<wave of hand> You're gonna love it.
The man doesn't lie. So far, I'm blown away by the quantity and quality of vapor. This thing hits comparably to the Plenty, which I suppose just barely beats the Crafty in terms of output. However, the Crafty does a much better job of killing a bowl. One of my complaints about the Plenty was that the bowl was so large that it took forever to kill it - sometimes over an hour. You could pause the session and come back to it, but the flavor would be gone. The Crafty bowl, on the other hand, is small enough that you don't need to use the liquid pad every time for personal bowls.
Having now used this and the Plenty, I can say with some confidence that their plastics and metals are as good as glass as far as taste goes. You really can't taste the plastic one bit.
I was ambivalent about the liquid pad for the Plenty: while I felt it was an ingenious solution to getting the best of both worlds, both in terms of herb/oil and big bowl/small bowl, it got dirty pretty quickly and was a pain to dry once cleaned. It also had a tendency to deform over time. I think for the Crafty, I am going to reserve the liquid pad for concentrates, though I don't see why it wouldn't work just as well as it did in the Plenty.
Preliminary testing also confirms my initial suspicions: this vape is a mini, portable version of the Plenty. S&B definitely took note of the issue of exposed hot metal parts on the Plenty and created the filling tool (which is phenomenal, having gone through the comparatively tedious process of stacking a Plenty bowl), but aside from that and substituting the cooling chamber for the cooling coil, it follows the same basic design principles as the Plenty, and to a lesser extent, the Volcano.
I will update later once I borrow my friend's droid, but out of the box the temperature settings are great. I also understand the concerns over how bright the LED light is, but I honestly thought it would be worse. They have put a kind of matte finish on the LED enclosure so while it's bright, you never feel like you just looked into the sun, as can be the case with other super strong LEDs. I am probably going to tone it down a lot though, because blue is second only to white in terms of power consumption. I am still stumped as to why they went with blue and white (on the Mighty) LEDs, when the Volcano and Plenty use red and orange LEDs respectively.
These are some scattered initial thoughts. If anyone has any questions, that would probably allow me to give more useful information instead of this stream of consciousness rabble.
Inverted: Just confirmed, you can use this in any orientation. If you're going to use it upside down, you might want to use the finer screen on top, but even if you don't, all that will happen is that the cooling chamber will need to be cleaned more often.
This is definitely the best portable vape that I have ever tried. I can definitely see how it is not for everyone, but it fits my purposes to a T. The main thing that sets it apart (and I think for all S&B products) is that the vape quality is just spectacular. You truly have to experience it yourself to get a sense for how good it is.
And Nick, I had no idea bluetooth USB dongles were that cheap. I might end up getting one down the road depending on how long it takes for the app to be released. I just know so many people with droid phones.
So far the stock temps are the best for me. Maybe I'll do 160 as the base temp and 195 as the boost and get a little of both. Time will tell.
