The Mighty/Mighty+ by Storz & Bickel

[habitat-fc]

I couldn't even imagine how they could improve the Mighty! I guess less plastic would be a nice touch, and maybe going full convection to improve the flavor? Then it would be harder to make those clouds every newbie can do on his first try with a Mighty!

No plastic in the vapor path would be a great improvement, but the main reason I stopped using my Mighty is the efficiency difference compared with other portable vapes. It simply is a herb hog compared with RBT or Arizer vapes. If they could get the efficiency to a more competitive level than the Mighty would be much improved imo.

 

[vapviking]

User adjustability of convection/conduction ratio, easy user replaceable batteries, lower CU maintenance, a rubberized Iso proof metal body(that will fit a normal pocket) would be a good start to improving the old Dinosaur.

I've had my eye on A HR Fury II (had one sent to a friend as his first vape and I have tried it).
It uses primarily convection with a 'small amount of radiant heat' (30 sec. heat up).
When you remove its' mouthpiece (c/u) and replace with the glass stem option, the vapor path is all glass, and this employs 'even more convection', so, there's some of the adjustability.
When mouthpiece is used (my friend never does, he loves the glass stem) it is stainless steel and glass airpath.
When exclusively using glass stem, cleaning is a breeze.
The body is a "solid Kirksite Alloy unibody" that feels nice, almost like rubberized, to the touch.
It's even smaller than a Crafty.
Main drawback is battery. It is non-replaceable, smaller than even Crafty, then usb will take 90 minutes to recharge. As one of several vapes in the roundhouse, this would not be a bother. One could purchase 2 of these for about the same $ as one Crafty!
Bowl size is reduced when using glass stem, on one hand more efficient, but if more than one are person toking, you'd better have pretty nice material in there if one bowl is going to do it!

Hope this is not too far off-topic. My effort is comparison to some of these wished-for improvements to Mighty & Crafty
I do love the Mighty. Wife and I especially like it on road trips for ease of use with capsules & long battery life. Ours is doing great after 3+ years.

No plastic in the vapor path would be a great improvement, but the main reason I stopped using my Mighty is the efficiency difference compared with other portable vapes. It simply is a herb hog compared with RBT or Arizer vapes. If they could get the efficiency to a more competitive level than the Mighty would be much improved imo.

I agree that some portables are more efficient than Mighty, even as I do know the various methods folks use to limit load size n Mighty (and they can work). I like the RBT splinter for it's efficiency and big, tasty convection clouds.

 

[invertedisdead]

but the main reason I stopped using my Mighty is the efficiency difference compared with other portable vapes. It simply is a herb hog compared with RBT or Arizer vapes. If they could get the efficiency to a more competitive level than the Mighty would be much improved imo.

Maybe it's because I came from the Volcano where the bowl is just gigantic; but the Mighty bowl seems pretty small to me -With a dosing capsule inserted, it seems on par with my Air and Vapcap for load size; though I've not weighed them for a direct comparison.

I honestly can't get stoned with my Arizer portables. I've sat outside and crushed an entire battery, bowls back to back in my Air, just doesn't affect me much. I genuinely feel like it takes bowls in my Air to equal one hit from the Mighty.

 

[vapviking]

Maybe it's because I came from the Volcano where the bowl is just gigantic; but the Mighty bowl seems pretty small to me -With a dosing capsule inserted, it seems on par with my Air and Vapcap for load size; though I've not weighed them for a direct comparison.

I think we were talking efficiency and not necessarily bowl size. Some folks likes to put in just a tad...

 

[tdriver]

No plastic in the vapor path would be a great improvement, but the main reason I stopped using my Mighty is the efficiency difference compared with other portable vapes. It simply is a herb hog compared with RBT or Arizer vapes. If they could get the efficiency to a more competitive level than the Mighty would be much improved imo.

I know what you mean about efficiency....,but for me it is all about draw resistance.

….and know that I think about it, it may not be possible to get these kind of hits with less material.

 

[invertedisdead]

I think we were talking efficiency and not necessarily bowl size. Some folks likes to put in just a tad...

I was talking about both efficiency and bowl size.

I find the Mighty pretty efficient to me. It's not a Showerhead but it's pretty solid for a cordless portable.

 

[habitat-fc]

I think some vapes just effect people differently, as my Air 2 definitely gets me further off the same amount of material than my Mighty. I don't mind the bowl size of the Mighty I just feel that the effects per amount of material is slightly lower than it could be, as I always seem to get through loads in a session with it.

I do love the actual effects though, it's definitely a good vape, it has a great vape signature.

 

[mitchgo61]

I know what you mean about efficiency....,but for me it is all about draw resistance.

