So, after spending a little bit of time with my new 'old' Cloud+, I've come to a few conclusions.
First, I love this damn thing. I missed the Cloud badly. After having two FakeXhales die on me, and no EVO international availability, I was stuck Cloudless. I bought an E-Nano, which I sill love, but it doesn't quite do it for me like the Cloud. I use the Nano now for small pieces that the Cloud is too bulky for, and for oil on stainless wool where the Nano really shines.
But the Cloud just kills it on big hitting for flowers.
So, when I saw Australian Vaporizers had listed Cloud+ again, with HT only, presumably to move thier stock of old HTs before all the new stuff comes along, I bit the bullet and paid $585AU for the package with the VXL Hydracirc 2.0.
It was a hard decision to make. First, it felt strange to spend that much on an item which already has the next gen replacement out (just not avail here yet), and to spend that much on an item I bought a couple of for much cheaper and they died on me. Also, I was forced to spend the extra $185 for a HT package when I never wanted a HT (never had one) and have plenty of great glass.
But, well, it's a Cloud. And I wanted another one. Now.
So, a few differences between this unit and my FakeXhales. I dont still have them so can only operate on memory but visually the only difference seems to be the knob on this model is black with a white line and I think the knobs on the fakexhales were silver?
This unit runs noticeably cooler than the others. At first I was quite annoyed by that. I like a dark coffee ABV. This unit, on max, gives me a dark caramel colour, one that most here would probably be satisfied with, but I like it dark
But that's with the unit on max. Which is where it has to stay when I use it.
But, then I realised and discovered one reason it runs 'cooler', this model has noticeablely less resistance than the Fakexhale models. It runs almost free flow. Remarkably low drag. I thought maybe less restrictions in the bamboo but as I was looking at it I realized it's not less restrictions, but the holes in the restrictions are larger. A good amount larger. Hence the air slows down less and heats less.
BUT, I've come to love the lower resistance and come to be satisfied with the roast level (albiet with the unit on MAX). Plus I use the ABV anyway so the remaining actives don't go to waste.
So, I'm not sure what that means. If this is from a batch/design earlier than the Fakexhale models, or what?
I don't know. Build quality wise the halves were aligned and the bamboo seems more stable and solid in it's position than it did on the Fakexhales.
And that HT I didn't want but had to buy? I'm currently using nothing but it. lol. I love it.
It's a low drag piece, and filling it with warm water just above the circ, and using this low drag Cloud is like heaven. Virtually just like taking a normal deep warm damp breath, this one just happens to bring a LOT of vapour with it.
And I do use it for oil, also. Just roll a bit in flowers and put it between flowers in the ELB and damn it's got me spewing shit on the message board.
So it must be working very well. lol.
Very, very happy with the purchase. Especially since, as I noted earlier in the thread, Australian Vaporizers, a highly reputable company, are themselves giving a 1yr warranty on the units, and will replace a faulty unit with another Cloud+ if they have one, or credit the purchase price (minus the HT of course).
That gives me MORE piece of mind than an official VXL warranty would, no offence to anyone.
I just noticed though that they no longer have any in stock.
Anyone else here one of the other buyers?
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