GTAVaper
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Well this was going to be Edit 2.....but the editing time-frame limit timed out as a result of me getting distracted by something shiny in the middle of writing it......yup, I blame the Apollo 
Edit 2: New Thoughts On Usage - New Configuration: I just adjusted the warmup setting to 3 min 15 sec - but I also don't keep the herb chamber in there while it warms up. I also changed the boost to maximum after heating up (115% - overpowered voltage).
After heating up, I set it at 7 and enjoyed medium density flavorful moderately large clouds through the DHGate stereo matrix glass. Surprised at how well it started off (herb was very dry), I then turned it down to 5 and drew on the DHMobius and got a little less dense but very flavorful tasting vapor.
Then I tried it with a whip on the FC-UFO that I had brought out of the cupboard to try - since I hadn't used it for a while and was wondering how the Apollo would be with a whip setup
I kept it at the same temperature and pulled on it a few times.
It was strange after not having used the whip after I stopped bringing out the Extreme. It was a little hard to judge how much vapor I was getting because I had become so used to watching a few separate chambers of glass filling up and judging a volume of vapor by that measure.
The chamber didn't seem to cloud up as much but whenever I exhaled after taking a draw from the whip there was very visible vapor and I think the vapor looked less dense as a result of the thicker diameter tubing of the FC-UFO as well as the fact that it had cooled off a bit to the true equilibrium temperature of level 5 - 50% power level.
I then switched the Apollo back to the DHMobius and tried it at the same temp and the clouds instantly densified as a result of the smaller diameter tubing in this piece.
I then thought to hit the boost button wondering what the 115% boost would be like. After boosting for about 5 seconds I started to draw and WOW.....the glass was milking very nicely and the taste was even changing throughout the length of the inhalation as the terpenes got stripped away. I then shut it down after clearing another chamberful and thought about the difference with the new boost.
The 115% boost power level is noticeably more reactive than the 100% in swinging the vapor production around quickly.....although waiting the additional 5 seconds was also giving the unit time to quickly build higher temperatures in the chamber area as the bulb radiated additional heat under boost.
This 5 second number seems to be the magic number for the very few on-demand vapes on the market right now.
I am thinking that with a hotter higher wattage bulb being installed that the heat up time could easily drop to 20-30 seconds (who knows until it's tried - this is just a guess)...... and then after the unit has been heat soaked that you could probably just turn it down to 1 or 2 to keep everything heat soaked and conserve battery life.
This would allow you to run a longer continuous session with less power in the idle state and then when you want to bring on the clouds, a quick 3-7 second boost with a higher wattage bulb could put you back into the clouds very quickly.
I think that when the unit is already warmed up then running the halogen bulb for a very short time at one of the boost levels available to such a powerful bulb could easily bring you back to pretty well any vaping temperature that you'd like to be at in a matter of seconds.
I think this would be sort of a "sessioning-on-demand" experience if that makes any sense?
I would highly recommend that Apollo owners experiment with the maximum boost setting in conjunction with a lower than regular vaping temperature - but then using the boost as the "instant-on" temperature regulator and "feather" it on and off intermittently to maintain whatever vapor temperature you want to vape at.
I think that this would lengthen the available standby time of the herb, conserve battery over longer sessions, keep the vaporizer at a lower operating temperature and also have the unit a little cooler in the hands while at the same time giving you the ability to return to producing the kind of vapour that would normally require keeping the vaporizer at a much higher standby/vaping temperature.
I also think that it is this kind of use where a small temperature thermocouple sensor maybe perhaps transmitting a Bluetooth signal to a smart phone display (I can dream
) might provide some benefit in assisting with the maintenance of the vaping temperature through a dynamic feedback loop that is continually being adjusted manually by the user as they draw by way of "feathering" a boost button.
I hope that this transmission from "Tranquility Base" has been helpful
...... and now back to my Mission
Last Edit: Yup, anyone with an Apollo is going to want to drop some kind of oil (I've used mineral) onto those battery cap screw threads.....it's like night and day.
