I've always been curious about these, and have come close to buying a couple of times.
Don't buy an mflb in the year of our lord twenty twenty four. Please, just no.
The mflb was my first vape and it was one of the best options at the time. On demand conduction vapor, tiny, effective, stealthy. I used it everywhere, and it totally unlocked a world of vaporization. I was so thrilled and impressed by it for the years I used it regularly. Brilliant device.
15 years ago.
This is not like some of the venerable vaporizers that still hold their own in build and performance, and are as valid today as they were before.
I've read that the trench is very difficult (impossible?) to clean. Is that the case?
The trench itself? Yeah, it can be carefully cleaned with an iso soaked cotton swab. You then heat it empty, with the lid open, until all the iso and liquid has boiled off.
The rest of it? Absolutely not. I rag on a lot of vaporizors for having
airpaths that cannot be cleaned, but the mflb has a
vapor path that cannot be cleaned (!!!). That wood below the trench gets splattered with reclaim, abv particulate, dust, whatever. You can't access that, but you can see it down there.
Also the acrylic in the mouthpiece and lid means that you can't use iso on those. But also it's acrylic as part of the oven lid, airpath, and vapor path. No matter how you feel about that, the battery itself is part of the airpath. It's right down that gap on the top, and any offgassing from a hot nimh cell has a chance to get sucked in there.
MFLB is selling
seconds for $120 USD on a design that hasn't seen important improvements since the late 00's. If you want one to use once and have as a shelf ornament to remember important vaporizor history, or as a collector, fine. Otherwise you can just pass on this one it's okay.
Just noticed this from the product page:
"Contains no internal plastic" contradicts "Durable acrylic lid"
"No electronic circuitry" is wild to me because it's literally an electronic circuit. Has a light bulb and everything!
"No internal moving parts" causes me to suspect they just don't use the word 'internal' like I do because the battery is deep in the device and you move it as part of the design to heat the device.
) and I think they're fun and effective. It gets me ripped. I think my beefs with it would be that the long draws can sometimes be hard on old lungs and it's easier to use when stationary--it requires some engagement. The wall power option is my preference but my batteries have held up decently though I understand that won't last. Not sure I'd recommend it as a main vape/daily driver nowadays but for people who like unregulated or manual vapes, some skills transfer and it can be old-school fun, it's got a nice ritual.
