As I had mentioned in some other posts, a dear friend is expanding my horizons and lending me a few of his vapes to try one after another.

I have gone through the Air Vape XS, then the CFX from Boundless, and then I got to try the enano log vape for a couple of days.

I keep saying I'm not writing a review, that this is Bud's rice bowl and not mine. But then I keep writing reviews so f*ck it...I'm writing a review. LOL

By the by, Bud nailed the enano in his vid review found here: http://www.vapecritic.com/vaporizers/e-nano/ I can't disagree with a single thing he said. Spot on, IMO.

Overall Impression - I LOVE IT. Its an electric version of my dearly beloved VapCap OG. Very small amount for a load, three tokes out of a load, and near perfect extraction. It seems well made and feels very nice to the hand. And at about $200 fully equipped with a GonG bowl, its right at $200! :-$

What it is - For those of you who have been a round vaping for a while, log vapes are nothing new. Been around for a long time. But if you aren't familiar with this phylum of vapes, they are called log vapes because they are generally sheathed in wood and are round, like a log. From Epic's site, this is kind of an overview of the basic kit with log heater, power cord/controller, and straight dry stem. This all you need to start and start well but I would advise anyone to get a GonG bowl.


How it works - the log is the heating element. Inside the large cavity seen at the top of the log is a vertical thinner stem that is the heating element that has a ceramic core, I believe. See pic below. The bowl or oven is built into the stem or GonG. You put a bit of herb in the oven, mate the oven to the log (turning the log upside down and putting it on the stem to do this so your herb doesn't just fall out :-O ). You draw through the stem, this pulls air from the heater through your oven and convection vapes your herbs very well.


Conduction vs Convection - This is a convection vape. Now, the glass on the stem does get hot (they have silicone heat guards on there so you can handle them) but I don't think its enough to seriously contribute conduction but it might a little bit.

Stems and GonGs - The standard stem and Gong have a basket shaped screen that easily inserts into the glass. The baskets go in with the bottom facing the oven...so, it doesn't act like a basket, it just looks like one. The basket actually forms the bottom of the oven with the walls being the glass as shown here

In the second picture from the top, I removed the silicone guard from the GonG so you can see basket placement. Here is a close up.

By the by, this silicone guard is the old style and is a complete PIA to get on/off for soaking in ISO (I guess you could soak the guard but that's too half-ass for me...silicone doesn't need to soak). On the dry stem (long piece of glass) pictured above still has the guard on. The new style of guard is much improved over just a piece of tubing cut and slipped over the glass. The new guards look like this:


This is the nano on a C2 WP with the GonG


Basket screen placement - with the standard stems and GonGs, you need to place the depth of the basket to form the oven. So, you can have a larger load or a smaller one. The key is that for whatever you load, you need to keep about 3/16" - 1/4" of space between the top of your load the the end of the heating element when it is installed on the stem. If you look at the first picture above, and look at the bottom of the straight stem, you can see a little ring about 1/4" - 5/16 or so from the end. When you put the log on it, this is where the end of the heater will be. I know this sounds confusing but its really a cinch. Just put your herb in it, check to see if you have enough/too much space, and change basket depth appropriately (a #2 pencil end or small dowel will work perfectly...as will a chopstick and BBQ skewer as I proved this week! LOL). The GonG doesn't seem to have this subtle line (or the one I was lent doesn't) but its exactly the same. Epic has, however, released stems and GonGs with a glass screen built in. So, no more adjusting basket height but you give up some flexibility on load size, I believe. The stem with glass screen looks like this:


Load Size - I ran .05 grams. That's right...50 milligrams. Half of a GH load and about all I can fit into my VapCap. I LIKE this small load size as I can choose to vape multiple loads or stop after one. I vape about .1 g before bedtime as a sleep aid with my damaged back. This vape was perfecto mundo. I am sure I could run .1 and .15 g also without a hiccup. Not sure of max size but I would bet you can go even bigger....maybe up to .25 g or so?? I also ran a small bit of herb, some pollen on top of the herb, and a little wee hemp fiber filter on top of that to keep the pollen from falling into the heating element. THAT load was a "Say goodnight, Grace" moment. :-! X-)

Temperature - Bud was exactly right in his review. The dial on the power cord is linear and the vape-able range on this dial is fairly small. I also think they would be well served to expand this part of the power range to provide greater precision but it sure didn't negatively impact using it so there is that. I started at 8 on the dial which was a bit too hot. No real good taste, good vapor though. I found 7-7.5 to be a sweet spot for me.

The Vapor - was wonderful. Much like my VapCap with .05 g, the first draw is very flavorful but also nicely visible. The second draw was the money shot. The third was just clean up. Now, I did stir at the end to get one last draw from it but I don't think its necessary. Taste good, was dense, was hard hitting, and my AVB was perfect.

Cleaning and maintenance - nothing really to clean but the glass and screens. Piece of cake. Screens are a buck apiece from Epic but Delta 3D Studios sells a tool to turn regular SS flat screens into bucket screens for the nano. I have no idea how well it works and to me, for a buck each I'm buy 20 of them and be set for quite a while...yeah?!

Portability and stealth - none. LOL And it has glass (but this some thick ass glass) and glass does break but replacements are affordable and if handled with even just a modicum of care the glass will be fine. As far as the log, perhaps wax the wood once in a while to keep it nice, that's pretty much it.

In summary, I found the nano to be easy to use, to be flexible for a wide range of load sizes, minimal crap to break, and excellent vapor. I plan to buy one...maybe Black Friday.

Next up, the VapeXhale Cloud EVO which will be the last of the loaners as I have gone through them all! LOL

Cheers