Hey what’s up man of music, I’m in Phoenix. Heat advisory all week. 117 degrees. As I type this at 12:40am it’s still 100 degrees out.
My two cents of smoking outside in the heat: it’s rough. I do it every night when I walk the dog, but it’s rough. Totally accurate about the briar not being able to dissipate heat. Reminds me of a story I heard about how they measure the efficiency of electric motors. Operating temperature is in direct correlation to ambient temperature. Has to be within a certain range. Seems obscurely relevant. Cheers
Hey man of glass! Howdy from just down the 10 in Tucson. I also smoke nightly, but usually later than the dog walk (the wife makes faces when I grab a pipe for the dog walk). 92 down here at 1:00 AM, and I'm enjoying a bowl out on the patio. One good thing about living in Tucson as opposed to The Valley is that at 2000 ft it usually cools down a little more at night when it's hot, but it's still tough, as you say, to enjoy a pipe when everything around you seems like it's on fire as well (Hell, for the past month the mountain has actually been on fire too, and I could watch the flames as I enjoyed my nighttime bowl)
Your story about motors reminds me of about two years ago when I needed to replace the pool pump. I ordered what I was told was a great replacement from a place in Florida, only to find out it was rated for 40 C, so about 105. It died when June hit, and was fortunately within the warranty period. It was replaced with a pump that was rated for 50 C. Still going strong a couple of years later! Whomever advised me to order the first one in Florida had no idea how hot it gets here.
Still, I love it. I especially love it in December when we're enjoying perfect pipe weather and the rest of the country is freezing their fingers off trying to have a smoke.