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Maybe it's designed to work with a bigger load? We're actually packing a little more than I put in the solo, but when tamped it's level with the little notch spacer thing, barely filling the bowl.

My brother put in for a replacement to correct the thermostat issue, but he's thinking about going for a refund instead. I don't think I'll miss it...it's a beautiful device, but I can't afford to chew through my herb so quickly. Until they fix some of these issues (and I'm sure they will in...

There's a little cooking, but when you pack a solo stem, the herb rests at least a few mm from the heating element as opposed to right in and on it with the ascent. The solo is also less prone to reverse air flow...I'm positive we're losing a lot of good stuff through the bottom of the ascent...

So far, my solo seems much more efficient. Was hoping to find the "sweet spot" with the Ascent, but after a few days, I still can't get it to perform like the solo. The herb in the ascent gets evenly roasted to a nice, deep dark brown, but for some reason a lot of the medicine is going somewhere...

FYI: Take about 1" of 1/4" silicon tubing, roll the bottom 1/4 up on itself, and slide it onto the mouthpiece stem. Fits very well into the pinnacle WT, and is steady enough to pass around. Also looks less silly than the GonG stem. Another tip: I used a dremel to remove the bottom of one of...

Confirmed. I accidentally reproduced this scenario this morning.

It's entirely possible, and may account for some of the taste I was getting--and is probably why the unit kept shutting itself down. Here's one annoying thing discovered during last night's session: it's dangerously unstable to stand upright, but when laid flat, the herb pack dislodges and...

That does help--and sounds like too much extra room inside for the Ascent. Maybe we'll experiment with a krypto and try gutting it ourselves. Still looking around for an IR thermometer, but in the meantime, compensating about 30°-40° makes a huge difference, and taste is improved markedly.

Going by his post history, it almost looks like he got hacked.

Definitely let us know how this goes.

Just got in touch with someone from Ryot and asked about the krypto kit. He said the Smell Safe Head Case fits the Ascent "perfectly." Dimensions are bigger than the krypto kit, though...maybe it'll give a little room for extras?

Not that I'm committing to anything yet, but does anyone here have one of those Ryot cases? Ascent is 4.75" long, and specs say the Ryot is, too. But is that inside or outside dimensions? Sounds like it may juuuuuust barely fit, or not at all.

I'm not at love yet, but I'd be up for a drink or something.

Bit of a necessity these days. :\ A few positive thoughts about the Ascent: - quicker to turn on/off than the solo - easier to check herb doneness - feels much smaller than the solo, even though they're the same height. - (tip) keep a jar in the bowl after your session, and you'll always have a...

We haven't seen any visible off-gassing, only weirdly fishy flavour. And I enjoy using my body as a guinea pig because SCIENCE.

Interesting...I'm really starting to think we just have a bad thermostat or thermometer. I just did another 15 minute sesh, starting at 300° and working up to 350°...towards the end was getting vapor and AVB equivalent to a 4 on the Solo...and the bottom feels more like the Solo after a long...

because "Samantha" is a mouthful.

When is your order due? You could risk it and hope they're doing better QC on the next few batches (which I have no doubt they're looking into after all these complaints), or wait and have the luxury of a better-seasoned device, possibly at a discount somewhere. I'll be doing the latter...but...

We're looking into it. Now I'm wondering if maybe the temp calibration is off on ours. It could be heating up beyond the temp it's supposed to, heating materials beyond what they were tested for, and therefore janking up the taste and burning the hand. [Edit: that's gotta be it...after that 15...

Well as long as you're there, you might as well pick me up one. ;) Stealth. We cleaned everything we could with ISO, but there's still that black rubber thing right under the bowl we couldn't get to.