Ascent Vaporizer by DaVinci

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Also, does anyone know if Da Vinci allows you to return your vape if you've vaped herbs "other than tobacco?"
Of course. Just clean it.
Mine seems to be getting untouchably hot when in use, even at around 390˚F and it's not just the bowl area, but a large portion of the device.
I can't speak from experience on this model, but ALL vapes have excess heat to deal with, and it depends on the size of the unit and the materials used as to how hot it gets. Around 400 F is considered high heat by many, and it's normal for part of the housing to get hot. I wouldn't immediately assume your unit is defective.
 

James C

EDM and vapor enthusiast
Of course. Just clean it.
I can't speak from experience on this model, but ALL vapes have excess heat to deal with, and it depends on the size of the unit and the materials used as to how hot it gets. Around 400 F is considered high heat by many, and it's normal for part of the housing to get hot. I wouldn't immediately assume your unit is defective.

Firstly, sorry about the back to back posts - I'll avoid that from now on!

And thanks for the advice, I'm going to definitely play around with it and see how it does before I jump to any conclusions :) I mostly wanted to make sure that I could return the device after cleaning it if I used some good herbs in it first! Although I can still only hold the device without discomfort in the upper 1/4 of its length.
 
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Czechyourhead

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Mine seems to be getting untouchably hot when in use, even at around 390˚F and it's not just the bowl area, but a large portion of the device. I am going to contact Da Vinci, but in case I need a replacement I was wondering what their policy was? Thanks!


I've played around with 2 of these, at high temps. Neither was that hot in my opinion. Warm to the touch, but nothing excessive. I was walking around downtown passing one back and forth with a friend. We passed a protest (anti-drug war in fact), and due to the law enforcement presence I quickly pocketed it (was 410 for bubble). No issue from the heat here.
 

turk

turk
....greetings....been away from FC for awhile, but still/always vaping....pleased to say I've added the ascent to my vaping tools and couldn't be happier...this is a great little device, I enjoyed the convenience of the pax but this thing has it beat..nice to see lwien still kicking, so I won't be the oldest dog in the room...
 

lwien

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Does the battery charge indicator stop showing that it's charging once a full charge is reached? Mine has been plugged in for about 11 hours now and it's still showing that it's charging.
 
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Shrike

Flower Potted, Maxed, & Rio'd.
Have not had it happen yet with my replacement, but the first one I had looked like it was continuing to charge once or twice. All I did was unplug from the unit, plug it back in, and the blinking went to solid within 5 seconds.

Not saying that will work for you, lwien...but it's worth a try...:)
 
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nigel

And shepherds we shall be,for Accuracy & Discovery
Wow !! :o. I gotta tell ya, I am shocked at how many more hits I was able to pull from, what looked like, totally spent ABV.

:) I thought you might find a bit more.


And this is without any stirring or shaking at all.

Well... dumping out the ABV and reloading it, is kinda stirring it.

I did note that when I was first experimenting, I was compressing the heck out of the product, and stirring did seem to help. But I think that was because I was packing too hard.

@lwien 's load is a strange bird. 0.025g a day is such a TINY fraction of the full oven. I wouldn't be surprised if it behaves entirely differently than, say, a half full oven. I don't even know if it really needs to be "packed" if it is sandwiched between the bottom of the bowl and the oil can. Save a second or two and don't bother compressing to see how it performs.

I wonder if this is also because I'm using the glass can on top of the bud, which I have no doubt, provides it's own heat source through radiation from the top, along with using a small amount.

The oil can does quite a lot of things, including being a "paper weight" and a heat source.

With such a tiny amount (anyone else try this? it is TINY and barely just enough to cover the bottom of the bowl.) the performance is no doubt different. First thing that comes to mind, is just about the entire load is directly exposed to the glass surface area. With a larger load, you'd have stuff "inside" the puck, but this load is too thin to really have an "inside".

Anyway, you're right. Shouldn't just go by the amount of hits, but rather the overall affect
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cawshook

Solod out.
Lets say I want it to be even more stealthy. If I fill up the glass oil cans with herb and vape, would the device stink less than without the oil cans?
 
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Snappo

Caveat Emptor - "A Billion People Can Be Wrong!"
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Mine seems to be getting untouchably hot when in use, even at around 390˚F and it's not just the bowl area, but a large portion of the device. I am going to contact Da Vinci, but in case I need a replacement I was wondering what their policy was? Thanks!

