E-Nano from Epickai

CarbonFiberGuy said:

I'd like to update since my last post . To re-cap I made a post mentioning that my black base was slightly off center with a tiny gap , I was just asking if this was normal? To my surprise Andy responded back within minutes requesting me to send the unit in for adjustment , & also mentioned giving a free stem for my troubles . The issue was so minor I debated on even sending the unit in , especially since I had fallen in love with the unit and did not want to be without it . I finally got around to sending the unit in this Tuesday . Andy realigned the base and had my unit back in my hand with a free stem by this sat , WOW ! I live half way across the country so I really could not be more pleased with the customer service of this company . Since The nano was gone it gave me a chance to get my glass cleaned in my "nano station" for her return . I took a couple pictures of her for you guys in her natural environment as soon as she got home . I got the fiddleback maple wood , I think the horizontal "waves" in the wood and light wood tone really give it a modern look which I like a lot and matches my home décor .


One little mod I did to the aluminum epic stand is add a tool/ accessory holder . I found that a kanger mini protank3 glass sleeve with two #6 o-rings slipped into one of the stands holes provides a very nice looking & functional holder for brush, e-pick , and stir tool . I also have been looking for a more cosmetically appealing heat grip for the stems . The clear cut piece of silicone tube provided is adequate and functions well for its purpose . The problem with using tubing is its next to impossible to get a strait line with it on its cut edges . I tried making my own sleeves using silicone tubing and heat shrink , I taped off strait lines and followed them with a razor blade. These were a little better looking ,but still not very appealing . I finally came across these little silicone rings sold for ego battery's and tanks . The size of these is OD=16mm, ID=13mm, and height 9mm . They fit stems and Gongs perfect , I find that 3 of them stacked works best . They go on easy and come off easy , but have a very secure hold . They feel great in hand , and there machined tapered cut edges provide a very uniform professional looking fit .

I am probably in the OCD anal minority here , but Andy if you see this I wonder how hard it would be to get these made with the EPIC logo on them ? I think it would be cool to buy maybe a 3 ,6 or 9 pack of different colors , and buy multiples to mix and match colors . Maybe the forum could even come up with other nano specific terms to put on the rings . The printing part of it can't be to difficult since my local e-cig store has there shop name printed on these . The printing has also been very strong against iso and other solvents as I have tried to wipe the print of the ones I already have .

Now that I have a nano I am just floored by the craftsmanship , everything is machined and made to such perfect tight standards . The accessory's are no exception either . For $30 my stand is a solid piece of aluminum with flawless rounded machined corners and blemish free anodizing job , If this was a part for my car it would probably be at least $100 . Everything is just high quality from the well thought out e-pick to the nice thick glass pieces , even the dial is perfect with its inside joke . My only complaint with everything so damn perfect is the stock stem sleeves which is just my OCD . I did month's of research before I bought my nano , I could have got anything . For various reasons I picked this over vapes 3 times the cost and I am glad I did ,

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Mr.Sifter said:

So sad this vape is not made for EU power suply

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Mr.Sifter said:

So sad this vape is not made for EU power suply

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CarolKing said:

So @ataxian should probably use 2 maybe 3 grips/guards, just in case. I see three were used in the video. Awesome!

What's in your E-nano tonight? I have some nice Trainwreck, It's just right. It's been sitting in the Cvault for a month with the Boveda packs.

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GetLeft said:

- I'd say that 6 is a good place to start getting a feel for temps.

- Don't own a solo but I own an air which shares some characteristics with the solo. Wouldn't go so far as to equate the solo with the nano. The nano takes first place in that race hands down. Yes, it will combust. The general non-combustion zone is anywhere up to around a temp of 8. Between 6 and 7.5 is safest vaping zone. I keep it at 6.25/6.33.

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Mr.Sifter said:

can you post a picture of nano standing next to a solo ?

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Dafni said:

Hello fellow Nano lovers,

I would like to share my experience with the E-Nano. I’m not a native English speaker, please bear with me, I’ll try the best I can. Mods please don’t hesitate to change my grammar and spelling if it’s too bad.

So I had some time with my E-Nano and love it so far. Excellent little device.

I was playing around with temp settings and came up with a way to accurately measure the temperature of the airflow right where it hits the herbal load.

From my work background I have access to some fancy thermo probes and I always test my new vaporizers. I love to play around with these things.

For the Nano I built a little GonG adapter with the thermo probe dead center right where the herbs would be, and a bit of cotton to simulate the load. Cotton lets me simulate loose or dense loads without getting me too medicated over time.

I put that adapter on a big bubbler and my Nano on top, giving it long exaggerated pulls, trying to max out the temp of each setting.
“Maxing out” the temp on a purely convective vape is not easy, as the longer one pulls the higher the temp gets. So I had to settle for a realistic experimental pull that I could reproduce over and over again without fainting.

That said, I really went to town on it, trying to find the hottest temps that could be achieved for each setting. I am a relatively big guy and can draw longer and harder than most people I know, so I would not be surprised if someone else could not reproduce the temps I was able to hit.
Therefore I repeated the experiment with different people, trying to find an average temp that is easy to achieve for most.

The airflow (a direct consequence of the density of the load) has a huge impact on the final readings, as can be expected.

To represent different airflow rates and different users, I collected my data in a temp range for each setting.
The lower end representing a temp that should be easy to reach by anyone, even with a loose load.
The top end representing my top temps that I achieved. I would take those as max temps for each setting.

So here are the numbers:

Setting: Temp Range

5: 150-160°C (302-320°F)
5.5: 165-175°C (329-347°F)
6: 180-190°C (356-374°F)
6.5: 195-205°C (383-401°F)
7: 210-220°C (410-428°F)
7.5: 225-235°C (437-455°F)
8: 240-250°C (464-482°F)

Please note the nice linear pattern, and keep in mind those are average numbers out of many many test runs, different load densities and users.

