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Wow. Shipping was fast!
Ridiculously!!
This thing is the absolute tits. Not sure if I should consider the Proxy now or not? lol Definitely grabbing a lightning pen now.
Wow. Shipping was fast!
Yes I found the Sneaky Pete review very interesting. He doesn’t sell either one so no incentive.
I doubt either can honestly compete with a car washed banger for absolute peak flavor, but the convenience and ease of use for these newer e-rigs is pretty impressive.
I remember you attributing comfortable dry concentrate hits to a short heat up time and less residual heat in the device. Does the proxy not suffer in this regard? If not, Do you think it's because you don't inhale from above the dabbing surface keeping a lot of the vapour path cooler?The heat up time is high coming from crucible wax pens. But it takes about as much time as a cold start torch dab.
I remember you attributing comfortable dry concentrate hits to a short heat up time and less residual heat in the device. Does the proxy not suffer in this regard? If not, Do you think it's because you don't inhale from above the dabbing surface keeping a lot of the vapour path cooler?
I'm getting quite tempted by either the proxy or the cricket, the lighting pen is nice but I need a bit more vapour path to get comfortable hits making it slightly less portable.
So I was chatting with a dude on the Evolv discord a little while ago that got his Cricket, and also owns a Proxy and Lightning Pen. He said that the Cricket beats them both in every category for on the go use, and is his favourite of them all. Since i've been considering a Proxy and LP, I of course had a few questions, and after our brief convo i've pretty much crossed them both off my VAS list.
I'll just copy quote
"I'm still unsure about the proxy because I haven't been using it as much as I should due to getting all these devices in such a short time span. I did notice that when the proxy vapor outlet is facing away from the the stem, I can taste the silicon. It's awful. When I position the outlet facing the stem, it does taste much better. I need to use it more though. As for the LP, at this point it's a back up to the Cricket. It tastes and hits great but for on the go you need to bring a dab jar and tool which kinda puts a damper on the portability factor. The Proxy really is different from the two as it is strictly a home device and you can put much bigger dabs in it."
Is the issue because the Proxy hasn't been 'worked in'? I'm sensitive, and didn't like the peak pro due to silicone. I could taste it affecting my dab purity. The Xmax Qomo was absolutely repulsive with rubber stench.
"Yeah if you're sensitive to silicon and couldn't use the pro for that reason then I would stay away from the proxy. I can smell the silicon even when it's cold. The LP you just need to load really tiny dabs. I mean it, they have to be extremely small, but it will still rip."
"Yeah if you have a cricket you're not missing much with the LP"
So yeah due to the silicone of the proxy and the ultra micro dab size of the LP I think i'll just stick with my chirper for now, and consider the core 2 for bigger dabs and vas quenching lol
What do you think? I keep hearing conflicting reports on the silicone but perhaps it all just comes down to sensitivity?
The Cricket brings out terp flavor in the first two hits that are much more muted with the Core
Personally, I much prefer the Proxy over the cricket, in pretty much every category; and have not noticed any silicone taste at all (not sure how the Core would be different then the proxy in terms of silicone, they both have a bunch just like the Peak and all of these devices, although the amount varies).So I was chatting with a dude on the Evolv discord a little while ago that got his Cricket, and also owns a Proxy and Lightning Pen. He said that the Cricket beats them both in every category for on the go use, and is his favourite of them all. Since i've been considering a Proxy and LP, I of course had a few questions, and after our brief convo i've pretty much crossed them both off my VAS list.
I'll just copy quote
"I'm still unsure about the proxy because I haven't been using it as much as I should due to getting all these devices in such a short time span. I did notice that when the proxy vapor outlet is facing away from the the stem, I can taste the silicon. It's awful. When I position the outlet facing the stem, it does taste much better. I need to use it more though. As for the LP, at this point it's a back up to the Cricket. It tastes and hits great but for on the go you need to bring a dab jar and tool which kinda puts a damper on the portability factor. The Proxy really is different from the two as it is strictly a home device and you can put much bigger dabs in it."
