Any one concerned that new pluses may not be running as hot as the original ticker models, rest assured the new pluses are just as hot as the original tickers. My first unit was an original ticker from march last year, which died and was replaced with a non-ticker in December that was running really cold. I, like some here I've noticed, began to grow concerned the newer clouds were not running as hot as the original versions. Already just from the couple of sessions (with only kief and C02 wax, not even flowers) I've had with my new plus, it seems to be running just as hot, if not hotter than my original ticker (which would not combust at max, but would get close and blacken herb).
After a 2 cap kief bowl at 4 o clock my kief was a very dark brown, and it vaped all the kief in just one hit. The replacement non ticker I received in December struggled to vape straight keif even at max, but it was a faulty unit.
Oh, I'm so stoned I nearly forgot. Not only is the plus running as hot as the original tickers, it is much much cooler to the touch. After 30 minutes (@ 4 o'clock) was genuinely only warm, and not arguably hot like the original tickers could get.
All in all, I absolutely feel like the plus is a legitimate upgrade to the original ticker version, with no sacrifices being made. I have not tested heat up times, but it does go green very quickly. It's so fast I'm sure it could use some more time to heat up after going green, but the unit is definitely outputting more heat. So the quicker red to green time, is not just due to a change of at what temp for each setting will the unit change to green status, but does in fact seem to be due to greater heat output. Although still possibly combined with a lower threshold for the "green status".