VapeXhale, Inc. (Hanu Labs)

Corporate Identity & Origin

Field Detail
Legal Entity VapeXhale, Inc. (later Hanu Labs, Inc.) 1
Founded May 2009 (per company profile) 1
Founder Seibo Shen 1
Headquarters San Francisco, California, USA 1
Brand Evolution VapeXhale (2012–2019) → Hanu Labs (2019–2025) 1
Status Ceased operations c. October 2025 (per retailer announcement) 12
Key Personnel Seibo Shen (Founder/CEO until 2018); Ricardo Willis (CEO 2018–2025) 1
Core IP PerpetuHeat™ Thermal Technology System; all-glass “Bamboo” air path; HydraTube™ water filtration; 18.8 mm ground glass joint standard 1

Product Lineage

Model Family Generation Release Status
VapeXhale Cloud Cloud 1 Feb 2012 Discontinued c. 2014; see Cloud record 1
VapeXhale Cloud+ Cloud 1.5 ≈2013 Discontinued c. 2014 1
VapeXhale Cloud EVO Cloud 2 May 2013 Discontinued 2025; see Cloud EVO record 1
Hanu Stone HydraStone 1 2019 Discontinued ≈2021 1
Hanu Petra Petra 3 Announced Sep 2021 Never shipped; cancelled with company closure 1

Engineering & Architecture

  • Heating Method: True convection via the PerpetuHeat™ thermal system — a ceramic heater wrapped around a borosilicate glass “Bamboo” air path; the EVO added CPU-controlled temperature regulation 13.
  • Temperature Control: Analog radial dial (200–500 °F range by clock-position reference); no user-updatable firmware 1.
  • Power: AC mains; removable IEC C13 cord on the EVO (110 V NA / 220 V EU units not interchangeable) 1.
  • Chamber: Stainless steel EZ Load Bowls (ELB); VapeXNail for concentrates 1.
  • Certifications: UL-certified heating element; CE for 220 V EU models 14.
  • Recalls: None documented 5.

Sources

  1. VapeXhale/Hanu Labs ceased operations c. October 2025 (retailer closure announcement, https://tothecloudvaporstore.com, 2), so no live first-party site exists. Corporate identity, founding (May 2009), founder (Seibo Shen), and lineage are sourced to the manufacturer’s own content (PerpetuHeat™ explainer video, 3), the Hanu Labs brand era, and contemporary coverage; secondary sources with class stated: VaporWarehouse product page 4. unpublished supporting notes. Remaining details previously supported only by unpublished notes are approximate or unverified and are not treated as independently confirmed. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18

  2. TotheCloudVaporStore announcement of VapeXhale ceasing operations (Oct 2025). https://tothecloudvaporstore.com ↩ ↩2

  3. VapeXhale official channel — EVO tech explanation video (PerpetuHeat system). ↩ ↩2

  4. VaporWarehouse Cloud EVO product page (UL-certified heating element; discontinued). ↩ ↩2

  5. No publicly reachable primary source is currently cited for the remaining details in this footnote. The details remain approximate or unverified and are not treated as verified archive facts. ↩