#24 here. Part of the reason I haven't been piping up too much here is because I don't have the wealth of experience most users on this forum seem to have. I only started partaking shortly before legalization in my state, and started with a MFLB, moved to a 1st gen Dynavap M, and then as soon as I found out about the, at the time, RM-1 (Still dig that, BTW), I knew what I was going to set my sights on. Vaporizers didn't seem at all similar to the cool, unique glass pieces my friends have, so the opportunity to get something I could actually use and that didn't look like just another gadget off the assembly line really grabbed me. It was quite a leap, but I definitely don't regret it. Sorry, that was a lot of unnecessary exposition.
I like this vape a lot. I've just figured somethings out about it that have really improved the experience recently, too, mostly in regards to load compression. Upon receipt the dual screen loading method was initially dismaying, and I switched to the single screen method as soon as possible, but found that inconvenient for swapping away from home, as you couldn't really pack a stem with just one screen to go. So I eventually switched back to the dual screen method. Initially I was only getting good results with filling the stem and compressing the load a fair amount between them.
@KeroZen , it may interest you to know the main benefit I feel like I got out of this was restricted airflow, thus helping maintain the low draw speed that was initially helpful to have with the low heater module, which I use at this point pretty much exclusively. I recently started packing the stems significantly looser, and with a very slow inhale I've found I now get much better hits with better reliability, and what seems to be a more uniform AVB. However, it felt like I really only got a few effective pulls off a battery before things started to taper off. So I went back to the single screen, as this brought the load closer to the heater, but with a loose pack this time. Now I can get several big hits before I start to notice much degradation of power. I can't imagine that slight adjustment in distance can 100% account for this improvement, but it seems to help, while sacrificing portability.
Unloading is a little bit fussy, but I believe that'll be the case with most stem vapes like this, so I can't really fault it. With the single screen ideally I ought to be able to just shake it out with out too much effort, but I almost always have to push the screen down with a bamboo skewer to eject the load. I'm looking into figuring out some kind of spittoon situation. Regardless, on the go it requires me to have some other thing on hand to deal with it, as opposed to the MFLB I can just dump out, and the VapCap has the digger bit on the cap. I want to emphasize again, this is a small gripe.
Weirdly enough if I had one complaint about flavor, it's that it's pretty darn solid all the way through. plenty of times I've been pulling on this thing without realizing it's been cached. So... No complaints about flavor at all. It's awesome.
Kind of a weird category, I guess, but walking? Anyway, using while walking with the way I've currently got things configured is a little tricky, and frequently hit or miss. Keeping my breathing slow enough to get a good hit with the low heater module is tricky while in motion. I suspect this will be an area to explore with the higher heat module.
Finally, there's the wear. I'll try to take some photos to upload soon. I know a lot of people were talking about wanting to baby theirs and keep them pristine, but as soon as I saw this thing I knew it was going to live in my pocket and build up some history. The brass bottom plate and track have built up some nice patina. I particularly enjoy the shine they have in high-friction areas with the sleeve. The back plate curiously enough started to really take on some nice patina from the way I was holding it, then it kind of disappeared. My acrylic lens is shockingly still unblemished. The paper sleeve is mostly only exhibiting wear on the corners. The brown base is showing through the patterned top layer. I view this as acceptable and expected.
Thanks, and I hope this helps folks.
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