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Crafty/Crafty+ by Storz & Bickel
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dxer
Active Member
Goes to show, I think you found--and fixed!--the weak link of the Crafty devices... if I recall correctly it was the leads to the battery? You soldered them on?
I hope for their sake S&B has taken notice--nice work!
Vambo1980
Well-Known Member
Thanks, I have been counting down the hours waiting to post my little mile stone. Made myself a few celebratory pre-packs.
My fix for the dreaded red/yellow lights of death was to remove the thermal fuse and solder the heater cables directly to the board.
All i really need for my crafty is a new housing.. Storz and Bickel, if you happen to read this, feel free to send me a new housing. After all i have saved you money by not sending my in warranty crafty for repair and fixing it myself, all i ask of you is a new case. You will most likely know who i am from the serial number :-)
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Mr. Me2
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I suggest the RYOT Rat Pack (or something like that), in a small. A very snug fit for the Crafty and its smell proof. Handy pocket inside to hold the brush or other flat tools. Perfect if you dont want it to hold other bulky accessories.
ligi
ligi
What insight do you mean?
vapviking
Old & In the Way
I think S&B should send you one of every product they make, to entice you to return you amazing Crafty for inspection and placement into the Crafty Hall of Fame. and in the hopes that you might improve any/all of the others for them.Thanks, I have been counting down the hours waiting to post my little mile stone. Made myself a few celebratory pre-packs.
My fix for the dreaded red/yellow lights of death was to remove the thermal fuse and solder the heater cables directly to the board.
All i really need for my crafty is a new housing.. Storz and Bickel, if you happen to read this, feel free to send me a new housing. After all i have saved you money by not sending my in warranty crafty for repair and fixing it myself, all i ask of you is a new case. You will most likely know who i am from the serial number :-)
oops! sorry for b to b posts
US user here... what's the likelyhood of my Crafty surviving? Bought it on eBay about a month ago... arrived with only 1 hour of use and is showing v2.10 firmware.
Also, if I do end up needing service... opinions on how they will handle the eBay sale?
Thanks! Great unit..
ligi
ligi
Not yet sure how this info would help users - sure this is possible to implement - but I only add features if I see use-cases ..
Pharoh
Well-Known Member
i use a small soft zip camera case by Lowepro...Best Buy carries them..they're about the size of a Crafty ,,
Those pre-loads look interesting....Thinking about getting some..So you just drop one in the bowl (metal case included)..Right? Does it affect the pul resistance?..Are they easy to use. fill...clean........Thanks!Thanks, I have been counting down the hours waiting to post my little mile stone. Made myself a few celebratory pre-packs.
My fix for the dreaded red/yellow lights of death was to remove the thermal fuse and solder the heater cables directly to the board.
All i really need for my crafty is a new housing.. Storz and Bickel, if you happen to read this, feel free to send me a new housing. After all i have saved you money by not sending my in warranty crafty for repair and fixing it myself, all i ask of you is a new case. You will most likely know who i am from the serial number :-)
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Could you take a pic or link which case it is to me? Thanks
dusdat
Member
you have a Mighty AND a Crafty? nice! I'm really thinking about purchasing a Crafty too, because I'm getting a bit bored with the harsher vapor taste of my 1 year old Air.Long time lurker here. Purchased the Crafty over the weekend, been putting it through its paces ( 5 hours so far) Just thought I'd say I'm loving it so far, gettting about 6 bowls per charge and it's hitting the same as my Mighty would. Love the size, long may it last.
The dosage capsules are awesome. Super easy to load, and yeah, you just put em in and rip away. They don't hold quite as much as a normal bowl, but the convenience is worth it. They are a little annoying to get open, and you'll probably bend/warp a couple, but they bend back into place fairly easy.
As for draw resistance, I haven't noticed any difference.
One major drawback, is they get REALLY fucking hot. I got a pretty nice burn on my palm from just dumping a used one straight from the crafty into my hand. Also, I've put a couple of nice burns on my night stand, and ruined a table cloth. Definitely need to put them into something glass/metal for them to cool down if you're doing bowls in quick succession.
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just purchased a crafty after selling my mighty a year back, sold the mighty when i got a nano, but they crafty/mighty giant bowl cant be beat when you want to relax with a few tokes, no reloading,no stirring no bubbler required , also i thought the mighty was a good portable, the crafty is tiny! almost as small as my fm mini. now to get some dosing caps.
enjoy your vapes!
enjoy your vapes!
