Well so as to not sound like the "the end is near" person, this will be the last time I post about this.
All I'll add, for anyone who cares to look, is that this vapor is VERY subtle to see and requires a bright flashlight, calm air current, and setting the unit to over 400.
If you're just "eyeballing" it, between bowl hits, I doubt you'd see anything.
Following the process above I'm able to see the vapor every time, and all the time. At no point does it subside. So this is not just (veg) matter (or machine oil) burning off. Something else is.
It may not bother some that these things appear to be shedding some sort of mystery vapor under high heat. It, however, bothers me so I'm sharing my experience and process to recreate the conditions for yourself. This is the second unit I've had that did this. The chances of two random units having identical "one-off" defects, in my mind, is minuscule.
If that's not a big deal to you, then happy vaping.
Hey there, Geo.
I have to respectfully disagree. If you'd read this whole thread, you should have read that plenty of people that DID preform this test and found nothing. No mystery vapor or 'off' taste. I was one of them. I even took it to an extreme, I was very upset as my unit was on it's way when I came across anything about the DV off gassing. I won't get into everything I personally did to make sure my unit wasn't doing this, but if you really care you can go back and read my posts on it.
You seem to have a fallacy in your argument about two units having the same defect. I don't what to come off sounding pretentious and apologize if that's how it sounds. But you can't make the assumption that all these units are off gassing since you've had two that had the same problem. If anything, you can only question how common of an issue this is. In all likely hood, it may be very common, but still know that there are units functioning exactly as promised by Da Vinci.
Now, I don't know how I really feel about any of the units having a problem like this... But I can hardly care since I already own mine and have zero issues with it.
Other issues people have with theirs that I have not experienced at all include:
-Unit getting too hot to hold (I can put my hands on the vent and it won't come close to burning me!)
-Buzzing while battery is charging (my is silent as can be!)
-Brushes melting while inside a in use unit. (burned to ~420 with brush in there before)
-Unit becoming hard to draw from (I am very proactive at cleaning mine, probably why)
-Shit charge (I can get ~9 sessions with mine, from what I'm told that holds up against the solo)
-Odd taste from vapor (I posted earlier I only have a DV and an iolite for vaporizers but I have a lot of experience with vaporizers, so I would be able to taste anomalies)
-Unit becoming deformed from use (Solid as the day I bought it)
As you can see, my unit is exactly what the DV is suppose to be. And I hope all these issues aren't something majority of people experience, but I'm happy either way because this thing is so perfect for me.
I hope your issues get resolved.
Edit whore back in action, didn't want to double post, sorry.
From previous posts it seems as though the grey model is alright. Does anyone have a gray model that off gasses? And do orders through amazon void warranty?
I actually have a grey Da Vinci. I remember reading that but not sure if that was an official post.
As for the amazon order, I believe their are vendors on there that won't void the warranty, but there are a lot that will void it. You should see something like "official DV vendor" in the description, probably something about the 2 year warranty, also.