It does? Why would convection give you bigger clouds on high temps than conduction would provide?
Convection typically gives bigger clouds than conduction even on low temps, and it takes much less material to do so. Pure convection is all breath powered, which is why there is so much variation with the Elevape, like with a log, the clouds are insane and really can't compare to even the best conduction vapes in my experience. Fuller stronger hits, with less material, more efficient extraction (huge clouds in conduction is often high temp and or full bowl). I've actually decided to break from my conduction vapes if I'm not in a group for now, I don't have as much of a pleasuable solo vaping experience with my conduction session vapea as with my on demand convection vapes (Elevape, Firefly, Underdog, Thermovape), and I'm saving a lot of herb and throat irritation this way too.
The newer design of the hopper may have some conduction properties that the mouthpiece bowl version did not, but I still think it's primary convection based on where the heating element is and how it heats air to pass over herbs, plus 5 sec heat up from cold makes it pretty on demand as well (if not quite as much as Elevape).
This could have everything I would ever want, good form, replaceable batteries (with 3 total, I'm not really worried about battery life at all), temp settings, near instant on, lifetime warranty, solid price to boot. Optimistic this can be the successor to Thermovape T1, my first vape (and somehow still one of my best, now that I use PA and WPA to make it a desktop)