Here's a question that seems more difficult than most, at least about the Nano...
Who has had or heard of a poor or disappointing experience with this vape? What are the drawbacks?
Two or three drawbacks. As others mentioned, time to get up to temp. Can do quick (Dial at 10 then down to 6.5 ish) in 5 or 6 minutes, but takes about 20 - 30 minutes to get to full temp for optimal use. Mine always on unless it is traveling, so seldom an issue. This is also common with many plug in vapes.
Smaller loads - also mentioned above and for a few reasons. Load more often, hard to use with more than 2 or 3 people. This is also a benefit though because tend to use less material in long run, and if you do smaller loads flavor stays until spent and a few other benefits.
It's not portable! Need to be near some type of AC, so if you vape more than indoors (or on the porch) you'll probably want a portable, too. Though a few portable power supplies being posted look to solve this issue for a couple of quick sessions.
Unless you get a custom wood stem, you'll be using glass. An issue for some, but mine has fared vary well. If you're prone to breaking glass - get back ups. Not much you can do without the stem or a GonG.
Couldn't find much info on electrical specs for this one. Could work, but hard to say. Didn't really look at much, but a quick search on Amazon for portable AC power gave many products.
Last night and this morning I was getting some bullshit hits from my nano. And I was starting to get worried and disappointed. The screen looked clean, I tried raising the temperature, adjusting the screen depth, changing my draw..
![:\](/i/s/hmm.gif "Hmm :\")
Finally, I noticed on the underside of the screen, a bunch of Keif had somehow gotten through or around it but it had gotten clogged up under there.
So I'm actually pretty happy that I got that bad stem in the first place because with the replacement I got 5 extra screens. As soon as I switched them out it was back to hitting just like I remembered.
I'm so happy having the extra screens so I can just rotate them out and clean them as a batch.
This sounds like something I need to invest in seriously!
Yep... a clean screen is necessary for best performance! Next time this happens, you may want to try this trick. Turn nano up to 9 or better and dump the load. I go close to 10. Let it heat for 10 - 15 minutes. Put the "empty" stem/GonG back on. Vapor will be pretty hot - but instant reclaim!! Usually very tasty, too. Works well dry or through water. Once it stops giving vapor, turn you nano back down and give it some time to cool. Blow out the stem/GonG to take care of any remnants or hit it with a small brush and tap any crap out. Usually cleans them up pretty good and can do this a few times with light buildup before they need deeper cleaning. I've even tried putting the screens aside, then doing this with a few stacked in there. Lasts longer, but other than that was pretty much the same so hardly worth it IMO.
Always a good idea to do this before setting screens aside for cleaning unless you are planning on making QWISO from them. IMO, this is the better way to go (not a big fan of QWISO myself). Also, cheaper on ISO. I have one of those tiny jelly jars (1 fl oz?) I use for screens. I reuse for quite a while and just keep it capped. When time to clean a few screens, I throw them in, give it a few shakes and let sit for 2 - 10 hours. Give another shake or two and pluck the screens out with tweezers. Hit them on the face with an old toothbrush, rinse and dry. Cap the small ISO jar and put it back under the sink until time to clean again. I guess you could do this a few times and then evaporate the ISO, but not sure how healthy it would be. I usually use the same little batch of ISO for this for 6 - 9 months before dumping, or cleaning dirtier crap up (dab nails or or the rarely used combusting bowls).
I academically realize that holding it in longer won't increase your high or whatever. But sometimes for some unknown reason it just feels good to hold in the vapor on a really big draw, and then to just slowly release it and let the vapor slip and play in clouds around your head... I know a little hippy dippy ridiculous. And I've never smoked in my life, not even cannabis no I don't have that reference in my subconscious. So my enjoyment of holding in the vapor came to me strictly after starting to Vape.
Whatever works for you. As far as the discussion of it, I know I can go OT here as much as anyone, but this one can get pretty long and drawn out. Take a look at the thread I linked above and contribute there as you see fit. But, please keep this one over there. As we just saw in past couple pages, this discussion (and a few like it) can derail a thread right off the tracks. THANKS!
. You can also throw some aromatherapy oil on there and have your place smelling nice while your aren't hitting on it.
But, I'll give it a quick whirl.