….and know that I think about it, it may not be possible to get these kind of hits with less material.

This. Those huge Mighty hits gotta have some serious fuel behind them.

I was talking about both efficiency and bowl size.

I find the Mighty pretty efficient to me. It's not a Showerhead but it's pretty solid for a cordless portable.

People often use “efficient” and “conservative” interchangeably.

Efficient: delivers vapor and effects quickly and easily.
Conservative: gets maximum output from a given amount of weed.

That’s how I think of them. The Mighty is more efficient than any other portable I’ve used...and maybe slightly above average in weed conservation, in my experience.

 

[shredder]

User adjustability of convection/conduction ratio, easy user replaceable batteries, lower CU maintenance, a rubberized Iso proof metal body(that will fit a normal pocket) would be a good start to improving the old Dinosaur.

As long as we're dreaming, Id like to see S&B's take on a concentrate portable. On the scale of what the mighty did for portable herb vapes.

Efficient, easy to clean, not a lot of parts, good battery life, clean air path, sic dish with embedded heater wire, fully adjustable, and under $50, lol.

 

[BigJr48]

I wish the Mighty had a 3-5 minute timer

 

[LesPlenty]

I wish the Mighty had a 3-5 minute timer

Yeah, great point, 2 minutes is just a pain! It would not be so bad if the auto draw detection was set lower, I can only get my Mighty to stay on indefinitely if I use a bong, I can't seem to pull hard enough on the stock CU to keep it activated.

 

[vapviking]

The easy way to re-set the timer is, at anytime, push either of the temp control buttons briefly, for a change of 1 degree and a fresh new 2 minute cycle. Still, it can be hard to remember this simple step given what's happening to the brain all the while.

 

[LesPlenty]

Yeah, I feel the first warning buzz that it is about to turn off and think, I have a couple more warnings then all of a sudden the long turn off buzz happens as I look for a button to press, stoner reflexes to the rescue...not often.

 

[shredder]

I wish the Mighty had a 3-5 minute timer

In the olden days mightys only had a one minute timer, and 20% less battery.

And the snow was five foot deep as I walked up hill ten miles to school. Both ways!

 

[invertedisdead]

Mine is really good about staying on, I wonder if the sensitivity of the inhale activation was changed during the last refresh?

 

[vapviking]

After several years of use, is it possible for Mighty to become clogged internally, like to the point of restricting the draw?

I know my c/u is working well it is clean and draws easily by itself. Both screens are clean.
It may be that using certain other vapes has spoiled me and I'm just noticing this more now. And I do understand that a tight pack, whether in chamber or capsule, will restrict draw. Mine's a little tight even with nothing in there.

I'm wondering if the air path tube can get clogged? It seems unlikely, I think it may be a pretty large diameter tube but I don't recall seeing its' insides well in photos folks have posted of tear-downs.

 

[tdriver]

After several years of use, is it possible for Mighty to become clogged internally, like to the point of restricting the draw?

I know my c/u is working well it is clean and draws easily by itself. Both screens are clean.
It may be that using certain other vapes has spoiled me and I'm just noticing this more now. And I do understand that a tight pack, whether in chamber or capsule, will restrict draw. Mine's a little tight even with nothing in there.

I'm wondering if the air path tube can get clogged? It seems unlikely, I think it may be a pretty large diameter tube but I don't recall seeing its' insides well in photos folks have posted of tear-downs.

I have opened it to change batteries, under the filling chamber is a about 3cm diameter aluminum pipe ,and a 1cm in diameter cylinder shaped metallic heater in the middle of the pipe, with clearance in between, that's the air path. it is possible to clog it, but highly unlikely. maybe some oil has run down to the air intake/opening..... the temps are not that high there so the oil will probably not melt away. (… just a thought)
btw.
the heater core looks like a hakko 936 soldering iron heater-core modified in a metal enclosure.

 

[shredder]

After several years of use, is it possible for Mighty to become clogged internally, like to the point of restricting the draw?

I know my c/u is working well it is clean and draws easily by itself. Both screens are clean.
It may be that using certain other vapes has spoiled me and I'm just noticing this more now. And I do understand that a tight pack, whether in chamber or capsule, will restrict draw. Mine's a little tight even with nothing in there.

I'm wondering if the air path tube can get clogged? It seems unlikely, I think it may be a pretty large diameter tube but I don't recall seeing its' insides well in photos folks have posted of tear-downs.

I've had luck replacing the bottom screen. Even though it looks clean, even though you may have cleaned it with a q tip, or whatever without removing it, a new screen sometimes can make a difference. Especially those fine meshed screens like the mighty has on the bottom. I havnt had to do this since I started using capsules.

