Wow, wow, wow... what a great little vape. I'm totally smitten. Absolutely perfect setup for my needs on the go. And truth be told it'll get a lot of love at home, too. I just really enjoy the format and using it. Please bear with me and my "noob excitement" as I share a bunch of thoughts here...
My shell fit is just sliiiightly off. It settles perfectly but seems to want to "lean" to one side due to imperfections in the O-ring groove, I'd imagine. Very minute issue and I'm not complaining. I think a second O-ring would be beneficial to a more secure fit. Or maybe a more robust single ring? The current one feels pretty flimsy and it hampers pocketability for me. I'm afraid of damaging it. I experimented with some extra O-rings I have around but they are all too thick without a groove. What did work, however, was a very thin sliver of Gorilla Tape (like thick padded duct tape), just enough to fill in the space below the O-ring. Makes for a very snug fit and no more gangsta lean. I'll keep an eye and nose out for anything weird resulting from it,but I don't think it gets hot enough there in my usage patterns to cause issues with offgassing.
As far as my mod goes (Evic v2 mini on Tubo firmware), I've been going back and forth between all the modes deciding which works best for my needs. They all work fine, but I think normal temperature control mode is most reliable. Tubo seems to work about the same but maybe eats battery faster? Not sure about that, need more usage to see. I don't think the battery indicator is very accurate on the mod. I don't really get what the difference is between Tubo and regular temp control. Power mode works great with pumping though occasionally would deliver a non-hit, most likely due to inexperience. I'd range from 25 to 32 watts in power mode before my draw couldn't keep up to avoid combustion.
I had issues with the last steps of the blog instructions. Holding the fire button does not get me a reading on Tubo resistance, it just stays at zero. I also can't set "check" to no. I locked resistance on Tubo and SS to 211 because that seemed to be around what it was showing in use right as I pushed the button from a cold start, and it was also reported by others to work well. Anyone know what could be causing these issues and am I hurting anything by "overriding" it like I have?
It seems to work very well if a little under temp at this point. I have not tried to adjust resistance to change that. I just compensate with higher temp settings than usual. I can go reliably from "Arizer Solo on demand" type flavor hits around 380° right on up to "fully extracted in seconds through water" at 500°. No combustion if I keep my draw speed right. It really performs nearly as well as my DBV, seemingly held back only by the 14mm form factor. Incredible!
Efficiency is beyond anything else I have (Solo, DBV, Mighty, Square, Flip, Dynavap, Shift) except I guess the DBV stopped down to 14mm where it's a tie. A full load of the wooden gong gets me 15 hits or more ranging from 380~450° over the life of it. I was obsessing with spotting at first but realized quickly that if you intend to take your AVB to super dark anyway, as I always do, it all evens out in the end with no real hit on flavor.
Flavor goes from top of the line for the first 5 hits of a bowl to better than nearly anything else I have for the rest of them. The end of a bowl in particular is very smooth, even without stirring. The hits as I take them are hot, but I like that. Seems to intensify the high. It has a very pronounced and unique high signature compared to the rest of my collection, probably due to the heat. It just adds to the efficiency for me.
It all boils down to a KILLER vape experience. Glad I took the venture into this 510 world. Cheers!
what are the other interests ? The vtwo doesn't pair too well visually, with the wood casing, it does...