Although I don't know you, I still give you the benefit of the doubt for having good sense. If you feel that your unit is "untouchably hot", then it is too hot...period. Others here have described their units as feeling warm. Warm can be considered acceptable, to a degree, for many hand-held vapes. Hot cannot not be...period. Trust your best independent judgement, of course. Don't settle for hot when comfortably warm is the typically acceptable and reasonable norm. I tend to believe that Davinci will be gracious with you and effect an exchange. Overall, the Ascent IMO seems to be a nice vape with some quality enjoyable features. Get a good one.

It is incredible to me the complacency and compromise that is advocated for here by some. By now, those to whom I refer know my stand well, and will continue to ignore the "Like" button on my posts regardless of merit. Somehow I will survive.
 
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Smknbud

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Mine seems to be getting untouchably hot when in use, even at around 390˚F and it's not just the bowl area, but a large portion of the device. I am going to contact Da Vinci, but in case I need a replacement I was wondering what their policy was? Thanks!

The bowl area gets hot. The upper portion should not.

Contact DaVinci and explain. A replacement sounds in order to me.
 
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RD

"Hawaii Home Grown"
:) I thought you might find a bit more.

@lwien 's load is a strange bird. 0.025g a day is such a TINY fraction of the full oven. I wouldn't be surprised if it behaves entirely differently than, say, a half full oven. I don't even know if it really needs to be "packed" if it is sandwiched between the bottom of the bowl and the oil can. Save a second or two and don't bother compressing to see how it performs.

With such a tiny amount (anyone else try this? it is TINY and barely just enough to cover the bottom of the bowl.) the performance is no doubt different. First thing that comes to mind, is just about the entire load is directly exposed to the glass surface area. With a larger load, you'd have stuff "inside" the puck, but this load is too thin to really have an "inside".

:tup:

If you look in the bowl, you will see a small protrusion on the bottom. This keeps the can off the bottom and in this case keeps from fully compressing the herb. I see the problem being the can floating with just the slightest of over draw. If he is sitting on the protrusion, there is almost 1/4" top of can to screen.


New subject/old
I mentioned last week hitting in front of mirror to watch vape in tube to determine proper draw. Today playing around and took a soda straw from a drink, inserted (perfect fit) 1/2" into extended tube and was truly sipping. Amazing to SEE the different volume with just the slightest difference in technique.


Just got the car charger from DV. It is the orig DV car charger that DV told me was compatible with the Ascent. It is 12VDC 3A and the AC adapter that came with the unit is 9VDC 3A. I have put a call in to DV but will not use it. I will be sending it back and going thru DC>AC>DC.
 
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Nesta

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B.T.W.... the tiny glass flowers with the pointy stems do work very well (better than my experiment with cotton and way better than no spacer/reducer at all), but i have noticed that the straight "stem" my glass flowers had is bending some... so the Ascent bowl is getting the load hot enough to make the glass stem soft and can be bent.

Menz, I just received my glass flowers & wanted to let you know that, out of the box, quite a few of them have stems that are bent. Maybe yours came that way too & you didn't notice right away. I got mine here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009UZ5TAC/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 

Stthings

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I'm currently sitting on 2 months since I sent my Ascent back and still have received no refund. First, it was because PayPal didn't process it. Second, pay-pal couldn't refund it because it was past 60 days since purchase (with the delayed release). Now, they won't return any calls or emails. Is anyone else having this issue?
 
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jivebuggered

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:) I thought you might find a bit more.




Well... dumping out the ABV and reloading it, is kinda stirring it.

I did note that when I was first experimenting, I was compressing the heck out of the product, and stirring did seem to help. But I think that was because I was packing too hard.

@lwien 's load is a strange bird. 0.025g a day is such a TINY fraction of the full oven. I wouldn't be surprised if it behaves entirely differently than, say, a half full oven. I don't even know if it really needs to be "packed" if it is sandwiched between the bottom of the bowl and the oil can. Save a second or two and don't bother compressing to see how it performs.



The oil can does quite a lot of things, including being a "paper weight" and a heat source.

With such a tiny amount (anyone else try this? it is TINY and barely just enough to cover the bottom of the bowl.) the performance is no doubt different. First thing that comes to mind, is just about the entire load is directly exposed to the glass surface area. With a larger load, you'd have stuff "inside" the puck, but this load is too thin to really have an "inside".


