I never remember the early reviewers even mentioning a little heat?? You think buzz and his roommate would have said something after that first video.
Interesting observation. I literraly was just texting with Trevor about that this morning. He asked me for an update on my unit since he knows I've been on a road trip so it's being used heavily and a lot of people are getting the chance to try so he's looking for that feedback. Here is something I've noticed (cue GH tea party lynch mob) ANNECDOTALLY of course ....
IF a person who knows what a GH is BEFORE they try it, they notice the heat of the mouthpiece.
IF a person has NO IDEA what it is before they try it they do NOT notice (rather complain) about the heat.
Example I was in Philly a few days ago, let folks try it who had no idea what it was. They made all sorts of comments (overwhelming positive, some critical) but no one even mentioned the heat.
Conversely I ran into an FC member and after a few his he mentioned the heat.
Last night when I arrived here in VT a few people have tried it, again mostly positive comments (for context these people primarly consume through smoking, NOT primarly through vapor so it's a different demographic, it's does happen to be the GH target Demographic, wisely so as people who don't vape at all still far out number people who only vape) but no one even mentioned the heat of the mouthpiece. I didn't bring it up because I wanted to illicit organic comments. Many things were mentioned heat wasn't one of them.
Which jives with my own experience. When I got it I was anticipating some heat so I noticed it. Now that I've had it awhile I never complain about the heat or use the silicone. My point is that heat gate is at best subjective, certainly not this awful thing it's played up to be.
I caution you to consider we don't get an objective view of the real 'big picture'. As the saying goes, we get 'lots of self identified malcontents'.
See the Mivape thread for the exact opposite experience :-)
It's odd that yours is just starting to do it. I don't know how loud it is normally, I've just heard that some clicking is normal.
Clicking is normal, it's actually the sound of the cycling and I've started to notice it more as well, that's normal.
I've had mine (SS) for a few weeks now. Have had no problems - I've even dropped it a few times. It is used heavily daily, pretty much always on Setting 5. Cleaned it twice in that time. I must admit, I haven't wanted to use anything else since I got it.
I've had mine for many weeks, I've been on a week long vacation with it, on a month long road trip, I've also dropped mine and used the fuck out of it and it is also my go to device! Do some have defects? Yup, see the MiVApe thread to see how a product launch goes for an already established company and what reasonable expectations and commentary look like. The units that aren't defective which is MOST btw are awesome. I have yet in my travels find someone who didn't immediately want a GH after trying it. And it is durability for me has been great the past month or so and 16 states of travel ;-)