I had an early mighty purchased a year ago(#1000) and saw degradation in performance recently. I sent it to S&B (purchased directly from them) and they said I had a battery problem and sent me an invoice for $90. I told them that I don't want to pay but still wanted my housing and firmware upgraded. I will use it as a plug-in.
Curious what the symptoms of degradation in performance were?
Also found a good write-up of a Crafty-Solo comparison as we've been discussing over at the Solo thread. I can definitely echo this comparison with my own experience with both vapes:
So I took @biohacker's suggestions and loaded up equal weight bowls in a Solo and a Crafty last night.
With 0.05g through water at max temp (210ºC/410ºF on both vapes) with a 1 min heat soak the Solo actually produced a decent cloud. The Crafty didn't produce much but the load was comically small for the Crafty's bowl. It didn't even cover the bottom.
With 0.10g the Crafty was maybe 2/3 full and produced two nice clouds. The Solo was pretty full since I use a domed screen and produced 2 clouds as well and they actually weren't much smaller than the Crafty. I had thought with a mostly full bowl the Crafty would blow the Solo away but it wasn't actually significantly better.
Dry on the other hand I think the Crafty produces better vapor. This exercise has helped me get a better of what situations call for which vape. The Solo seems to be better for small loads, water vaping, or long sessions while the Crafty is better for quick dry sessions or the rare vape on the go.
Is it true that S&B products never go on sale? I have watched the prices increase since release, for example - here in Canada - the Mighty was released at $399cdn and the Crafty was $339cdn IIRC. Then the cost shot up to $469 for the Mighty and 399 for crafty because over the USD difference, and now a crafty goes for 429 and Mighty 510! I assume black friday, christmas, and 4/20 sales won't mean much for S&B products? I always see places like TorontoV say their sales don't cover S&B.
It's just too bad that the battery replacement costs are so high!