Need a bit of help, new to vaping, just bought a crafty, if I place 0.1 - 0.2 in it, I only seam to get clouds on the first couple of goes, I do pull on it until the green light turns red (not sure how many times I should keep pulling on it). The device also gets quite hot along with the mouth piece when I pull hard on it. Is this all normal or is this thing faulty, because I don't seam to be feeling a great deal off this, any advice will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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@Astedra said the crafty will perform best with a full bowl, the load needs to stay put while you pull otherwise it will not heat the way we want, I'm no good with weights as my herb is a lot dryer than most (by choice) so I'm not sure how full your filling it but if only using small amounts the crafty extracts really quick so only getting a few pulls with coulds could be right, some strains will give more visual vapour than others so sometimes best to judge the effect (can take 10 mins to feel fully) rather than visuals, first I would try a full bowl and see if that improves things.
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me a full bowl normally lasts around 4-6 pulls over a few minutes with fast deep pulls or 2 pulls if through water without the CU, but this will vary from person to person depending on temp used speed and length of draw and quality or herb.
The crafty will get warm/hot (that's what we want
) this is a subjective area though as what's hot for some is barely warm for others, the only areas IMO that should get hot are around the bowl and the CU (cooling unit) but maybe with small loads more heat is passed through the CU and to the mouthpiece
So my method for getting the best results (for me) is a medium grind (SCS) quite dry herb (makes a crunch noise when squeezed) and a full bowl set at +200°c, the amount of pulls you will get can vary greatly depending on the variables I mentioned earlier but a good indication the load is spent is no visible vapour and your herb should be anywhere from a golden brown to coffee brown.
I have tried with and without the liquid pad, just seam to be getting the same results, how many pull are we meant to get off it? And should the liquid pad be underneath the load? I have been placing the pad on top of the load, sorry I have only had it a day.
Liquid pad goes on top of your herb to keep it from flying around in the bowl
Also the best of thread might be helpful for you, lots of good info to read without all of our noise...
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/best-of-the-crafty-by-storz-bickel-thread.17002/