Shane McTerpy
Active Member
Hey, yeah I have both. (VAS) I bought them because I found the Air irritates my throat after a few bowls, it's still a great vape though. Crafty/Mighty has very good vapor production on lower temperatures and if you have a glass mouthpiece from Vapefiend, the flavour is on par with the Air IMO
UniqueCrafty
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Hey Guys!
Just wanted to share the crafty users a picture of my new bubbler D020 from dhgate, that i received 11 days after purchase! Im very happy with this bubbler nice taste and huge vapo clouds!
Just wanted to share the crafty users a picture of my new bubbler D020 from dhgate, that i received 11 days after purchase! Im very happy with this bubbler nice taste and huge vapo clouds!
Pharoh
Well-Known Member
Why......?....the crafty by itself will be fine...Hey Guys!
Just wanted to share the crafty users a picture of my new bubbler D020 from dhgate, that i received 11 days after purchase! Im very happy with this bubbler nice taste and huge vapo clouds!
Crafty Vaper
Ain't easy being green
Cause you can get bigger clouds with the right bubbler!
vapviking
Old & In the Way
Water piece can definitely enhance the experience. Adding moisture and cooling hot clouds is a pleasure, and if you like you can vape at higher temp. with less irritation.
Having a vape took some getting used to as I was not comfortable with a 'device' (joint guy for about 45 years). Then, after about a year of vaping and reading so much here I eased into water use with home made rig so I could feel better about not having spent money on this sideshow. But that only led to a much improved home made rig that wife and I now use about 60% of the time.
We're not college kids with a big bong, just older folks with war weary respiratory tracts.
And we're not quite at Trailer Park Boys level now, but close!
UniqueCrafty
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Of course the crafty is fine by itself!
But with the bubbler you get bigger clouds, nice cool taste and one hit through it, will send you to universe
(you can hit it like 7-10 times)
Its like next level vaping.
dusdat
Member
Hey, yeah I have both. (VAS) I bought them because I found the Air irritates my throat after a few bowls, it's still a great vape though. Crafty/Mighty has very good vapor production on lower temperatures and if you have a glass mouthpiece from Vapefiend, the flavour is on par with the Air IMO
I got my Crafty today too! (ordered from Amazon) and just finished my first bowl now hahaha
Real excited with getting used to this vape
Why you have Crafty & Mighty? Isn't that like double? You use the Mighty at home and Crafty on the go?
What are the advantages of the Mighty above the Crafty besides double battery power?
I've been using my Air for over a year now, still works very good.
But my throat gets quickly irritated, even on the first bowl on my Air with the short easyflow stems.
So I decided to give myself a little present for my upcoming birthday.
One thing I already noticed today with my crafty: I immediately charged the crafty (with my samsung phone charger). Charged for approx 40 mins max, the light was solid blue
Couple hours later I heated the first bowl up to 185C, took like 4 nice hits max,
I look at the battery indicator at my phone and I'm like wtf?
3 bars gone already? So I was like maybe I didn't charge it max.
So I turn it off, and charge again.
On my phone it was going from 2 to 3 bars charging till suddenly in a couple of minutes it was solid blue again.
I put it on again, and the indicator was max again. I heated the same bowl up to 200C, vaped the remainders for 4/5 mins max (didnt get much out of this compared with the air, even though the herb still remains greenish not the brown almost burned herb with the air), and already 1 bar gone again? this cant be good, right?
btw that first bowl got me way more f*cked up than the air would
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I get about 3-4 good sessions out of my crafty, I usually vape full bowls now a days, so 10+ hits per session, I also run at max temps.
dusdat
Member
So it comes down to 1/1,5 bar of the battery indictor for each bowl/session?
3 good sessions out of 1 fully charged battery is basically the same as the air.
How long does charging take on average?
Taking 2 hours for a almost full charge, somehow I expected better :S
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Shane McTerpy
Active Member
I got my Crafty today too! (ordered from Amazon) and just finished my first bowl now hahaha
Real excited with getting used to this vape
Why you have Crafty & Mighty? Isn't that like double? You use the Mighty at home and Crafty on the go?
What are the advantages of the Mighty above the Crafty besides double battery power?
