Baron23
Well-Known Member
I was loaned an IQ by a friend who has two. I was excited to try it as I personally believe that while I like my convection vapes very much, there is still a place for conduction and it often seems to get undeserved disrespect.
Well, this is what I found:
1. The oven is too big for me. I like to load .05 g and .1 g or so loads. This has been talked about many times so no need to rehash it but I do think DaVinci would do themselves a favor by fast tracking a spacer solution and making it a very high priority.
2. Unit feels GREAT to hand. Nicely build solid feeling.
3. It did get quite warm. Not too hot to hold, but warm enough to be annoying to me (we are all different in our sensitivity to heat so this is just my experience and you may find it different).
4. I like the hinges as far as function, but worry about their robustness and long term durability. There are three hinges (including battery compartment) and I, if I recollect correctly, the battery compartment has a spring loaded latch that I also am a bit suspicous of. But this is just worry as I had in fact no mechanical issues at all.
5. I have been a long time stalwart supporter of removable standard batteries and that's a real plus for the IQ in my book.
6. Vapor production just hasn't been there for me yet. I ran at 385 F in precision mode, bumping up to 430 at the end as a boost, as this is what I use often with other vapes (well, not the 430) and wanted an apple to apple comparison. I have packed full and well tamped but the draw restriction was awful with the 10 mm adapter/MP. While I got vapor and extracted the load, the vapor wasn't thick and it was an exhausting experience fighting the draw resistance. I tried the other MP with no tamp whatsoever (just dumped in lightly with a scoop) with a slight improvement in draw resistance but vapor production was identical to previous. Its there for sure, but I'm mostly a night time pain and sleep medical user and frankly I get denser vapor from other vapes. Smaller load of the exact same herb in my Mighty was a much more satisfying experience. My friend who lent it to me was shocked as his other unit produces nice thick vapor easily. I'm going to send this one back to him and he's going to do a side by side comparison. It may just be this unit.
7. Stealth is not a criteria to me at all thought I realize it is for many others. So, this vape doesn't call to me for its portability cause I generally really don't run around vaping. But for those that do, this is a very nice unit.
So, that's my experience so far. I'm hopeful that my friend, who hasn't really used the unit he lent me, will find that my issues with vapor production/quality is just this one unit. We will see.
Cheers
Well, this is what I found:
1. The oven is too big for me. I like to load .05 g and .1 g or so loads. This has been talked about many times so no need to rehash it but I do think DaVinci would do themselves a favor by fast tracking a spacer solution and making it a very high priority.
2. Unit feels GREAT to hand. Nicely build solid feeling.
3. It did get quite warm. Not too hot to hold, but warm enough to be annoying to me (we are all different in our sensitivity to heat so this is just my experience and you may find it different).
4. I like the hinges as far as function, but worry about their robustness and long term durability. There are three hinges (including battery compartment) and I, if I recollect correctly, the battery compartment has a spring loaded latch that I also am a bit suspicous of. But this is just worry as I had in fact no mechanical issues at all.
5. I have been a long time stalwart supporter of removable standard batteries and that's a real plus for the IQ in my book.
6. Vapor production just hasn't been there for me yet. I ran at 385 F in precision mode, bumping up to 430 at the end as a boost, as this is what I use often with other vapes (well, not the 430) and wanted an apple to apple comparison. I have packed full and well tamped but the draw restriction was awful with the 10 mm adapter/MP. While I got vapor and extracted the load, the vapor wasn't thick and it was an exhausting experience fighting the draw resistance. I tried the other MP with no tamp whatsoever (just dumped in lightly with a scoop) with a slight improvement in draw resistance but vapor production was identical to previous. Its there for sure, but I'm mostly a night time pain and sleep medical user and frankly I get denser vapor from other vapes. Smaller load of the exact same herb in my Mighty was a much more satisfying experience. My friend who lent it to me was shocked as his other unit produces nice thick vapor easily. I'm going to send this one back to him and he's going to do a side by side comparison. It may just be this unit.
7. Stealth is not a criteria to me at all thought I realize it is for many others. So, this vape doesn't call to me for its portability cause I generally really don't run around vaping. But for those that do, this is a very nice unit.
So, that's my experience so far. I'm hopeful that my friend, who hasn't really used the unit he lent me, will find that my issues with vapor production/quality is just this one unit. We will see.
Cheers