ill just tiptoe around the rules and say, very similar in technology of temperature control obviously since you can use the same mod/firmware for the project. differences in the heater specs like amount of coils, setup of air in take and general air path. 18mm ground glass connection, where the male joint is the bowl. tubo comes with everything preset and ready to rumble.Aside from the casing system, can someone elaborate on the differences between this and say, the project. Believe me, I love the Project, so this intrigues me as well.
so i tried the 18-14mm reducers i have and they are slightly too long and dont make a tight connection therefore. however if they were shorter by a few millimetres it would work without problems. unfortunately i dont see myself cutting these down... maybe sanding, but glass dust is the worst, lets not!Enjoying the tubo very much. Exclusively thru water for now..still not feeling too well to run it dry.
Two observations:
-none of my 4 18to14mm reducer make a tight connection with the tubo female, which I think must be ISO standard. Either the reducer are too short or too thin.. One piece is way longer but that one touches the base of the bowl..
Would love to try the tubo reduced w 14mm micro dose stuff.
-the OGB 18-18mm male adapter fits nicely - but if I don't tamp the load pretty much - and I'm saying I'm using the tubo upside down, so that it rests on the adapter from above (so no risk of material 'falling down') - it looks like it swirls around due to the shorter joint size (it does seal very well - but there's gotta be a small gap between rim of the joint and base of the bowl). I could see that almost every time I lift the tubo from the adapter: there's material on the rim all around.. Not only in the bowl. Not a major annoyance but I would like to fix that. This is only happening with said adapter.. Have to try out another I have. Just covers my theory of ISO size.
All of my stems do fit until now and I love this thing. So all good just some info.
P.S. No, it's not the 'blowback phenomenon' - I lift the tubo while finishing the draw.
maybe its time to take @DDaves offer and send him a unit to design one of his kits, would people be interested in that?