Thanks
@mitchgo61 ...and there is like a 10 - 12 second warm-up time? Does it reach a Steady state temperature or does it reach a peak and then drop off?
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Yes, as has been noted, it takes about 4 seconds to start to glow, then very quickly reaches its peak heat temp, then trails off. You can literally watch the orange glow dim during the cycle. The bottom red line of that chart is how I've observed it working...the FF appears to hit max temp and then flatten out for the back half of the cycle (as HD says above).
I believe the ff's heat cycle is also thermostatically controlled, not completely positive though.
edit: I see it's been covered
Though that chart references "room temperature", I've never noted it making much difference, with the exception that a cold FF takes a hit or two longer to really start coaxing big vapor. This isn't due to the coil acting differently but rather a reflection of taking longer to heat up colder air. (In other words, I don't believe the heating element knows or cares what the ambient temps are...it just runs through its usual cycle, heats to whatever temp it's calibrated to heat to, and the exigencies of vaping in colder or warmer temps then exert themselves, having nothing to do with the FF's functionality.)
I'm like the biggest FF fan on the planet, and even I think that chart contains a bit of "promo-speak". At best it somewhat overcomplicates, or overstates, the way the FF heat cycle actually operates.
