Hey everyone.
Got mine earlier in the week, and have had it about 3 days now.
I'm happy with it. I'd like to adress a few issues that have been raised.
I feel like it is unfair to expect this unit to produce huge clouds. First, the puff is limited to like 10s? I usually draw from my stationary for way longer than i do on this guy. You really do get little puffs, and thats it.
On the clouds issue, i still get decent clouds, even when the bowl is pretty brown. I'm currently satisfied with this unit, and like using it everyday. It makes it so easy, because it''s so freaking stealthy.
I was recently on a road rip to the outlets, about a 3 hours journey there and back. This puppy lasted me the whole way there and back, and got me pretty medicated on my drive.
Vaping while out is very satisfying with this, and it makes vaporizing a part of your day on the way to anything. Excuse me if this reveiw is bad, but i've been puffing with the puffit for a couple bowls
to be utterly clear, ill do a pro/con list
Pros:
New model seems to have adressed the bad taste issue, and although a plastic taste is still there, i'm guessing it will go away given weeks/months of use, and for right now, it really isn't bad/noticable until my bowl is almost completely brown.
Unmatched ability to vaporize wherever, stealthly.
Perfect performance in cars. bowls can be packed with one hand, and the whole thing can be setup with one hand.
i get light-medium clouds depending on how good my technique on puffing was. I find if you don't create any suction in your mouth, and draw strictly from the lungs, that gets you the best clouds. this is an improvement, i guess, so you could call it a pro. I'm moreso trying to tell you guys that, yes you do get satisfying clouds.
Seems to be pretty durable as well. i haven't dropped it, but it doesn't feel fragile and breakable by little mistakes
Smell: there is barely any smell. I live at home ATM, but will be moving into a dorm. Although my mom is fine with me vaporizing, i don't really like her to know when i am, cause then she notices and acts a little funny. I've been vaping with my doors completely open, because even if there was a slight smell, there isn't a vaporizer around (at least thats what it looks like).
I'm trying to make these pros as performanced based as possible, but here's the bottom line on performance: It gets you high everywhere. I get clouds, and i get high, and it can be done literally anywhere. Thats the performance aspect, is that you can use this thing anywhere. It may not be the most efficient, but you gain so much more for the trade off. You lose effeciancy, but gain so much more. Im sort of concerned that other people may be using it wrong, because i can't see how they can dislike it so.
Cons:
Battery life leaves more wanted, but honestly look at how small the thing is. How are they gonna do that? Adding a rechargable battery that you could have more than 1 of would be a great solution, but thats not the model ATM. Just make sure to charge it all the time you're not using it, and i doubt you'd be without it in dire needs. Mine lasts me the whole day, and i'm happy with that.
Plastic taste is still around, but it's only been 3 days. Note: first hits off the bowl taste great to me, and you can really taste the bud's flavor, similar to how you get the taste on a first hit of a stationary vape.
I can't really think of any others
To adress some cons other people have said:
you don't get clouds:
-A) your not hitting it right
-B) your not packing your bowl down
-C) you are expecting too big of a cloud, the puff time is only like 10s, so don't be drawing on it until you cant breath in anymore, maybe thats how some of you are using it?
Battery life:
-Yes it's a bit short, but again what did you expect? With the insane stealth you get with this unit, there are bound to be trade offs. The unit is very small and compact, making it bigger would have been awkward, and i mean thats the only other thing. It's not like they chose, HMM WE'LL HAVE A SHORT BATTERY. first, it's not all that short, it lasts me the whole entire day, vaping throughout sporadically. Second, they are working with a pretty big constraint: size.
Efficiency:
-I would say this is the puffit's largest downfall, and it's not even that bad. Yep, you can't rip the bowl until it is utterly done, and still get big clouds. It doesn't seem to be super efficient, but if i put a good pinch out of my grinder, and puff that, and get high off of it, that is effecient enough. I'm also a medical patient, and don't like my stuff to be wasted. I don't feel as if it is wasted, because:
1)ABV can always be cooked again
2)the portability this thing provides, and stealth, is more than a Joint, but is far more effecient than a joint, without question. I dont feel like i am wasting when i pack my bowls, i fell pretty happy because i'm about to vape cordlessly at a park, in a car, literally wherever.
which is related to,
Not getting really really high:
-I'm going to reiterate 1 last time, this is a portable vaporizer with a large constraint put on it by the features that make this thing so useful out in the wild. This isn't a vaporizer you and your friends can sit around and watch movies with, and get STONED. This is for using while out on your drive to work/whatever youre doing, for a quick pick-me-up high. I don't see you getting insanely high off of it, youre not going to feel like you just smoked hash-because in order to do that you have to smoke hash.
what im saying is, take it for what it is: a useful cool stealthy device that will give you a quick bowl on the go whenever and where ever you want.
Part of the problem i feel, is that people expected so much out of this thing, without realizing that no vape can HAVE IT ALL, especially a portable vaporizer. Even with stationary vapes, you have trade offs. The DaBuddha is more effecient than the EXQ, but the EXQ is a better design, and blows bags: TRADEOFF. The volcano is super sturdy and will knock you off your ass, but it's mad expensive, and has no whip attachment: TRADEOFF.
At 130 dollars, i'm not ready to complain and bitch. Thats 40 more dollars than the cheapest portable vape alternative (MFLB), that i don't particularly like. This is one of the more cheap portable vaporizers (to my knowledge), and yet it gives you so much for your money.
I'm happy with mine, and i believe i am getting my moneys worth no doubt, because i am essentially paying for the ability to vaporize in any setting. This thing will be so useful come fall and i'm back at school. Having this thing in my back pack and pre-packed to vape before i go into the library, or go into a class, or if i'm on my way back to the dorm; i know i'll be able to just pull this out on the busiest parts of campus, and vape no problem. Since i'm living in a dorm, i'm not sure if my roommates will be chill, so getting out of the dorm to vape is important to me.
Please ask me any questions about my use with it; i'm very stoked on my replacement, and plan on using it a lot in the future. I'd love to help you guys figure out if this is a vape you want to buy or not, and help answer any of your questions regarding it.
TLDR: Got my replacement, am very happy with it. Yes there are some drawbacks, but with a unit that gives you so much in stealth and usability, you're bound to give up some other things on the other end. if stealthy and portability is important to you, then this is for you no questions. I get clouds, i get high, and i do it everywhere cause i can now. I feel as if expectations are a bit high for this unit given it's size and main purpose. I would recommend it to my friends and to you guys no question if you're looking for a vape you can use anywhere and nobody notices.
I'm sorry for the long as review, but im trying to get as much of my thoughts about other reviews out as possible.
