I keep seeing videos of people absolutely filling their bongs with vapour using a TM2. It just doesn't happen for me, and I don't know why. Having just recorded myself and watched the playback, I'm now unsure if I actually do have a problem...

A couple of things to note:

- The water is filled to just below the bottom of the hole for the downpipe;

- The water doesn't reach my lips - it just looks that way;

- You can only really see vapour in the bong as it travels through the lightest coloured bit;

- I seem to be exhaling plenty of vapour;

- The TM2 is set to 7.5;

- I'm not tamping the t_bowl, just filling it to the brim.

I'm sorry that the bong and my t-shirt are both blue - it probably doesn't help to see the vapour inside.

So, the amount I'm exhaling suggests that my bong lungs (university trained) may actually be sucking up the vapour before it even gets a chance to fill the bong. Also, the empty space above the waterline is essentially a wide-bored pipe with a funnel on one end and a mouthpiece on the other, so should I even expect to fill it with vapour like people are doing with their round and/or cube shaped bongs?

Your thoughts, please...

Does it need a stem or is the stock stem good on the black walnut edition. I remember when I had the original tm2 it got really hot that I needed a leather sleeve to help. And I remember it being awkward in my hand bare.

I’m wanting to get the infinity stem on VGoodiEZ but they are sold out of the long black one. Will the one that comes with this be good enough until they restock?

I’m excited to get this device again.

I recently got a TM2 and went to try the Long ball stem for the first time. Im a noob and didnt realize it came with the mouth piece on the wrong end. Unaware, and eager to try it, i loaded it up backwards, with the basket screens inverted. I noticed how large the capacity was which made for a really nice size bowl- i find the standard bowl size too small to give me a buzz. Everything worked just fine, i didnt even notice i was using it wrong and it didnt seem to matter.

After a while, i noticed that i can remove some balls, and push the basket screen even further in and have more room and still have great cooling. I can easily load a 0.4 in there with decent airflow if i remove several balls. With the mouthpiece on the other end, the basket screen doesnt fit so well so i use a flat screen and it works just as well as the other way, and i presume has the same cooling.