I used my Bowle the other night for the first time in a while again, was pretty sure I left it with three LED charge, but it only had two, and died mid bowl session... Damn hope my battery is not fading now womp womp?
I had the exact same experience a while ago when I used a Bowle a friend borrowed me for a few months; after using it daily for a while, I gave it a rest and switched back to my usual stuff. A few weeks later I wanted to rock it again only to see the battery fully depleted – I'm absolutely sure I left it fully or nearly fully charged. It was a bit shocking, at first I thought the cell was deep discharged because the Bowle wouldn't react to any button presses and it even took a while for the LEDs to light up after I plugged it in for charging. But in the end it came back to life.
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Short review after having used the Bowle for a few months: performance and ease of use are incredible, especially the latter aspect I see pretty much unmatched by any other vaporizer. The entire concept of the Bowle is unique and revolutionary, even when not considering the cup (I personally never considered the cup even though the thing looks even funnier without it). Most will agree that the battery life is lacking, I myself find the flavor also a bit lacking, probably due to the super aggressive cooling the stem provides, but then again it cools extremely well, so it's an okay tradeoff. The only thing I found to be annoying was emptying the cups, it always went kinda messy and cumbersome for me compared to a Dynavap or Tinymight. One other thing that made me understand that the Bowle is not for me is the four temperature presets of which I pretty much only used two – a Bowle session is extremely uniform, which I suppose is part of the concept, but contradicts my needs for finetuning.
However, beside the price the Bowle seems to be the best possible recommendation for beginners who want to experience high end vapor. Not my style, but a great device.
