Totally know what you mean. I suspect it's the "carry-over" heat, like an oven that keeps heating when it's turned off and the food is taken out. There's still heat in the chamber, and even though it's no longer actively heating, you're still getting deep vapor as the hot air is pulled over the material. Your perception that the bulk of vapor seems to come after you release the button is the same as mine. In fact, if you feel vapor in your lungs, and you haven't let off the button yet...that's when I get massive hits that are really too large and ultimately wasteful. Lesson for me: release the button before I feel like I'm getting too much vapor, and then keep drawing.
Yeah, it's a pretty amazing little piece of vape-manship.
mckeen, thanks for warning the rest of us not to clean the gasket with alcohol. haha that's funny you unboxed it for one last go.
Going back on the magnetic lid. I can see for a cause of concern there. I'm not sure how strong the magnetic lid is, but I can only see it affecting credit cards and electronic devices if the lid is off by itself.
If I had a Volcano in front of me (which I do) and the Firefly in front of me (which I do) and I had to make a choice. I would pick the Firefly every single time over the Volcano. Don't get me wrong I still love my Volcano for all that it is but for me the Firefly is a far more pleasurable experience and that is no bull shiz. I am having a hard time even looking at my loyal MFLB. It is sad, very, sad.
On the other hand if I had a friend over the Volcano would have the win.
Only conduction vaporizers work better when you pack the chamber and most don't anyway because nowadays most conduction vaporizers are actually a mix of mainly conduction and radiation and a bit of convection.
The Firefly is a convection unit, as such it needs proper airflow and it needs the airflow to go through the entire bowl at the same rate ideally, for the hot air to properly vaporize.
To properly use a convection unit, with on demand power, you don't need to preheat the bowl because it is the hot air that vaporizes the herbs. To me that is a waste of precious battery power.
What you need to do is to start your inhalation very slowly while you press the button. Maintain a slow draw until you feel the vapour in your throat, after that you need to gauge if you need to release the button at times to maintain the temp because if you keep pressing, it keeps heating until it goes to combustion territory.
You can also increase your draw speed at this point if you wish to maintain the button pressed, because higher draw speed lowers the temperature.
To maximize battery life though, i suggest keeping air speed low and only slightly increasing it in the end of the hit, and continue after you release the button for a few seconds.
The way of using the Firefly is pretty close to the FlashVape S2, the Vaporgenie and the Lotus. All of them are heat-on-demand convection only vaporizers.
If you combust all the time there can only be a few reasons:
1. Overpacking
2. Draw too slow
3. Keeping the heat on too long
4. A combination of the above
If the heating element was malfunctioning and heated too fast, you just needed to ajust the draw or press the button intermitently.
If the glass was cracked, it would be visible.
If I had a Volcano in front of me (which I do) and the Firefly in front of me (which I do) and I had to make a choice. I would pick the Firefly every single time over the Volcano. Don't get me wrong I still love my Volcano for all that it is but for me the Firefly is a far more pleasurable experience and that is no bull shiz. I am having a hard time even looking at my loyal MFLB. It is sad, very, sad.
On the other hand if I had a friend over the Volcano would have the win.
If I had a Volcano in front of me (which I do) and the Firefly in front of me (which I do) and I had to make a choice. I would pick the Firefly every single time over the Volcano. Don't get me wrong I still love my Volcano for all that it is but for me the Firefly is a far more pleasurable experience and that is no bull shiz. I am having a hard time even looking at my loyal MFLB. It is sad, very, sad.
On the other hand if I had a friend over the Volcano would have the win.
If you value your herbs you probably should get one...Holy shit man lol. I guess I gotta sell my pax and pick up a firefly!
Thats really interesting. I am wondering
Thank you! I realized that preheat is not necessary. What a waste of battery. Now I just push the button, wait 1-2 seconds and then start a steady draw. Works like magic
Um, yeah, some of us have been saying this for two weeks and 20 pages now.
As for compacting the bowl leading to combustion....I haven't seen anything like this so far. The only effect a more densely-packed bowl has, in my experience, is it requires a deeper hit to get the same level of vapor. (and oh yeah, it keeps the device much neater.) Otherwise I've personally seen no inclination towards combustion.
And a blanket rule that "convection vapes don't like material that is compacted"...I totally disagree. Several years with the V Tower Xtreme, and a few thousand "elbow packs", say otherwise.
You can get a more thick hit by compacting in a convection vaporizer, but you will get a worse flavour profile and extraction than if you didn't compact it.
It is true for all convection vaporizers because it's a function of airflow.
I'm speaking generally and i don't have the Firefly.
Let's all just agree that there are a lot of variables to combustion. Today I decided to pack the bowl for the first and only time with a little pressure in the FF and on my second draw BLAMMO — combustion.
Maybe some units are not accurately calibrated and they overheat?
I'm still climbing te learning curve. Day 2. Had combustion last night in a well baked bowl. I had just stirred and tamped it down. Went for a long hit and poof!
Still not getting the hits I'd hope for. Seems like most hits produce tiny clouds or nothing at all.
I'm sure there's success for me around the corner.
Do you have access to different strains/quality? Different material will vape differently, so if you are not having success with one strain maybe try another?
Push the button and when the glow is orange start taking your draw. If you feel a lot of pull and resistance you are drawing to hard. Mid-way through you can release the button but continue to draw to finish it off.
Just wish they'd send or acknowledge my missing battery and external charger.
FYI - They plan to ship these out early January. I wonder why they are not responding to you?? Did you check your Spam/Junk folder? I have received replies within 24 hours each time I have reached out.