Love my new Rise! Got my "Ultimate 2.0" a few days before Xmas (on my birthday!), soaked the hoses, and within 15 minutes, had it fired up with 3 hoses and got everyone BAKED real good
Everything looked and worked exactly like the videos I watched, with the notable exception of the balloons/bags. The Rise 2.0 uses these simple bags with a small opening and endcap. They are filled by just inserting a whip hose into the end and filling. That's it. None of the multiple parts and what looked like a real operation to get the bags attached to the adapter in the 1.0 version. So in the 2.0, there really is no separate bag adapter at all - just uses the single hose adapter, a hose, and a bag. The new "Ultimate 2.0" came with all 4 hoses and 3 bags.
Don't know how well the bags actually work, but tonight we have a big group so we're gonna give it a try. But I've never use a bag before. Biggest question is how much to put in the bowl for a bag? How long does bagged vapor stay vapor? How many hits per bag - or really - how many people per full bag? I know I'll figure this all out myself, but if anyone has any helpful advice, I'd sure appreciate it!
I've done 4 sessions so far and really like the fan with the multi-whips, in fact, without the fan, "hookah mode" really wouldn't work well cause we'd be creating negative air pressure on the open hoses (sucking in air instead of vapor). So at a minimum, you need "some" fan in this mode, even if it's set on 1. For our sessions, 2 seemed to work best, and anything higher seemed to be a bit too much for most people.
We also tried it in single whip mode, and for that I think we all preferred the "no fan" option. That produced some very thick vapor. With the fan off, I think you can regulate the hit a bit better.
The other thing we've not tried is the oil can. Would wax work in this, or does it really want "oil"? I guess anything that would melt would work.
Thanks again for all the great info and advice!