Initial impressions were good. Its quite heavy, but I like the ergonomics.
The bowl and loading system sucks big time for me.
The silicone rubs against the bowl and door making it feel stiffer than it needs to be.
The bowls are absolutely shit and should be changed to mesh as soon as possible imho. This current system is too fiddly, the lids aren't secured on in anyway and fall off, and they don't allow enough airflow.
My first bowl I got 2 decent draws from and a couple of wispy draws before and after. I opened the bowl and the underside of the lid is so sticky it's unbelievable. This tells me that not all of the oil is being vaped efficently and instead getting trapped because of the lids and the bad airflow design
I look at the herb and there's tons of green left. I emptied it and see 2 dark spots, but lots of unspent green herbage.
I put the herb in my flowerpot and got a decent little rip lol
The instructions and button presses could be clearer too.
Going to try the app to see what temps etc it's using as this has just been on the default setting.
[Edit] it was running at 185.
I've bumped it up to 210
[Edit] at 210 I feel like I'm vaping more of the bowl with less green remaining at the end, but there are still some green flecks here & there, the charred centre is becoming more prominent and the underside is getting pretty dark at this point.
I feel like if the bowl system was changed, we could get a much, much better extraction, particularly around the edges.
A finished bowl at 210:
These was no vapour left, and it started tasting bad.
While it looks like it may have been packed tightly, I can assure everyone it was not.
If I take off the top layers, the centre is almost black while the sides are relatively uncooked.
This was at the bottom
At this point I'm starting to feel that this may not be the vape for me as I don't like the uneven cooking and the taste of charred cannabis.
If anyone has any massive vape changing advice I'm all ears.
I'll try a coarser grind next with a Compton grinder as I was just using some headband from the gr8tr with a fine plate.