I've been using the ALP for a week or two now
It's looks and feels really nice and more sturdy material than I expected from pictures etc
The door is nice, I was concerned it may be flimsy or thin flexible plastic but it is a quality, solid and sturdy material
the corner parts in the airpath - a very small section that is PEEK the same mould as the part around the bowl/chamber - then silicone to glass to silicone and again a tiny bit of I assume peek before the MP (it's cool by here anyway)
So not an ideal airpath especially for purist preferences, but all safe and no difference to a mighty or HR or v3pro etc in safety - less plastic really and can taste the difference
It tastes similar to a VC in some ways
That convection type flavour with a tiny bit of conduction
Great untainted flavour
There's a few ways to use it, and I tried a number of different combinations of methods etc (session, on demand, different temps/draw speeds etc)
Down low and in what you think are normal running temps you can taste some really nice things, but you don't get lots of any visible clouds - you still get a hit just not mega hard and my brain likes to see the vapour
In session mode I find around 420/430 is the best for me - very quick heat up like this, 15 secs
You get more clouds and a better hit
After all the testing my favourite way to use it is not how you would expect but it is the goods
- On demand mode on full temp in wax mode 465f
When it gets to temp you get a decent cloud on first draw
Sesh is over in 3/4 draws maybe ?
Nice hits nice flavours good cloudage quick extraction
AVB is dark and pretty even no char
The two draw speed I found were super long and slow
Or nice big draws at a decent inhale
The latter is the best all round IMO
AVB below is from the on demand full temp hard draw method
At first I used it as is out of the box
Next I quickly removed the little screen near the chamber as it clogged quickly, was not needed and the unit works better without it all together anyway - better airflow, cloud and flavour
The unit works fine like this - it empties easily if you turn it upside down the right way the avb falls out
At first it could get stuck on the round diffuser thing
This was easy to brush off, but small bits of avb tend to get stuck around the area in the circle part and the edges etc
Becomes annoying to blow or pick off as it's sticky with reclaim
It can be easy if you learn the way, but it also can be messy if you don't know and a pita
I ended up putting a mighty wide mesh screen over the top of the bowl when packed
This works really well and keeps the entire unit clean
You just turn it over and the puck and screen fall out the ALP is clean then with absolutely no avb sticking around
Makes the unit much much better to use and more practical
Before this it was not going to be good outdoors as a portable
Now it is simple to use no mess at all
These changes with the two screens produce great clouds and vapour, better hits and flavour and a much more usebale vape
I tried with the gold circle piece removed and just the mighty screen
It worked well but the post was a little short to hold the screen in place fully
With a really full bowl it works fine and better again
I leave the gold circle in with the mighty screen so I don't have to pack a huge bowl every time
Iuse a small aluminium funnel I got off the gate or Ali ages ago to pack it with more ease and less crumbs around the chamber - it isn't needed but makes it quicker/more carefree (again dosing caps will be everything to this vape)
I think the dosing caps will make this thing a brilliant portable because it will eliminate all the packing and cleaning issues some people have
I always prefer caps especially on the go
I would remove the round gold part once I have caps as well as the small screen and no longer use the mighty screen
Very cool vapour on this vape I can take huge draws easily without coughing
At the very start I was a bit underwhelmed by the hit
It worked well but I see all the hype of the TM and this is meant to hit the same way according to FC owners
Then I realised it might be because I am only using my ball injector vape for months now and it absolutely smashes any other vapes I have
Ball vapes are the thing we wanted all along
I went a few days just using portables and I also blew up my PID again so am without a ball vape for a bit and have been testing the portables against the ALP
Before I got my baller I was pretty much only using the wand/Daab and dv on a bong as it had me happy at that stage and was hitting hard - it also finishes a sesh in 2/3 draws
So I've been testing the ALP side by side with that set up and I think the ALP hits harder
I definitely got very stoned hitting them back to back a few times lol
I do think the ALP hits like a truck - for a portable and for all the old vapes we have been marketed for years
But against the ball injector vapes it hits like a mini truck and the ballers are like Mack trucks hahaa
So yea, this is a really nice vape that hits super hard with anything in its category (although I can't say I have tried a TM yet)
At the price I paid I'm stoked
At $450 odd AUD I am not sure if I would love it as much - but I think it hits harder than a mighty with quicker extraction, better flavour and a more refined finish (and less plastic)
These vapes in this category need to price them a bit better I believe, but in this range of vapes this one is one of the top ones I would say
Battery life is amazing and changes in different modes but I got almost 10/12 bowls in on demand
Remove the little screen
Once dosing caps are here remove the round diffuser
Once dosing caps are here it will make this vape a real contender - I really look forward to them
If I hadn't got a baller a few months ago I think I'd be in a big honeymoon with this vape
I still love it and will use it as my cordless vape from now on
It will replace the edge/v3pro for outings, especially once dosing caps are here
Is it better than an edge or v3pro? Yes it is for a number of reasons and some by a bit
Is it $320 AUD extra better? Not sure if the value is there tbh unless you have enough spare cash, but the quality and performance is definitely better
The difference between this vape and others in the same price range though is that you get - a lifetime warranty AND huge discounts on updated and new models as a customer loyalty program - that's impressive and adds a lot more value to the price in comparison to the competition
Above with mighty screen plus small removed and clean, and then below without and small screen in
You can see the bits stuck on the round bit below and less use and reclaim
Above a lot more use and reclaim but no mess stuck anywhere
airvapeusa.com
Another video showing cleaning but helps understand things too, not the easiest to maintain but certainly not the worst, also has a glass tube that some are filling with terp pearls,
