Oh, yeh I had VAS over that thing and never got around to getting one as I am broke. Most of my experience came from Vgoodiez hosting Vapolooza once a year and showing me all his gear, vids from Vape Critic and tear-downs by Randy's tear downs (soon to do a Splinter Z). But hell yeh that same montra. Build like a brick shit house, has simple controls and fast heat up and delivers full, cool vapor.
Here is my high level construction thoughts... Please let me know what you all think.
Most of the vaporizers that are of good quality either use metal as the frame and add ergonomic panels or they use a plastic skeleton and wrap it in something sexy. Now armed with the gift of tooling RBT can now design past standard parts. One big black high end vape has rounded edges to encourage that you don't stand it upright as it has a chance to be knocked over... but then you cant stand it up to fill the load chamber. Is the ideal construction one that lays down and can be filled like the FF? I appreciate this about the FF and the integrated cooling that they have is really slick. My thought is to have the same design but put the load chamber, button and LED on one side, the cooling on the other? My go to is an aluminum sub frame with the edges exposed. This will make for a rigid construction for surviving drops as it is most likey to hit and edge and be "point loaded" as if you drop it on the face the load is distributed over a larger surface area. Then on the load chamber side make wood panel insert (non removable) that is classy and on the other side have the vapor cooling ... probably in SS and possibly anodized aluminum. On top end have the mouthpiece that protrudes... but not too much. I think this is something that comes to mind between the PAX 1 and 2. The idea is a "no plastic" exterior. This might require some internal frame work be plastic... but the idea is a high end polished look and sexy from on the outside.
The inlet air would enter through aluminum frame or wood panel. Ideally it would be screened to prevent lint from entering but would most likely deploy a series of small holes. Some might me disappointed with the flow resistance as this will be slightly less flow than the current RBT tech. The idea is to have a 15-20 second draw as minimizes the flow variation and the slower speed means more even roasting. Ideally it would have a variable orifice but given that aim of this is for it to be easy to use with a small learning curve, the range of variation would be minimal if any.
The heater will be an adaptation of one of the 2015 provisional patent designs (see RBT www) that should make better vapor quality as it is of a square profile and it will be housed in a ceramic housing. The load chamber will be of the same ceramic and more than likely have a "POD" which will have a top that is removed before insertion. Any mass between the load and the heater is sure to rob heat so ideally there isn't a lid. If not, it is important for the herb to stay in place and not get stuck in screens etc. that are hard to clean. Ideally there would be a large and a small pod but this might prove difficult if a spacer of some sort isn't used.
With these thoughts in mind I am back to sketching out the high level architecture of the design to see what major elements go were in the packaging as well as general size.
Please comment on any thing that need to be added or changed. aka if you think there is value in having a constant battery charge indicator rather than just a blinking light when the battery is low ... there are no wrong answers.
Thoughts are the button will be metal, like SS, Ni, or Brass and the mouthpiece would be metal or ceramic. USB would be on the end. ideally battery will be replaceable with a few screws and a plug but might end up fully integrated if the unit under average use seems like it will last 3 years.
...and this belongs in the SEED thread so sorry for cross pollinating lol.
