No, the heater on the Elev8 desktop vaporizers like the Silver Surfer, Super Surfer and Da Buddha have in reality a small spot that actually get super hot. This spot will also radiate out further up and down the heater, but it is about 3/8 inch that gets hot.
In the image below there is a heater that is about 4 years old on the LEFT. The new heater on the right as you can see glows pretty much the same.
The heater will either work at 100% or it will not work. The heater will runs its life full until it can no longer work. This can be from 3-15 years with most heaters lasting to about 7-9.
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