Is the issue because the Proxy hasn't been 'worked in'? I'm sensitive, and didn't like the peak pro due to silicone. I could taste it affecting my dab purity. The Xmax Qomo was absolutely repulsive with rubber stench.
"Yeah if you're sensitive to silicon and couldn't use the pro for that reason then I would stay away from the proxy. I can smell the silicon even when it's cold. The LP you just need to load really tiny dabs. I mean it, they have to be extremely small, but it will still rip."
"Yeah if you have a cricket you're not missing much with the LP"
So yeah due to the silicone of the proxy and the ultra micro dab size of the LP I think i'll just stick with my chirper for now, and consider the core 2 for bigger dabs and vas quenching lol
What do you think? I keep hearing conflicting reports on the silicone but perhaps it all just comes down to sensitivity?
What do you think? I keep hearing conflicting reports on the silicone but perhaps it all just comes down to sensitivity?
What material is the black thing directly under the titanium tub on the Cricket?
From the Evolv thread:
Its engineered plastic, however, not sure of the type.
The Ti tub has a low thermal conductivity and it's air gapped from the plastic housing according to Evolv.
That claim seems questionable; it wouldn't work too sweet if true.The Ti tub has a low thermal conductivity...
That claim seems questionable
Thank you for the detailed review! I've been on the fence about purchasing since the price drop to 250$ but I ultimately felt since I have a proxy already I would just be creating another use case for me that I would need to fill. Glad to hear I'm not missing out that much.Personally, I much prefer the Proxy over the cricket, in pretty much every category; and have not noticed any silicone taste at all (not sure how the Core would be different then the proxy in terms of silicone, they both have a bunch just like the Peak and all of these devices, although the amount varies).
I will post a more detailed comparison when I get a chance, but after a week of use of my Cricket, I find it's just sitting there and I don't have much desire to use it or take it with me for on-the-go. I find it messy, it's not efficient due to the loss due to splatter, under the tub, etc. It's an extremally high maintenance device in my opinion, as far as frequency of maintenance required including removing tub etc., vs the proxy that you can use a week straight with dozens of dabs and just wiping down clean. Deep cleaning the proxy is also a breeze (although I've only done my 3d chamber once and likely didn't have to, but the rest is super easy to clean and just stays clean for my usage)
I find the flavour on the Proxy to be much better than the Cricket as well ... really brings out the terps in my different rosins; I even bought some nice fresh frozen hash rosin to try, and also much prefer the Proxy to the Cricket with that.
The efficiency on the Proxy is also much better, I can put a reasonable size dab in there (1/2 rice to rice size), and get 3-4 really nice milky hits on green, or I can boost it up to white and boost mode to get 1-2 really dense hits. It's just a really great dry device so far. And I just keep reaching for it due to the fact that its a pleasure to use, and just puff on at green while watching a show or something.
I really want to like the Cricket, but find I can't get more than one ok tasting hit at best ... and regardless of temperature, quantity, draw speed, different materials, etc., although changing these things can make it acceptable, that's about the best I could get it to. I find I can get acceptable flavour, performance, efficiency, clouds, but that's about it (and acceptable is likely generous ... personally I find the qualify of all those things to be maybe even be a little less than acceptable ... maybe useable is a closer term)
Anyways ... after a week of use of the Crikcet, and a month with the Proxy, still love my Proxy, and thinking about selling my Cricket as I doubt I will really use it.
Honestly, after a few weeks of use, the Proxy still comes out pretty much daily along with my enail/banger/ruby, and/or a bottomless banger with v5.
I wouldn't compare the peak to the proxy, I also disliked the peak. The airflow and atomizer are way better on the proxy than any peak IMO. Even with the 3D chamber.I dabbled in concentrates for a very short time and had a puffco peak, but I never liked it so I am not sure a Proxy would be something I am interested in. The Cricket seems to be more up my alley, small form factor, quick 1 or 2 hits on demand. Can anyone who has one speak to the cleaning? Are the heat up and cool down times really as advertised? In the summer I am big on hiking, how is the battery life, would it last all day? Thank you in advance!