Oh are you putting that on top? So you can turn it sideways I guess? I never liked to do that, I like to keep it level, like my FW7 and other vapes (even how I used haze square)
Mine already arrived, I'm in my second bowl, using BCG coarse grind, not having any problem with herbs not staying in the bowl even after stirring, but forgot how annoying stirring is here! Will have to try a whole nugs again soon, that was a great way to do the original, whole nug that fits the bowl, take two hits then flip it, another two then take it out and break it up for a few more... Because I am also pretty disappointed with how uneven the extraction is, I know it's tough when the herb is not entirely consistent grind, but I thought at 300f I would have gotten a much nicer extraction (you can see it above after several hits and a few stirs, fairly thorough and not too bad, but not even at all and those dark spots totally spoiled the taste, at such a low temp) So now I am realizing I need to start lower, this current bowl is at 250f and tomorrow morning I am going to start as low as it will go! Temperature is always relative for each specific vape, and I see there are additional settings for calibration by % to further affect the heating, so I will have to play with that at some point I suppose? Leaving it at 100 for now and just trying to focus on temp setting... I wish the app showed a percentage for battery life, but so far alright, I'll get a sense of how many bowls I can get, and it will be systematic from there... I really have no desire to try concentrates in this, so I will just be riding low temp settings to wake and bake with it mostly
Would be cool to try to rig up some kind of adapter to keep it level and connect to other glass pieces I have, like a right angle adapter which I do have, but I don't know how to get it to connect into the FF... Speaking of, what a weak point this mouthpiece is, how are we even supposed to clean the plastic?? Very fiddly little piece and especially that screen, should have been improved from the FF2... The bowl is much nicer though, smooth with no screen, just tiny holes to keep it cleaner, although I already have a tiny microscopic spec stuck in little crevice where the glass bowl meets the body, would be so awesome if the bowl was removable and fully cleanable! FF3 wishlist lol
The glass surface for the vapor path in the body and the lid is nice and sleek though, we'll be easy to keep clean, nice smooth hits and taste with the low temps at least... And yeah the way the lid is designed, it seems like the glass is smoother because the whole lid is glass, one piece instead of just the little window of the original, but it also seems to be a little flatter lower to the bowl than the original? Without a crumb getting stuck to the lid though, I don't know it's early obviously but I just feel like I was impressed there were no crumbs sticking anywhere outside of the bowl, it was all still in the bowl even after stirring a few times! Okay I am opening the bowl now to stir for the first time and I see a couple specs in the glass viewing window now this time lol getting a little oil coating I suppose... The tough part is emptying the bowl unfortunately and cleaning out all those little specks, extremely tedious despite the fewer seams, especially as it gets stickier. Loading is easy though!
It looks beautiful though, I love the blue color with the silver, lightweight though it doesn't feel as fancy high quality of a device as the original as a result? Feels cheaper, but the glass definitely looks very nice and the outer build too is a nice style... I'm not sure how ergonomic the form factor really is, need to get used to it again, but this is part of why I wanted it, I liked the idea of this form factor again. The charging dock seems nice, a little silly though to finally offer USB, yet require a proprietary charging dock lol The first charge took quite a while to stop flashing even though the app said it was charged fully and it was well over 45 minutes but eventually it did, I'm sure it will charge quick going forward and easy to just rest on the dock.
Yeah I just need to get my groove back here, riding the low temps is definitely going to be the way to go for me, another big part of why I was excited for this (my original FF was set a little lower more like 380 and my first replacement was set more like 400 which was the standard quality control though I always missed the original lower temp I had so I always wanted to be able to adjust temp and set it as low as possible, though I really appreciate the simple value of having one coverall temp generally) Glad I got it for the price I paid, I do think the price is a bit too high for one brand new from them, perhaps there will be a good 420 sale soon, and yeah I feel like the FF3 is not too far away!