I was wondering how the Pax2 responded to being used on a bubbler, if it's using the lip sensor to activate the oven, would it still perform well with out having the lip contact? A lot of us here like to condition vapor through glass/water, if at all possible.
I've been experimenting with that and I think there might be an issue here, at least if you do it the way I am doing it. It does work but I've concluded that since the Pax 2 never senses lips, it can get confused. I think. It might be me. More testing is needed.
Meanwhile, I've been promising a summary of yesterday's testing, so here it is. I've been using it the same way I'd use my MFLB, that is, take 2-3 hits and put it away. I started the day with two petals of battery. I set the temp to one petal and it took about 40 seconds to go green. WTF!? I know I said that the previous time I used it it took 53 seconds to warm up, but every time I turned it on I checked the warmup time and it was consistently 38-40 seconds, so I can only conclude that the 53 seconds was heating to more than one petal.
As I've mentioned, I try to keep hits at around ten seconds, and I like to wait between hits, but with a device like the original Pax I always feel pressured to take the next hit as soon as possible. It's more like the jay experience, where your precious material is simply wafting away. With the Pax 2 I've already relaxed and don't mind waiting two or three minutes between hits. That's still rushed for me but quite acceptable. That means my average on-time was 3-5 minutes, let's say 4-6 counting the warmup.
I did this three times over the morning and the battery level was still two petals. One thing I checked was the odour level. I was using Holy Grail, a fairly pungent strain. I asked my wife, who was driving (and not using, she doesn't), if she could smell it heating up. She said she couldn't, but I could. Someone with a sharp nose would pick it up in a closed environment like a car. My conclusion: my wife has a cute rounded nose.
After I hit and exhaled, she smelled it right away but that's expected. I repeated this experiment today and this time she smelled the Bubba Kush heating up. I don't think the Pax 2 is any different from most portables in this respect. The odour depends much more on the strain than the device, and heating it up intensifies the smell.
Back to yesterday's tests. While we were home for lunch, I tried my finger-condom WPA for a total of six hits, two at one petal and two at four (to see how thick it got, which I would say was roughly Newfoundland fog). Then we went out again, battery level still at two petals. I had three more sessions for a total of seven more hits. Back home, it finally read one petal for the battery level. I put it on the Orbiter and pulled two more hits, and gave it a nice rest on its docking cradle.
The final total was 19 hits on a .07 g load. The final hit was not foul-tasting to me, although it was through a bubbler. The ABV was an even dark brown. Conclusion: the Pax 2 can go out on the town with the best. The battery stayed at two petals for seven warmups, three of them to four petals, and the flavour lasted. It was an impressive performance.
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