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Screwball at home. Ball vapes outperform everything else, by a large margin. Except maybe the butane setups like terpcycle whixh I haven't tried.
Solo 3 on the go.
Haven't combusted in over a year.
I have a crafty plus that I love and can't recommend enough... except for the battery life is WACK
Had an electronic one for a while that got me into vapes and off combustion but i forget what it was. The Dynavap VAPCAP is high on my list of devices though.
Dry herb vape fan checking in. I got some dynavaps, an arizer extremeQ (desktop) and an arizer air max (portable). I quit smoking years ago just hate the taste of combustion and how it irritates so much.
My daily dynavap is the H2 Helix with a low temp cap for flower and stainless steel m+ for concentrate.
Pax 2 user for the past like, 13 years. The button died on my first one a few years ago and I bought an exact replacement. I love it, stuffing in the weed is satisfying and it's super easy to clean. I despise both capitalism and advertising but this is one of the few products I would fully endorse.
POTV Lobo is my daily driver, with my Dynavap M as a backup. Also have an old Arizer V-tower that I pull out now and then.
Volcano for life
The Mighty is mighty good.
Yes, it really is. Mine will be 8 years old next month and it still works great. I did a battery replacement on it a few years ago. The case is getting a bit beat up but I think it will still last a while longer.
Also a Mighty user. It's so much better than combustion. The smell is significantly less both in the surroundings and on your person. It's more efficient, and with capsules, you can preload a bunch and be ready to load and go on a whim.
Manual cleaning is a pain, but it's extremely simple if you get an ultrasonic cleaner. Disassemble the mouth piece, put it in a baggie covering completely in rubbing alcohol, let it run through the ultrasonic cleaner for less than 10 minutes, rinse and enjoy.
Jewelry ultrasonics can be purchased cheap. I went with a larger harbour freight unit and to me that was worth it. It's also great for cleaning glass pipes too for the times you may want to rip it old school.
I've used this and it's super easy - only on glass and silicone rough, no electronics involved. Gets into all of the corners and parts you can't reach.
Coat the pieces, let them sit, rinse with hot water:
Seems a bit pricey, but I'm sure it's effective. A bottle of iso will get me two or three cleans of two mouthpieces and the capsules, and it costs less than $5. There was the upfront for the ultrasonic which I think was around $80, but I also use it for other things outside of just by vape cleaning, like tools and stuff. Since I put my stuff in a baggie filled with the iso, and then put that in water, I don't have any cross contamination.
It definitely is more expensive, especially compared to iso. It's very effective, and reusable to a point, and while I might not get it again it's been very useful and glad I tried it. Cheaper than ultrasonic but not as useful outside of cleaning smoking residue.
I would imagine the bath is also less hands-on, time to research ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
I disassemble it while still warm and soak the parts in isopropyl for hours. I know some advise against that but I’ve done it for years without damage to the cooling unit.
The first couple times I cleaned, I did that. It never seemed to effectively get all the resin out of the corners. My ultrasonic cleaner will also heat the water, therefore heating the iso, doubling the effectiveness. The actual ultrasonic part means I don't need to do any extra clean up and only takes 6 minutes. I run twice just to make sure though. The worst part of the whole process is 1. The initial disassemble because I don't clean frequently enough and it's a sticky mess, and 2. Drying everything off when I'm done so I can use it and getting antsy for the first super clean bowl.
I used to have a magic flight box. Loved that little guy
Yeah I had an MFLB back in 2012 and I absolutely loved it. Now I have a Super Surfer desktop unit that I still use occasionally but I find it rather bulky and cumbersome to use.
Yeah I use a pax 3 for years now
Yes, tinymight 2 is my daily driver. Before that it was an arizer solo
I've got a Pax 3 and an Xlux Roffu, love both of them. I've got a bong adapter for the Pax so that one gets used the most.
Shout-out to the Pax customer service team, I've had a couple go bad over the years and they always ship me a new one no questions asked.
Use almost daily--recreational, therapeutic. Got one for a friend who struggles with chronic pain to help the wallet and lungs.
Literal godsend.
The AVB can be made into infused oils too to stretch it further. It may not be worth the effort, but it's an option. I have so much saved up because I haven't made anything in a while. The high is notably less, but it's nice for a night cap. It's more of a sleepy high than anything.
Can also just dump the AVB into some food, it's so dry that it barely changes the texture compared to fresh weed
I've heard of people making firecrackers, where it's just sprinkled on say a cracker with cream cheese. I've heard raw it can lead to some digestive distress or gassiness, but I've never tried. I always have done a water soak for a couple of days to clean it before any infusions.
I've made tincture once and a few pounds of budder, but I've never reduced the tincture down to oils (I lack both the equipment and the tools to keep said equipment properly clean) but it doesn't seem too hard. Those electric pressure cookers make budder so easily
I have an anova sous vide. I put coconut oil and the bud in a mason jar, finger tight the lid, set at a temp (I forgot what, it's been a while) and come shake and burp it frequently. I already had the sous vide, so that was no cost to me, but I don't know that there's a better option out there either than maybe a magic butter machine.
