Vapes are 100% flavor when used right. I can barely stand the taste from combustion anymore... all i taste is tar when i use a lighter or wick.
Vaporization is perfect in theory but tends to unsatisfactorily slow, requires lots of mucking around and lacks immediate impact in practice compared to a lighter, a bowl and a lighter.
If you are worried about tar from burning bud, do what Middle Easterners have been doing to centuries and dry sift bud, discard the hay and smoke the essence to minimize the tar and maximize the onset of the high's impact. A few matchhead sized pieces of pure dry sifted resin can be in your lungs and zinging your brain in seconds, while the same amount of resin in a bud when vaporized takes several or more minutes to vape.
When vaping impact, ease and speed of use improves (and it will) I will be the first to buy that contraption and give vaping a go again..until then ...where's the lighter?
Hey Pete your post is the straw that broke the camels back, I got the Vapir one 5.0 and it was fine but the Extreme Q is the budget volcano and I am totally convinced it is just as good and I like the glass options cause I really want to experiment with essential oils etc. So I am waiting on the EQ. Thanks for the input all, plus I heard you can use the cooking bags from the grocery store for vaping, correct me if I am wrong please.My Arizer Extreme Q is set up and ready to rip in under 5 minutes.... most of the time it would've taken me longer than that to locate my lighter and pipe/tube/papers.
the EQ can be used with bags, whip or attached to a filtration device (tube, bubbler, etc), has a digital temp adjustment, has a 3 speed fan to fill bags or to speed up the heating process when you first start it up.
Vapes are 100% flavor when used right. I can barely stand the taste from combustion anymore... all i taste is tar when i use a lighter or wick.
I Like the Launch box for discreet portability for sure, however all my luck on the slopes means I crash worse and feel less till the meds are gone LOL!!! If I smoked while boarding I swear I would be wearing Hockey pants.
Peace
When vaping impact, ease and speed of use improves (and it will) I will be the first to buy that contraption and give vaping a go again..until then ...where's the lighter?
That's been my concern. I like to keep a joint rolled, and it's often hanging out of my mouth, especially when I'm doing stuff.That's pretty much been my experience as well. I've had an SSV for somewheres around 5 years, and as lame as it sounds, the extra seconds, and effort involved was always enough to make vaporizing a secondary activity. When you're talking about a fraction of a second, and a flick of your thumb, versus warming/grinding/attachments/whatevs can make a big difference.
I can do that. This is making me feel more serious about a SSV.To that end, I modified my SSV, to make it as easy/fast as possible. I basically just jammed the wand apparatus into my bong, and use the SSV as a lighter. I can leave the unit on, and then it's ready for whenever I want it, and if I'm really lazy I can just jam a bud in there without grinding it, and it will still vape just fine, as long as you mangle/stir it with a poker, in between hits.
Very cool and thanks for sharing. What's the oven mitt for? Does the unit really get that hot? How about an OvGlove? Seriously, an oven mitt?I wrapped the SSV in some gummy bath mat to make it easier to hold, and avoid the oven mitt issue mentioned upthread (seriously? An oven mitt is the best solution they could come up with? Now, that's inconvenient). It's allllllmost as easy as using a lighter. It's also pretty close to the usage of the Life Saber and Vapolution (and one of those is probably what I'd buy if cash were no issue and/or I didn't already have a vape).
All of that said, my vape is still my secondary means of use, because I'm a lazy bastard, and although it's now very close to the immediate delivery, and ease of use of a lighter, it's still not quite there yet.
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This is making me feel more serious about a SSV.
Very cool and thanks for sharing. What's the oven mitt for? Does the unit really get that hot? How about an OvGlove? Seriously, an oven mitt?
Why do you think you'd now prefer the Life Saber and/or Vapolution? What features, pros, cons are standing out for you?
LOL hockey pants, that is a great idea
you will not be disappointed with the EQ, use mine every day. I recommend getting some 7th Floor (Silver Surfer) tubing, the standard whip is kind of stiff and plasticy, hard to remove. try the elbow pack method.
yes you can use those turkey oven bags from grocery store, but they are annoying, too crinkly and loud to fill