I'm glad to see that someone else is helping the users find ways to replace their batteries but I'm a little disappointed by how much they are charging for what is a
13 dollar pack on amazon.
I understand this, but that battery pack won't work will it? It needs to be
modified to work with Solo.
There's a similar example in potato chips. It goes something like 'a ten pound bag of spuds is $1.50 ($.15 a pound), so a four ounce bag of chips (1/4 pound) should cost less than four cents'. That's an extreme case, of course, but it points to the issue I think? There is value in processing, in both knowledge and ability as well.
They no doubt sell a LOT of those packs around the world. So far
one has showed up in a Solo?
Looked at the other way, the rules of Capitalism say you or I can buy the parts, solder them together and make some of that filthy lurker for ourselves? The problem is our volume will be very low?
New user advice from a new user of the Ariza Solo : pull out the stem slightly to avoid blocking heater air holes.
If the stem is inserted all the way, it blocks the four holes in the heater, making it difficult to draw. Twist out the stem by a millimetre to unblock the heater holes so that it draws freely.
I hadn't found any clear mention of this in my research (without having read all of this thread), but I wonder if this is the substance of people's complaints about having to draw hard.
I don't think so. Try blocking the holes and see what happens. No real change I can find. The draw was still more or less normal. Try it, I used tape. There's 'conventional wisdom' that air enters the slots in the top and up through the small holes. Try taping the holes in the cap up (it's easy to pull the swinging cover off to do a complete job), again, no change, air doesn't normally come in that way it seems. I think they're vents to let hot air out, the work with the holes in the bottom.
What does seem to happen is air comes in along the outside of the stem (notice the slots in the PVHES?),
around the bottom of the stem (notice the notches in the PVHES), through the load to the eager owner. Lifting it up helps the 'around the bottom part' IMO, as does
tipping the stem a bit.
Restricted draw is in the design.
It should also be noted that while various modifications will make the draw easier it will not increase production....in fact just the opposite. This is not a convection vape, more cold air robs heat that would otherwise make more vapor?
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