Davinci by Karma
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laugingsodreamy12
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does anyone have these problems with my battery? im going on a road trip and was wondering if these are sighns of battery degradation. The battery display is innacurate and whether it be the wall charger or the car charger i have to fickle with the thing until it charges it doesnt always start to charge. ive been charging mine for 9 hours and it says its still charging? wtf is that? and for instance it will have no battery and ill put in on the charger and it will charge for a hour then stop then ill have to move the wire around until it starts charging again. and before thatll itll say its at full charge then keep charging?
my DV just broke im contacting DV. it was working great and i went to recharge it from the auto shut off mid session and the heat element doesnt even work/start the light doesnt even go red or green. it doesnt start and the temp numbers are choppy for example a 4 is all warped and missing some of the things it doesnt look like a four glad this happened before my roadtrip i had a weird gut feeling. ive had it for a while and i love this vape but i kinda wish i bought the pax just because of the 10 year warrant i feel a little robbed with the 3 year and it braking for no reason in 5-6 months not even dropping it once.
and come to think of it its kind of sad looking at the receipt ive only had it for 3 and a half months and it breaks? i havent even dropped it once. im very careful with this thing pretty sad. love everything else about it.
my DV just broke im contacting DV. it was working great and i went to recharge it from the auto shut off mid session and the heat element doesnt even work/start the light doesnt even go red or green. it doesnt start and the temp numbers are choppy for example a 4 is all warped and missing some of the things it doesnt look like a four glad this happened before my roadtrip i had a weird gut feeling. ive had it for a while and i love this vape but i kinda wish i bought the pax just because of the 10 year warrant i feel a little robbed with the 3 year and it braking for no reason in 5-6 months not even dropping it once.
and come to think of it its kind of sad looking at the receipt ive only had it for 3 and a half months and it breaks? i havent even dropped it once. im very careful with this thing pretty sad. love everything else about it.
laugingsodreamy12
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i sent mine in and they have to test it to make sure its faulty then they said their going to replace it. i have very bad luck with vapes, im starting to think they all break? it seems to me the heating element is too close to the lithium ion batteries and causes degradation, a poor lack of insight when they made this great device. if this thing is going to break every 3 months or so thats really sad they should have a longer free warranty like the PAX (10 year warranty). This is my only vape so i have nothing to fall back on, last night i drank (i hate drinking so much lol barely ever drink at all) because i refuse to combust that shits gross (so is alcohol hahaha), sucks not being able to vape XD.Since ive gotten the dv i cant smoke anymore the smoke irritates my throat and kills my high which isnt even as strong when i vape. i love this unit im just hoping my new device works out better. ive had very little performance issues hell the session before it randomely broke the thing was beasting hard.
Dreamerr
Always in a state of confusion and silliness♀
Maybe you are doing something that is making it more vulnerable to breaking
. Ask them it is worth a shot. Maybe like lying facing up while hot just guessing cause I don't know shit about electronics and batteries but it makes sense in my head.
. Ask them it is worth a shot. Maybe like lying facing up while hot just guessing cause I don't know shit about electronics and batteries but it makes sense in my head.laugingsodreamy12
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nope i even blow cool air into the oven when its in use too long, ive never dropped the device ever not even once. I used the thing like so much thats my only guess it says even in the warranty that it only cycles 300 times before the batteries go bunk and break, i used the thing sometimes like 10 times in a day. im a avid marijuana user my only guess is i used it a lot? i treat my DV like a queen theirs no reason for it to break. it broke outta no were following the 18 hour charge LOL it was plugged in for 18 hours and it said it was still charging before it broke. the thing was even combusting when the light was red, the numbers on the LED screen. when i asked the DV representitive she said the exact same thing i said she said the DV heating element is too close to the batteries and that they changed that with the ascent,Maybe you are doing something that is making it more vulnerable to breaking
laugingsodreamy12
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Yea idk honestly what happened to it though thats just what they said, and meh i like the DV i just want to get what i paid for? I feel kind of robbed to spend 200 dollors on paraphanelia and it break within 3 months? thats stupid. do you use yours alot? like 8+ times a day? what ever happened to it its not my fault the unit just stopped working entirely at one point the heat thing wouldnt even come on. on the temp gauge if i went from 370 to 380 it would go from 379 back to 370 and so forth the thing was screwed. performance wise i love the thing, but for it to break within 3 months? that seems silly to me. and it seems like they should provide a better warranty if thats the case. maybe i just got a bad unit? guess ill find out with my new one.
regardless i love the DV and i would def recommend it, its just hard to defend something when it broke so fast ya know? if it woulda been a year that woulda been cool but 3 months?
and you guys whats with the DVS with the button on the top chamber? mine didnt have that doesn that mean it wasnt the newer model?
