How efficient, only one trip to the post. With my 3x Craftys, I didn't wait for ship label, just sent them in with escalating frustrating love notes. Third time was the charm and I went for a Mighty instead. Asked for it in the note and the response was a reasonable invoice which I paid and new Mighty shipped right out. I'm off the Crafty merry-go-round!Hilariously? I ordered an Arizer Air as a backup on Friday from PuffitUp. It's sitting at the Post Office, waiting for me tomorrow, just in time for my next round of Crafty run-around.
Hey Roth, then yes the problem was caused by the migration from Android 4 to 5.
The root cause is in fact due to the crafty firmware 2.04 (this is what needs to be upgraded).
As @Vambo1980 suggested send it in and they will more than likely replace it with new unit and updated housing too.
There is a work around using the 3rd party app "vaporiser control" but I wouldn't recommend it... It tends to play up a lot (not the apps fault, obviously the crafty firmware).
I'm still running mine on 2.04. I rarely change the settings. I leave it at 180 and 205 boost and I never need to use the app. I have a android 4 tablet at home or my friend's phone.
My OG crafty has been running flawlessly for, just shy of, 1 year.
I'm scared to send in my OG and risk getting one of the units others are complaining about here (which seem to be newer units).
Murphy's law: "don't fix it if I ain't broken".
You're choice though, maybe keep it up the sleeve for when the battery starts getting worse ... It's like your free ticket to a battery replacement..... Nomjustsayin
How efficient, only one trip to the post. With my 3x Craftys, I didn't wait for ship label, just sent them in with escalating frustrating love notes. Third time was the charm and I went for a Mighty instead. Asked for it in the note and the response was a reasonable invoice which I paid and new Mighty shipped right out. I'm off the Crafty merry-go-round!
Sorry I have to be brief,@vapviking what did they charge you to make the move? I've heard everything from $30 to only receiving a $100 credit for the dead crafty, and a $300 invoice.
Sorry I have to be brief,
C#2 went bad and they would not give me upgrade,saying I had charged the battery over 920!!! times (I don't accept that number, btw), apparently over the 8?? limit. Offered me that $100 discount on Mighty (yeah, pay 300), or pay $70 for new battery in Crafty. I opted for battery and they sent complete new unit, actually only charging my card $50.
That one lasted about two months, so I again asked if they were ready now to give me a piece that might better suit my use pattern.
Then got an invoice for $60 for Mighty, and went that route. I will meet my new piece on weds. on my return home. Kinda excited about this, since both of these things kick ass when working!
Satisfaction can be an elusive commodity in this game.
I would put in a phone call and email and get an upgrade agreement before they fire off a new disposable Crafty to you.
Again, only one person's experience. Best of luck!
I posted detail of this previously - maybe on Mighty thread, idk, but I should stop repeating my story, lest it take on disproportionate magnitude.
Do you remember how many hours were on this crafty when it failed?C#2 went bad and they would not give me upgrade,saying I had charged the battery over 920!!! times (I don't accept that number, btw), apparently over the 8?? limit.
#2 (26,xxx) had.about 135 hours, 4 month lifespan. It's demise was not lights of doom, it was not able to charge/hold charge.Do you remember how many hours were on this crafty when it failed?
To all the people who had a broken Crafty and cares to answer:
- did you "stress" your unit in any way? Did you use it connected to glass very frequently? Lots of back to back sessions?
Lot of use everyday? Was it your primary device? Screwing and unscrewing when hot all the times? Charged frequently while hot?
This is not to blame anyone, just to try to isolate the possible causes
How easy is it to replace the battery
so im aware the batteries constantly need replacing and eventually you can start being charged £70 to replace them.
First off welcome to FC
IMO not as easy as it might look by watching the video, you will need some good soldering skills and the right tools for the job
One Correction;#2 (26,xxx) had.about 135 hours, 4 month lifespan. It's demise was not lights of doom, it was not able to charge/hold charge.
Only #3 showed the red/orange lights and that was at about 60 hrs, 2 months.
Btw, I think there must be an internal counter of some kind for number of charge cycles. As I've said before, I seriously question the metric of how they measure this count.
I hope I've covered it all now cause I'm really tired of talking about it.
Get me home to meet Mighty, I am full of optimism! (And please, please get me that Grasshopper I've been waiting for...)
was hoping the battery would maybe just clip onto a connection on the board
The battery does just plug/clip into the board, so eventually people will probably sell them with this plug on and the right amount of cable and even the thermistor also ready and shrink wrapped as a complete battery(thermistor is also plugged in but this connection is very small) The demand will increase as the first of the early adoptors 2 year warranty runs out most likely. If you know how to solder (and its not hard at all) it's a very easy job and you don't have to re-route cables etc it can basically done in situ. 5 mins work if you know what your doing 10 if you don't.
To all the people who had a broken Crafty and cares to answer:
- did you "stress" your unit in any way? Did you use it connected to glass very frequently? Lots of back to back sessions?
Lot of use everyday? Was it your primary device? Screwing and unscrewing when hot all the times? Charged frequently while hot?
This is not to blame anyone, just to try to isolate the possible causes
To all the people who had a broken Crafty and cares to answer:
- did you "stress" your unit in any way? Did you use it connected to glass very frequently? Lots of back to back sessions?
Lot of use everyday? Was it your primary device? Screwing and unscrewing when hot all the times? Charged frequently while hot?
This is not to blame anyone, just to try to isolate the possible causes
Thanks for the response, i know a few people that solder and that can teach me, so will look into that in future. I read over your posts about the issues you had with yours and how you fixed them, is the soldering mainly to fix that issue or do you need to solder anything to swap out the batteries? And what batteries would you recommend as replacements?
Sorry for all the questions lol, i know alot of this stuff is still covered under warranty but i've always found fixing things myself more conveniant than sending them for repair. Any info on swapping the battery would be greatly appreciated, i wont need to do it any time soon, just like to be prepared and know what im working with
So when you say the batteries need to be tagged ready, do you mean they need to be spot weld with those nickel tabs ?Briefly, changing a battery consists of removing the existing shrink wrap from the battery to reveal the thermistor (tiny little black resistor at the end of 2 small wires) which is taped to the side. You then de-solder the red and black cables from the tabs attached to the cells positive and negative terminals. The cell you purchase will have to be tagged ready to re-solder the cables too. Remove the old cell, solder up the cables to the new, using either shrink wrap or kapton tape insulate the terminals then use a bit of kapton / sticky tape to reattach the thermistor to the side of the cell like it was when you cut it open.