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To confirm/disprove my assumption that the average air available for convection heating is no where near hot enough. The stem is just a tube to draw the air through the vents (get convection going) without conduction to the glass. And it held a screen to 'collect' the heat since I didn't have...

Unfortunately there's a problem with the connector on the Solo here. Arizer, for whatever reasons (and I can think of a couple.....) uses this standard connector 'out of spec' WRT the voltage. IIRC it's EIJA specification is for something like 6 Volts maximum. Therefore 'nobody' makes a...

Poor fellow. But he's got at least one friend to share it with. Not everyone does. Humor only works if it's shared I think. Best regards for your 'get acquainted again' event. Nice to have a plan. VM does not disappoint. OF

Sorry, it's buried in there, "...by putting it inside the seal, just above the cup I was able...". Putting it deep into the cup, but not on the bottom, heated it by conduction (go figure), it was warm/hot before any airflow. Thanks for checking it out. Like I said, I didn't burn myself, but...

Two reasons, actually, since I have two meters? One is on loan and not convenient to retrieve, the other is hiding somewhere here (I hope). But I've done this before with Solo and remember what I found. I did the same sort of thing with Ascent, as somewhat similar deal, which led to the...

Not to worry, there's a lot of that going around...... I know an otherwise fairly nice guy that got sucked into just that not long ago in fact. It's first rate materials and workmanship at any rate? OF

Yes, at least sometimes. Try it with a different lead size (which I think Sticks did?) and you get different numbers for the 'at rest' temperature. It's a numbers game, common to this technique. The usual tactic is to 'swamp' the effect, that is overpower it. That is replace heat fast enough...

I agree, a useful but more ambitious project for sure. That kind of analysis is harder, we need to separate out fractions and use mass spec or something to characterize what they are chemically. I didn't mention it seems, but a particle size analyzer would be a good place to start feeding the...

Yes, in Thermodynamics where there is 'cycling' of energy transfer like we have here, such things are called "recovery" typically. It happens at a fixed rate, subject to the conditions, which is why the curve has that shape. It is, however, almost entirely conduction. There's not enough heat...

Thanks. Nice to know I'm not the only fool in town. I might have even 'heard' (or read) it somewhere, but I should have looked closer, the 'feel' just wasn't right for plastic. And like I said it 'thumped' wrong. The bottom is plastic, I just scratched the battery tube. The door is metal...

OK, the original connection seems to have gone dead, hopefully only temporarily. So please let me take this opportunity to 'prime the pump' some and see how interest runs? I posted in PM to the OP a long held interest of mine. Why are some vapes more efficient than others? That is why do...

OK, after a bit more inspection, it seems I lied. The case is not all plastic. The upper half is Aluminum it seems based on the scratches at the USB port. I needed a magnifier, but it's real and confirms the 'this doesn't sound like plastic when you tap on it' point. The lower half (the...

No, it's a lame attempt at humor. It could no doubt be done with the right materials and could probably get a fair bit of sound reduction, but it would not be 'dead quiet' for sure. After all, firearm 'silencers' and auto and lawn mower mufflers have to deal with very high temperatures and do...

Love it! Now you don't need to peek to aim.... The next model should include a tube around the outside making a silencer to combat the noise. If they gave out Academy Awards for Vapes, I think you'd be in the running. Thanks. OF

Gentle Friends, I just got my ArGo and can hopefully answer a few questions. First off: Hopefully that is a good representation if size, much better IMO than random hands? With the cover up (about 10mm) it's almost exactly the same size as the Altoids tin, and a tiny bit thicker. The...

Have you tried this on other (conduction) vapes? It's actually pretty common I think, I've seen it other places. For instance, Purple Days (a conduction stem vape) had a history of guys fading off and leaving a loaded stem in overnight. The next morning (PD is usually heated 24/7) it looks...

I didn't find one either. Nor do I recall their being all that fast at offering them for Solo? IIRC for a few years PV was the only source....... Given the target use, I suspect it's not a priority with them. However I will no doubt be looking for some way to do this, probably with something...

Excellent point! In fact I think it might explain a lot? No doubt that's the 'conventional wisdom', but on what is it based? A few years back, on that topic, someone opined that in general conduction vapes were harder to clean well, which makes sense here. I think the stem being easy to keep...

Sorry, I don't know the vape. But I think it's still making my point? Can you set that to 190C and make vapor? That's the maximum temperature you can expect from Solo/Air, the average will be much lower since most air doesn't contact hot metal as it goes past. It occurs to me we should be...

Thanks for the additional information, I'm sure there are others but I try to confine my posts/comments to things I have first hand knowledge/experience and confidence in. I understand that's not always the case...... I don't know those vapes, so I don't comment on them? Nice to know there's...