DAM lol cherry a bowl? why would they even set a vape temperature that high? thats what i dont understand. what were your friends doing to get that?
Firstly, They were inhaling very slowly. That is 100% why it was burning. It's the same reason as to why the vape gets so hot.
Here's why:
Fast draws will pull air quickly over the heating element, allowing less time to be heated. This means the air passing your bowl is not in fact the temperature you might expect it to be.
Slow draws, by contrast, obviously heat the air more substantially and if your at a high enough temperature it may burn too.
We could both vaporize the SSV immediately after one another at the same temperature and one of us might not even get a cloud, while the other could get a huge cloud.
That is somewhat of an extreme example but I want to help you see the difference, and that it ultimately is 100% up to the user to learn their unit and favorable temperatures.
A tip I would offer, is that the whip mouthpiece will inhale fairly slowly and may require a lower temperature than what you prefer for a water pipe. This could either be because the mouthpiece creates a bottleneck for airflow, or because most water pipes have larger mouth piece openings and as such force you to do a more of a deep lung inhale. Drag added by percolators/downstems etc will also be a factor to consider.
Now, if the vape only got hot enough to vaporize, but not combust, users who inhale at a faster rate by preference will be at a disadvantage and will have to use the unit in an undesirable way. As you can see above, someone said they use max, and never burn. I expect he uses a low drag water pipe and/or inhales much faster than some users who recommend 12 o'clock on the temperature dial.
A second more simple reason to justify the hotness, is that 7th floor has created a titanium dabbing attachment. If your unfamiliar with dabbing, it typically requires a titanium nail and torch to heat the nail sufficiently for a dab (you literally heat the metal to a glowing red). Although it doesn't get red hot, it sits directly atop the heating element, and maximum heat for this purpose is desirable to achieve a proper dab.
Im super stoked for this SSV and will be experimenting with it definitely, sometimes my DV has trouble with moist material and i have to let it sit on a piece of paper for a day or two before it really vapes better is this the same with the SSV (or any other vape)? or does it do better with moist material?
I have used very fresh (moist) material, and I have to say that dry will absolutely work better. Still, it is 100% capable of vaping a moist material too. It will essentially give you a few weaker hits while the material dries further, and then it will cloud like normal. Stirring often would be best, dry or not, to avoid overheating the center of the bowl.
If your material is moist, one thing you can do is set your min temp, and hit it a few extra times. If you start to see more vapor, you can increase temp, and if you stop seeing vapor (but had seen some in previous hits) turn up temp slighlty and stir. You will learn how to use it well quickly, it's not hard at all. If you use a water pipe ALWAYS stir thoroughly, try and scoop the edges of the screen stuff to the middle. You will be amazed when you think your done a bowl, and give it a stir and get another cloud.
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I spent months working my way up to the top of the dial until I came to realize the optimal range pretty much falls anywhere between 80 to 100%. I use mine at max all of the time now and that really helps with the vape's efficiency. Just a single massive rip and I'm good to go... so one bowl can easily last throughout the day, especially if I'm working.