I think basic sous vide machine can be had relatively cheap now. It's good for this, but great for food.
I love it. Pressure cooker method is the same, except I keep the jars small enough they don't need burping and it's all ABV so I decarbed with my lungs. There's something I read about some additive you can toss in (I think it starts with an L) that helps with the smell, but as you can see the extent of my experience with it (I can't remember what it's called) I couldn't get any to try it. And since we already had the instant pot (heh)
I always add some soy lecithin in to my batch. Doesn't help with smell, but I think it acts like a binder to improve the infusion.
You can make the AVB stronger too, if you want the max effect. Take a few hits at 175c and empty it. And if you regrind using a mortar and pestle, you increase bioavailability. Been loving dry herb vapes since 2016, almost the only way I smoke anymore. Sometimes if I have a bit of crumbly/handleable dab, I'll put just a pinch on the top. Gets absorbed into the flower as it melts so it doesn't fall through the vape (so long as there's not too much), works like a charm.
I usually sit at 191c, so not a full extraction, but it doesn't leave a ton left. I prefer to get the bigger boost up front rather than boosting the edibles later. Still, I should take what I've got, wash it, and infused it. Maybe just do multiple batches through the same oil and try to bump the total extraction. I'm not sure if it works linearly doing multiple infusions, but with just one it mainly ends in some sub par cookies that make me a little sleepy.
Same, it's usually 195 for me. Also have a decent amount saved and untouched myself lol. Feelings of the end result will be pretty determined by your usage temp. I think multiple extractions might get you more, but just more of the same. The sleepiness definitely seems kinda inherent from my experience.
I assume there is a finite amount of THC that an oil or fat (I use coconut oil) can hold. I don't know if multiple infusions will stack, or if a weak input will mean lower output regardless of what the substance can hold. I probably have a pound of AVB or so. I haven't made anything for at l ast a year, and I go through about an ounce per month. I'm on a t break right now mostly because I have spent my excess funds on vacations, so budget wise I've got to get solvent again. Inadvertently, it keeps me from spending too much of weed. If I lived in a legal state it would be half what I pay, and I've got a good plug at $100 for a half. Usually quality is solid, but sometimes it's a bit weak.
Arizer lover checking in. Canadian made, rock solid tech. I had an Argo, it never broke through all the abuse I gave it (many drops from waist height on concrete), just outgrew it so I gave it to a friend who's still using it 5 years after purchase. Now using an Air Max with water piece. Still looks almost the same as when I got it 3 years ago, uses removable 26650s which are only just now noticeably losing capacity.
I also have an Air Max, have you had any issues with (for lack of a better term) crumbs/debris when inhaling? I ended up having to use a screen which I've been told shouldn't be necessary, but otherwise I like it.
I always use a water piece these days, got the 14mm adapter when I got the kit. But before that, occasionally yes. If you're not already, always do a hand break of your flower, a grinder gets it too fine. Fresher herb is always better of course. And a gentle inhale is key. But yeah it's possible to do all that and still sometimes get bits here and there. Hence my personal switch to water. There are also some aftermarket stems that have twisting pathways, namely for cooling vapor but also has the side effect of catching herb bits as soon as a lil resin builds up.
tm2 4lyfe
Yep, feels a bit different (better) than liquid vape to me. Could just be in my head though. I use Dynavap or Tinymight (usually with a glass adapter and little bong).
I just received a quartz TED last week. Got an 18mm because I've tried a dry herb pen, and it just seemed to be too little.
It's fucking amazing. 10/10. Tastes like flowers and not as harsh as burning it. I've only smoked two of three bowls since getting it because I'm lazy sometimes. The ritual is soothing, it feels like you're doing a science experiment with the manual heating, and it's been really cool trying out different coarseness of the bud and different heat levels, fast extraction vs slow, etc.
I don't think I'll level up from pot head to cannabis connoisseur. I'm just fascinated by how much more you can get from the plant by vaporizing it. Even the avb has uses. While I'm not a huge fan of concentrates, the vapor condenses to the inside of the tube and builds up after a couple of sessions. I scrape it out and hit a dab to top off the smoke session.
I've been curious, and from what I hear, it's probably something we should be doing, but we're so used to old fashioned joints that we haven't bothered to research getting a vape rig or anything.
I like joints especially at night as nothing hit like them then for some reason, but I daily drive my dynavap and have for a while now and it's perfect until I get a endgame ball vape setup instead and just stick with that lol
Yeah, I don't know what most of that means, which is probably the biggest reason why I haven't explored it much.
pretty much, they get me so much higher than combustion does while saving my lungs / health and my wallet as they allow you to save tons of money over time due to you only needing to use such a small amount
I've been using Firewoods since the 5 and they're pretty great, yeah