Yeah I can't get anything but yuck outta this parallel I made for the Merlin. It's less bad at 25w but it's still just a nasty flavor. Same flavor that I use every day in my reo/derringer and love. Need to take that build out an put something else in.
how's the airflow on the stumpy and petri?
I don't notice the flavor being any different with that parallel coil, just not enough OF it, you know? It's weak and bland when the wattage is too low, and hot and burnt-tasting when it's too high. And so far, that's all I've gotten from it - I just can't find that perfect wattage.
The Stumpy has adjustable air, and I like it best with two of the three holes on each side open. The Petri has two holes on each side (not adjustable), and it's just perfect, too. I don't know how to describe it, though. Direct lung hit, nice and airy, but with just enough resistance required to give a nice warm vapor loaded with flavor. I don't think we have any of the same tanks, so I can't say it's like a such-and-such! But both of them are good.
I use a vertical splitter and sit on a piece of wood and roll the chunks over to the splitter.
Rich has a vertical splitter (the BIG one - I think it's a 22-ton splitter, he'll come along and correct me if I'm wrong), and he has a metal folding chair next to it to sit on. But the pile of wood he has to deal with precludes him from staying sat. He has to move several chunks over near him, then he can sit and split those, then has to get up and stack all those pieces and then get some more rounds to split. It's an obscene amount of wood (about 6 or 7 cords worth) we go through every winter. It gets colder than a welldigger's ass in Alaska here in the winter, and this house is old, badly insulated (I'm not even sure it HAS insulation), with drafty windows. The woodstove pretty much runs 24/7 during the coldest part of winter. Oh, I'll just let him tell you later. I'm not sure of all the details. That's MAN'S work!
OK, time to go feed the chickens and da cows! Later on, guys!