Mine arrived and it's a beast.
Still dialing it in but in case anyone has EQ DDave mod kit glassware, this thing works wonderfully well as an injector at ~360c for flower, where it powers a very efficient extraction, leaving ABV colour matching about 200c in an EQ.
PID seems to work pretty well. Starts out drawing close to ~200W when it starts heating up from cold here then cycles to approach the set point.
We use "240v" although the power monitor says it's more like 250v, and that's what the supplied coil draws
It's slow to adjust to a new set temperature, but that's what it's supposed to do - move slower and slower close to the set point - so don't get frustrated!
Is the auber a useful upgrade? I already have a switch timer automation in Home Assistant so don't need auto shutoff.
However, no coil guards in stock.
Blame the supply chain for the stoner engineering abomination that took place as soon as I opened the cute box.
This is not a pretty sight, but medicated me is not going anywhere that thing when it's hot without something between me and most of it.
WIth apologies, in particular to
@637vape who owns the thing of beauty posted above, behold my gonzo chinese wire ladle coil guard, with bonus duct tape.
Please do not laugh.
It's a little clumsy using it hand-held but so far so good.
However, in my hands, clumsy sometimes means broken glassware.
A more secure arrangement is currently being carefully considered.
The ladle was hiding unloved in a cupboard, and seemed to be calling me.
It actually works pretty well for my safety needs until the stock one is available.
It even hangs in a rakeish way on the supplied stand as can be seen from the second image. Third image shows an 18mm FF adapter and a DDave wand from the EQ. Needs a stand!
