So I want to change and clarify some of my comments earlier regarding the smell as I did some further testing.
Essentially, there is no smell when the unit is cold. Technically, it is not no smell, but it is minor enough that I would have no complaints. Neither from the rear of the unit, nor when breathing in through the intake, would I find the smell/taste that offensive. It is almost not there.
The problem comes when I turn the unit on, with no herb in the chamber-- that part is important-- and with its default settings of "Medium-High", then with a long slow 5-15 second breath through the intake, there is, to me, a terrible chemical taste.
I've been running it this way off and on for a couple days, hoping the smell would dissipate, but the smell/taste remains constant.
The taste is so bad, that I am hesitant to take full long draws (again, with no herb in the chamber), because I don't like the whatever it is I am getting in my lungs.
If I could figure out a simple to hook up a vacuum to it, other than my lungs, and let it draw for a while on medium-high, I wouldn't mind doing that test.
I do not want to risk my lungs repeatedly breathing in this chemical vapor in the hopes that it will eventually dissipate, or that I may no longer taste it once loaded with herbs. I suspect if I were to put herb in it, it would likely cover up the smell.
A question for the community of FF2 owners who have been using them for a while, especially if your FF2 previously had a taste:
Would you please take your used FF2, thoroughly clean it with ISO, then draw through it with NO herbs in the chamber on Med-High or on Concentrate mode for 5-30 seconds, and tell me if you smell/taste anything?
I notice the smell/taste is more pronounced the hotter the unit is. So, on Concentrate mode, the taste/smell is amplified.
Also, in correction to my original post, any smells from the rear of the unit are ONLY there once the unit is sufficiently hot in the rear, not when cold. My original testing was mis-sequenced. I had gotten the unit super hot at first, which then made me smell the chemical smells for the next half hour or so until the unit had completely cooled.
Many of us had weird smells at first, dissipated after a bit of use. Haven't seen any reports of it lasting.
Thank you. I would appreciate if you could do the test above.
I have tried a dozen new vapes over the past few years....all has some level of factory smell..
Thanks, can you please tell me specifically other vapes had the smell? Can you please try a toke on the FF2 with no herb in the chamber (and ISO cleaned) on MedHigh or especially Concentrate mode and tell me if the factory smell is still there?
). Once it's melted into the pad....I begin my draws. I have been getting crazy clouds...huge! About three days ago...I stopped getting clouds. Now, I keep my unit clean...but decided that maybe it needed a real once over. So I cleaned it VERY thoroughly...iso wipes, picks, soft cloth. It looked brand new. Try it again....still nothing...i mean like NO vapor. Tried it with herb...vapor...decent clouds. Try again with concentrate....little to no vapor. What am I doing wrong....all of a sudden? What could have happened to have drastically changed the performance? Any help is appreciated!