There’s a reason the Firefly 2 and Pax 2 stand out from other vapes—beyond being big eye-catching kazoos.Grenco’s been one of the smarter logo slappers.It gets branding, and not just because it partners with Snoop Dog for advertising.But while it’s very good at moving product it has struggled with setting itself apart from the nearly identical competition.The new G Pen Elite is the flagship device Grenco needs, and it’s the vape the rest of us deserve.But the G Pen Elite looks less like your usual vape and more like a nose trimmer.Or a masculine vibrator.It’s got that vaguely industrial “I’m a man Jessica” sensibility you see from products at Sharper Image or the dude aisle at CVS.As a lady I don’t hold that against it, lots of devices have more masculine design, but I did get joking comments about it.Often.The teasing would stop when I’d fire the G Pen Elite up and they’d get a decent cloud of vapor.To turn it on you have to press the power button five times and then press and hold it once to heat your substance—potentially annoying, but a nice change from all the accidental firings I’ve done with the Firefly 2.The chamber is all ceramic and much, much deeper than any chamber I’ve seen in a vape before, it makes it a pain to load properly, but it’s designed to not just heat the substance from the bottom, but from the sides as well and it’s meant to heat up, and cool down, very quickly so that you minimize wasted product.With the exception of the Firefly 2 this is the fastest heating vape I’ve ever used.

While my Crafty or a Pax 2 can take thirty seconds or longer to be ready to smoke the G Pen Elite was ready to go in under 10 (the Firefly 2 is virtually instantaneous).It’s also got a crazy good heating range: from as low as 200 degrees Fahrenheit to a potentially lip scorching 428 degrees Fahrenheit.You adjust it using the button on the side and the readout, from current temp to final temp, appears on the small LED display next to the readout for battery life.vaporizer inhaler instructionsI finally settled on 375 degrees as that’s the same temp I often use the Crafty at.hackaday vaporizerBut I was met with a surprise when I tasted the vapor.Noticeably warmer than any vape I’d experienced.vaporizer health concerns

While mouth pieces are notorious for getting hot (the original Pax could be particularly painful), the vapor coming through them is usually not so warm.But with the G Pen Elite you don’t just suck up air through the vape, you have to draw air out of the corners of your mouth as well.So the discrepancy between hot vapor and cool air is noticeable.It doesn’t effect the cloud of smoke you exhale.vaporizer itc depokIt’s still great vapor that will leave you buzzed—it just more pleasant than most.vaporizer kamry x6 kaskusLike shooting vodka instead of gin.“Pleasant” has come to define much of my time with the Grenco G Pen Elite.vaporizer kalamazoo miIt charges quickly via USB and has battery life that last for days of regular use.

It also feels great in my tiny hands and fits easily in a coat pocket or a purse.The thing that takes it from “perfectly pleasant” to near outstanding is the price.That’s damn cheap compared to it’s competitors.The Firefly 2 costs $329.95 and the Crafty retails for $339.Sure those products heat via convection instead of roasting a ceramic chamber, they’re much easier to pull on, and the clouds they produce are enough to fishbowl someone sitting with you, but for nearly half the price the Grenco G Pen Elite is a fantastic deal.The fascination and rapid development of portable vaporizers for ground, plant-based material is hard to ignore, if you’re not living under a rock.Typically, an expensive gadget, Grenco Science has tasked itself with creating a vape for the people, with specs and science that punch above its sub-$200 weight class.Price as Reviewed: $169 at Grenco Science Before I dive into the experience of using the G-Pen Elite, let’s talk about the science of heating elements.

First: Convection heating, which is basically the heat transfer of energy through a medium such as hot air or water.In contrast, conduction heating is the “simpler” method, where heat energy is transferred through the collision of molecules — usually physical contact.Grenco Science technically used both methods of heating elements.This way, you get the both of both worlds, but how?The best vaporizers tend to use convection heating, but that solution not only means a higher cost (for both consumer and manufacturer) but is more difficult to pack into small, pocket vaporizers.Conduction is much easier, thankfully, since the material that will be vaporized just has to be thrown into an oven and heated at a desired temperature.The interior of the Elite’s oven is ceramic, so the heat transfer is more even and immediate (conduction), but there are also four small holes for air flow, which are used when you inhale (convection).Being in such a confined and hot space means that ground material isn’t only heated by physical contact (conduction), but also as if you were heating a brownie with a hair dryer (convection).

It means that you can get a hybrid of both technologies, thus benefiting from the intensity that comes from heating up the contents of the oven, while also using hot air to make it more pleasurable to inhale.Besides getting the science mostly right, the Elite is very straightforward when it comes to the controls.Pressing five times on the main button turns the vape on, followed by setting a temperature from the rocker on the side, and finally pressing the main button for one second completes the process.Grenco Science advertises the Elite as being able to reach desired temperatures under 10 seconds, and that’s been the case so far.An important aspect of using a vape is the cleaning process.Thankfully, that isn’t overly complex: a brush included in the Elite’s box is good for clearing away burn material from the oven and the vent under the mouth piece.Once that is remedied there isn’t too much to worry about.That’s solid as well, but dependent on how the Elite is used.That’s solid as well, but dependent on how the vape is used.

What’s most responsible is the quantity of ground material packed into the oven and what temperature setting is used.So, speaking to battery life can be somewhat subjective, however, I’ve found that when I packed the oven full and set it to maximum temperature of 428° Fahrenheit (220° Celsius), I could use it between two and three times without charging.That’s good performance, and since the Elite charges with micro-USB cables (which are practically everywhere), it’s easy to take out without worrying about forgetting a proprietary charging cradle or something similar.This is one of the best vapes money can buy — under $200.It not only comes with a charging cable, but with a grinder designed as a business card, a pen tool attached to a key ring for managing ground material, and finally that brush I talked about earlier, which is great for maintenance (a necessity).All in all, Grenco Science has a fine vaporizer with the Elite.Of course, there’s room for improvement,, like an even sleeker design or the addition of different colors, even a different style of mouthpiece for those that are interested.