I finally got around to ordering my Obsidian.. I'll report back later in that thread on it. Really excited tho!
I also really like the loading tray for the capsules. The 40 capsule tray takes about 7g to fill all 40. I did 80 capsules last go and it’s been almost a month since I’ve had to grind weed for the Volcano. I just put all the capsules in a jar with a Boveda pack.
390 with a decent preheat on the capsule gets me a nice thick full ballon. I’m usually good after that but you could push it a bit further and go for round two.
I also like to let the vapor cool for 10 or 15 seconds before I take my hit.
I recently bought the loading tray and as of the moment have mixed feelings about it. It definitely makes loading the capsules faster but..... here's the kicker.. I can never get them as tightly packed as I can by simply doing it one at a time by hand.. by simply loading them from my Large BCG. The last time I used it, it was with my SCS grinder with a medium grind but I still haven't tried it with the fine grind from my new BCG. It does make it more simple to load but it did get kinda tedious with the spatula going over the holes to distribute even amounts in every capsule. I will definitely give the loading tray another shot.. I really thought I would like it more than I do. I just can't get it tightly packed is all.
Your 390F temperature is exactly what I found to be pretty much the perfect temp as well!
I usually start out at 390F for that nice first bag and either crank it up to 410F (the mighty's max temp) or the full 446. While the vapor is kinda harsh at the max temp, it's not so bad using my 14mm Magma Industries bag adapter. Sometimes I think I should just stop at 410 since that was the Mighty's max temp and I hear that anything really over 400F is where toxins start to form so I'm kinda confused as to why S&B would give this a max temp of 446? Maybe they had other herbs in mind?
Just wondering what you and others think about finishing off at max temp of 446F or 410F? My gut feeling says to stop at 410F but lately I've been cranking it up to max. Do you think this is too high or do you think I should just go with 410F until it just stops spitting vapor? I always get two decent bags out of a tightly hand packed capsule.. sometimes 3 with the last bag being very thin and whispy. Using the 40 capsule filling chamber set, I still get two bags but not a 3rd ever.