Nir
Overrated
To be honest, I don't really understand why people go nuts on the IQ. The ceramic oven, air path, flavour chamber and even mouth piece are pretty nice. Very easy on the lungs even for a cougher like myself, but it's a pure conduction vape, CONTRARY to what Davinci themselves claim: "While all of our vaporizers are actually a hybrid of both heating methods, they are closer to conduction than convection." Seriously, I've no idea what they're talking about. The Ascent or IQ (Never used the original one) are as 100% conduction vaporizers as they get. Draw resistance was pretty annoying, and it being a conduction vape means you probably want your oven packed, which is why you get the adjustable pearl. The App is a complete joke. It looks nice initially, but I could rarely get it to connect to the IQ on the first go. It would also crash frequently. It's like this App was developed just because the IQ doesn't have the same display as the Ascent, so you can't program the presets unless you use it. When vaping @ 200C/392F or higher the it gets STUPID hot, and if you think that the OFFICIAL silicone glove they offer helps, you will be sadly mistaken. I cannot even begin to understand why would they make a vaporizer this compact, with an all metal exterior. Usually, at the end of a session, I need to swap batteries but the device gets so hot that the battery gets jammed inside the holder. I either force it out or wait for the device to cool. But the biggest thing that bothered me the most was the extraction efficiency. The CFX... Tera... Mighty, they all hit so much harder, and the feeling lasts CONSIDERABLY longer. The whole 'discreet' thing is pure nonsense, in my opinion. What? You think that if it's harder to spot a vape in your hand, people will somehow miss the huge cloud of weed smell you're generating? Honestly, 3 stars is being generous.


