XpeeN
Well-Known Member
From some reading I did back then, I deducted that heating up SS316L above 500-550C is not worth it health-wise, as there are no conclusive evidence that it is safe. We know that there's oxidization process going on there and that some mechanical properties gets lost, but most researches talk about hours of continuous work, and I'm not even sure it's relevant to us as it's not my field, so I can't comment much about it.as far as i know, its titanium that cant glow dry not SS
i have 2 vaporcane im still alive, it must glow to perfrom well imho.
I like wattage mode over tc (47w)
I just don't think it's worth taking a risk while there are safer alternatives that perform as good, for example, my glow has dual 20GA SS316L coils in it that are limited to faint glow on max temp, I'm staying below that max temp and get great results without making the coils glow at all. Also I'm waiting for a different type of SS316L wire that I think will perform even better without glowing, but I'll talk about it at the glow's thread when it's relevant. Another great example is the splinter z. So yeah, why even risk it?