Mine came yesterday and my usb c charger didn't seem to work either, be it the cord or the plug I don't know, but it did charge with the C to 2.0 cord and my own usb charger... Haven't plugged into a computer yet, just testing with one pod and the stock temps for now.
First bowl was only half or a third full, got buzz on all temps total 15 hits maybe, not really any visible vapor and opening up herbs still pretty green (batt showed yellow though already). So I added more, of different strain, to now a more full bowl. Still, now starting again a few hits on temp2 I don't get much, UNLESS I squeeze the side pieces together for bowl over the heater.
Looking at it, that piece sits a little uneven, and must be letting fresh air bypass the heater and go directly under the bowl cooling the herbs more. I have not taken anything apart or done any kind of deep clean on mine yet, but I can see more of a gap between the halves on that side. I also noticed the pods had several small flaws in the anodization before I began, inside the bowls, tiny bit outside too but not silver showing like there were a couple dots of inside two of the pods... Definitely going to want the QPQ steel lol but nice to try it first for sure, thanks again Haze!
So yeah I will keep experimenting, just got a huge hit at temp2 with the sides of that corner over the heater pressed together, can definitely hear the airflow difference too. It is such an interesting design and of course smaller than expected in person as usual, but quite heavy! It is such an impressively well thought out design, it really does feel like a next gen improved Elevape meets advanced Firefly as I had hoped.
I am not worried about these potential defects, I know Haze has my back and I am in no rush. Things must be crazy over there so I will continue to test before sending in, unless told to do otherwise. This is certainly a new design that will take getting used to, regardless of any flaws, so I will need a lot of time with it of course...