Hi, guys. This is my first post in FC, but I have used this forum as a rich resource for the past two years.
I have been a (very happy) Miqro owner since February 2019, and recently VAS kicked in. So I started looking for a second vape and the main improvement I wanted was on the only point where the Miqro doesn’t shine, which is battery life.
With the tiny device I was able to enjoy one packed chamber (around 0.2g) in 3 ou 4 sessions, one each night, sharing it with my wife. You see, we are microdosers and sharing one session in Smart Path 1 was enough to help us get a good nigh of sleep. So night 2, we go SP2, and so on. On night 4 taste is bad, but the effects are still felt.
Whenever I wanted to go to outer space, I would just do two SP sessions back to back (usually SP2 and 3).
I love the taste it produces with the fresh chamber during a whole SP1, and the beginning of SP2 the next day. Never had problems with it not being a cloud machine, once the effects were all there. GREAT taste + discreteness + SP + buzz = love.
But, sometimes not being able to use it for even 4 sessions straight (a normal chamber use for me), started getting a little boring.
So I got stuck between Solo 2 and the IQ2. By all the reviews, the first one seemed a safer option, but I love my Miqro so nice, and read many great reviews at this sub, that the final decision was to keep me faithful to Davinci line - if the little brother is so good, the big and most expensive one must be unbelievable, right?
My IQ2 (and the zirconia spacers) arrived 2 days ago and it’s even more beautiful personally. So I proceeded to the burnoff (two 8 minutes at 430F). And on to the first trial!
My objective with the device is to use similarly to the way I use the Miqro. Small doses (with the use of the spacers or dosing capsules). First night of the new chamber on SP1 (for about 6 minutes), second night with the same chamber on SP2 (for about 6 minutes), and so on. But much less battery charging. Seems promising.
And when the pandemics is over, and we’re all vaccinated, use the big full chamber for group sessions.
So back to the first use, 0.2g (grounded just like I do for the Miqro, and works perfectly), large zirconia spacer on top, and Smart Path 1. And, disappointment… the very first hit had just a hint of the Monster Cookie taste, but a very pronounced ruber-ish one.
Did the whole session, even though, and noticed that it produce much more vapour than Miqro did even at SP4. And after the 6th or 7th hit, a gentle popcorn taste was coming, and by the last minute of the session it was popcorn time. I never got to popcorn taste on the Miqro on SP 1 or 2!
So, taste-wise it was terrible, but I got high as a kite. The SP1 on IQ2 got me higher than most double sessions on Miqro, even at SP3 and 4 back to back.
But the herb was done, and no chance to make another session with it. The next day I woke up with a terrible headache, and think it could have been be caused by offgassing.
So I did more 6 burnoff’s yesterday and tried it again. This time, I packed the oven full and went 350F (3 minutes), 360 (2 min) and 370 (for the rest of the session).
Taste was 95% less rubbery, but again the bud taste was awful comparing to what I get with the Miqro. Just a hint of terpenes in the first two or three hits, and popcorn shows up in around 5 or 6 minutes mark. The ABV came out dark brown, with some (little) parts almost black.
So, I’m wondering,
is this the nature of this beast?
Less flavour than the Miqro, but a harder punch/buzz to the head/body? No chance of using a chamber twice? I wonder how the ABV will come out in SP4.
Are any of you able to use the same chamber for more than one session?
Sorry for the long text, but I wanted to let everything clear, mainly that I know the Miqro really well and have read all the useful advices on IQ2. And am a little afraid I didn’t go the Solo 2 or second Miqro route.
But before giving up, I would like to hear from you. I still have hopes to love the IQ2 as much as do love the Miqro.
