Ok, this is a first impressions, really haven't played with it teaser.
Build feels good, the size is smaller than I pictured, but it has a heft to it. I was a little disappointed to see a casting flaw in the body, right near the temp buttons. It won't affect performance at all, but I like to keep my stuff nice, the "not quite OCD" level maybe lol
[/IMG]
I started charging before anything else, then a read of the directions and a cleaning of metal parts with iso and silicone with warm water and gentle soap. I don't know how often we'll need to clean, but I think it will be fairly painless.
Out of the box, I think all the colors are set to white, or just all the led colors lit. I played with my first load like a total nube and thought I finished by combusting. I emptied and checked, but nope, just very close I think. That led to wanting the app to see what I was doing.....
I had some problems downloading the app on my desktop. It downloaded on my laptop fine, then it took me a bit to realize that the unit must be turned on to be recognized, I had a moment. Updating was fast and intuitive, finding colors wasn't too bad.
I had no idea where I was on the temps first bowl, but once in, I realized it was probably at 430F and I was honking on it pretty good towards the end when I thought I combusted. I can't wait to try some rosin in this tonight!
I'm not convinced my C is great for this, and I've not played with temps, packs, inhale speeds or anything, so all of this is truly just my impressions after using it as I would naturally without any guidance. I got very little vapor at lower temps. Taste was good, sometimes great, but even after some (I think, but won't swear to it) high temp burn offs, I still detected just the slightest taste. If I had to guess, it was the coil burning in.
If one thing did jump out at me, it was the mouth piece. Don't like it. It doesn't hold very tight, I'd call it loose. It both turns and pulls out very easily. I will say that it helps keep the vapor very cool, even at high temps.
The unit can get warm on the exterior, but was never uncomfortable. I will be glad when my silicone sleeve arrives, not because of heat, but because I can see this surface will chip and ding showing the silver below. I only say that because my unit had a few very small dings out of the box, most likely during assembly, and all at corners and/or edges.
If you have any questions, just let me know, I'll be playing with it all night as my evening's plans got postponed with sick children.
Below is a pic of the first three loads. The order is first on top, third on bottom. The first was the one I honked on it unknowlingly. The pic may be hard to tell, but there is no ash, but some very dark flecks with the rest being dark brown. The next two loads started at 370F and finished at 410F so I could compare it to a Mighty's ABV. Mostly consistent ABV and I'd say I loaded the bowls somewhere right around 75-85% full with no tamp or pack. To be very fair, I believe this crop was intended for oils, it had a lot of trichy leaves, but they tend to vap without getting dark, so the ABV may not be a good representation.
I can say that it at least hits pretty nice if not hard. I can also tell that if this becomes a daily driver, I'll be buying more than the one spare top with all the canisters and hope that
@Ratchett or
@Haze Vaporizers comes up with a nice lid for the whole thing. I don't think I'm going to want to repack this away from home, I'd much rather bring two spare trays that can be hot swapped if I'm in a group. And I think this vape may be good for that.
Tonight will be some Rosin and maybe connected to water, as well as other possible requests as long as I can stay upright
*** Edit***
Ok, I've had a chance to run a nice Amnesia that was at 59% rh thru it and have a different perspective. This thing does hit hard, and it does produce vapor!
I was a little more thought out this time and loaded again, and payed attention. Freshly ground and as follows:
1 - 1 gram very light tamp, went native mouthpiece, started at 360F for about 5 tasty hits, then stepped every two to three hits at 380F, 400F and 415F. There may have been a little more left but felt I'd gotten my money's worth. The taste never went bad, just away. The vapor temp was anywhere from cool to only warm, even at 415, I didn't mind it. I don't have much of a problem with heat though, so take that with a grain of salt. After the first two bowls I check the Abv and it was mostly even, med to chocolate brown.
2 - 1.5 gram, very light tamp, first half thru a whip and small pancake bubbler, the second half thru a SONG and the same glass. Same temp stepping as above for science's sake. Taking firm, fairly fast pulls the whole time, it never white-walled, but did produce a lot of vapor. It works great with water and was easy both ways. Abv was a little more even and on the darker side. I may have been pulling a bit harder with the water or it may have been the larger load. i'm interested to hear what others find as well.
3 - 2 grams very light tamp, still working on it and having a hard time typing. I will say that it strips and delivers, my face is cold and my ears are ringing lol. I'm going to slow sip this one at 360 for a while and read. I'll never get to the rosin tonight, so that will have to wait.
I'm sure I'm just scratching the surface of this thing, but I can tell it's a keeper. A few more rounds of testing and dialing her in should be a lot of fun. What's even more interesting is thinking about how these guys keep hitting the details and making improvements. If they treat this like they did the Dual, we're going to be very happy.
A couple of general thoughts...... I know there was early talk about the lack of a screen. In a very short time, working this has felt natural, I like it simple like this. It actually works better for my usage style. When using my Mighty, I step thru temps very similar to how I did tonight and this was much easier! I wonder if they'd consider adding an option in the Pro app to change the color of the led ring when it hits temperature to your temp setting? I'm guessing in a few days it will be second nature to make note of what temp on set on when i turn it off. Sort of like making a mental note with your battery and your Mi so you don't have to guess when you grab later. But until then, and because on a night like tonight, I'll never remember, I think it changing to your temp color would eliminate me having to bump it up and down to see where I'm at lol.
)
