DaVinci IQC

[TigoleBitties]

Many thanks !
That's the only place I've seen (thanks to you) that claims to have stock. Verdampfnochmal charges an absolute fortune for shipping to the UK sadly, almost as much as they're asking for the pods themselves!
I had planned to get a zirconia mouthpiece, ceramic pods and a zirc' flavour chamber, but I might just settle for some steel pods from somewhere in the UK.

Can anyone here compare flavour between the steel and ceramic pods?
I just received my used/as new IQC and put it through it's first heat up with herb in the oven and I'm REALLY impressed with the thick dense vapour on smartpath4! It's better than the taste of the highest mIQro smartpath, less 'overly cooked' if you know what I mean.
The flavour is really good, different to convection sure, but really quite tasty.
Compared to my TM2, Morwood vapes or ball vape the taste is less 'full 4K high-definition flavour microscope' and quite a lot more 'well seared steak at a mere 1080p' but I kinda love the slight throwback to the taste of smoke (it's been many years for me now). Don't get me wrong, smoking tastes like licking an ashtray while huffing a bonfire and I wouldn't want to replicate that experience, but the thickness, density and slight 'roasty' taste reminds me of the satisfaction of a thick hit off a J.
It's also nice to have another vape that can do short 'sippy' draws like a J without the need to pull a bunch of hot air through the load before it starts to give up the goods.

So can anyone compare the SS/ceramic pods?
Is it worth the extra expense, or have you tried both and find there's no difference?
I personally find that vapes with SS ovens or components do taste slightly metallic, but not always, so I'd be keen to hear from anyone who can compare the pods directly.

I can't help you there as I don't have any stainless pods. You mention that you like the IQC for its 'well seared steak at a mere 1080p' character. I will say that though, that it may be worth your while to try the stainless pods as they will conduct heat better than the ceramic ones and give you more of that 1080p roastiness that you're after. You should see better overall extraction of your flower compared to the ceramic oven walls.

Keep your fingers crossed for no metallic taste and hope for the best?

 

[pop22]

I've used my IQC with and without the pod. I've never had any such "roasted" taste from it. Probably because I keep the temp to 380F. At that temp I can hit it until there is no vapor at all and no burnt taste, in fact, at the end there is no taste at all. The pods are fine if just one person is using the vape, as the volume is considerably less than the open chamber. And if you don't lick the pod after a session, there will be no metallic taste...lol!

 

[Copacetic]

Well, my practically new IQC is proving to be a bit of an emotional rollercoaster
First I was VERY impressed with the function and flavour, but I thought I'd try the app out (foreshadowing).
I couldn't get the app to work so I tried to contact Davinci. The website help turned out to be useless as it REQUIRES you to submit pic's and/or video of the issue and the screenshots I took kept getting rejected due to being too big.
I spent a while trying to work out how to reduce the rez' of my pic's but didn't manage, so I emailed them.
Davinci got back to me with a bunch of ways to try getting the app working, but none of them worked, and now my IQC doesn't work!

I only used it about 10 times, it was working perfectly, now it just pretends to be heating up for a while, then the whole display flashes once and the whole device just shuts down!

Anyone any idea why it's behaving like this?
It won't complete heating in precision mode or smart-paths.
I have tried factory re-set multiple times and the battery is fully charged.

I guess pride really does come before a fall as I was hugely pleased with this purchase until this
I have contacted Davinci again but still await their response.

 

[pop22]

Well, my practically new IQC is proving to be a bit of an emotional rollercoaster
First I was VERY impressed with the function and flavour, but I thought I'd try the app out (foreshadowing).
I couldn't get the app to work so I tried to contact Davinci. The website help turned out to be useless as it REQUIRES you to submit pic's and/or video of the issue and the screenshots I took kept getting rejected due to being too big.
I spent a while trying to work out how to reduce the rez' of my pic's but didn't manage, so I emailed them.
Davinci got back to me with a bunch of ways to try getting the app working, but none of them worked, and now my IQC doesn't work!

I only used it about 10 times, it was working perfectly, now it just pretends to be heating up for a while, then the whole display flashes once and the whole device just shuts down!

