Please let me know if I missed anything!
I understand the unit not being offered for free eliminates many of you in this forum. While we're interested to improve our product before commercial release, we've required a 50% purchase price at the end of the trial so that we can begin to profile our BUYER demographic. If one is not interested in purchasing after trying the vape, that helps us learn who not to market to as well. If that means it's not you, no worries. Maybe we'll catch you down the road. Or maybe our product isn't a good fit for you ever.
We'll offer two versions, the borosilicate heat cover option is $399, a poly-carbonate heat shield version for $299. See picture difference here -->
https://ibb.co/wJzPrGR
As for what makes us different:
- We've designed an inert hot zone (see image above).
- The element has more surface area and a tapered baffle around the element's hot spot to increase air velocity, thus creating a more efficient thermal exchange without sacrificing ease of inhalation.
- I'm unfamiliar with others' circuits offhand, but we have auto-power inhalation attenuation, which normalizes the heat drawn over the herb sample according to power draw from the users breath.
- We utilize Grade 2 Titanium screens in the vape zone; others use stainless steel or brass.
- Patent pending multi-layered thermal isolation and integrated cooling makes this an all day workhorse vape, where many others' products get uncomfortably hot to the touch, we took the time to properly deal with the secondary heat problem.
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- Our Desktop Pro model uses clear parts so that users can easily inspect the equipment for foreign objects and cleanliness.
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- Lastly, and maybe most socially important right now, we've designed the standard Desktop Pro model's aesthetics to be neutral; devoid of the 1970's counter-culture that is often off-putting to former prohibitionists and the scientific community at large. We wanted a user experience that my Grandma would feel comfortable having, and that would make it more difficult for others to stereotype and judge. Not that we won't offer fun upgrades in the future, but for this model we wanted the user experience to be that of a scientific control, or the least bit bias effecting towards the users experience. Society is watching us closely right now; this is our attempt to help us be responsible with that perception. Thus making it easier for health and wellness professionals to recommend our equipment, while minimizing their concern of sending a user into an otherwise often perceived abuse culture.
- The above points all contribute to what we dub 'Laboratory Grade'.
There currently does not exist a 3rd party industry design quality certification in this space. So for now, yes, we only have our own brand reputation as collateral to stake for our own word. If a 3rd party design standard certification becomes available, we will seek to certify by it. In the meantime, I hope you can see that our transparency and scientific nuances of material choices provides for an up front discussion of the real problems that many other manufacturers ignore…
The voltage in the element drops as the heat is drawn off the element, the circuit senses this and kicks back on to auto-balance; although it's not a perfect leveling, it still provides for a major hedging effect. In the future we'll provide graphs to show in chamber temperature fluctuations.
No, not at this time. Although our choice of materials does provide the user the ability to sanitize the product.
We've heard this one a few times now and we have product development plans to make this as an alternative option. Thank you for the feedback! As well, a smaller micro-dosing wand is in the works.
Onsen Origin: In Japan, an onsen is a natural hotspring providing a relaxing experience. A little more on the history of onsens -->
http://bit.ly/OnsenOrigin
Perhaps offer a smaller bowl attachment for Micro-Dosing as your current loading chamber is not designed for those users.
