skeletor
Active Member
Hey Crafty Friends!
So, I mentioned a few weeks back my replacement unit is a 2.0.8. I'm noticing some things that are different with use than my 2.0.7. I'm now about 20 hours into use and feel like the Crafty's had a break-in period. Here's what I'm noticing. I'm interested to see if anyone is having similar experiences between the two firmwares, or if maybe I just have a normal Crafty now after having a crappy one :-)
I want to stress that my Crafty is working and my vapor extraction is great -- but I am curious if anyone else's session experiences are different with the 2.0.8. firmware.
-- With a fully and tightly packed bowl and from a starting temp of 75 F, my 2.0.7. could heat to 185 degrees in about a minute and 45 seconds on a full charge. My 2.0.8. almost always takes *at least* 2 minutes and 30 seconds on a full charge, if not 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
-- My sessions are longer now (used to be about 8 minutes -- now 12-13), but I am getting *better* and *longer* duration vapor. Yes -- my heat up time is up to a minute longer -- but my active use time is also longer.
-- Though I am getting 1 less session out of the battery because of their length, I am getting slightly better battery run-time on each charge. The old Crafty would make it through about 4 7-9 minute sessions. The new one is making it through 3 12-15 minute sessions.
-- I am boosting to 205 for the last of my sessions -- often after about 8-9 minutes of use. Between the 11-12 minute mark, I will see the "Let the battery cool down!" alert in the app. I may be mistaken, but I seem to remember seeing that alert very infrequently on my old unit when it was new, and consistently within 6 minutes on my old unit.
-- If I run the Crafty from a full charge all the way until it bottoms out and turns off, I am getting about 3 12-13 minute sessions -- but the last session using the last 1/3 of the battery can take up to 4 minutes (!) to heat to temperature, and the reheat time between inhales is significantly longer than normal. Also, the "Allow the battery to cool down!" warning happens earlier in the session -- because the heater is working its butt off without enough juice?
-- Charge time is longer, without a doubt. From empty to full, my battery is taking up to 3 hours to charge.
-- The Crafty app seems wonky, or something has changed about charge rate. I have seen my Crafty sit and charge the 5th bar for an hour, and then take all of 10 minutes to charge the last bar...
Anyone else seeing these sorts of differences? I would complain and say, "It sucks because now I am only getting 3 sessions out of my battery instead of 4," but I also feel like it's not running anywhere near as burning hot as my old unit would get, and that it seems to do a better job of extracting and using less battery per session than my old unit...
So, I mentioned a few weeks back my replacement unit is a 2.0.8. I'm noticing some things that are different with use than my 2.0.7. I'm now about 20 hours into use and feel like the Crafty's had a break-in period. Here's what I'm noticing. I'm interested to see if anyone is having similar experiences between the two firmwares, or if maybe I just have a normal Crafty now after having a crappy one :-)
I want to stress that my Crafty is working and my vapor extraction is great -- but I am curious if anyone else's session experiences are different with the 2.0.8. firmware.
-- With a fully and tightly packed bowl and from a starting temp of 75 F, my 2.0.7. could heat to 185 degrees in about a minute and 45 seconds on a full charge. My 2.0.8. almost always takes *at least* 2 minutes and 30 seconds on a full charge, if not 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
-- My sessions are longer now (used to be about 8 minutes -- now 12-13), but I am getting *better* and *longer* duration vapor. Yes -- my heat up time is up to a minute longer -- but my active use time is also longer.
-- Though I am getting 1 less session out of the battery because of their length, I am getting slightly better battery run-time on each charge. The old Crafty would make it through about 4 7-9 minute sessions. The new one is making it through 3 12-15 minute sessions.
-- I am boosting to 205 for the last of my sessions -- often after about 8-9 minutes of use. Between the 11-12 minute mark, I will see the "Let the battery cool down!" alert in the app. I may be mistaken, but I seem to remember seeing that alert very infrequently on my old unit when it was new, and consistently within 6 minutes on my old unit.
-- If I run the Crafty from a full charge all the way until it bottoms out and turns off, I am getting about 3 12-13 minute sessions -- but the last session using the last 1/3 of the battery can take up to 4 minutes (!) to heat to temperature, and the reheat time between inhales is significantly longer than normal. Also, the "Allow the battery to cool down!" warning happens earlier in the session -- because the heater is working its butt off without enough juice?
-- Charge time is longer, without a doubt. From empty to full, my battery is taking up to 3 hours to charge.
-- The Crafty app seems wonky, or something has changed about charge rate. I have seen my Crafty sit and charge the 5th bar for an hour, and then take all of 10 minutes to charge the last bar...
Anyone else seeing these sorts of differences? I would complain and say, "It sucks because now I am only getting 3 sessions out of my battery instead of 4," but I also feel like it's not running anywhere near as burning hot as my old unit would get, and that it seems to do a better job of extracting and using less battery per session than my old unit...
