I obviously have a different role on the forum than I did when I started but it has been such fun learning and interacting with all of you.
Thank you! For your thoughtful posts & replies and for going above and beyond on customer service!
Been meaning to give my thoughts on v 3.0. Had it for almost a week now. Still getting to know the device again.
Likes:
1. Whatever Haze did to the insulation/oven. Setting 1 may now be my go-to setting because it delivers flavor and impact. Before it was more for flavor, but I would notch it up to 2 after the first puff.
2. The new battery compartment. I have not needed to use a butter knife to leverage the new one open!
3. The dry herb can lid. I still prefer convection screen because I think it uses the herb more conservatively (less wasted due to conduction heat) but now the dry herb lid gives me, imho, better flavor than the Silicon lid and is a viable alternative to convection screen to keep my ovens cleaner. Therefore, I may invest in more cans and lids. A little conservation and flavor sacrificed for cleanliness.
4. Heat up times. Did you all make an improvement there? It seems better.
Dislikes:
1. The new stem and fitting. I am an ordinary person with ordinary strength and weak fingernails. This thing is one helluva bitch to slowly, slowly, slowly drag out of the opening. I usually stop partway up to give my hand a break from that pinch and pull position. But, hey, at least it isn't getting stuck anymore, so that is good. That was usually not a problem for me, though, with the 2.5 and was a good reminder for when to clean the device.
Overall, I love the improvements and this this is a better device. I just wish the stem were easier to work with, because I still have the user error of forgetting I am warming up the device, having it shut off, having to slowly, agonizingly push the stem down so I can switch it off and on again, only to draw the f-ing stem back OUT again. But that is my ADD (squirrel!) and does not speak to the majority of users. I DO think that it diminishes the usability by med patients with arthritis in their hands, however. I would NOT recommend this device to any patient with pain in the hands or who is unable to pinch and stoney pull with their hands...unless someone has a DIY MacGyver solution to make it easier - loop strong twine and use a slamming door Ala home tooth removal?
Anyway. Love the Haze. Excellent product and the perfect combo with my UD. Now I just want one more device - a cartridge pen for ultra stealth - and I think VAS will end...for now.