Discontinued Elevape SV

[OF]

Bottle cap screen doesn't avoid stirring, but makes it much easier and quicker, and no dead spot in the middle.

I want try making a stirrer with the bottle cap screen, best if both worlds. Need what kind of steel wire though?

I like the idea of no screw, and plan to eventually try it, but for now the screw seems the right place to mount some sort of stir device. Otherwise I'm at a bit of a loss.

As far as material, I think Stainless Steel is a good place to start, tough, easy enough to work and doesn't conduct heat all that well. I just ordered a few SS safety pins I plan to cut up for this (loop under the screw, leg into the load).

OF

 

[Shit Snacks]

I think if I find some thin ss wire, I can make a little wingnut style device, and cram it into the screw hole (after poking it through the bottle cap screen center).

Hardware store had like galvanized or something? Didn't wanna buy so much though, maybe amazon or ebay would be the best place to buy. Needs to be thin and flexible enough though

 

[btka]

what i don t really understand if this unit would be more reliable in use (judging from the posts in this thread) and if they would be able to solve the stirring and nonuniform heat distribution... this would be the ultimate portable vape... that cant be that hard if elevape would really try or? Because from the description of this vape it would be for me the ultimate vape like the nano and i wouldn t have to search spend more on portable vapes so whats up elevape @Ipuffusa why are you wasting this chance and don t come up with real good solutions?

hopefully mine will arrive as soon as possible so i can judge myself..

 

[PPN]

My coarse screen in the bottom in the bowl doesn't stay in place....the fine screen is tighty fixed although... I think my diy stirring lid grabbed it, I cut it shorter but I can't put the screen back(I don't really try...)

 

[Sacrifus]

I'm using a Crafty liquid pad cut in half when using very small loads.
It keeps the load snug against the screen and coil so I'm getting nicer hits.
Keeps the top screen perfectly clean also.
Still have to stir but the instant hits more than make up for it IMO.

 

[PPN]

The only one liquid pad I own is the MiniVap concentrate pad but it is too big...

Can I use a Haze can wick as a liquid pad?

 

[Vapor Loop]

The only one liquid pad I own is the MiniVap concentrate pad but it is too big...

Can I use a Haze can wick as a liquid pad?

If your going to use cotton like that you might as well use some organic cotton, That way you can make a better fitting piece. I think ipuff is supposed to be having there own oil pad at some point.




Is the app on Vapor nation the new or old app? and can you run both without having to reset anything? For example in the morning i decide to use the old app, Then a little later say i'm out and about or whatever and want to hook up the new app.

 

[Vape Dr.]

As promised here is the Elevape with Shatter!

You can get much larger clouds if you continue to draw for 2 seconds after the light flashes, however you will get a few less draws. Enjoy!

Please check out my other Elevape Smart videos!
-Unboxing
-Usage video with herbs
-Cleaning video
-Coil replacement video

Thanks for checking the videos out!
I hope you all enjoy the videos and I hope they are in some way helpful!

 

[OF]

Hardware store had like galvanized or something? Didn't wanna buy so much though, maybe amazon or ebay would be the best place to buy. Needs to be thin and flexible enough though

SS wire is hard to come by, not much all for it in the general market I guess. You can sometimes find it in hardware stores as picture hanging wire. I ordered some SS safety pins to play with, that wire is, of course, quite hard.

OF

 

[b0]

Anyone had problems in windows 8 and the app finding the vape? It's charging the unit but I can't do anything with the app

PD: The unit works flawlesy and I love it, but I will ike to try higher temps...

Edit: It was the original USB cable It works really good with others.

 

[grokit]

If anybody's concerned that we haven't heard from joe at ipuff lately, don't be

I emailed him because I hadn't heard about my elevape, and it's already on its way back to me

He's been busy this week.

 

[b0]

Joe is awesome. I wrote him about the issue with the USB to let him know that maybe some units will have isues with it (nothing important, who doesn't have a ton of USB cords nowadays ) And he answered in less than 10 minutes!

Just my first night playing with this unit and some Chemo Kush and you can be sure I'm going to sleep really well...

