Hey gang!
I received my Palm 2.0 on Wednesday of last week. I will post a video in the next day or so, but I wanted to give my first impressions on this unit. I ordered the clear Palm, and loved it the minute I opened the box. It came with a nice cleaning brush, one piece of a black pipe cleaner, two tips, one clear and non flavored, the other a bright green, mint flavored. It also came with a wall charger and a velveteen pouch, that I put in my very first velveteen pouch that I keep all my other brand new, never used velveteen pouches in. If anyone needs an extra velveteen pouch, let me know, I will send you a couple for free just so I don't look like a pouch hoarder.
When I opened the box, I was quite impressed with the P2.0. It is a bit larger than the MFLB, but I thought the shape was more ergonomic than the MFLB, and a little easier to hide in my hand, which I have relatively small hands. I threw the batteries on charge and while waiting for them, I grabbed a MFLB battery and thought I would put it through its paces. I have not used either one of the tips yet, I plan on sticking this in my pocket, and the tip will just come off in my pocket and piss me off, so I decided not to use one.
I am a big fan of keif in my MFLB, it seems the finer the grind, the better the clouds, so I dumped about 1/5th of a trough of keif in and powered it up. I have to agree with Paka, the push back ring in the bottom is VERY stiff and takes quite a bit of pressure to make contact with the terminal. It took a few more seconds to warm up than the MFLB, maybe 5, but gave a very nice, clean flavored hit. I was quite impressed with the flavor. I have quite a few vapes, and the flavor from conduction vapes never seems to get it for me. I don't know if it is because of the lower trough temperature(?), but the flavor on the first 4 or 5 hits was excellent, an 8 in my book.
I do not mean to make my comparisons all to MFLB, but it has a similar trough design to the MFLB, and a similar power source, but that is really where the comparison ends.
Part of the reason I like to use keif so much is that after the first hit, the keif turns into an airy little ball of sticky hash, and will stay in the trough no matter what you do to break it loose. I get anywhere from 10 to 15 hits and never have to shake or move around the keif. The hits from the P2.0 are not as big as the hits from the MFLB, but they are delicious and potent. I got very nicely medicated from one trough full. I am going to love having this in my pocket, plenty of tasty hits and goes well in the pocket without a lot of bulk. Although I will admit the flavor kind of went south after the first 4 or 5 hits.
I do not use much ground bud material in my MFLB, but the second screen made me want to try it, so I packed another trough with some finely ground bud and took it for another ride. I really liked the second screen for being able to shake it and move the blend around, but the second screen got very sticky very fast and started trapping some of the bud away from the heating screen, which was kind of a pain in the ass. I ended up having to clean the screen in ISO after just one trough full. Needless to say, I think for myself this will be a keif only machine.
It feels good and solid in your hand, though the door may come open if dropped on the ground, spilling your load everywhere, but the size and shape will help keep it in the smallest of hands. I really like the construction and design, and it seems like this unit is a little harder to combust with, so it may be a nice choice for beginners. It does not produce big clouds, but it delivers a potent enough vapor stream to make me cough.
I think the P2.0 and I are going to become really good friends, another nice little 'one hitter' style vape in an excellent price range for about everyone. I am proud to have this one in my collection, I know I will get some excellent usage out of it. Thank you VaporBlunt, you hit one out of the park on this one!
is that a new unit for $75?
