Today i received my PHD!
(as in: Purple Heart Device
)
Ordered on sunday and 48h (and 2500km) later it arrived at it's final destination: home!!
Disguised the purchase as a birthday gift to myself so i'll make myself wait till bd-midnight to inaugurate it. Luckily it's only a matter of days...
I did unbox it ofcourse (what did you expect?)
Some first impressions:
-Looks stunning! It's gorgeous!!!
-Wood feels slightly dry but will get smoother from handling after a while (that's what happened to the other) so i won't wax it, at least not for now.
-Button has slightly different design: it's a bit tapered now and protrudes less (or maybe just seems less because of the tapered end). Just a small detail but it looks a bit more classy, more refined because of this.
-It does have a smell straight out of the box. To me it smells a bit like wax that has gone slightly rancid but unsure if this is the smell of Purple Heart-wood or the smell of wax/treatment i'm picking up? Kinda hoping it's wax (think so bc smell reminds me of it) and not the wood itself...
But again: it literally just came out of the box so that's too early to judge
Since i'm not using it just yet I'll let it air it out a couple of days and will clean/do a burn off before first use so i'm not worried about it, i'm quite sure it will dissipate but only time will tell. Curious to hear if other new owners smell it too?
-The new style stems are nice, i like the glass balls but have to try out the stem with the glass screen before i make up my mind. Unsure if and how fast they will clog up after some usage. Might use the cooling balls in a different configuration with the long stock stem so options there.
I did clean the shortest ball stem and will try that one out the coming days to ease my PH waiting game.
The three glass stems included, two with balls, glass screens and mouthpieces, some extra balls and a Ti dosing cap are nice extras! Offer plenty of options!
- Not cheap for sure but otoh i truly love my TM2 so i knew what i was buying:
Great build quality, a super versatile, powerfull little beast with an unparalleled tasty vape signature! Easy to clean easy to use, easy to look at!! And all this bundled in a battery powered vape WITHOUT digital screens, WITHOUT app's or online updates, NO error codes...
Just a zero bullshit device! Fucking Love it!!!
And i guess we are also paying for all the work, time and try outs it took to stabilize the wood, they didn't give up without a fight for sure! Kudos for that! And respect for all the other small enhancements and finetunings along the way!! Great how they keep perfecting without changing direction! Considering all that (woodwork r&d, new parts, new stems, sturdier build) the price difference (basically 50 more?) isn't that huge i think?
So yeah: i told them on several occasions (borderline stalking?
) that i was going to buy it as soon as it dropped so that's what i did!
The price came to 421,- with shipping. Couldn't help but think that 420 would have looked so much nicer! Missed opportunity imo... LoL
Anyway: Such a great vape, really rely on it so worth it to have a backup imo
-It looks stunning (or did i say that already?) Depending on the light it changes from dark brownish to bright red!!
Gorgeous! Looking forward to firing it up with something tasty!!
Goodbye money, good buy!! LoL