I found out about the Angus through Instagram, through a couple of users that I follow and usually think they are on the spot with their observations and comments. A portable halogen vape that uses a proven heating element, has been drop tested, had capsules right from the start and the possibility to change batteries. It ticked all the right boxes and made me want to jump on this train. But am I the only one to think that these early reviews not really portraits the truth about the Angus? Or did they receive other units that were better built? I´m not really sure what to make out of it since a lot of users both here and in other forums are raving about the device and how it performs, but the device I received barely lives up to the hype in my opinion. And in my opinion it really isn’t a Mighty killer.
I received my Angus this Friday morning, used it non stop the whole Friday and Saturday. And it has since then been shelfed, I´ll explain why below.
Ordered an Angus with 10 dosing capsules and a bunch of extra screens. I did not order the WPA, which I today regret.
I first noticed that there seem to be an o-ring between the heating chamber and the loading part, can anyone confirm if this is an o-ring in-between or is it a ceramic part that’s a part of the oven? Not sure and don’t have Mikes teardown pic in front of me at the moment. But felt that this was the first let down of the Angus if it’s indeed an o-ring in-between.
Friday used it the whole day, even though it only tasted horrible plastic when I took a pull with the capsules loaded with herbs with either live rosin or ice sandwiched between. At 180, 190 and 200 I barely got any visible vapor, the terps seemed okay but the plastic taste took away all the good tasting terps. Maybe I’m more sensitive, but I use an OG mighty as my daily driver and have used it the last 5 years and have never complained about a plastic taste. Tried to ignore the plastic taste as several other reported that the plastic taste fades over time. At 210, 220 and 230 with the boost function I got a lot of vapor, but still thought that the taste isn’t on par with any other vape I’ve got. The Mighty, ALP, Davinci Ascent (yes I still have one), Arizer all taste better in my opinion. The Angus also makes a sound while on that’s irritating, seems to be the electronics where the sound is coming and it’s constant. I´m also having issues with a sound like a whistling sound of a dog whistle while taking a pull, even my dogs become annoyed over this sound and they react on it at every pull. I also found that to get a better pull from the angus I need to press the CU down quite a bit to get a good pull, otherwise it’s too airy. Seems like it doesn’t make an airtight seal between the CU and vape itself. But I have to admit that the Angus extracts a lot better than any other vape, but if you cant reap the benefits of the extaction, what’s the point?
Saturday, used the vape the whole day and reacted that it was still doing everything I reported from Friday but also that it already had gunked up the CU, so decided to take the CU apart and clean it.
First of the locking mechanism had locked itself into place due to my use of live rosin and ice, had to use tremendous force to unlock it and then excessive force to remove the bottom plate of the CU. Felt like it was going to break. When I finally got the CU open I noticed that one of my magnets already was loose in the CU (the reseller that sold me the unit recommended me to glue it back.. so never buying from there again. Not naming any names, but that a vape reseller even suggests that is beyond me.). Went ahead and cleaned the CU anyway with ISO, just to notice that my whole CU was ruined after this. The CU uses PPSU plastic which offgasses at 180C Celsius, but it also cannot withstand ISO. Please note that the instructions from the manufacturer states that it should be cleaned with ISO (this is one of the things that makes me believe that the tester units were different compared to the units we’re now seeing sold.) All the pieces of the CU became white and like the plastic started bubbling from the ISO.
Also noted that the bottom plate in the CU but also the holder for the glass mouthpiece has o-rings that seems to be glued in place as I cannot for the life of me remove these. These should be user replaceable in my opinion.
The peek plastic that sits closest to the bowl in the bottom plate seems like a classic mistake of over engineering, it could have been done in a lot of other ways that would be easier for the maintenance.
It’s good that the manufacturer is making new CU’s, I´m awaiting these to test it further as I´m puzzled over the raving reviews of the unit when I cannot produce the same results as others with it.
It doesn’t produce good vapor in my opinion, it tastes like plastic in every pull, the taste is worse than in any other vape I own, build quality seems meeh especially in the CU. Not sure of the rest of the device as I haven’t opened it. Will await the new CU’s before judging it completely, but so far the Angus seems like a hyped up device that doesn’t live up to the hype.
The battery caps also are too sharp, cut my brand new batteries wrap after being in the Angus, so careful with you batteries..
I’m currently looking at a mighty+ instead.. Sad when this device ticked all the boxes of what you’d want in a mighty. In this point in time I would recommend the Mighty and the ALP over the Angus.
