Lusi said:
Even with the recommended butane, this thing burns HOT, melting the mouthpieces together (unless re-heated to separate)
It runs hot as it is so small - its portability and size is the tradeoff for running temperatures. I for one would rather have portability and small size. Adding insulation would jack up the size considerably, and the price, and it would not be such a great fit for your pocket.
There's a couple of good ways to hold it and use it that mean this heat is not an issue for the user. Try holding it like holding a cup of coffee - thumb up top supporting the mouthpiece and bowl, exhaust fins facing towards you and down, fingers on the far side of the unit down at the bottom around the piezo. Or you can hold it from the side with your thumb and fingers on the coloured stickers only keeping the exhaust fins pointing away from your palm. Or while it's cycling just put it down on a table, pick it up after it has finished burning and inhale until it starts another cycle - put down on table. Heat is never an issue for me, it's as if it doesn't get warm the way I hold and use it.
filling my lungs with smokey vapes and leaveing me coughing and reaching for my buterol inhaler and still coughing. Sure, it worked, but what was left in the bowl was crispy charred and clogged up my screen and stuck to the sides... every time. Between my clogged screens, clogged lungs, fried fingers, and torched chapped lips, I gave up on this thing!!
I tried it recent;y as I had something to try in it. Same deal! I perhaps had pure vapors for one tiny bit, then smoke took over. My allergies to smoke are not effected by the Launch box (often under-vaping he herb) or the volcano I've tried. I know when I get smoke and this device remains a smoking device to me. The flavor is even not pure. Yick! Am not sure if it's butane flavor, but it's not a taste from the herb. More like torched plastic!
Something sounds wrong here. It runs at 190 so it's fairly hot, and definitly
towards the smokey end of vaporizers but I've never seen any unit actually produce smoke or leave the carcass charred. It's a darkish brown, and sure you'll need to use a poker emptying the bowl. Never had a butane flavour, that sounds like you are inhaling while the unit is exhausting (wait until it stops firing) or you're not giving the unit enough time to finish exhausting and you're inhaling some of the exhaust through the bowl. Try letting it completely finish a cycle, and hold it away from your mouth and face while it's burning so the exhaust has time to fully dissipate. I often blow across the fins or wave it in the air to make sure all exhaust has dissipated and that I'm only inhaling fresh, clean air into the bowl.
Saving pennies for something that works better. Maybe a Vapor Genie, PD, or volcano for the medicinal stuff. For now, the glass bulb and straw is still easier and more reliable than this thing!
Temp control on this gadget might help.. might
Portability is the point of this unit, it's more of a complement to your home vape. Some people love it, and for those guys this is a great unit if you can only afford 1 vaporizer, but most iolite users I know also have a Volcano at home. It's a great, portable unit that works. Its size and design are fantastic imho, as long as you accept the tradeoff here which is heat (hold it properly) and exhaust (let it breathe, don't inhale the exhaust!).
Just my opinion, hold that helps somewhat but sounds like it's just not the right device for you.