I've been using my Air for over a year now, still works very good.
But my throat gets quickly irritated, even on the first bowl on my Air with the short easyflow stems.
So I decided to give myself a little present for my upcoming birthday.
One thing I already noticed today with my crafty: I immediately charged the crafty (with my samsung phone charger). Charged for approx 40 mins max, the light was solid blue
Couple hours later I heated the first bowl up to 185C, took like 4 nice hits max,
I look at the battery indicator at my phone and I'm like wtf?
3 bars gone already? So I was like maybe I didn't charge it max.
So I turn it off, and charge again.
On my phone it was going from 2 to 3 bars charging till suddenly in a couple of minutes it was solid blue again.
I put it on again, and the indicator was max again. I heated the same bowl up to 200C, vaped the remainders for 4/5 mins max (didnt get much out of this compared with the air, even though the herb still remains greenish not the brown almost burned herb with the air), and already 1 bar gone again? this cant be good, right?
btw that first bowl got me way more f*cked up than the air would
I own a Mighty & Crafty because I wanted to see the differences between the two , besides one being larger & better battery there isn't much difference. The Crafty gets hotter to hold & can't handle high temps repeatedly I've found. The Mighty handles high temps with ease without getting too hot either. It's much easier having a Crafty for out and about. The app seems to work well and I've been getting 3 bowls (10 mins) before charging the crafty at two bars. ( I don't like to let it go flat)
vapviking
Old & In the Way
I got my Crafty today too! (ordered from Amazon) and just finished my first bowl now hahaha
Real excited with getting used to this vape
Why you have Crafty & Mighty? Isn't that like double? You use the Mighty at home and Crafty on the go?
What are the advantages of the Mighty above the Crafty besides double battery power?
I've been using my Air for over a year now, still works very good.
But my throat gets quickly irritated, even on the first bowl on my Air with the short easyflow stems.
So I decided to give myself a little present for my upcoming birthday.
One thing I already noticed today with my crafty: I immediately charged the crafty (with my samsung phone charger). Charged for approx 40 mins max, the light was solid blue
Couple hours later I heated the first bowl up to 185C, took like 4 nice hits max,
I look at the battery indicator at my phone and I'm like wtf?
3 bars gone already? So I was like maybe I didn't charge it max.
So I turn it off, and charge again.
On my phone it was going from 2 to 3 bars charging till suddenly in a couple of minutes it was solid blue again.
I put it on again, and the indicator was max again. I heated the same bowl up to 200C, vaped the remainders for 4/5 mins max (didnt get much out of this compared with the air, even though the herb still remains greenish not the brown almost burned herb with the air), and already 1 bar gone again? this cant be good, right?
btw that first bowl got me way more f*cked up than the air would
Based on stories here and Mighty thread, there are a lot of folks who've had Crafty and migrated to Mighty, with far less making a switch the other way around.
Both work very, very well, to be sure. Since Feb. '15 I've had three Crafty's now a Mighty. The differences have been discussed a lot, but I'll list a couple.
Mighty's two batteries charge faster than Crafty's one because Crafty uses usb at 5V/2A and Mighty uses 12V/3A. Then Mighty delivers at least twice as many bowls per charge.
Mighty reaches temp (approx 1 min 40sec for +160C lift) faster than Crafty (over 2 minutes for same).
Mighty doesn't get as hot as fast, since the load is shared by two batteries.
Mighty handles back to back sessions (even very hot ones) better; Crafty will overheat and shut down sometimes and I have not seen that with the Mighty.
A single battery replacement in Crafty costs $70 US. Changing the two in Mighty costs $90, but those two will last twice as long a Crafty's one.
It also seems that Mighty's need repair/return less frequently.
The main thing Crafty has over Mighty is size and it can stand up unassisted
I am obviously biased, don't get me wrong I love the Crafty too. It seems that folks here generally think that Mighty's suit heavy users better. Lighter or occasional use would be ideal for a Crafty, imo.
Lately some owners of new Crafty's are saying they may be getting more bowls/charge. I think S&B makes rolling changes to circuitry and/or software, so things are likely improving on that score.
Plus we've got Crafty legends like @Vambo1980 who has achieved over 500 hours on his Crafty with some knowledge and fine soldering skills! vape on, dude!
Best of luck, enjoy your Crafty!