A use of an automotive evaporator heat exchanger, comprising: an inlet manifold defining an interior chamber, wherein said inlet manifold includes an inlet port and a plurality of refrigerant tube slots; a plurality of refrigerant tubes, wherein each of said plurality of refrigerant tubes includes an open end extending through a corresponding one of said plurality of tube slot such that said open ends are in hydraulic communication with said interior chamber; a hybrid expansion device comprising: a first stage refrigerant pressure drop device configured to receive and expand a liquid phase refrigerant into a first mixture of two phase refrigerant; a second stage refrigerant pressure drop device configured to receive and expand said first mixture of two phase refrigerant into a second mixture of two phase refrigerant and aliquot said second mixture of two phase refrigerant to said open ends of said plurality of refrigerant tubes; wherein the first stage refrigerant pressure drop device is a thermal expansion valve; characterized in that the thermal expansion valve is configured and used to expand the liquid phase refrigerant into the first mixture of two phase refrigerant having about 75-85% by mass liquid phase, that the second stage pressure drop device is a tube disposed within the interior chamber of the inlet manifold and includes an inlet end, a blind distal end opposite that of the inlet end, and a plurality of orifices therebetween, wherein said orifices are used to discharge said first mixture of two phase refrigerant into said interior chamber as the second mixture of two phase refrigerant; that the tube is configured to retain and accumulate a portion of the liquid phase of the first mixture of two phase refrigerant; and that the tube is configured and used to expand the first mixture of two phase refrigerant into the second mixture of two phase refrigerant having about 65-75% by mass liquid phase. an inlet manifold defining an interior chamber, wherein said inlet manifold includes an inlet port and a plurality of refrigerant tube slots; a plurality of refrigerant tubes, wherein each of said plurality of refrigerant tubes includes an open end extending through a corresponding one of said plurality of tube slot such that said open ends are in hydraulic communication with said interior chamber; a hybrid expansion device comprising: a first stage refrigerant pressure drop device configured to receive and expand a liquid phase refrigerant into a first mixture of two phase refrigerant; a second stage refrigerant pressure drop device configured to receive and expand said first mixture of two phase refrigerant into a second mixture of two phase refrigerant and aliquot said second mixture of two phase refrigerant to said open ends of said plurality of refrigerant tubes; a first stage refrigerant pressure drop device configured to receive and expand a liquid phase refrigerant into a first mixture of two phase refrigerant; a second stage refrigerant pressure drop device configured to receive and expand said first mixture of two phase refrigerant into a second mixture of two phase refrigerant and aliquot said second mixture of two phase refrigerant to said open ends of said plurality of refrigerant tubes; wherein the first stage refrigerant pressure drop device is a thermal expansion valve; characterized in that the thermal expansion valve is configured and used to expand the liquid phase refrigerant into the first mixture of two phase refrigerant having about 75-85% by mass liquid phase, that the second stage pressure drop device is a tube disposed within the interior chamber of the inlet manifold and includes an inlet end, a blind distal end opposite that of the inlet end, and a plurality of orifices therebetween, wherein said orifices are used to discharge said first mixture of two phase refrigerant into said interior chamber as the second mixture of two phase refrigerant; that the tube is configured to retain and accumulate a portion of the liquid phase of the first mixture of two phase refrigerant; and that the tube is configured and used to expand the first mixture of two phase refrigerant into the second mixture of two phase refrigerant having about 65-75% by mass liquid phase.