True, but like you said, you've been using it a lot, about 8 or more times a day. That's at least 720 sessions. If it were me, using it once per day, it would have lasted almost 2 years and I would have said to myself, "Oh well, it did last a while." I don't presume to know what the average usage pattern is, but I would guess that it's no where close to your usage pattern.
Having said that, lasting for 720 sessions or so is still unacceptable. Remember the old days when they built things to last? These days, they seem to build things almost with the expectation that it will be disposed of after a few short years, either due to the machine failing or due to the owner moving on to the next greatest thing.
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This next part is somewhat off-topic, yet I think it's still relevant to this thread.
I first read this thread while my DV was in shipment. After reading the "horror stories" that have come up in this thread, I was almost resigned to the fact that my DV would exhibit a problem or two, especially the offgassing issue (despite knowing that I would be getting the latest updated unit in which most problems are presumed to be fixed).
Well, I've only had it for about a month, but it has never offgassed and so far, so good. Does this mean it will be a reliable unit? Who knows. I guess the people who have had problems probably believe I have a ticking time bomb in my hands, whereas those who have never encountered a problem probably believe it will outlast me.
The thing is, if you read enough consumer reviews on the Interwebs, pretty soon you will be absolutely convinced that every product out there is a piece of junk and you'll end up never buying anything.
For example, there's a huge thread at another forum devoted to a "pulling to the right" problem for my particular vehicle. If I had read that thread before buying my vehicle, I would have never purchased it. My vehicle has never exhibited that problem, 5 years and counting. Was I just lucky?
Another example, a particular plasma TV supposed to have a "blotchy pink" issue, in which the colour white is never displayed as pure white but as a blotchy pink. It seemed as though many people were reporting this issue, a few of them had even exchanged their TVs two or three times and still ended up with a TV with the same issue (sounds familiar?). As for me, I've had that TV for almost 5 years and I've never noticed that issue (I specifically check for it every now and then by displaying a pure white pattern). Did I dodge a bullet?
You can be easily scared off after reading the reviews of any product on the Web, but you have to keep things in perspective, with the understanding that it's just human nature that people are more apt to post comments when things fail compared to when things perform as advertised.
laugingsodreamy12
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Im a stoner. i need something thats reliable and gets me stoned all the time. i love vaping but im starting to think all vapes crap out? therefore maybe i should just smoke rofl. i need something that i can use 10 times a day and it last for a long time. i dont always use it hella but i at least smoke like a dime and up in bud a day usually which comes out to be 4+ sessions a day by myself. maybe the DV wasnt right for me i need something reliable and that lasts long. Im hoping my new unit is better because honestly since the day i got that unit it had weird quarks about it. lol ive had 3 vapes so far and they all crap out so fast im starting to think their all crap. its not hard people, its not that crazy of technology my oven heats up to the same temperatures and ive had that oven for 10 years? lol come on. its just a oven chamber heat powered by lithium ion batteries my kitchen scale is powered by lithium ion batteries. and to think i used to want a cano lol i bet that would break too for no reason!
people aint going to quit combusting if they spend hundreds of dollars on units that are faulty. again DV is a amazing company and performance wise the DV is solid (thick vapor no combustion) i want to speak nothing but good things about it but sadly i cant even use a DV that i paid for at this moment. and i thank god this happened before my 2 week road trip (if it woulda broke on my roadtrip i woulda freaked).
people aint going to quit combusting if they spend hundreds of dollars on units that are faulty. again DV is a amazing company and performance wise the DV is solid (thick vapor no combustion) i want to speak nothing but good things about it but sadly i cant even use a DV that i paid for at this moment. and i thank god this happened before my 2 week road trip (if it woulda broke on my roadtrip i woulda freaked).
Dreamerr
Always in a state of confusion and silliness♀
Maybe you forget what you are doing when you are stoned
? I heard stories and even read some on the net
. I am sure a lot of us medial user use more then 10 bucks worth a day. I am assuming that is about a gram and a good price if it is. Anyhow if you do use so much a day my suggestion is a PLUG IN VAPORIZER. I think that will make you very happy
. A portable is for out and about and most can't stand up to that kind of abuse. In all honesty though I have never heard of someone saying that all there portables crap out. I have had issues with mine but they are all fine and still medicating me as need be. I use at least two different vapes a day and sometimes more depending.
