I bought an Ace a couple months ago and I absolutely love it. I had a starry 4 for out and about and while I liked it, I did find it hard to deal with the capsules. So I looked for something similar but with a round chamber. The Ace has been since my go to device for out of home. I really like it can get to those high temps for traditional hash and wax and in my opinion it does a great job with weed too. Since I use it on the go, I only use it with capsules for weed. It was hard for me to find the right capsules. The cahmber is verylong but thin. I tried flowermate and dynavap hard capsules but I did not like them (they take too long to get warm enough). I finally tried some mesh capsules I had for the Impcognito and those work wonders. I put the Ace at 220C and as soon as I get haptic feedback that is ready I can get a big cloud, no extra waiting time. At that temps the capsule is completely done in 4 minutes. The funny thing is that the chamber is deep enough to get two capsules at the same time. If I go that route I put the Ace at 200C as otherwise I cant cope with the amount of vapor it produces. I find it really amazing (and I have had a lot of portables like TM, TP80, Mighty +, tried the Venty and a lot of other poratbles and currently using an ALP and a BAKx at home).
With hash and wax I just wrap them in organic cotton and they work fine (at 240C or 255C). And the ejector is absolutely great to take the cotton cilider out once the session is over (usually 10 minutes)
For me the cons are that at 240-255C it gets really hot after 7-8 minutes (although I can still use it) and that flavour is just average and getting really worse if you dont keep the CU clean, and that CU gets quickly full of reclaim (I am not using the CU metal filter and I guess that does not help with reclaim).
Also, my Starry 4 has the white ceramic coating of the chamber really dirty and I cant clean it. The chamber in the Ace, since it has not ceramic coating, is way easier to keep clean.
Re the capsules, I bought them long ago from Mistvape and I dont dont know where to buy them anymore, which is a pitty. is anyone else using capsules and which ones?
I am seriously considering buying a second unit as backup, but this desing is already 4 years old and I guess at some point Xmax will come out with something better? I had a Roffu and sold it cause I did not like it. HAvent tried a V3 Pro propperly but going only to 220C is a no no for wax and hash... so for only 90EUR I guess I will end up bitting and getting a second one.
Lastly, thanks to @
vapormachina. It was watching his videos what made me order a vape that is 4 years old and I am very happy with it