One bonus is that you can use the Ascent while its charging, essentially giving you unlimited use when within reach of a charger. There’s even a timer option that lets you set temperatures in specific intervals (ie: 3 mins @ 400F, 2.45 @ 410F) which I found to be really neat. The Ascent has a number of removable glass parts (including the mouthpiece, glass stem, and bowl), making it very easy to clean out completely using an isowash on the parts.