It depends on your stoning situation what you should get. Also what needs or what you want from a vape. It does sound like you are a plug in kind of guy.
Edit: I would look at, depending on cash, at the cloud and the ssv. They have the best reviews. I have never used a cloud but it doesn't interest me but I do own an ssv.
Good luck
? I heard stories and even read some on the net. I am sure a lot of us medial user use more then 10 bucks worth a day. I am assuming that is about a gram and a good price if it is. Anyhow if you do use so much a day my suggestion is a PLUG IN VAPORIZER. I think that will make you very happy . A portable is for out and about and most can't stand up to that kind of abuse. In all honesty though I have never heard of someone saying that all there portables crap out. I have had issues with mine but they are all fine and still medicating me as need be. I use at least two different vapes a day and sometimes more depending.It depends on your stoning situation what you should get. Also what needs or what you want from a vape. It does sound like you are a plug in kind of guy.
Edit: I would look at, depending on cash, at the cloud and the ssv. They have the best reviews. I have never used a cloud but it doesn't interest me but I do own an ssv.
Good luck
laugingsodreamy12
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Yea i agree do plug ins work better? wouldnt they break just as easy or no because its through electrical outputs. and dude marijuana doesnt make me forget anything lol i dont lose control with marijuana and drop my vapes everywere lol i remember everything when im high weed dont even effect me like it effects alot of people. when im sober people think im high. i used to drop tons of LSD (hence my name) marijuana dont do shit to me but relax me and maybe forget were i placed my car keys muahahha. unfortunetly i cant really have a plug in at the moment but i will soon so. ive gone through 3 portables and the other too crapped out in a week. it seems to me like their poorly made? im out and about more than im at home and thats when i toke most the time. so what on portables you cant use em alot? so i have to only use it once a day? ROFL sounds stupid to me. depending on my days i toke about a dime to a dub of weed by myself. i dont see how this is "abuse" but i guess it is. 3 months of use whether it be common or not is unnacceptable and not worth my 200 dollars IMO. how is using a vape abusing it lol? its just a heating element it shouldnt be that crazy hell maybe i ran the batteries out. ill go check out those ive always wanted a cano but honestly im scared of buying vapes now, it seems like a waste of money that i could just buy weed with for something to break in a couple weeksMaybe you forget what you are doing when you are stoned
It depends on your stoning situation what you should get. Also what needs or what you want from a vape. It does sound like you are a plug in kind of guy.
Edit: I would look at, depending on cash, at the cloud and the ssv. They have the best reviews. I have never used a cloud but it doesn't interest me but I do own an ssv.
Good luck
i drive high, i jet skii high, i go to work high i do everything high and i do everything better high. im a odd guy lol
Dreamerr
Always in a state of confusion and silliness♀
I was messing with you silly. Anyhow not that you are abusing the vape but you are abusing the battery not by any fault of your own. They are close to the heater in a lot of vapes so they die way sooner then they would in another application. I learned that from many smart people on here. IIRC you had an atmos which we can't count and I forgot the other vape you had. You can't go by that and portables are certainly not made to go through the amount you are doing except maybe the solo. Again IIRC a solo may not fit your needs if you want a wide open air path. You might want to open a thread in the vapor lounge and tell the forum what your needs are and maybe they can come up with something. I doubt that most on here will even suggest a cano. A cloud is a great unit but has its issues since it is glass it does break. I think the ssv is the best for you but if you can't have a plug in then I don't know what to tell you. The ssv is wide open air flow, it does have glass but easily replaceable. I have not broken any but it does happen.
In either respect get your DV replaced while you figure this out. Maybe for a portable you can go with the INH xp once the bugs are fixed.
In either respect get your DV replaced while you figure this out. Maybe for a portable you can go with the INH xp once the bugs are fixed.
laugingsodreamy12
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yea i know you were just messing with me XD why all the cano hate on FC? canos are great (when i used one of my friends). prob just the price heh? id buy a cano in a heartbeeat if they were 400 flat. and thats funny too cause when it first broke before calling DV customer service thats what i was thinking when it broke because i noticed it would only mess up when it heated up. and sure enough DV customer service said the same thing. why do they do that? why dont they just wire it far away from the oven? or wrap the batteries in some kind of heat resistant material? she said with the ascent they fixed this but who knows really right? im not trying to talk crap about the DV so i dont want to come across like that its just upsetting ya know? depressing. my PS3 has also been crapping out more so its like everything breaks all at once its frustrating. i quit smoking i haven't smoked in 4 months and i want to keep it that way but without a constant vape that will be impossible ill snap and grab my pipe one day and the guilt will rush in. i did this originally for a healthier option and started liking vaping 100x more than smoking and now i cant stand smoking, i think its nasty. my throat flares up like no other now since i quit its crazy. last time i smoked it just made me feel like shit. the body load the feeling of not being able to breathe icky XD. never thought id quit combusting thats for sure.
