Hello to all FC Users,
Here is my short review of the Solo after 20 days of use.
In one word : A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I have put my ExtremeQ, my VaporGenies and my VripTech HW in the cellar !!!
I use it at Level 5 or 6 for thick clouds, and at Level 4 for sweet clouds.
I grind the herb and i pack it with my finger. I also use a screen.
If you don't use screen, you will swallow sometimes littles particules.
If you don't grind you herb, it will work, but it will be unevenly cooked, but you can stir if you want.
I have measured the Battery life many times : i have exactly 10 cycles of 12 minutes (yep 2 hours) AT LEVEL 5.
For me it's equal at 2 days of normal use, so it's ok for me.
With my Solo, i have two stems. The two fits loosely. If someone also have a doubt about the debate of looser/tighter stems here is the answer from Arizer :
"The airflow works in two ways, first, through the holes on the cap inside the unit and up through the heater, and second, around the bat into the heater. A tighter fitting bat will restrictthe airflow to only through the heater, which makes it harder to draw vapor through the Aroma tube, so a looser fitting Aroma Tube is more ideal for functional purposes."
So looser is better.... But i don't like the fact that the stem is spinning... so i have planned to buy special silicon (Max temp 260C !) and to put two littles bands on the stem.
These two bands will stop the stem to spin, but will don't restrict the airflow....
So for me the Cons are :
- Stem look like a Crack pipe....
- You have to stir, just one time, but you have to stir for perfect extraction.
- Bowl is just a little too small for me
Pros are too numerous :
- Zero Learning Curve
- Very Portative
- Efficient as other "Big" Vapes (Volcano, etc...)
and the best news :
- You can VAPORIZE KIEF! Yep just put that green/yellow/brown powder of your grinder/pollinator, pack it tightly in the stem...Go at Level 5.....and Whaouuu!!!
So Strong !!! So Tasty !! Incredible !! Never seen that with another vape !!!!!!! It's so intense that i cant't finish one bowl with a 12 mins cycle !!!!!!
Every clouds are equals and very thicks, and you have so many tokes !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Now i know a glass blower and i want to 'optimize' the stem, so he makes me 2 news stems for my solo :
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/0675477985/IMAG0068.jpg
No, you dont dream, the first stem on the Left is a stem for the Solo with a Glassonglass 14.4 attachment!!!!
Here is it with my double bubbler bong :
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/0675477985/IMAG0081.jpg
The second stem is a modified version of the orginal (which is on the right). It has a bigger bowl, and 4 holes instead of 2 in the original stem :
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/0675477985/IMAG0070.jpg
Note also the 'more mouthpiece shape' :
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/0675477985/IMAG0074.jpg
Very cute , and good idea ? Not so sure, i don't know why but this new stem with the 4 holes and the bigger bowl is less efficency than the original one....
Grrrrrrr. Maybe too much holes, maybe the size of the bowl ? I will continue to try different design and keep you informed of my researches......