Ok, here's my mini-review after 1 day with the Ghost MV1.
Quick summary if you don't want to read the rest: This vape is excellent, with only minor downsides, and hits like a truck. It's a keeper!
About me: I have a fair bit of experience with vapes, a few years anyway. Like some others here, I had a Haze Square that both thrilled and disappointed me. When it worked, it was fantastic, but it was finicky and hard to use/clean.
Anyway, got the Ghost day before yesterday, charged it up, and familiarized myself with its use. Then yesterday I jumped in and used it the entire day as my main vape. I put about 5 full crucibles through it, less than I expected to use because this thing hits so hard I just didn't need more.
Performance-wise, this thing is excellent. I had no problems getting vapor, it just worked. Heat up time is very fast! I quickly figured out how much draw to give it, and how far to extend the stem, to get the right amount for me (I like a medium amount of vapor, enough to see but not enough to make me cough). Hits were flavorful right up until the end of the bowl. Those first few were just like the Square, full of terps and flavor, really tasty.
Did I mention it hits hard? I was a bit over-medicated the entire day, lol. I use a lot of CBD for my inflammation issues, and it went down super-smooth in this thing. And my normal THC bud had me floating. The Ghost MV1 delivers.
After using it the whole day, I took it apart this morning to clean. It turned out to be barely dirty. This thing will go a week for me, easy, before needing any cleaning. Taking it apart was a bit hard, cuz it's new and tight, but not too bad. And the rubber gasket on the top has to be on a certain way or else the top won't fit down right, but I figured it out. I can see that cleaning the device will be easy enough.
Battery life seems ok. I don't care for battery packs, I'd prefer external batteries that I can buy and charge in my regular charger, but at least this one seems fairly viable. I'm still gonna need an extra battery pack to get me through a day, though. Or leave it on charge, but that's a pain.
Filling the device is easy. The crucibles are the perfect size, for me, holding just the right amount of herb. Inserting the crucible is the hardest part, you have to align it just right and keep the lid from moving. Shaky hands need not apply. I didn't have any real problems though. I'm sure I'll slip and dump a crucible or two along the way, but it's fine.
Coming back to a partially-vaped bowl is no problem. The taste degrades verrrry slowly, and is good right up until the very end. Very nice.
The top gets hot with extended use, but that's expected. It cooled off reasonably quickly.
Downsides for me are:
1) The shape and feel. It's a weird shape that I find hard to hold onto. My hands are relatively small for a male, so perhaps someone with larger hands would find it more comfortable. For me, the combination of a very sleek and slippery finish (I got the silver satin, thinking it would have some friction to it -- it doesn't), the shape, and the weight of the device make it want to just slide out of my hand. I'll get used to it, but I wish it had a rubbery surface, or a glove I could put on it. Not a big deal, just a slight downside.
2) The "one button to rule them all" design sucks. To change temps, I have to press and hold for 3 secs, then release, then press and hold again for 3 secs, then release again, and then press multiple times to select the temp. And don't delay between any of the steps, or it starts over. Hello? Usability designer? Go back to school. Fortunately I found that I don't have to change the temp, really. Leaving it at 392 does pretty much everything I need it to do anyway. But still...it's not a good design. I'm sure it saves money, or something. Bleh.
3) The latch is hard to use -- it's so slippery and has barely anything to catch your finger, so sliding it is very difficult (especially with a bit of arthritis like I have). I examined it closely and figured out that I can insert a fingernail into the crack at the front of the latch and it springs right open without any pressure, though. It's okay, just not great, and I'm afraid it'll break sometime. We'll have to see.
4) LED hell. The device looks like a bad knockoff of a toy lightsaber. All those curves, and soooo many blinking lights. Seriously, why do designers think lots of LEDs are cool? Give me a nice little LCD screen that shows me temp and battery level! Fuck this "three green LEDs means this, and one red LED means this, and..." In use, it's like a disco, blinkity blink blink. Yeah. I hate that part. Again, I'll get used to it fast enough, but it's bad design.
Bottom line, I really like this vape! The downsides are pretty minor, and the performance is simply excellent.