I've now tested a friends unit over a couple of days....
When trying to remember how to set temp and fire it up with lid/mouthpiece off, I accidentally set it unexpectedly and it fired up creating a fair bit of smoke fumes with a distinct combustion smell or charing.
It lasted about 10-15 seconds and I turned it off and looked in the heater- could see tiny amount of fine black dust.(possibly fine material/kief??)
No metal, plastic or organic burning smell at all after clearing it out but decided to let it cool and pack a bowl.
Flavour at first was good but Im still new to convection portables, it felt fairly muted but very smooth all the way through in general, the vapor was dense and full and you can pull for ages for a big hit.... Although I could taste something across the herbs like a rubber/silicone/plastic polymer type taste.
Im fairly sensitive to silicone in new vapes anyway but this tastes different to previous experiences.
When trying the glass mouthpiece the flavour was inferior
how does that work??
The flavour with the glass mp tasted more contaminated by a foreign presence, harsh and plastic/rubbery background not enjoyable.
This could be really good but I just dont trust it at all.
It is hard to believe how they got a lot of basic design in the functionality so wrong- nice fit in the hand but the buttons just aren't available for single hand operation...with an upside down screen to boot.
The software is also buggy and the button navigation is sloppy. And the unit struggles outside in the cold, I seemed to get more issues with the display/software in the cold too.
Its got potential for sure but not quite the finished article in my eyes, I get better flavour from conduction units without questionable build materials or performance.
If they could iron out the kinks and flavour then maybe its a top end competitor but right now, not really.