11 I'll think of something
- Regular price
- $40.00
- Sale price
- $40.00 Sale
Right in the middle between the Quartz Cap Mini and the 14mm Quartz Cap. A middle of the pack bowl with quicker heat up or use a smaller torch
Comes with 2 quartz heaters, 1.2 and 1.5 mm thick
14/14 connector may be different than pictured
I have quite a few vapes, but the Quartz Cap 11 is my choice whenever possible.
The kit is pretty well thought out, and works perfectly with a dimpled jhook. The vapor is definitely tamed enough for me through a dry stem, I haven't really felt the need to try it through water yet. I will likely DIY some kind of wooden jhook stand in the future, but the included glass stand did compensate since I could at least set down the hot parts. Also, the glass connector is clutch since it manages to stay cool enough to handle by the bulb at all times, for clearing the stem or moving the hot stuff from stem to stand. It'd be better to set up some kind of station rather than packing it into a portable kit due to the cooldown time of 2-3 minutes and the number of pieces. However it is perfectly portable to bring to the back patio, not likely your car, hiking, a concert though. The nature of using a torch and lack of privacy makes this less than stealthy although odor is less a problem.
It does extract fast; it has almost no absolute limitations to the amount of flame you can apply, but it becomes impractical if you push it much. While you can certainly use a kitchen torch or dab torch and get bowls hot in about 15 glorious seconds, I found that size to be overkill. I'm still able to heat the thinner heater (which is a nice addition for this reason, not just a spare) in about 40 seconds outdoors with a single flame Honest torch (of the sort that Lotus and Dynavap owners would use). Since this heater is so much more responsive than the larger Terpsicle and other devices, something in between pocket torch and dab torch seems ideal. You can likely use whatever torch you have, however, so the cost of grabbing this kit will be among the least expensive vapes available by a wide margin for many people.
My only major knock on this kit are that the included tongs are barely adequate to handle a round quartz heater, but the ones with the larger vapes are ideal. Those ones are spring loaded and secure and the heater is just the right size to fit them, while the included ones are basically tweezers. The spring loaded tongs can hold the heater securely when set down without burning your table or porch while it cools. Handling this vape becomes a lot easier with the better tongs, I highly recommend people grab them. The tweezers aren't entirely useless but I feel they may cause a risk of drops due to lack of grip, unrelated to the heat.
I found the bowl size to be perfect; you get a massive amount of vapor quickly and get a few thick, flavorful hits. I measured one bowl at .2 grams but I left a fair bit of room and didn't tamp it down. I found if I filled it near the top, the bowl would be a bit too restricted on a med-fine grind so I've gotten good results by just breaking herb into small chunks because the airflow is important to even heating and reacting to vapor production with your draw. The choice of heaters isn't that important, but packing the bowl somewhat loosely and not overfilling is fairly crucial to give yourself margin for error.
Since the bowl is so narrow already, just stacking up little chunks with gaps between them is probably better than ground herb for airflow. Stirring is fairly unnecessary, since the bowl is so narrow that it cooks evenly since it doesn't rely on convection fully. Removing the screen seems like it would also reduce restriction, but I prefer to keep it for now to reduce cleaning. While cleaning more than once a week or two seems unnecessary, there is a bit of reclaim in the connector piece after a few bowls, but the screen and walls of the bowl stayed remarkably clear just from blowing the spent herb out.
As for the flavor and overall vapor quality, you can get extremely flavorful and concentrated vapor. It's not a full convection piece, but you get a much more full bodied and deep extraction from your herb that provides plenty of medication from one bowl to last hours.
Overall it's terrific, especially for the price and it's easy to find good accessories to pair with it. But if you're planning on grabbing one of its larger cousins, be sure to cop the better tongs.
This is my second TRWW vape, my first was the Terpcicle Mini. I'll use that as a comparison for folks on the fence.
This vape rips harder than the terp mini, I think because of its increased airflow. It excels at fully extracting a bowl in a single or couple rips, if that's your intent. It fits perfectly on the end of a j hook, very much the experience of smoking a pipe/bowl. The terp mini is a little taller and fits better on a small/medium sized bubbler than on a j hook. Both taste pretty similar to me.
That said, I think the terp mini holds heat longer which is better for sipping. I'm finding I sometimes have to reheat this vape after a couple pulls even with the thicker cap (depending on your heating style). This is not really inconvenient, just different. I like to take time at the lower, tastier temps which I think the terpcicle mini does a little better at. I'll take 5 - 7 puffs to fully extract which can be done in 1 to 2 heat cycles on the terp mini, whereas this one might require something like 2 to 4 heat cycles. Another cool thing about the terp mini is that it builds heat over time a little more, so if you time it right it seems to almost work like an automatic temp stepper.
TL;DR This one is more of a ripper, terp mini is more of a sipper (but can also rip if you want it to). I think in terms of taste both are pretty similar.
Minor differences. Both are amazing vapes and fit slightly difference use cases. Get both!
If you've been on the fence about getting one of these quartz glass TEDs, GET OFF THE FENCE! They're totally amazing! This one might be the cousin of the Quartz Cap Mini and the regular Quartz Cap, but it just chugs vapor like nobody's business. I think it even beats my Firewood 7 with the amount of chug it can do! Regardless, I love this thing, and I'm glad I finally get to send you some support. Keep doing what y'all do! It's amazing! I'll see you on Reddit! 😅
This is my 4th purchase from TRWW. It works well in that the amount of glass to heat up is considerably less than 14mm quartz cap. I have found that the my Blazer GT 8000 can do the primary heat up in 11-14 seconds. I will then do some step heats with the small single jet torch to finish it off. This is more of a solo device whereas the terpcicle is good for multiple people.