane

 

[C-weed]

Got my T-stem today!!!! This 420 Green heat shield is beyond description..how do I post pics??

 

[Fearless Disaster]

Got my T-stem today!!!! This 420 Green heat shield is beyond description..how do I post pics??

I use Imgur personally, then use the insert media button to drop in the url