I own a starry 4 now, between starry 4 and pax mini, I can say that the starry 4 is less as hot in body compared to the pax mini, using a dosage capsules even helps to get more out of herb and keep cu unit cleaning.
It's tough because I tried starry 4 with a loose pack, semi firm pack. Compared to Pax Mini, the starry likes either pack (loose or firm) it just works, adjustable airflow which pax mini does not have.
So far cleaning process can be annoying if you do not use the included poker tool, without dose cap, what gets dirty is the filter in the mouth piece gets resin and little bits of scooby snacks.
However other then that sometimes bits of herb get under screen inside ceramic bowl, it pops out with poker tool so you can brush the crumbs out of chamber, uhh
I don't hate it, good vapor production with slow 5 to 10 second inhales very flavorful and somewhat smooth.
I don't hate the pax mini, however with my pax mini I always have to do firmish packs, too firm and airflow is killed, too loose and not enough efficiency in vaping, there is a certain firmness to achieve once you get it the vapor efficiency is premium.
I'd say for ease of extraction and efficiency that goes to Starry 4, the fact you get a dosing capsule helps a lot at lower temps it seems to cool down quick when taken out of oven compared to the fury edge dose caps.
Starry 4 likes slow draws from the zirconia mouthpiece. Using a dose cap keeps cu clean except for the vapor resin will get sticky that's just the nature of all devices.
Using included toker poker to pop screen off to brush oven from kief/particles. And using toker poker to clean the pop out filter in mouthpiece.
Cleaning isn't bad with the starry 4.
Between pax mini it's tough call, I've gotten used to cleaning the pax mini, a dab of iso on brush or pipe cleaner helps.
Starry has full temp control, I did use temp stepping and I like what it can do.
Used 360, 370, 383f range (15 total puffs roughly) and got excellent flavors, even finished a session a minute earlier, also used the dosing capsule packed 0.15g abv came out like medium ish dark brown.
Only cons there was some metal dust when I was cleaning the dose cap when it was brand new. The metal dust is gone after an iso dip n clean.
It would be better if pax kept the stainless steel airpath and used a ceramic glass lined bowl while having a small OLED display that tracks your puffs, session time, shows battery in percentage. And allows pass through USBC charging. The IQC and iq2 have premium features and smartphone apps.