I've just completed reading this entire 405 page thread. I bought my PAX at a local HS nearly 3 weeks ago and Ploom affirmed that my local hs is an authorized seller. I love the damn thing. I've had absolutely none of the problems which plague the writers of many posts on this thread. Some of my good fortune with my PAX may be due to the expertise and experiences offered in this thread....you solved my problems before they appeared! I am a regular but light user. I find no difficulty or problems with the PAX in terms of odor, battery life, temp light, screen placement, charging etc. I expect any utensil to have some odor with frequent use. My battery life surpasses my "away from charger" needs, I've never had a temp light issue, my screen doesn't come out even when slapping the pax to dump ABV, and charge times are FAST. I can most def see that a heavier toker/user may find more "issues" to blame towards the PAX....and I've concluded that nearly any device with a similar utility would suffer under such scrutiny. This thing is well made, reliable, and can be quite efficient depending on your needs/wants. The PAX can also adapt to heavier user needs/wants and surpass expectations. I am both surprised and impressed that this little vape lived up to both its hype AND its price tag.
In 405 pages...I was surprised that nobody discussed the PAX's light in a negative fashion. Ya...it is cool...it is really really cool and a neat design. Not only is it cool....it is highly functional in its simplicity. The PAX light, however, defies its otherwise extremely stealthy design. I know that I can use my thumb to mask the light....but I'd sure prefer a way to simply turn the light off as/when desired.
Among my favorite prior posts:
1) Mentos caps!...excellent...still looking for this gum in my area...I WILL FIND THIS!
2) 20mm brass screen for small oven loads. EFFICIENT! GAME CHANGER! LOVE THIS!
I don't want to ruffle any feathers by bringing up the "notched oven" debate....but I have to. My pax looks just like the one posted on this thread prior...and you can clearly see the "notch". The big issue for me with this debate...is that the "notch" is not a notch at all. The "notch" is rather a bulge (male) convex at each of the short sides of the oven rectangle. This bulge runs from near the top of the oven to near the bottom of the oven....centered at each end of the oven. Each PAX screen.....on its short sides which fit at the oven's bulge ends...have a nearly indiscernible cutout (female) which fits around this bulge at each end of the oven. These ends of the screen are not scalloped like the long sides of the screen....but rather a single scallop/dimple indention which spoons the oven bulge(s) at each end. Some of your older units may not have this....but I can assure you that mine does. When clean...if I take the tip of my mechanical pencil (with lead retracted), I can "feel" the bulge at each end of the oven as I draw across them....this is no illusion....and for what it's worth....I'm not crazy (yet). I don't know whether this fixes any screen "issues" that folks are having....but I'm having no issues with my screen staying put. After cleaning, I gently allow the screen end opposite the air hole to fall into placefirst ...this allows me to then drop the other side of the screen to rest high in the oven cavity over the air hole side. I then firmly but gently push down on the screen at the air hole side. This leaves a screen which should be sitting slightly higher at the air hole side of the oven while the other side sits lower at/near the oven bottom. It never moves from that position until i poke a pipe cleaner down from the top as I begin a cleaning.
I look forward to following new posts at a more leisurely pace. I feel like I just finished reading "War & Peace"
