I keep this for a spare. It got me truly into vaporizing habitually so I give it props for that, but after getting my Haze I didn't realize how lacking it really was.
First I never used it for anything but dry herb. I felt it wasn't worth trying the other cartridges on a cheap item and possibly break it. Except with very strong herb, there really isn't enough room to get you totally off with one session, and my battery never gave me more than one session of about 10-15 min. The vapor quality is OK, a lot better than my cheap crap pens I had which was part combustion, but it isn't terrific. The size is nice and it is easy to use. I liked it, but had to supplement my vaping with smoking which was not what I had in mind when I got it.
My need to still combust with it was mostly because of a messed up battery system. I often had to charge the battery about 4-6 hours to get a full session again. It was very inconsistent that way. Sometimes 3-4 hours of charging would get me my 15 min, sometimes it needed 8. I never had to replace the pen, but I understand other users have had a full charge from about 1-2 hours. I could get a few draws after 15-20 min, but that doesn't make it for me. So having the sole option of using one, attached, irreplaceable, and temperamental battery was a big draw back. It also doesn't tell you when it's fully ready, you have to guess. It only tells you when you can take a few puffs again
Worse, in the nine months or so I used this regularly I must have replaced the dry herb cartridge about every six to eight weeks. The last one did last quite a long time compared to the others so perhaps they are better made now, but I swear it just kept falling apart one way or another. I would try gluing it back together, but things just kept coming apart, it's not well made.
Of course no replacements were ever sent to me, and I had to wait a long time as I didn't know of the Quickdraw version of this and just used the V2 site.
So OK would I recommend this to a person with a very small budget new to vaping? I guess so, because it is so easy to use, but I would have them buy the Quickdraw from a trusted vapor store. Because of the battery and size issues, it really isn't a good all vape option, but perhaps a good way to transition someone from combustion to vaping. I also have now learned about things like the Magic Flight Box, which though I have not used, seems like a much better machine for the extra $50 or so. Still now that I got a superb piece like Haze V3 I won't ever look back to the V2 except in an emergency.
