Linx Eden

The Eden's quartz oven is small, 13mm across and 11mm deep, and every bit of vapor the convection air pulls out of it passes through one metal filter screen at the base of the mouthpiece. That screen is where this device chokes. Linx says weak vapor once the Eden has hit temperature is almost always a clogged mouthpiece filter rather than a heating fault.

1. Power down and let it cool: The manual says to clean only with the device off and fully cooled, and warns that the atomizer area stays hot after a session.

2. Unscrew the mouthpiece: It threads off the body the same way it does for loading. It then splits into two halves: the metal section, holding the filter section and filter screen, and the glass section, which is a quartz glass tube seated in a metal fitting.

3. Open the filter section: Linx has you use a small screwdriver to unscrew the filter section from the metal mouthpiece section, then soak both pieces in isopropyl. Their instructions range from about one hour to two, so anywhere in between is fine, and finish with a cotton swab.

4. Clean the glass separately: Pull the quartz tube out of its fitting and work a cotton swab dipped in isopropyl over the inside and outside of the tube and the metal base until clear.

5. Brush the quartz chamber: Sweep the spent material out with the supplied Eden brush, then swab the chamber interior with a swab that is damp rather than dripping. Keep alcohol away from the three vertical air holes in the steel casing.

6. Swap screens rather than scrub them: The manual treats the filter and screen as replaceable and the box ships four spare screens. Gaia filter screens and the Gaia mouthpiece filter do not fit the Eden, so order Eden parts.

7. Soak the lava plates: The stainless steel plates go into isopropyl for one hour, then want about fifteen minutes to air dry before their next use.

Linx asks for the mouthpiece filter to be cleaned every two or three bowls. Empty the chamber by tapping into your hand, because knocking the Eden on a table is what presses the top thread into the shell and leaves the cap sitting proud. Setting one lava plate on top of loosely packed herb also keeps that filter clear for longer. For the battery, allow three to four hours to charge, do not vape while it is plugged in and do not leave it charging overnight. If it flashes all four LEDs then dies, leave it on charge for more than eight hours to bring an overdrained cell back.