Just had my first two bowls through my Elite.
Thanks for all of your efforts Mike and Alan.
I can already tell that this guy packs a punch. It does indeed heat up fast.
As this is my first go with an Alan style heater I'm certain that my technique will improve. At the 30 watts it was set to out of the box, I could pull pretty hard and the heater could definitely keep up. There was some browning on the first load.
Second load I turned it down to 28 watts and drew faster while pulsing the button as the heat really crept up on me for the first hit or two. This went very well and managed to get mostly even browning. I'm not very willing to stir so I was glad to get these results.
All hits, including the first, were very large.
Taste was great and I'd imagine it will only get better as it seasons.
The stem sits firmly in the wood. The Elite is about 2 inches shorter than my 510 vapes. It is much more stable standing up than the 510 vapes.
Overall fit is great. The buttons and face plate look nearly seamless. The battery door fits has solid action with the magnets yet slides off very easily. There is zero play in the buttons.
Since it's fresh wood that has just spent two days traveling in the US Northeast in early March, it was cold and the wood was bone dry. However after a brief interlude with some bomb ass butter it was looking dapper.
The inside corner where the purple heart and walnut meet has a bit of a gap but aside from that it looks really great. Especially considering how few
@Bravesst has made.
I'm anxious to play with some of the profiles and really see what this guy can do.
Thanks Mike. I'm proud to own one of these powerful and flexible vapes.