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While that is true enough (provided the rating is honest, which is not always true), the actual number is 4.8 Amps? That's the rating on the NCR18650B from Panasonic that Arizer now uses. And since high current potential (whether you use it or not) is a 'trade off' with battery capacity (run...

No doubt you'll be rewarded for your efforts. Solo will not have forgotten how to make first class vapor with ease........ OF

Better looking by a mile. Or what 1.6 kilometers? I was concerned about the protection part, so I changed from the first (soft) camera case to that (hard shell) one. Not as comfortable in a pocket, but the rounded corners help there. Very tough sure to survive any reasonable bump or fall? I...

Not unique (but what is?), but useful? I use a small camera case (sorry about the link rather than phots, Imgur changed the rules since it seems they had to download photos every time someone loaded the page they appear on.....who can blame them, really?), here's the link to the case...

Yes. Sorry thought I'd posted why that doesn't work, I must not have been clear enough. OF

Not exactly. Li-ions have huge capacity (which is why they're in laptops, cell phones and other such high tech portable stuff) but unlike some other chemistries their voltage depends on charge. They typically are charged to 4.2 Volts (100%) and discharge to about 3.3 Volts at 'dead'. The...

Can't claim the idea, pretty standard technique in a narrow bit of technology. Establish a baseline without the change then subtract that from the total. I'd do it with the stem/load in. The load makes no difference at constant temperature, but the stem will add some conductive loss I think...

Or adopt the Brit philosophy: "Suck it and see"? A bit of experimental data from the real world is often more useful than a huge pile of good ideas of what should be....... OF

Thanks for the photos. Most of it makes sense. FWIW, I'm not sure it's DC there. If I were doing it, I would not shy away from a step down circuit delivering AC. The load (box) doesn't care and removing rectifiers from the output can make some types of converters more efficient. You're...

Yer welcome. No, no specific instructions, but it's pretty simple. A three cell 18650 holder with the cells in series and a short cable with the female coax connector (center positive). You can see it in this photo (sorry, it won't post anymore.....). Gives about an hour heating IIRC. "A...

I've been thinking about this for a while now, off and on, and I think the simple answer is 'there's no simple answer'? Entirely too many important variables, as KZ suggests. Over the years I've actually been paid to investigate this sort of stuff with various products for different companies...

You're welcome. Your call, but no need to worry about (pure) cotton at these temperatures. No decomposition or combustion risks. In fact many of the commercial vapes use it here, like the FlowerMate 'pods'. Besides, @Vitolo approves.......what could go wrong? BTW, some guys use ABV (herb...

Very common, not more than a few hundred guys have reported it on various Arizer threads. OK, maybe a few more....... Most guys like it for sure. However, I think most who've tried Vitolo's idea of using cotton instead prefer that? Wrap a bit of concentrate in cotton and vape that. No...

There are some potential ones, this one is widely available and marginal for the application used 'in spec': https://www.batterystuff.com/files/10105_datasheet.pdf Battery Space and 'even Amazon' sell them. Ironically there are also C cells designed for portable tools that are in that range...

Outstanding! That didn't take long. Some/most have to fiddle around to 'get in tune' with the little fellow.....it can be a tough time for some who seem to bring 'bad' ideas to the party. Other things in life can be like that, too. Expectations can be an enemy for sure. With VM I'd say the...

I'm with you there. While I had some dicey contact at first with the ring in the box, that was easily sorted out. I too have one on loan (for some time now.....) and LOTS of use on the one here I've had no other problems. I even built a battery pack so I could take it into the garden where it...

I suppose you could, but IMO SS is a poor material choice for this job. It has a higher 'specific heat' than say cotton or ABV and therefore will 'soak up more heat' in the cycle. Heat that could otherwise make vapor. It's also a poor conductor of heat so it will be slowing up the show for a...

All true. For practical purposes IR has no contribution here. Guys, I think, like to suggest IR since it's another route potentially. Different than the 'inferior conduction' mode. But to work (deliver useful heat energy) the source has to be much hotter than the load. IR works both ways...

Lots of us wrap the wax or oil in a bit of cotton and load it into the regular stem when the urge strikes. Works great. Some use only organically grown Japanese cotton (considered the most pure), some are less demanding. I use the cotton batting in vitamin and pill bottles (hey, it's 'medical...

Gentlemen, Please let me suggest a couple of experiments? First, load a stem and insert it into a hot Solo/Air/ArGo and let it 'heat soak' for say 90 seconds with your thumb over the MP (zero convection). Then try a hit that is 'only conduction'. Then insert a cold stem into the unit, but...