I am loving the E-nano. I was really excited about the Grasshopper (which I only learned about a few weeks ago now), but I think my Nano is going to easily hold me over long enough to wait until a lot more Grasshoppers get into the wild, and see if they can improve their QC. (Definitely rooting for them though; I would love a vape pen for herbs that's good.)
I either do something very close to that or just even skip right from 6 to 7.
Thanks for confirming.. and I'm assuming you remove the herb chamber from the main unit unless you are constantly drawing?
Socks, give the "slow draw 7 up" technique a try for loads 0.1g and under.
Sorry, had to give it a name. @Bravesst could probably come up with a good acronym.
"7 up" because you set it to seven and keep it vertical, pointing up. No liquid pad.
This is for small loads, remember.
Most important part is "slow draw." The flow is so unrestricted with the Plenty, that it takes some practice to do a zombie like slow draw. You can lengthen the priming to 6-10 seconds around 380F. It's primed when you see the whisps of vapor rising from mouthpiece. Then take first of the long slow draws (did I mention to draw slowly?) Be an Olympian zombie and draw for over 20 seconds. Hardest part is keeping your drooling saliva from dripping out of your mouth during the long and tasty draws -- hmmm, had that problem in several situations unrelated to vaping.
Long term FC members probably feel like it's deja vu all over again: Fun reading through posts from '08-'10 in SSV, DBV, HA threads. People complaining how they burn through material because the bowl is large or because they enjoy the vapor density with large loads. Then others chime in about discovering fabulous efficiency with the Purple Days log vape. Cue Twilight Zone music.
Go ahead and use it handheld. Not hard to keep it vertical. Walk around, hand it to girlfriend, relax, just keep it vertical. Oh, one more thing: Slow down your draw.
I think I've mentioned this before but I've always taken slow draws with this.. Slow 8 to 10 second draws. The thing I don't understand is the amount you're referring to won't cover the screen and I remember this from your previous pictures.
So if I want to try a super small amount No liquid pad.. just a sprinkle like in your previous pic?
I also wanted to point out.. I haven't been very observant with eyeballing small amounts and my scale doesn't read into the hundredths.
I think I may have asked this before but when weighting out my herb... I don't weight grinded herb.. It's too messy. I only weight buds and then grind. Surely this is approximately the same weight especially if my strain doesn't have any stems.
In the meantime I've been reading this thread and I'm amazed and very skeptical at some of these statements, opinions and user statistics. There is a guy in this thread that said a gram and a half can last him a month with another vape, Another guy said he doesn't value The Vape Critic and there seems to be some resentment to the guy not just in this thread but in other forums here as well and I don't understand it. My only problem with the guy is he doesn't do the lesser known vapes.
Anyhow I'm still reading and want to finish this thread by tomorrow, Also been reading the Rez Block thread and been busy skimming through the Evo thread as well. Too much information and too little time my friend!
It's really a pipe lover's dream vape.
I finally got one of those basket screens mentioned earlier in the thread. I combined mine with a PTFE (Teflon) washer and a sacrificed S&B liquid pad to come up with this:
The setup pictured does not produce satisfactory results, unfortunately.
You have to turn it upside down, which seems to work best (though still not well) by loading it on the top (black) side of the chamber. When you do this, it really RIPS with a tiny bit (I'm estimating .02 to .03) of loosely-packed material.
Having said that, I'm still back to the E-nano--so simple, so satisfying, so controllable, not to mention beautiful and feels good in the hand.
The setup works as long as you reverse it and have the opening of the mesh basket facing down, with the PTFE washer also facing down (to help restrict airflow).
) it has reliability issues, so I've taken to using it pretty infrequently. It is more efficient than the Plenty, and I do think that's in part a function of chamber size. I couldn't put a number on how much more efficient it is though. For me personally, the Crafty is a superior experience to the Plenty, period. It gets big demerits for having a built-in battery (which I suspect has at least something to do with most of the issues) and smaller demerits for the chamber that can't be removed (though that kind of comes with the territory when you're dealing with portable vapes that are not of the Arizer variety). I feel like the draw resistance is great though (I like having a little, but not too much), I love how it vibrates at just the right times, and even the temperature presets are perfect for me. Oh, size and feel in the hand are also very nice.
Yeah, love the Crafty, but I hear (from these forums, actually
Well, it's already been mentioned it does better with smaller amounts of material. It's also way more user-friendly than the Plenty. It vibrates to let you know it's at temperature. Then it vibrates again to let you know it's shutting down. It's also not an unwieldy monstrosity.
Honestly, I started preheating with the chamber off when I noticed that my material could be consumed without me taking one hit. I learned the seven-to-six technique to use in combination with it from some forum poster, but it makes sense.
I've only had my E-nano for about a week now, but judging by the E-nano, Underdog, and HI threads, log vapes are very reliable compared to more "gadgety" vapes. I have also heard the Volcano holds up really well. And actually, I expect the Plenty to hold up well too; you may have to replace parts here and there, but the heater unit itself seems pretty solid.
Well, it's already been mentioned it does better with smaller amounts of material. It's also way more user-friendly than the Plenty. It vibrates to let you know it's at temperature. Then it vibrates again to let you know it's shutting down. It's also not an unwieldy monstrosity.
Honestly, I started preheating with the chamber off when I noticed that my material could be consumed without me taking one hit. I learned the seven-to-six technique to use in combination with it from some forum poster, but it makes sense.
I honestly love this thing now and with the rumor of them giving us a smaller chamber soon, It's a pretty easy decision!
I bought mine from Utopia. Did a lot of looking and cheapest price and they have basically all replacement parts. BTW it kicks ass!!!
A joint is also the least efficient way to smoke, short of maybe throwing your stash in a fireplace and trying to suck out the smoke with a straw. Even my bowl-smoking habits have been such that 7g could easily go over a month, smoking every evening. I agree on the research part though; I wish I'd gone through this thread and looked at more stuff on Vaporents before buying the Plenty. I certainly put too much faith in the high-profile YouTube reviews, and I won't make that mistake again (though I still watch and enjoy Vape Critic and Vapelife Will sometimes). But is it really that weird to expect to get better efficiency from a vape than from a pipe?
A joint is also the least efficient way to smoke, short of maybe throwing your stash in a fireplace and trying to suck out the smoke with a straw. Even my bowl-smoking habits have been such that 7g could easily go over a month, smoking every evening. I agree on the research part though; I wish I'd gone through this thread and looked at more stuff on Vaporents before buying the Plenty. I certainly put too much faith in the high-profile YouTube reviews, and I won't make that mistake again (though I still watch and enjoy Vape Critic and Vapelife Will sometimes). But is it really that weird to expect to get better efficiency from a vape than from a pipe?
Yeah, I've smoked the first time patient joints, and they're pretty nice, to tell the truth, but yeah, rolling is not usually how I roll
I must say, though, the nice Raw papers and crutches the kids today are using are miles ahead of the Randy's papers I used to think were so awesome, and I do have a pack of papers in case I'm feeling froggy, but that's almost never.