 

[PPN]

Joe is awesome. I wrote him ...

Yes he's! i wrote him to ask about battery and he replied me very quickly!

I think my technique is better cause I get a very nice flavor now and a more uniform abv.

Sometime my batterry give me 30+ hits but I don't think to get the 50-80 hits claimed per full charge....do you wait after the led is turning green? cause even when it's green the app shows a not fully charged battery, even with a overnight charging....

I replaced the coarse screen in the bowl (since it don't stay in its place) by a fine one ....


Some little complains but,all in all, I think it's a great vape and a keeper for sure

 

[b0]

I had some black spots yesterday in my meds and maybe I was even near combustion...

I tried it with just a pinch of herb (much less that what I will put in my solo or EVO) just to try it and played with different drawings and temps but I got too high and I'm still unsure of what temps/draws to use. Willl have to continue experimenting this night after work!

But to be honest, I'm loving this vape. It seem really promising! Good flavour and the vapor isn't harsh like in other small vapes

 

[Shit Snacks]

The vapor is easily least harsh for me with this one above all, especially when its been out in my car in this cold, the wide aluminum vapor path gets so cold that the vapor is insanely smooth and delicious

 

[btka]

hmm would like to discuss with you about the esv but mine is since 3 days at Customs Clearance... normally it just takes 1 day... maybe they enjoying the elevape too.. don t know whats up with them!!!

 

[Stananton]

hmm would like to discuss with you about the esv but mine is since 3 days at Customs Clearance... normally it just takes 1 day... maybe they enjoying the elevape too.. don t know whats up with them!!!

Or they are brainstorming weather to confiscate it or set a trap on you...Don't worry, mine is at customs clearance since yesterday and no info.

 

[sammosjoo]

I got mine in earlier today and charged it up. I think its an awesome vape but sometimes it seems to concentrate heat in one quarter of the chamber which is annoying. I'm also noticing some crazy battery readings on the app. After 1.5 chambers it was down to 25% and i was mostly on 335.
Anyone know whats up?

 

[OF]

I think its an awesome vape but sometimes it seems to concentrate heat in one quarter of the chamber which is annoying. I'm also noticing some crazy battery readings on the app. After 1.5 chambers it was down to 25% and i was mostly on 335.
Anyone know whats up?

I agree, it's an impressive vape all right. And you're not imagining anything with the uneven heating, it's been pretty widely discussed. IMO it has to do with the cut in the oven floor (actually the roof since it runs upside down.....) being off center. This means the back half of the coil is not getting hot because the air flow is cooling to fast. You can see this if you take off the top half (two screws next to the bowl under the cover) like you were changing coils like in the instructions. While watching the coil in the bathroom mirror blow in the hole where the charge cable goes, tripping the heating. Notice the glowing part? Some guys report improvement by carefully bending the heater closer to the sensor window and readjusting the heating. When my replacement coils get here I'll be checking that out. There's a couple of good photos on the topic in this thread.

Because of the uneven heating stirring between hits is mandatory if you want to avoid combustion.

Battery life is limited, and can be short. I did a careful run with mine on step 2 (325?), using all 8 seconds with a firm draw. 12 such hits took me to an indicated 60% (9.3 bars). I'm rigged up to measure total recharge current, that discharge took me to just under 2/3 total power (I had to replace about 1/3 of a full charge). A deeper discharge, to 10% indicated (1.6 bars), and took 87% of the normal fulll charge to top up. To me the meter seems accurate. More over, the twelve 'full power' hits at the lower temperature leads me to think 36 such hits could be a full charge. How many hits did you take? If you took say 20 on the full one and 10 on the second (at higher temps than me) and they were 8 seconds or so I'd say you're right on par?

I suggest you put some miles on it and see how you're doing then? Enjoy the little guy, see what it'll do?

