I know from reading the PAX forum that there seems to be a dedicated, rather intense cleaning routine - what have you guys seen for the Cera in terms of where it should be cleaned and how often?
Based on the experience of T1 and other TV products it should be quite easy and rare. The parts in contact with the herb are basically metal and ceramic. You can soak them in darn near anything you want. Alcohols and similar solvents will no doubt be commonly used. A favorite being high proof Isopropyl alcohol. However, you can also
boil them, or run them through the dishwasher (be careful of the wife on this one) or any handy autoclave. It's basically a medical grade instrument in that respect.
However, I don't expect to have to do it as much as other TV products needed it. Identified problem areas, like the output grid on T1 that jammed first have been eliminated. Lots of areas are now basically self cleaning.
Before I'd clean when draw got restricted or taste buildup dictated. I no longer expect the first and expect the second to be lesser. I'll probably clean when I get bored or when changing strains and wanting to start with a fresh slate.
So clean the cartridge, cap and mouthpiece as often as you feel like it in most any way you care. "It's all good".
but maybe it's just us europeans not being used to comparative advertising...
I do believe you've hit it square on the head. It's a cultural thing. Here we're bombarded with negative ads, we just went through a nasty nasty election that saw half the country demonizing the other. Very thinly disguised class warfare of a disgusting nature (IMO) between car and soft drink ads. It's the rare auto ad that does not hold a competitors car up as an example of what the other fellow's car is superior to. So TV implying that some people might not have like some (unnamed really) vapes but should consider Cera seems almost logical some how. It can very easily escape notice.
While you might (rightly) say "europeans not being used to comparative advertising", I might counter, "perhaps we upstart Colonials are
too used to it"? We've become numb from being beat about the head and shoulders with negative ads hour after hour. Sad, really.
We are different people. It's not a traffic violation to make eye contact with another driver here you know. It's not only common to glare, but it's often coupled to shouted references to the other fellow's mother, or expressions of contempt (usually with a gesture made with one hand you may be familiar with). Every day. And this is not even New York......
We feel different about our Queens here too, BTW.
Been lurking on this tread as it is almost the only forum out there discussing the Cera.
I'm curious about why TV chose to go with an iron heating element.
First off, welcome to the fun, good folks, good information IMO.
Yeah, having the latest on this guy right here and the principals involved on line is super, isn't it? I'm lovin' it.
In simple terms the specific alloy they chose was deemed
the best for the job. Stainless steel adds taste, even though minorly and therefore impact the purity of delivered vapor. Or so part of the logic goes. You fine iron used in top end cookware for a reason. Same reason is in play here. Remember one of the principals is an MD and a true 'nut case' on the issue. Purity above all else, the absolute
best materials available for the job. I actually guessed the exact alloy used, a lucky guess based on using it many years ago for a different but also very demanding application. Once you start down the path, you end at a class of alloys all with high iron content. Then again, while Stainless Steel also has a very high iron content, there's some surface material science going on there in the top few atomic layers that keeps it from rusting is all. By way of clue, something similar happens in Cera.
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