Anyone any idea why it's behaving like this?
It won't complete heating in precision mode or smart-paths.
I have tried factory re-set multiple times and the battery is fully charged.

I guess pride really does come before a fall as I was hugely pleased with this purchase until this
I have contacted Davinci again but still await their response.

If you haven't already, take the battery out, press the power button, then replace the battery, see if that resets it. The electronics must have some kind of memory and that should clear it. That might... get it working manually again. Personally, I despise the app, used it a couple time and removed it from my phone. The manual settings have been just fine for me.
Ifthat doesn't fix it, get pics of the lights at the point when the vape shoud have been at temperature. it may be a hardware issue.

And don't feel bad, I had FIVE S&B Mighty fail in a period of 2 years total! and that was a $400 vape!

 

[Copacetic]

If you haven't already, take the battery out, press the power button, then replace the battery, see if that resets it. The electronics must have some kind of memory and that should clear it. That might... get it working manually again. Personally, I despise the app, used it a couple time and removed it from my phone. The manual settings have been just fine for me.
Ifthat doesn't fix it, get pics of the lights at the point when the vape shoud have been at temperature. it may be a hardware issue.

And don't feel bad, I had FIVE S&B Mighty fail in a period of 2 years total! and that was a $400 vape!

Thanks for the suggestion mate , sadly it didn't work.
The 'factory re-set' for the IQC is to hold all three buttons down for 10 seconds until it vibe's and flashes, but it still just shuts down halfway through the heating up process .

FIVE Mighties! Man that's appalling
I would NOT be gracing S&B with my business ANY further, did you end up with a working unit? I hope so.

I must admit that Davinci have been responsive with tips to try to get the vape working, they haven't changed anything yet though and I've had to send a video to them to help diagnose the issue.

My luck doesn't seem quite so bad after hearing that S&B have proven so unreliable for you.
The only other time I've had to contact Davinci was ages ago and they came through with help so I'm optimistic re' their customer support, especially as the company is now back in the hands of the folk that I dealt with last time (I think).
Fingers firmly crossed

 

[TigoleBitties]

Thanks for the suggestion mate , sadly it didn't work.
The 'factory re-set' for the IQC is to hold all three buttons down for 10 seconds until it vibe's and flashes, but it still just shuts down halfway through the heating up process .

FIVE Mighties! Man that's appalling
I would NOT be gracing S&B with my business ANY further, did you end up with a working unit? I hope so.

I must admit that Davinci have been responsive with tips to try to get the vape working, they haven't changed anything yet though and I've had to send a video to them to help diagnose the issue.

My luck doesn't seem quite so bad after hearing that S&B have proven so unreliable for you.
The only other time I've had to contact Davinci was ages ago and they came through with help so I'm optimistic re' their customer support, especially as the company is now back in the hands of the folk that I dealt with last time (I think).
Fingers firmly crossed

Sorry you're still stuck .

I have an IQ2 which is a very similar vape and when the battery is low or faulty, it'll heat up a bit and then shut off. Does your heat up even a little? If you have any other battery to try, I would try it and just rule out that it might be a battery issue but I'm guessing DaVinci support has probably already suggested that?

 

[Copacetic]

Sorry you're still stuck .

I have an IQ2 which is a very similar vape and when the battery is low or faulty, it'll heat up a bit and then shut off. Does your heat up even a little? If you have any other battery to try, I would try it and just rule out that it might be a battery issue but I'm guessing DaVinci support has probably already suggested that?

Yeah, it does get very slightly warm, not enough to produce vapour as it just flashes twice and shuts off (usually about 150C-ish).
Davinci are being very helpful though, and I've tried different batteries (Molicel p28a), and the OEM battery seems to work fine in other devices.

All is well though as Davinci are sending me a replacement.
I worked through their suggested fixes after sending the pic's and videos they requested to diagnose the issue, when that did not change the behaviour of the vape they immediately said they'd replace it, which is a relief.
Whoever is running the customer service (and specifically Edgard, or Edgard D?) at Davinci now has my thanks and appreciation
This is the second time Davinci have come though for me in the clinch with great customer service so I feel they deserve some love.
Thanks too to you and all who offered advice here on FC, BIG UP FAM'!