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The IQ and the Firefly 2 are literally complete opposites.
The IQ is a conduction, session based vaporizer with a huge bowl.
The Firefly 2 is a convection, on-demand vaporizer with a relatively small bowl.
I have both and I can tell you that if you just want a small number of hits on-demand, and then put it back on the charger the FF2 would be great for that. The IQ would be much better to take out because the battery is much better and it's easier to get hits off of without any thinking at all.
The FF2 would not be good as a group vaporizer, but it just so happens the IQ is an amazing group vaporizer that is best used for long sessions on low temperatures or used for huge rips through water.
The FF2 is extremely efficient and the bowl isn't that large, the IQ uses a lot of material because the bowl is huge, even with spacers its still a session vape that will require many draws to fully extract your material.
IMO the FF2 learning curve is way overblown, I have no issues getting good hits every time but it does require a long, consistent draw. Anyone who tries to suck harder on the FF2 and expects to get more vapor is doing it completely wrong.
I think there are a lot of people who never learned or understood how their FF2 works, and hate it because of that. That's a personal problem not a vaporizer problem IMO.
The IQ is an incredible session vaporizer for groups and it milks the crap out of water pieces at high temperatures. The IQ is also a great session vaporizer for flavor and good effects when used at lower temperatures 360F-375F.
The IQ is not good at single hits, but it was never designed to be. It is however incredible for passing around and milking water pieces which are my main uses for it. Even long drawn out sipping sessions as lower temperatures are great on the IQ as well. The IQ is not made for single hits, while the FF2 is made specifically for single hits.
They're just complete opposites and compliment each other very well in my opinion.
I own both and I now use the IQ for dry herb and FF2 strictly for concentrates. I hate the stirring and performance(low vapor production) of dry herb on FF2. This is a subjective complaint as it still gets me lifted to the Exosphere but I wanna see the vapor...
I have both too and agree 100% with you
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Probably cause you are looking at previously connected items. We are talking on the scan list.
Agreed, I owned a FF1, it was my first vape, and yes it did need sort of a leaning curve to properly get the most out of it's capabilities, but once there it performed very well.IMO any vaporizer that requires some in depth and esoteric education and understanding is a failure of proper design. Just saying.
I don't know what they did to improve the FF2. But I know on my FF1 what I made sure of because of it's design is that it got a light brush down of both covers, and then a ISO wipe. I think most don't really take note of the easy yet complex method of vapor flow with this device and how it can be hindered so easily. As far as the learning curve goes, the only thing I used to do was toggle the power button on hits, but that's about it, not much of a learning curve.
When you power it up the battery indicator comes up then you get the little animation arrows, then the unit heats up. Does this process in total reverse when shutting down, at least my units used to do this. They never just turned right off. I always got the animation arrows with the battery indicator before it totally shutdown.
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definitely not the button top, has to be the flat top. I don't know anything about the i2 charger, I picked up the D2 which was a few more dollars and has the voltage meter which is pretty handy