Alright, so this seems more like an Ascent, but better, like a next gen. Mostly conduction, but a bit of convection/radiation in a way, but in my mind session conduction classification for sure... So not for me but still intriguing and always nice to have more competition, and good for 7th floor to be able to really compete in the portable game in any way
Yeah on demand convection just ruined me for session conduction, hate constant cooking and for me its always so much harsher (maybe bc of so many forced back to back hits in so little time?). Would've been neat to see a portable LSV, but I found that in Zion so I'm quite satisfied either way personally.
Good luck
@Herb-nerd and the team! Looking forward to seeing how this rolls out and what the final product is like
Me too! i am also exited to get more products out there, i plan to be more involved in the entire production process so will be better positioned to speak on the matters on here.
I am not going to lie, i like conduction for situations where it is beneficial - like extended battery life after you have learned good technique. Though i am much more inclined to convective vaping so would be using a screen most of the time. The good thing about the screens is that the radiated heat maintains the bowl load temps between draws (due to the thermal mass of the heater, though the temp drops rapidly from vape levels it takes increasing longer as the temps lower, meaning the bud is kept warm but not enough to effect the cannabinoids. This allows a lower power requirement when re-heating the bowl meaning reduced wait times for the unit to reach temperature between hits. The effect on battery life has yet to be quantified.)
The oil can will allow use with concentrates much like the haze, though the addition of a small porous ceramic disk improves the quality of this experience in my opinion.
To clarify, with a suspended screen in the heater - the bud is separated from the heater resulting in more convective heat transfer with some radiative (think MFLB, but with less contact with the heating surface). The air enters the heater where it is heated and travels through the already heated bud to produce an increase in load temperature that constitutes convective extraction.
The suspension of the bud from the heater prevents contact with the heating surface, but allows the radiated heat from the heater to raise the temperature in the bud. If the heater temperature is set at 190c then you can assume the lost heat from the radiative process results in a load temp notably lower than this (especially when heating from cool). When the air is drawn through the heater it increases in temperature close to or just below the the heater temperature - this raises the load temperature to the level require for vaporization and produces vapour by convection. As the heated air pushes the temperature of the load from below vaporization temperature to the temperature required.
The heater would be disengaged before the draw had stopped which would lower the heater temperature to a level below vaporization temperatures, and the bud temps even more so.
The bud is still surrounded by warm air and radiative heat which keeps its temperature up so that when the heating process is started again the hot air combined with the added heat from the now powered heater pushes the temperature of the load to desired vaporization temperatures once more.
This is repeated with each draw, if you draw more frequently then the bud will remain at a higher temperature and will indeed degrade between hits. But hitting more often reduces the effects of this to a degree depending on how often you hit it. The less often you hit it the cooler the heater and load will be after each draw and the effect of degradation of the bud is minimized accordingly.
So if you are worried about conduction, use a screen to suspend the bud. If you hit it more often, there is much less time for the bud to degrade - Just disengage the heater for the last 3 or so seconds of your draw to lower the temps.
If you hit it less often, then the unit will have much more time to cool between hits and wont accumulate heat which would degrade the bud.
Conduction is good for heavy hitting quick, and uses less power. I can use small amounts of bud and roast it well for a quick top-up if required this way.
I understand the scepticism, i am a sceptical motherfucker myself! But there is alot that can be done to change the way a vaporizer operate by altering the heating configuration. I believe versatility to be beneficially personally.
The vaporizer also features a screen above the load which furthers the even heating of the load.
I am a huge fan of the MFLB crew and all they do, and like to employ the same technique based optimization that they do.
Not to say it doesn't function without these tips, but they can make a large improvement when you learn how to use a unit.
You can consider it to be like the solo style heating configuration when used for conduction/convection and a conductive modification on this when used with suspended screens.
Though the bowl size is larger than that of the solo but both of the devices employ the same method to pre-heat the incoming air.
Hot swapping batteries, an LCD screen, larger heater and extended cooling path are a few of the features that make the two differ of-course.
I hope that made sense, feel free to question anything that seems out of place.
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