Hi everyone! First post here, vaping since last year with a Volcano and got a Solo this month cos I wanted nice vapor clouds outside the home!
I bought my Solo after reading this thread, and continue to come back every day for weeks reading the new stuff so decided to join. There are so many helpful and clued up people on here - the battery stuff is reassuring to know, as is the warranty (Arizer seem like a very good company).
I haven't had my Solo long, but I love it, solid as a rock, and just works. I find it so efficient but due to the bowl size I need to keep refilling it every cycle (just through normal use, I tend to use higher temps when outdoors to get what i need quicker).
Fine in some situations, but awkward in others so for a party at the weekend I tried the kief thing - it lasts forever in my Volcano. I have a 4 hole stem with a screen by the holes - I usually put 0.1g in a stem so I packed a stem with a short layer of flowers by the screen (about 0.02), then kief in the middle (0.05), then a slightly larger layer of flowers (0.03), and put this in. I got a few clouds but less than normal, after an hour of playing about with temps, wiggling the stem, waiting for it to heat for a bit, and letting other people draw no one could get much off it.
When I pulled out the stem I saw the half nearest the screen was still green, and do wonder if I packed it too much, or if adding an extra screen at the top would make any difference since the stuff at the top was vaped. Has anyone tried a coil of wire in the stem? Would that get bigger clouds at lower temp and mean kief could vape better? Or is it just airflow maybe. It didn't seem blocked when drawing on the stem.
Anyway, I know the kief is good, and the Solo can do it so it has to be my technique!