I wanted to thank everyone again and address a few things if that's OK. Feel free to dispute me. I don't mean to insult anyone with what's said.
Thermodynamics. The Frolic features a well balanced convection to conduction ratio. Why is this important? To most, it isn't. I went in to these details to achieve something connoisseurs would appreciate. Vapor texture, flexibility, with basically unlimited fine tuning options, moisture content and texture of the ABV, etc. About the ABV, this method of extraction will form a mark at where the air meets the herb first, but the level of this scorching is entirely different if caused by air vs if caused by direct contact and it will not affect the flavor. The uniqueness of the thermodynamic balance here lies in the fact that this heater is the hottest in the middle and cooler towards the outer radius, where the oven touches the oven which results in an around 30% cooler oven than that of the air in the passive phase and this radiant heat is responsible only for liquifying the oils to avoid phase skipping during evaporation. In the active phase, the oven heats up to the temperature of the air and plays a role in the evaporation process plus during post cooling acts as a heat reservoir which ensures industry leading on demand response. The TCR regulation was left on purpose and the results speak for themselves. This is a device for the pros and the resulting "bonfire" effect is welcomed here as it adds yet another variable for fine tuning the experience since the temperature rises with the duration of the draws. A downside, the temperature is not exact, but then again it never is on any vaporizer, only the deviation here is more pronounced. I have never claimed garbage like + - 1 degree precision and such, and these things are plain lies. What works better, I leave up to you, in general, proper vaporizers have coils which heat up at the temperature vaporization should happen at (large surface area coils), while inferior, cheap vaporizers use small, usually spiral coils, similar to those in e-cigs and pods, which have a small mass and heat up at much higher temperatures to keep up. The cooling is a story of its own and possibly even more complex to achieve. I won't go into heat exchanges, velocity, etc. here as I have explained this in more detail earlier, you can be a judge of how well this works.
Construction. There are almost no mods in the industry which are CNC machined. The ones that are, are designed in such a way that CNC machining is as cheap and fast as possible. The Frolic has 4 extremely hard to process parts which require a lot of time and precision and advanced machines (6 axis are required for the body, 4 for the CU). Why is this important for you? It isn't. I could have molded these parts but would have to use tricks to hide the imperfections like large ribs across the body or other deep textures. Also, I would have less flexibility with potential changes in the future if needed. Also, I am very anal with design and I wanted this to feel solid and in line with Brutalism. The device is larger as a result of the modular construction which I have introduced to vape mods almost a decade ago. But the whole thing can be taken apart and put back together in minutes and each component replaced or upgraded. So this is a tradeoff I was happy with.
Safety: I have anxiety about stuff and like to play it safe. The battery compartment is separated with an air gap, as a consequence, the battery stays cooler and the internal resistance of the battery lower resulting in longer battery life. The PCB has an added NTC sensor which cuts off power 20 degrees lower than the built in chip protection (So at 60 Celsius), which might be low but it is how it is because of the above. The device is meant to be used with more airflow which cools things down, reduced airflow will result in the protection kicking in. Cooling the device for a few tens of seconds will sort this out and so will larger airflow and shorter draws. I did not mean to make anyone walk on eggshells while using the Frolic, so this is definitely something to work on. Most will never encounter this though. All other battery protections are in place of course as well as charging only while the device is powered down. The Frolic is CE and RoHS compliant.
Materials: There is no polycarbonate, no FR4 circuit boards, no wood and no bare aluminum and no anodized aluminum in the airpaths, which I consider to be the entire path that the air travels through the device. "Medical" devices are 100K EUR to the big guy and a pinkie promise. Anything can get certified and that means absolutely nothing. I have said this before, take the Frolic apart, take other devices apart, inspect them and see for yourself. The airpaths are PEEK, the heater and mesh disks stainless, a few ceramic rods, a silicone seal with a few square mm of surface exposed in the airpath. The Aluminum oven has been diamond cut to reduce the surface roughness then hard anodized (Not to be confused with common anodization, which has no place in the airpaths as it lacks the chemical and temperature resistance). Hard anodization is one of the safest finishes you can have. All O-Rings are FKM. The body is Ultem (PEI) and there are a few anodized parts, out of the way of airpaths, top and bottom plate and buttons and the battery cap.
Pricing: The Frolic's main issue is the rate and cost at which they can be produced and this is something that I need to deal with. It currently stands at 2-4 times more than any other device on the market, but at this time, that was not the main concern of mine as I need to prove other points first, so the Frolic is priced relatively low for what it is.
Upgrades: Some small meaningful upgrades will come as you can see from earlier posts but these will always be reverse compatible with the current layout and nobody will get left behind, especially the early adopters who put their trust in me. When a meaningful upgrade comes along, which cannot be implemented in the current layout, a new device will be released, probably with a yearly dynamic as I am constantly working on this. Will it make the current issue obsolete once it comes to that? No. If you are happy with your device it serves you well, you are good.
Final words: I wrote the above post to hopefully address all the concerns and questions affiliated with the Frolic. Is it perfect? Absolutely not, exactly the same as every other thing or product in the world, and this is actually a good thing because I accept this and am willing to work on bettering this which will result in faster and more dynamic evolution. My goal is building a name for Limelight and positioning it at the top of the industry and consequently, you will benefit from this. I will not wait for years to release only a meaningless upgrade, simply because a product still sells.
I hope the right message came through.
P.S. Here's the teardown video. Would have been kind of pointless if I did it, so I let Maja do it.
Stay great!