Dreamerr
Always in a state of confusion and silliness♀
Firstly you need more then one unit. It depends on the amount of money you want to spend. All the portables have the same issue with the battery being to close to the heat sauce because it is a small space. So fixed means better than not fixed. I guess the hate as you call it for the canos is mostly price and I suppose a lot fall out of love with the bags. It is an extra step and you also have to remember you are doing something. For example when I had a cano clone I never remembered that it was warming up till it was to late and I had to start again. I put it back in the box and it is on the top of my closet. If you like bags and want a vape that can do a bit of everything but as vito says master of none then get an EQ. You have to get backups and decent ones. This is your first decent vape from what you have said and you ended up with issues. Maybe the newer DV's have this issue cause the old ones didn't but they had other ones. Reliability is all in what you expect. If I go out and I can't be certain my portable is going to give me enough session that would be dangerous. When I got a new portable I carried a backup vape. I now carry a vip2 as my top off back up just in case I need a quick hit.
If my portable is going to be an outside one I test it to death to the point that some thing I am insane. They are correct but I need to do that to feel safe. Bottom line is you need more then one. If you think the ascent is the next one I would wait to see what happens when the masses get one. In the mean while get something more reliable like a solo. There is a learning curve so don't expect to love it out of the box. There is also a charger issue but it is an easy replacement if need be. They must have gotten a cheap batch of chargers.
In the mean while buy a new one then send your DV back to be fixed.
If my portable is going to be an outside one I test it to death to the point that some thing I am insane. They are correct but I need to do that to feel safe. Bottom line is you need more then one. If you think the ascent is the next one I would wait to see what happens when the masses get one. In the mean while get something more reliable like a solo. There is a learning curve so don't expect to love it out of the box. There is also a charger issue but it is an easy replacement if need be. They must have gotten a cheap batch of chargers.
In the mean while buy a new one then send your DV back to be fixed.
laugingsodreamy12
Member
Yea i get you, thats the thing i loved about the cano was the bags lol but yea setup is more so a bitch i could see (i wasnt operating it i was watching my friend do it so i just huffed the vape out the bag lol), honestly the SSV is looking very appealing to me do you like the SSV? i took your advice and posted in the vape lounge so as i dont get off topic in the DV forum. i love all your guys helps and appreciate it more than you think, im a spaz and when my DV broke it felt like the world was ending ROFL. but i needed a well needed tolerance break anyways so thats good, and my DV is currently being tested by karma in LV to see if its faulty and send me a replacement i should have my replacement by next week. their a great company cant argue with that at all. and i can get a plug in vape i just cant use it at some times due to living situations. and ive heard the ascent isnt what its cracked out to be not bad but not great.
C No Ego
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a tip to get the most out of your herb is to start at 375 degrees and work up 10 degree increments as you finish the herb and the da vinci reaches the max temp of 405 degrees. use the provided brush to keep the unit clean and change the little screen in the top mouthpiece regularly when needed. I've taken the screen out that is up inside the draw tube and only have the screen left in where the metal screw piece sits against the herb chamber. because your da vinci is new you should have quite a few sessions with the unit before worrying about that though, just something to keep up with as you get some miles on the da vinci. the unit remembers your last heat setting also, so when you are finished with a session you can turn the unit back down to 375 before turning the power off and when the unit re starts it will be set to 375 to start the next sesssion. happy vaping!
According to this webpage (look near the bottom), these are the new features for the upgraded model: "Improved hinge for better chamber access and easier cleaning. Magnetic closure for tighter seal, recessed flexistraw threads for improved safety, and improved battery life (up to an hour and forty minutes)."
It wasn't mentioned, but the maximum temperature is now around 207 C or 405 F (the older model was around 221 C or 430 F).
It wasn't mentioned, but the maximum temperature is now around 207 C or 405 F (the older model was around 221 C or 430 F).