Btw they can be a pain to change, have a spare just in case. There is a tiny groove that it fits in. It's hard to get out. I've ruined a screen taking it out once.

 

[key_investment]

After several years of use, is it possible for Mighty to become clogged internally, like to the point of restricting the draw?

I know my c/u is working well it is clean and draws easily by itself. Both screens are clean.
It may be that using certain other vapes has spoiled me and I'm just noticing this more now. And I do understand that a tight pack, whether in chamber or capsule, will restrict draw. Mine's a little tight even with nothing in there.

I'm wondering if the air path tube can get clogged? It seems unlikely, I think it may be a pretty large diameter tube but I don't recall seeing its' insides well in photos folks have posted of tear-downs.

I actually noticed this as well, mine happen to become "clogged" in under a year though. I bought a mighty in 2017, after a year the battery life tanked pretty bad and it felt really restricted, even though I never use oils and the CUs were clean, the local head shop I bought it from offered to give me another one and I could keep the old one, the new one was amazing, it felt like an entirely different vape. Fast forward to a few weeks ago after about another year or so now and I started to notice the draw was becoming more and more restricting, cleaned the CUs and no difference, replaced the seals and screens like normal etc, no difference.

Not sure whats happening but 2 mightys now have had that happen and it seems you've noticed too and I've seen a few other posts online talking about this issue as well, I've switched back to the good old herbalizer and I'm really enjoying it.

The mighty is good don't get me wrong but, it does have a few issues and I think you could get something cheaper that's just as good, if not possibly better

 

[thestallion69]

A lot of valuable ideas mentioned in this thread for the next S&B portable. The key will be finding which are feasible without making the new vape $500
If I recall correctly the Mighty started selling for $350? The newer one will reach $400 easily!

Mine is really good about staying on, I wonder if the sensitivity of the inhale activation was changed during the last refresh?

I think it's always been the same, that you have to get the current temperature 5°C (or 4°C maybe) below what you set it, that let's the Mighty know you're still using it. The problem is that to do that you need a relatively big rip. Some of my friends are uncomfortable doing that especially with a fresh bowl. This is one of the first features that needs to be addressed!

 

[LesPlenty]

After several years of use, is it possible for Mighty to become clogged internally, like to the point of restricting the draw?

My little Fury2 became very hard to draw on so I did what the manufacturer said not to do, I ran about 100ml of 100% Iso through it. The collected Iso under the unit was honey colored and made good reclaim.
After I ran the Iso through the F2 I left it in front of a fan for a few hours and left it overnight to dry out properly.
I did this about a month ago and it has restored the airflow to what it was meant to be and the unit still seems to be working fine.
I would not recommend doing this with a unit under warranty and only use 99.9% or higher Iso.

 

[Maine420]

Woah, my new Mighty has arrived! Fully charged, just did 1st cap, amazing! Why did I hold out for so long??? Going out to sit on my front porch to enjoy this beautiful day and this beautiful new Mighty vaporizer! It’s only 10:45am on the east coast, I wonder how long I’ll last

I’ll be back with a report later, taters!

 

[letter never sent]

A lot of valuable ideas mentioned in this thread for the next S&B portable. The key will be finding which are feasible without making the new vape $500
If I recall correctly the Mighty started selling for $350? The newer one will reach $400 easily!

It actually launched at $469.

This unit is still on my shortlist of future purchases. If I regularly vaped with others, I'd probably already own one.

 

[mitchgo61]

Woah, my new Mighty has arrived! Fully charged, just did 1st cap, amazing! Why did I hold out for so long??? Going out to sit on my front porch to enjoy this beautiful day and this beautiful new Mighty vaporizer! It’s only 10:45am on the east coast, I wonder how long I’ll last

I’ll be back with a report later, taters!

I got my new one yesterday also.

Wow, what a difference. I’m sure most of it is the slow degradation of the power of my 2015 Mightys, but right away I noticed how much faster it charges, how much longer a charge lasts, how much more powerful the hits are even below 200c, and how much more efficient it is. I got medicated way faster and with less weed than any Mighty session in memory. I also love the little warning vibrations before the auto shutoff. Nice touch.

Puffitup was kind enough to add a snazzy little Mighty stand and a four piece grinder. Also nice to see the Mighty now comes with a dosing capsule....and I decided to break out my capsules and use this new Mighty exclusively with them....can’t bear to dirty up that pristine bowl.

Should’ve bought a new one at least a year ago....the upgrade feels dramatic to me. I may have to get a new one every couple years now.

 

[Baron23]

maybe going full convection to improve the flavor?

Not for me....I like hybrid as I believe a bit of conduction takes the finickiness out of full convection portables (and desktops for that matter).