Regards,

OF

 

[sammosjoo]

I agree, it's an impressive vape all right. And you're not imagining anything with the uneven heating, it's been pretty widely discussed. IMO it has to do with the cut in the oven floor (actually the roof since it runs upside down.....) being off center. This means the back half of the coil is not getting hot because the air flow is cooling to fast. You can see this if you take off the top half (two screws next to the bowl under the cover) like you were changing coils like in the instructions. While watching the coil in the bathroom mirror blow in the hole where the charge cable goes, tripping the heating. Notice the glowing part? Some guys report improvement by carefully bending the heater closer to the sensor window and readjusting the heating. When my replacement coils get here I'll be checking that out. There's a couple of good photos on the topic in this thread.

Because of the uneven heating stirring between hits is mandatory if you want to avoid combustion.

Battery life is limited, and can be short. I did a careful run with mine on step 2 (325?), using all 8 seconds with a firm draw. 12 such hits took me to an indicated 60% (9.3 bars). I'm rigged up to measure total recharge current, that discharge took me to just under 2/3 total power (I had to replace about 1/3 of a full charge). A deeper discharge, to 10% indicated (1.6 bars), and took 87% of the normal fulll charge to top up. To me the meter seems accurate. More over, the twelve 'full power' hits at the lower temperature leads me to think 36 such hits could be a full charge. How many hits did you take? If you took say 20 on the full one and 10 on the second (at higher temps than me) and they were 8 seconds or so I'd say you're right on par?

I suggest you put some miles on it and see how you're doing then? Enjoy the little guy, see what it'll do?

Regards,

OF

Wow thanks for the awesome response lol, I was puffing on it like no tomorrow because I kind of need to :/ (Damn you dabs!) I'll read more into the coil placement and see what I can do too. I'm looking forward to using this vape a lot more!

 

[Vapor Loop]

Elevape on it's way. I already got all my extra's, And i gotta say these coil's and everything are small. I didn't think the chamber was the same as the Air and Solo, But the stir lid fit's about perfect over the Solo and Air stem's, This get's me even more excited knowing a stem full fills the Esv.

 

[OF]

, This get's me even more excited knowing a stem full fills the Esv.

More than I think. I make ESV at one cc, Solo 1.5. You might load as much as .20 grams in a Solo, loading over about .10 in ESV is sucking around for combustion if you're not careful. And even that takes care. Stirring is mandatory in ESV, unlike Solo (which can vape intact budlets). Don't get me wrong, I think ESV is a worthwhile vape and all, but unlike Solo it doesn't get it's entire load involved at more or less the same level. Given it's druthers I'll combust the front half of the load, leaving the back green.

I think that's a dangerous assumption to make generally (even if they were really the same size), there's more going on than that.

I'm sure you'll enjoy your ESV (or at least I think you should) but I don't think you can draw many useful conclusions about one based on experience with the other.

Regards,

OF

 

[grokit]

Mine should be back in hand tomorrow, fingers crossed

 

[subway13029]

Ive been getting good solid results and I went to clean the screens and coil etc. And when I went to put the silver ring back it was stripped so could put back together and have been without my baby for two days. Contacted joe and he said send it in and he would fix or offered me whole new vapor chamber for cost if I didnt feel comfortable sending in. So he sent out new pieces first thing this am. I have can air and a pax and a lotus but the instant gratification and the esv seems to get me the most medicated of all my portables..hopefully will have by monday..

 

[PPN]

It seems the battery improves performances after a few charges, my average hit count is between 35-40 hits per full charge, Joe told me it could be 50-80 hits (it depends t°)!

I don't know if it's a drawing technique issue but sometime I hit it without to get any vapor at all (even with a good battery) but most of the time it hits very nice!

I replaced my coarse bowl screen with a fine one and I noticed to put it concave (in opposite to convexe) helps to center the heat, so there is still a hot spot but on the middle and less hot (I don't get anymore the burn taste), but you still need to stir(a bit less imo, at low t° you can stir between 2 hits) and it makes the bowl a bit smaller....

I take off my DIY stirring tool cause it makes some scratch on the bowl when I take the lid off, I think about to order one with replacements coils, do you know the average longlife time of them?

Did you notice only the ESV usb cable is able to connect the unit to the app, my others usb cables can charge the unit but don't connect it to the app....