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Loki

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Quite a haul! Always nice to add to the collection.

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True #StonerEngineering!

Ingenious.

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Yeah, the unencrypted nature of the comms in particular is problematic. Hoping this will be remediated at some point (no idea how!)

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If budget is restricted the Anvil is probably not the vape you are looking for! That is one of the probably valid criticisms that can be levelled at it, and at Dyna too for that matter.

I have never tried a Volcano or Crafty, but I have a Mighty, and the OG Pax was actually my first vape. I would reach for the Dyna/Anvil over both 90% of the time, fwiw.

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Yeah, iirc the clicker is in the top of the chamber, not in the oven, and there’s a lot of thermal mass in the copper core overn, so by the time you get that click it’s had a fair bit of time to heat-soak.

For reference, using my single flame torch it typically takes around 45 seconds or so to get to the first click on the Anvil, versus 20-something for my Dynas.

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Good question! It actually has a much more distinct click, and ‘they’ say this vape is all about riding the line (RTL, for those unfamiliar with the phrase, means “riding the line” between vaping and combustion, so a full spectrum big hit is the goal. Not for temp steppers!); which the clicks facilitate.

It uses convection, mostly; the actual chamber is kinda suspended in the oven - you heat the oven, then inhalation draws hot air through the chamber, vaopourising the material.

It has some detractors, largely (as often seems to be the case in vaping world) based on the maker, Vestratto, which I won’t rehash here, but in that respect is remarkably similar to recent drama surroudnding Dynavap and Simrell, for instance. So there are parallels that extend beyond the form factor/tech!

I think it’s not too controversial to say that most of those who hate it don’t have one and wouldn’t get one, while those who have one tend to love it and discount the drama.

I love it! i actually use it most on a Simrell MVS, I find it smoother than the stock stem.

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