What made you replace the V3 with the vapcap for your other option?
The vapcap gets over recommended because in the past it's been the most affordable and efficient option. However, it scores low on flavor and needs to be reheated for each hit with a waiting period after that hit before you heat again. Induction heaters improve the ritual but push the total cost over two hundred bucks and you're still waiting on heat up and cool down clicks.
It also has uniquely tight draw resistance and really works best if you learn to take big, successive cigarette drags. I prefer the more traditional technique of vapes like the TM and V3 where you just hit it as long as you want (although you can experiment with little cigar puffs to get the V3 cooking before you start your hit).
I'll be unlikely to recommend a vapcap to any new vaper now that the V3 is here. The ease of use, consistency, and vapor quality are easily above the results from any of my vapcaps, even omni and omni xl vapcaps that cost over $150.
Plus you'll never find a vapcap user who hasn't combusted by accident on occasion. It's unfortunate when it happens and if a vapcap is your first and only vape it can sideline you until you get home to clean it (or taste like a fucking ashtray if you just press on). The V3 will never combust and the TM, which has the most power of the three, is easy to control with the little dial (I use mine between 4 and 8 and have zero complaints about the quick extraction in that useful range).
Between the TM and V3 the TM is the more high-end device. That said I love the V3 and don't think there's anything for under $200 that competes with it. It certainly isn't perfect but it is the perfect first choice because it's easy to get good, consistent results and then you know what the next generation of pocket portables can do without spending more than a hundred dollars to get going.
Just to complicate your decision further: no, the V3 and TM aren't great with dosing capsules. It tends to just make for wispy hits that don't show what the vape is capable of. I'd recommend just a V3 and a little doob tube of ground flower to tap in when you want to refill. As long as you wait for the chamber to cool before using the plastic poker on the mouthpiece to empty the bowl you have everything you need for vaping out with just the V3 and a little tube stash.
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