Sorry, I don't have a camera, but imagine the arm at 90 degrees, or even less...instead of fully open/extended.
Set the Darwin down flat on its back (screen facing up) and your atty/tank sits 'upright' then. It rides great on a car seat that way
You can easily do one handed dripping, or keep your tanks upright Imagine sitting in your easy chair....set it flat on your lap like a gun slinger with atty pointing up
Drip one handed easily if you need.......Put your right index finger on the button and your thumb on the opposite edge to pick it up (overhanded).
I set my whistle tips about a 45 degree angle, so when I pick up the Darwin I lift it to draw overhanded, the Darwin is out slightly to the side (flute like) instead of up and down. I take my draw and set the PV down flat on its back again. This is when I am sitting at a table or desk, or driving. All the motion is in my lower arm and I can adjust things for minimal, and very comfortable motion on my part.
If I am walking around alot, or sitting in an 'easy chair' with no table in 'front of me' it is sometimes more ergonomic for me to extend the arm more...sometimes fully, and wrap my hand around the unit and push the button with my thumb.
Lefty use is nice as well. You can do the same thing, laying it flat on its back with the atty at 90 degrees, but use the left thumb (palm facing away from yourself) to push the button instead. Or of course you can wrap your hand around it and use the index finger (palm in). I'm sure everyone's comfort points are slightly different.
If you use whistle tips, just set it at the angle you like holding your PV the most....which can depend on the type chair you're sitting in, or if you are standing, etc. If all your tips are round, it doesn't matter at all...lift it and vape it any ole way
That arm gives you tons of variables on how you want to lift and use your PV for your given setting/situation. In more cramped spaces...angle the atty more and hold the PV at more outward angles (like a toothbrush or flute). IN less cramped spaces, or standing/walking...extend it more fully and you don't have to raise your arm/hand as high to drag. It's quite flexible
I rarely 'close' my Darwin arm to the power-down position unless I'm sticking the thing in my pocket (not sure why, but I tend to stuff it in my left back pocket with the USB port up, where it rides great...even when I sit down. When going portable, I usually use a giant carto like a Giantomizer, or something like the Echo (depends on the liquid I want to vape as to which I prefer). With a couple of extensions on the thing, eGo sized stuff fits well, can open and close fully. Empire Drip shields will also fit and it opens and closes. Mega and 801 atties clear as well, but keep in mind that I do stack a few extensions on mine and keep them all with me on my Darwin. I keep 510>510, 510>901 on it all the time. Most of my ego sized stuff has a 901>510 adapter sitting on it at the ready, and my 801 atties have a 901 to 801 on them as well.
I'm not a huge fan of the dual coil stuff so far...especially when I go portable, but that is just me. When using the giant single coil stuff I get mondo good battery life.
Why all the extensions, and why the 901 in the middle? 1. the extra length. 2. and more importantly...I can adjust the air draw by how i space them all out
My 901 adapter has a pin in the center that can change the air flow depending on how far you screw it down in the 510 end (the pin shoves in, or pulls out to make contact when you screw something on the 901 end).Don't limit yourself to extending the arm fully...........in a way it's like getting a free goose-neck in the deal
Dern near 180 degrees of flexibility in which way your atty 'points' while you vape
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