I have been using the hell out of my solo this past week. I got a new AC adapter that fits more securely in my SS solo's powerjack. The thing doesnt come out pretty much just from the weight of the cord now. It doesnt take much tension to pull it out, but it doesnt shut off every time i set it down or invert it for in the bong when using it on the adapter now at least. its been a fastastic experience vaping through my EHLE with it.
I got a ton of honey built up on 2 stems, to the point where these big amber drips were going haalfway down the stems. I soaked them in iso and threw in some qwiso from about 3g of shake and i got a nice yield. I put a half-pea sized booger of the goo on top of a half-filled stem and inverted the solo down onto the stem (like one would do with a PD or other screenless log) and then bonged it up.
man did that stem last. I dont know how many power cycles i went through to finish it, i ended up having to have a friend help me finish it off.
the second goo-tipped stem i started at 5 straight off, instead of the usual 3 or 4. The second hit turned the tube solid white with crazy dense vapor, i dont know how many clouds i got at 5, but i got just as many at 7 too. For the first time pretty much, vapor through the EHLE made me cough regularly.
I noticed at the end of my stem sessions that the goo was all melted to one side of the bowl, still sizzling when i pulled it out. I glanced in the heater and saw it had a blotch of goo baked onto the bottom of it too lol. I just stuck my pinkie finger in (after it cooled of course!
) and scraped at it with my fingernail for a bit and it all came off, of course with no harm done. I'm not sure how well a ceramic coated solo would have stood up against the scratching though lol.
Did a lot of side by side comparing of my ceramic and solo units, as far as taste goes. The ceramic i got was a stinky/smelly solo. I wiped residue off the inside of the casing and cape, pulled some sort of glue off the circuitboard and wiped it and every other surface of the solo. This alleviated some of the smell and taste and i was pretty content with it. Then I got a SS that didnt smell at all from the start, tasted perfect. Used it almost exclusively, then used the ceramic one and i could clearly taste the difference. In fact, i could even taste that weird taste on the stem that was used with the ceramic when i used it with my solo. Of course it was way more noticeable when using the solos dry, i could still taste it even through water.
i have a couple friends who arent too offput by it though, so its definitely subjective a little bit, but theres clearly some sort of manufacturing variable in play here thats making some of these solos taste like C-3PO's ass and some taste like pure vapor heaven. Maybe one of the assemblers does something differently when soldering or maybe its something to do with the housing and how its treated, i really dont know. No matter what, its always going to be there to some degree in some units though. Until they acknowledge and locate the source of the problem.
The 2 holed stems are definitely my favorites, its too bad theyre both angled tho, I'd really like a 2 hole straight.
But ppl shouldnt let this stink situation scare them off from ordering a solo. even if you do get one that stinks you'll end up with one that doesnt in the end, and it really does kick ass.
Some diehard combustoids stopped by for some holiday cheer, first I passed around the SOLO for 'em and then I finished 'em off with some hits through my Sovereignty 60mm Bent Neck. Some of those folks were supper vaked! Probably got at least 3 more people to convert. 