So in theory, given a nice dense and dry load, exaggerated long steady pulls, one should be able to reach combustion on the 7.5 setting. (and IIRC someone here posted something like this)
I myself never combusted in my Nano so far, but I got very close. Obviously I roasted some of my cotton loads a light brown (something that would probably combust some herbs)
If you don’t pack your loads hard and draw for very long I think even the 8 setting should work, for those complete extractions or those very big hits.

All in all I am very happy with the numbers the Nano produced, how quick and reliable the temp changes where, how quick the loads cool off when you stop pulling, how warm the device gets on the outside, how free the airflow is and even how sleek that thing looks and feels.

Thank you Andy for such a nice little thing, and thanks to all for reading. Comments and questions welcome!

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ACE OF VAPE said:

Well there go my glass accessory sales! @Ataxion.
Note: The silicone guards were pulled to cover both ends of the glass so the ends won't chip. The silicone is unaffected by the heat from heater when pulled over the edge of the glass.We dropped the glass onto concrete from a hight of 5' over 10 times with no broken glass. Your results may vary.

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Urungus said:

Hello, long time listener first time caller.. After looking for a good at home vape that was efficient first and foremost, I stumble across the log vapes and the E-nano. Doing some research and it seems like these guys are the way to go. Especially for my style - "the drive by sipper". I like to hit it, put it down and do whatever, come back and take another hit, etc. I've been using the old trusty brass one hitter for decades lol. Say what you will but I just like a buzz and I don't like to waste product. So it's been the best match for me since, well, forever.. When I want to be heavily medicated I pull out the bubbler as I have an O-ring around the brass oney and can get there in no time.

Anyway, knowing my style and knowing that I like vaping, I was out on the hunt. I currently have a PAX which is fine but left much to be desired.. It uses quite a bit of product(for me) and being conduction it also affects efficiency. I also wasn't getting to that "spot" with it. That spot where you say ok, I'm medicated enough I don't need any more. In fact, I found I would go back to the brass to get me up over the top when I wanted it.. So I loved it but after a while I found myself going back to the Brass simply out of my cheepness and innability to be where I wanted with the amount I wanted to get there with..

So that brings me to the logs. Researching it seemed like this was the best match for me. Efficient, I can set it down and come back to it, it can work with glass, etc. So looking around between UD and EV, I went with EV. I liked the simple, elegant design a lot. Much more than the other designs by UD(personal preference here). So I pulled the trigger last Thursday the 19th on the Fiddleback E-nano, extra stem, gong and screens. Ordered Thursday and received the Nano on Monday! I was stoked! Fast fulfillment by Andy! Nice!

I open the box and the first thing I see is a nice hand written thank you note. Nice touch! Not many e-commerce sites do this. Like others have mentioned, I knew the Nano was small, but just wasn't expecting it to be THAT small. Immediately plugged it in, left the screen at the designated E-pic height and filled her up with some well grinded flowers(still used to the pax at this point) and I think I set the heat at 5.5. First hit filled my lungs like a balloon! Barely had the stem around the heater as well. Exhaled and wow that flavor! That buzz!! Bingo! I was smiling ear to ear

After about almost 2 weeks with the Nano and I can say I am in LOVE. I will say I'm still working on getting the consistency of my draws down. I've moved the screen up some but I've found the E-pic height to be the best all around setting. I've also found sometimes I seem to get more draws out of a load than others of the same. Something I just have to play with.. I do like the versatility of it all though.. If I just want to "hit and run" I'll throw a little nug in at stock height, set heat to 5.5 and take draws whenever. Increasing the heat as needed. It works well for when I don't want to go to the moon and just want a buzz. However, when I do want to go to the moon. I find that using medium-fine grind on flowers and filling it with a bit more than a nug's worth, then packing down gives KILLER results. The vapor hits are monster here. This is where I get BINGO consistently. This also works the best on glass for me. Nice milky white draws. So smooth through glass as well.

My wife came home one night that first week and asked me "could you get any higher?" lol. I brought it up to her the other day again and she said "I have never seen you so wrecked". Mission accomplished Andy

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Vapor_Eyes said:

Welcome to the nano nation @DarkSm0ke !

I've been enjoying some cherry pie crumble in my E-Nano lately. It's my preferred way to enjoy concentrates, the flavor is out of this world, the hits are enormous, and somehow the nano is even very efficient with concentrates, not just flowers.

Keep your hands warm everybody!

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throwawaytre3s said:

Are you positive about the silicon @ACE OF VAPE ? I recently had the silicone sleeve melt to the end of an 18mm gong adapter. I only had it at a 6, too, so it caught me aback. It isn't ruined or anything, I still use it daily, it's just now there's a ring of melted silicone around the end of it.

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Vapor_Eyes said:

@DarkSm0ke

I generally use the organic cotton method. I like temp 7.5 for concentrates. I completely wrap the concentrate in the cotton, use as little cotton as possible, just enough to cover the concentrate. Then I put in my dry stem or gong and hit it once or twice. After that I use the e-pick to flip it around so that beautiful amber spot is facing the heater.

I've used this method with pretty much every type of concentrate and it always works wonderfully.

I also have some S&B concentrate pads a friend gave me, I think they're from a Volcano. I cut a couple pieces small enough to fit in a gong and layered them. You can use higher temps with the steel pads, even up to 10. I'm not a big fan overall, for some reason I just prefer the cotton.

I truly do prefer the E-Nano over anything else for concentrates, even taking dabs from a nice rig. I feel the nano provides better flavor and is more efficient, I get more medicated from the same amount of concentrate.

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