Thanks flotntoke! Your post was the last one I read last night before going home for my first Nano session and it really helped me.
Did I doubt all the testimonials about how efficient the Nano is?
I'm afraid I did. HA!
I'm a "lightweight" anyway, but after letting the unit heat up and then dialing it down, adjusting my screen and using a "tiny" bit of coarse ground stuff packed down a bit with the E-Pik I gave the Nano a test-drive. Even with that tiny bit I think I got 4 big draws? It's sort of hard to say because I didn't want to exhale.
I wasn't feeling much at first so I put an even "tinier" bit of material in there and took one draw, but then I thought "Hold your horses Partner!"
Remembering what flotntoke had said I decided to take a break and finish up my household chores for the night. I soon realized that I was heavily medicated, but felt sort of "light" and "airy" instead of "heavy" and "weighed down."
So when I got back to my living room I turned the unit off and let everything cool down so I could put the stem (with some product still in it I will enjoy tonight) back in the plastic sleeve it came in. This might not be the best practice but it's better than breaking the glass stem by accident and it fits pretty snugly/securely in there without any product spillage.
So having gone through a cigarette to e-cig transition about 5 years ago I'm thinking that what's similar is that the "heavy", "weighed down" feeling that you might feel is "missing" when you vaporize is something you actually don't want anyway.
Even as I was doing the dishes about to make my nightly meal last night the idea of using my trusty "one-hitter" bat seemed gross. I've been doing nothing but combustion for quite awhile so if I already feel this way after one night I can only imagine that the transition will only get smoother.
So thanks to Andy, Nadia and everyone on this thread for helping me narrow down my choices and make my final decision. I'm a happy customer!
I do have 2 questions though:
1) My rotary dial stops at 9 instead of 10. I already knew it didn't actually go to 11 from watching some videos, etc. but it should go to 10 correct?
I'm thinking a temp of 6 on my unit would be the equivalent of 7 on others? It really doesn't matter that much because everyone will find their own unique range and if 5 (approx) works for me like 6 works for others then so be it, but in case this exact thing has happened to another user does the dial come off so I can correct this or is the dial glued on there?
2) I don't have any wooden sewing needles around the house. What other common household items can be used in case you have to push the screen higher up (coming the long way from the bottom of the stem?)
Thanks again,
Norman