I like the pusher too. I don't think you need the pusher sandwich. I haven't tried it but I think the concensus here is the bottom screen of the sandwich isn't worth it. In place of the pusher (or folded screen), people seem to like the pax oven lid with the extension (that acts as a spacer).
I also suggest you get a pack of extra pax screens. It's great to be able to swap out an old gunked up one with a fresh new one.
I also suggest you get a "cake tester" (available on Amazon for cheap). It makes it super easy yo push out the pax screen.
Thanks for the tips. I shall invest in the pusher I think. Or maybe the half-pack oven lid. And I might get some spare oven screens too, and I'll look into the Cake tester.
For now I shall make a folded screen out of one of my spare Volcano screens. The oven really is very large (too large for me and my girlfriend).
So now I have a Pax 2 and I have used it once, I shall share my thoughts about the device.
It looks fantastic. I think it is the best looking vape that you can buy. And I love the fact it is so small and innocuous looking.
I was surprised by quite how much herb I had to use to pack the oven. I had read that you need to pack it hard, like a brick. This means you use a lot of herb. Far more than I tend to use in my Mighty.
The draw resistance was better than I expected. Not as easy as my Mighty but acceptable.
Despite the amount of herb that I used, I felt that I did not seem to get as many decent rips from it as I do my Mighty. But maybe I need to look at the way I pack it. Also once I get the pusher I am hoping it will be a bit more efficient.
At heat setting 3 it seemed like I was down the dregs quite quickly, but then when I put it up to 4 (the highest) suddenly I was getting thick clouds again, but at this point my girlfriend found it too harsh. And it was pretty harsh. The Mighty is much smoother and more pleasant experience. I really appreciate now just how great the Mighty actually is as a home vaporizer.
It gets pretty warm. By the highest heat setting it is almost burning my lips, but my girlfriend thought it was fine. It's a trade off. The mighty has a mouth stem and ribbing that disipates the heat, but it is too large to fit in my jeans pocket. The Pax 2 is very small, and there is a cost associated with making such a small vaporizer. All things considering it is pretty good in this respect.
Regardless, by the end the Pax 2 got me well and truly ripped. Almost too much. So it does the job.
Now I come to the main negative I have with this device. It is really gives off a bad smell. I would go as far to say that it stinks - almost like poo by the end. And the smell seems to linger. This makes me think that I really could not use the device inside a Cinema for example.
I was aware that people say that it smells, but it was much worse than I expected. Some people say "oh but all vapes smell"... well yes they do, but they don't all smell bad. The Mighty really hardly smells at all, and there is nothing offensive (or suspicious) about the odor. The Pax 2, I think, has an unpleasant smell.
However my main intention with device was to use it as an outdoor vape. My main device at is Storz and Bickel Mighty and I have my original Volcano as my back-up. The Pax 2 I plan to put in my pocket as use when I go for walks, or if I am sitting on the beach in the evening (the Mighty is too big for this purpose). I think with a sea breeze I won't be concerned about the smell.
So all up I am pretty happy with the device. I bought it with a particular purpose in mind. And I think it will fulfil that purpose very well.
