This is my first post here, but I'm a long time lurker. I figured I'd write a review. I've been following this thread for months in anticipation. As soon as I was able, I placed an order and that order was received yesterday.
The packaging is really nice, with the wood box being a nice touch. I also appreciated the extras it came with (a spare door, pipe cleaners, brush, etc). The unit itself is nice. It opens with a satisfying click and is about the size of a pack of cigarettes. As others have said, no one is going to mistake it for an actual zippo but it's quite pocketable and reasonably discrete. My only two gripes, and they are really minor, is first that there are two small pin prick sized scuff marks on it on each side near where the lid opens. Second, the magnet that holds the door of the oven to the base isn't very strong. I'm not really bothered by these issues, but someone else might be.
My unit appeared to come already charged. When powered on it showed a white led (which the manual indicates is close to fully charged) and I cycled through all of the heating modes. I then powered the unit down and connected the charger. The light came on while it was charging and went off within a few minutes. I think the manual is a little lacking on the charging aspect. It's not clear if the light should stay on during the whole charge cycle until it's fully charged or what. I also didn't expect to receive the unit fully charged (hopefully it was...it certainly behaved like it was...I think).
I then decided to try it. Normally I only vape on the weekends, but I was so excited I made an exception. I emptied a load from my MFLB that I had taken a few tokes from previously (it was still mostly green) into the Indica. It filled about halfway. Next, I pushed in one of the included spacers and packed it down. I then turned the unit on and set it to "green" and waited about 60 seconds.
The moment of truth had arrived, I put my mouth on the mouth piece and inhaled. I then exhaled and was pleasantly surprised by both the nice cloud of vapor I exhaled as well as the taste. Pretty soon I was thoroughly medicated. I was also happy to note that despite using a really fine grind (I use a coffee grinder) I had no issues with not having put in a screen.
I did notice that the unit became quite warm to the touch and the area where the oven is was very warm. As others mentioned you definitely want to wait for it to cool down before opening it up to empty the load or perhaps use one of the included picks.
However, once it had cooled down I emptied the load and was happy to see that it was uniformly dark brown. The color being similar to that of muscovado sugar.
Muscovado brown sugar for reference.
I've only used the Indica once thus far, but I have to say I'm very impressed with it. If this session is any indication on what I've got to look forward too, the Indica is definitely a winner.