Tempest Heater Core

MAD Heaters makes some of the best vaporizers on the market, with outstanding quality at genuinely fair prices. While many manufacturers keep raising their prices, MAD goes against the trend, making great products increasingly accessible. A manufacturer that values its customers rather than simply maximising profits deserves enormous respect. Absolutely outstanding!

I'm extremely clumsy and my the primary reason I bought this thing was so I'd stop losing balls every time I drop this thing. I have found, however, that this core makes for an incredible one hit extraction machine that has completely replaced my beloved rubies. 28s@100w, 2mm spacer depth on the YLL 3.0 gives me beautifully dense vapor on a microdose bowl. On the other hand, this core also seems to do a significantly better job with heat retention for longer, J-style sessions. No clue how it works and I'm too medicated to explain further. Buy it and try it, get your head out of your way.

This thing has been an absolute game changer for me! I was terrible with the balls, myself screens were always popping especially if I dropped it. Sometimes it would pop and sometimes it wouldn't after hitting the induction heater and balls would go everywhere. Well with this titanium insert that's done for. Think of it like filling the cap full of 1-1.5mm titanium balls and that's what this insert is. It would be really cool if SiC insert could be made like this. This does change your vaping style btw. Because you're heating 2 pieces of precision machined titanium this is going to be the absolute best way for a massive one hit wonder. Set the bowl to the deepest setting and get the yll 3.0. preheat it for 30 seconds on 60 watts and then cool it down and get your favorite 3 flame torch and let it rip. The other cool thing with this ball replacement is if you like to heat the threads of your bowl like I do you can implement a hybrid style vape by tilting the head sideways and running the frame from the threads to the top of the cap. This will produce a vapor way thicker and flavorful and more potent than any other "big bowl tip". Thank you mad heaters for an innovative and useful product.

Been using this on and off for a few months now.

It is more airy than using the balls so might not suit those who prefer a tighter draw.

It does feel easier on the throat so for those sensitive to vapor, this could be worth a go.

It's not holding heat for too long with me, but on the new 0.05g bowl settings, that doesn't matter as much, I get well roasted bowls either way.

Well worth having in the thermal media arsenal.

A must have for your T2!

Meh....I bought both versions because I was curious. I used them in both SS and Ti heads. I could taste the metallic flavor and yes I soaked in ISO and did a burn off. What I got out of it is longer heat up time resulting in more battery or butane use; and a longer cool down time without a proper burn.

I switched all my heads back to 2.5mm rubies. I'm not good at math and physics but it only makes sense to me that the rubies have more surface area than the inserts making way more contact with the air passing through than these inserts.

I would return them if I could because I don't see the benefit of either insert in either SS or Ti heads.

Sorry MH but I can't get behind this one. A 2.5mm diameter sphere has a surface area of approximately 19.63 square millimeters x 75 = 1,472.25 square mm of surface area. I don't know the dimensions of the insert understanding the cork screwl shape creates more surface area but I would guess it is still quite a bit less. As I said, I'm not great at physics and I apologize if I am way off or mathematically outright wrong but the experience backs up my intuitions.

My limited experiences with MH store have been outstanding and would definitely recommend them as a trust worthy source for your needs. Cheers

(steel version) This is a great addition to the Tempest 2. I am using the outer cylinder and filling the hollow inside with balls. This hybrid approach gives me a longer temp window for fully extracting bigger bowls while still including a good airflow.

Really impressed with this heater core. I didn’t expect too much but the consistency of the brown avb is brilliant.

Brilliant upgrade for the Tempest 2, the heat holds alot longer than standard zirconia balls. I can get 6-8 good inhales before clicking cold. Definitely worth the purchase.

Perfectly made, and certainly a nice touch, for those that like to mix it up a bit

The best combination for me so far, is the SS core, in the SS Slim, and use it as a sipper

Really like the vapor texture when using this core.

Love the SS heater core, altho I switched to it right away without trying the stock balls bc I knew I wanted more of a joint experience with more conduction than convection. I made two orders in the same day (T2S & later some accessories I missed the first time around) and MH combined the orders into one box. Alleviated my fear that one might get delivered before the other. Thanks for the great products and great customer service!

I didn't keep up with Mad Heaters releases since the FC forum went offline so these nearly passed me by, I am finding the heater core has much better airflow for big single hits

I really, really like this heater core. I use my T2 for hash almost exclusively and this is the perfect mod for that. It adds a lot of thermal mass and also I feel that it's more to the conduction side rather than convection. Because I use mine for hash, I prefer more conduction heating. It's also nice because I can take my time a little bit more, on account of that extra thermal mass. Definitely a good choice if you run your device hot for hash or if you want to fully prioritize one-hit-extractions for flower

Easy to clean and assemble, excellent for one hit extractions, happy with purchase!

Slots in lush to the new Slim head, heats up 10 seconds quicker than the stock balls, retains heat long enough to clear the bowl in one heat cycle. I will never have to worry about spilling balls everywhere 🥹

This addition is particularly useful if, like me you find the balls fiddly and difficult to manage. It serves the same purpose effectively (if not better in some cases), heats up well and seemingly has slightly better heat retention than the silicone carbide balls I was using before.

Really great for longer Heat Retention and OHE
Unfortunately it seems a bit harsh on the throat using natively and the Flavour suffers a bit therefore I can’t give it the full 5 stars.

85W 45 Seconds this thing rips just like rubies but with more heat retention. Spot on, will be easy to find if the retaining screen ever goes.

Switched from 42 3mm ss balls to this ss heater core and it rips just as hard maybe a little harder but has much better airflow. 85 watts 45 seconds on the yll

Simple and effective. I love that this has two layers allowing for some customisation. I'm using the titanium outer core with 3mm Sic on the inside, for amazing one heat extraction with excellent flavour. For someone with dexterity issues this is far less fiddly than the balls, although personally I purchased this more for the heating nuances than the QOL. Happy customer and may get the stainless steel to have compare the effects. Would recommend to all.

This core does nothing positive for the Tempest 2.

Brilliant, really easy to install and use. Thought I'd see what this was like and wasn't disappointed. I love how versatile the tempest is you really can tailor it to suit the sesh your after with different balls and cores.

Effective, easy to clean, a very good alternative to the balls.

Works like original balls delivered with tempest but need less time on the wand.

This is great if fumbling with balls and screens or poor dexterity or vision is present. So easy to drop it in lock the screen first go. I suggest starting slow and building up, finding the right combination. Punchy hit. Very nice idea and function

This is great if fumbling with balls and screens or poor dexterity or vision is present. So easy to drop it in lock the screen first go. I suggest starting slow and building up, finding the right...

I was fed up losing my rubies if i dropped the head so gave this a go. Flavour is spot on as always and the core seems to hold heat a bit longer for native use which is great.