:tup:


Yep that`s right ANOTHER test. I loaded a Solo cone worth into the Ascent and pushed it down firmly with the jar (with two holes drilled) and set to 390deg and got about 4-5 avearge clouds. I then let it cool down a little bit but not fully. Then reloaded another solo cone in with flower on bottom and two on top. Set to 390deg again and got about at least six MUCH BETTER clouds !! Proof to me that the flowers are sooo much better. However if you only had the jar hanging around you could just use but flowers are the go for especially SMALL LOADS. I am pretty sure i am not alone when it comes to trying to use less herb well now you know. I also use a cut down oval shaped screen at bottom since day one because i sometimes grind the herb down a bit smaller and i consider the bottom holes a bit big and can easily let mull fall through.
 

Reflections

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@Stthings Davinci said below

Glad to hear that almost everyone is having positive experiences with their new Ascents!
We did make quite a few adjustments to this v1.1...but be assured that all units that are getting shipped out from us are the updated versions. We shipped the other batch back and don't even have any in the office.
I believe I've reached out to anyone who is having issues and we are taking care of it. If anyone feels that they've been missed please let me know.

Have you tried contacting her here?? I know shes been out of town for a bit at a fair.
 
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@Stthings Davinci said below

Glad to hear that almost everyone is having positive experiences with their new Ascents!
We did make quite a few adjustments to this v1.1...but be assured that all units that are getting shipped out from us are the updated versions. We shipped the other batch back and don't even have any in the office.
I believe I've reached out to anyone who is having issues and we are taking care of it. If anyone feels that they've been missed please let me know.

Have you tried contacting her here?? I know shes been out of town for a bit at a fair.
I'll give that a shot. Thanks
 
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°k

The sound of vapor
Hey guys!

2 things:

- 1st: I think you gon love me as I believe I've found a case for this baby and it seems it'd fit almost perfectly (I don't remember that one being mentioned in any of the ascent threads but my apologies if it has been):

I've decided to take one for the team and ordered one. Shipping was meant to be between 10 and 20 days but after confirming my order with amazon estimated delivery date is Nov. 15 to Dec. 5... (no I don't live in Patagonia...) so I guess someone else will get it before me and will let us know how well (or not) it fits.

- 2nd: I'm having battery issues :| it definitely doesn't last 3 hours but rather 1 hour'ish at 410 mostly. I've charged it full several times and it's still last that "long". I had some cosmetic issues but that one is really annoying...
 

Bekz

New Member
Got my ascent this past Friday. I'm new to vaping. I've tried packing chamomile, cats claw, peppermint, spearmint and none of them seem to produce any vapor clouds at all. I've tried lightly packing it, I've tried packing it down strongly with the glass canister as some have suggested. EDIT: forgot to mention i've tried all different temps, higher ones just make smoke/ash. I do not know what else there is to try. I tried with the screen in the bottom and without, same with the rubber cap on top. The only 'vapor' i get from this product at all taste like ash and smells something is burning. (hint: i'm pretty damn sure it's not vapor) :bang:

Is there something I am missing? Is my product defective? :shrug: Can anyone link me to a video that actually shows how someone is packing their chamber or describes in extreme detail like i'm 5?

I want to be sure this is the product and not user error before going to return it. I've seen some videos where people get these large vapor clouds. If that is actually real and they aren't tasting like ash/burnt material then something is definitely wrong with either my use or the product.

First time posting here, be gentle. :|
 
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ttocs

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Hey guys!

2 things:

- 1st: I think you gon love me as I believe I've found a case for this baby and it seems it'd fit almost perfectly (I don't remember that one being mentioned in any of the ascent threads but my apologies if it has been):

I've decided to take one for the team and ordered one. Shipping was meant to be between 10 and 20 days but after confirming my order with amazon estimated delivery date is Nov. 15 to Dec. 5... (no I don't live in Patagonia...) so I guess someone else will get it before me and will let us know how well (or not) it fits.

- 2nd: I'm having battery issues :| it definitely doesn't last 3 hours but rather 1 hour'ish at 410 mostly. I've charged it full several times and it's still last that "long". I had some cosmetic issues but that one is really annoying...

Might be able to modify this one to work
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Flambeau-L-CC-Blue-Ribbon-Twin-Fly-Box-with-VFF/21777999#Specifications
This one has foam already in it.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Flambeau-M-RR-Blue-Ribbon-Fly-Box/21778007#Specifications

man I can't tell you guys how I feel EXACTLY like my first week working at Intel... They broke everything down into TLA's took me for ever to figure out what they heck everyone was talkin bout.

mod note: Please avoid back-to-back posts, use Edit instead. Two posts merged.
 
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VaporsVaporizer

On the Stoop
man I can't tell you guys how I feel EXACTLY like my first week working at Intel... They broke everything down into TLA's took me for ever to figure out what they heck everyone was talkin bout.
The Vaporpedia link up top should help you ;)
 
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