Edit 2: New Thoughts On Usage - New Configuration: I just adjusted the warmup setting to 3 min 15 sec - but I also don't keep the herb chamber in there while it warms up. I also changed the boost to maximum after heating up (115% - overpowered voltage).
After heating up, I set it at 7 and enjoyed medium density flavorful moderately large clouds through the DHGate stereo matrix glass. Surprised at how well it started off (herb was very dry), I then turned it down to 5 and drew on the DHMobius and got a little less dense but very flavorful tasting vapor.
Then I tried it with a whip on the FC-UFO that I had brought out of the cupboard to try - since I hadn't used it for a while and was wondering how the Apollo would be with a whip setup
I kept it at the same temperature and pulled on it a few times.It was strange after not having used the whip after I stopped bringing out the Extreme. It was a little hard to judge how much vapor I was getting because I had become so used to watching a few separate chambers of glass filling up and judging a volume of vapor by that measure.
The chamber didn't seem to cloud up as much but whenever I exhaled after taking a draw from the whip there was very visible vapor and I think the vapor looked less dense as a result of the thicker diameter tubing of the FC-UFO as well as the fact that it had cooled off a bit to the true equilibrium temperature of level 5 - 50% power level.
I then switched the Apollo back to the DHMobius and tried it at the same temp and the clouds instantly densified as a result of the smaller diameter tubing in this piece.
I then thought to hit the boost button wondering what the 115% boost would be like. After boosting for about 5 seconds I started to draw and WOW.....the glass was milking very nicely and the taste was even changing throughout the length of the inhalation as the terpenes got stripped away. I then shut it down after clearing another chamberful and thought about the difference with the new boost.
The 115% boost power level is noticeably more reactive than the 100% in swinging the vapor production around quickly.....although waiting the additional 5 seconds was also giving the unit time to quickly build higher temperatures in the chamber area as the bulb radiated additional heat under boost.
This 5 second number seems to be the magic number for the very few on-demand vapes on the market right now.
I am thinking that with a hotter higher wattage bulb being installed that the heat up time could easily drop to 20-30 seconds (who knows until it's tried - this is just a guess)...... and then after the unit has been heat soaked that you could probably just turn it down to 1 or 2 to keep everything heat soaked and conserve battery life.
This would allow you to run a longer continuous session with less power in the idle state and then when you want to bring on the clouds, a quick 3-7 second boost with a higher wattage bulb could put you back into the clouds very quickly.
I think that when the unit is already warmed up then running the halogen bulb for a very short time at one of the boost levels available to such a powerful bulb could easily bring you back to pretty well any vaping temperature that you'd like to be at in a matter of seconds.
I think this would be sort of a "sessioning-on-demand" experience if that makes any sense?
I would highly recommend that Apollo owners experiment with the maximum boost setting in conjunction with a lower than regular vaping temperature - but then using the boost as the "instant-on" temperature regulator and "feather" it on and off intermittently to maintain whatever vapor temperature you want to vape at.
I think that this would lengthen the available standby time of the herb, conserve battery over longer sessions, keep the vaporizer at a lower operating temperature and also have the unit a little cooler in the hands while at the same time giving you the ability to return to producing the kind of vapour that would normally require keeping the vaporizer at a much higher standby/vaping temperature.
I also think that it is this kind of use where a small temperature thermocouple sensor maybe perhaps transmitting a Bluetooth signal to a smart phone display (I can dream
) might provide some benefit in assisting with the maintenance of the vaping temperature through a dynamic feedback loop that is continually being adjusted manually by the user as they draw by way of "feathering" a boost button.I hope that this transmission from "Tranquility Base" has been helpful
...... and now back to my Mission
Last Edit: Yup, anyone with an Apollo is going to want to drop some kind of oil (I've used mineral) onto those battery cap screw threads.....it's like night and day.
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