I have been using a new technique, it seems to work decently well. So my supply was running extremely low, I had to change my technique.
If you are packing barely just enough to cover the bottom screen, I don't recommend setting the temp to 2:00.
With such a small amount, that temp kills your pack really quick. If I'm going for a quick onset type of effect, I'm packing more, and I usually go 1:30-2:30 on the dial and kill it with one giant rip.
That technique really doesn't work well with small packs. So I scale the temp back to 12:30 and that seems to more optimally extract without killing it too quickly.
Another thing I think disrupts the tiny packs, is too much airflow agitating the blend. When you are packing tiny loads, you need to change your draw speed to a creeping sip, or else I feel there's too much air disturbance. To compensate, I block off the bottom air inlet or "the nipple" 50% with my finger.
This seems to perhaps give a better conduction hit. I know the vape was designed as a convection/conducton experience, and the manufacturer would probably say that the airflow is designed to tumble the herb and extract it on all fronts; and that's all very true.
The agitation is usually a good thing, except when there's a bare minimum amount of material used. So I feel that if you slightly block the air inlet, and almost use it like a carb, the vape functions more of a conduction style and you can really milk a tiny load pretty good.
This could be all in my imagination, so give it a try, but I do feel it's milking my herb better.
Recipe: 12:30..... tiny pack...... block the air inlet 50% and use a slow sip instead of a wind-rushing rip.
Actually it's X-mas break, and I have some supersilver haze, so I'm temporarily going back up to 2:00 on a not so conservative pack here shortly.
