A new way to score and measure vapor quality - per hit

I’ve put together a new metric for rating vapor quality and potency.

Previously my vapor graphs focused on a generic ‘hit strength’ that combined flavor, volume, and potency - but I found that the numbers were too ambiguous when comparing.

This new scoring system is called PFVS. It scores each hit on 4 characteristics.
Punch
Flavor
Volume
Smoothness

I’ve found that scoring a vapor hit in each of these categories adequately and accurately describes differences in the vapor.

Each hit is graphed on a simple Radar chart so vapes or vape configurations can be compared at a per-hit level or per-sesh level.

Here’s a demonstration of the PFVS in use. I compared 4 IO Hornet bowls and graphed each of the hits.

The full test results and write up are here - IO Hornet Bowl Comparison & Vapor Differences - PFVS Scoring - 420 VapeZone

I’ve made my PFVS Vapor Scoring sheet available for download if anyone wants to print off their own copies

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Holy smokes I love this! Great idea

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This is very neat. It reminds me of Mei Leaf’s tea wheels. They use eight points instead of four, but it’s a good way to compare teas. I look forward to your further development of the system.

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That graph is giving me Call of Duty® flashbacks from a couple of years ago, when I was trying to figure out how best to upgrade my weapons.

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That was the inspiration years ago! It’s what started my vape ranking spreadsheet - which became too many categories to radar chart

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You could have sub threads or more simply a new category where community members could use this scale to gauge each individuals subjective interpretation of a particular setup or method, device specific. Like a Frolic vapor thread where we share our personal scores and on down the DHV line. Everyone has a different style or taste to their experience so nothing too scientific since strain type would play a heavy roll on that performance as well. It could be very useful tool to some who may open up about using a favorite device differently. It would be a blast to see fellow users gauged experiences with a particular vape and temp range. It might help expand new horizons within the shared experiences in the community.

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This is extremely cool, I love it!

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My mental outlook (assburgers) always is open to new ways to quantify variables.:ok_hand::100::rofl:

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indeed!

several people had asked for copies of my previous testing sheets, which is why i made this one available for download

hopefully it helps bring more meaning to community vape opinions

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This is great…nice job, buddy! Hopefully we can use this to refine and clarify how we speak about vapor.

Because this is subjective, it would be cool to have a sizable sample of rankings for the same vapes, but from different vaporists, so we could create an aggregate diagram, as well. That could help remove any individual bias.

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