OF
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Gentle Friends,
I've an update on my Gen 2 adventures for your amusement. FWIW I'm not sure how many others are experimenting with it, but they must be doing at least as well as I am and are just unable to form complete sentences yet?
Anyway, on the smell front, please recall I was concerned that the (used) vape smelled enough that I'd notice it riding in a shirt pocket, more than most I think. I decided it was because of so much surface area (to condense stuff on) that was exposed to the outside air more because of the wide bore (and so could evaporate easier), which I still think is the case. However, it's very easy to clean with a single q-tip with 2 or 3 drops of ISO. Since the screen is small and round at at the bottom of a well in the MP (so it can reach down into the heated part of the oven) you get full, unrestricted access. I wipe it in a spiral around the walls and down from the MP opening to screen (only inverted so it doesn't drip through the screen). Just the right amount of ISO and it comes up clean and dry in a single pass. It still smells some after use, and after a couple of uses seems to 'saturate' and not get much worse. Mind, I normally don't notice such things, but especially with some strains, this guy seems to be a champ stinking up the joint for a portable vape.
Then comes the cap story. The MP is basically rectangular, with a Silicone rubber cover on the end for heat control. Still basically square, not round. However, you know those little Silicone 'jars' about an inch in diameter and maybe 5/8 tall? Holds a gram or so, top snaps on like these:
https://www.amazon.com/Bassion-Non-...=silicone+container&psc=1&smid=A3M8PZKIFR728T
Anyway, the bottom fits over the MP it turns out.....ain't that fun? It's a bit over long IMO, so I sliced the top 1/3 of it off with a razor blade (right where the step in for the top starts) and it no longer 'pops off' on it's own (and It's easier to put on). Stops the noticeable smell cold, per my nose.
That left the 'not a session vape' issue to me. I get it it's not intended to be, but that should be a potential I think. The problem was two fold, not enough good stuff in the bowl (being small) and too inconvenient to use. The unit is great for a quick hit or two, faster and IMO better than Summit (which I loved.....) in that role, but if you want to 'do a bowl' from cold it's not going to cover it for most I think. For instance, Solo has 80 to 100mg of THC in a stem against 50 here. Remembering we're only going to get a fraction of that makes this guy too marginal IMO. However, my experiments with 'spiking' the load show great promise here. I mixed 2 grams of ground (I really prefer shredding for vapes like this) herb at a nominal 20% with a gram of bubble hash at a nominal 50%. Such hash is typically available at local dispensaries at reasonable prices ($10 gram is good around here). This is 'washed' out of trim, shake, left overs and so on in ice water baths typically (sometimes called 'water hash' and 'ice hash'?) and then the heavier trichomes (which sink) are sieved to size like sand and gravel (you want stuff 'small enough to go through the big holes, but too big to fit through the next size down'). Cheap enough to make and market if you have lots of raw material to process I guess. I'm told the dispensaries buy it by the kilo sometimes, that's how we get ten dollar grams of stuff several times as strong as the strongest top shelf in the shop. Plenty of herb to soak up the oil when the trichomes burst, put too much bubble in and it can get messy to clean sometimes and plenty of THC to do the job. No reloads needed any more.
Nor is stirring the load necessary with good loading technique (pack, grind, cure, etc).
Marry that all with the myevic software, which allows you to move the time out from the factory 10 seconds out to 25 in the version I have (3.30). I hit the button and watch the numbers. When it gets to 390F (where I have it set) I let is soak a few more seconds if fresh, maybe up to 10 if it's already pretty 'wrung out', well under 20 seconds total. I then cycle the button and take a hit holding the button down afterwards. I almost always 'get back to it' in the 25 second window if I'm intent on the session plan.
I'm mighty impressed with the little guy right now. You need an eVic mod to play (iSmok doesn't seem to work) and it's not in the 'blow your socks off' class like V3, but I'm starting to see it as a solid player for the MMJ bunch and a 'fun vape' for the rest of us. IMO the unit is easier to keep squeaky clean than most given good access to glazed surfaces taste potential is, I think, at the head of the class.
Anyway, if you're using one, please speak up and tell us all how far off base I am? And if you have a Mini, Cuboid or similar you should consider getting one (less than $25 shipped?) and consider trying the myevic software (it's free, easy enough to use and has useful features). And if you don't own a suitable eVic TCR mod let's add that to the list of stuff you should consider.
Fun stuff.
OF
I've an update on my Gen 2 adventures for your amusement. FWIW I'm not sure how many others are experimenting with it, but they must be doing at least as well as I am and are just unable to form complete sentences yet?
Anyway, on the smell front, please recall I was concerned that the (used) vape smelled enough that I'd notice it riding in a shirt pocket, more than most I think. I decided it was because of so much surface area (to condense stuff on) that was exposed to the outside air more because of the wide bore (and so could evaporate easier), which I still think is the case. However, it's very easy to clean with a single q-tip with 2 or 3 drops of ISO. Since the screen is small and round at at the bottom of a well in the MP (so it can reach down into the heated part of the oven) you get full, unrestricted access. I wipe it in a spiral around the walls and down from the MP opening to screen (only inverted so it doesn't drip through the screen). Just the right amount of ISO and it comes up clean and dry in a single pass. It still smells some after use, and after a couple of uses seems to 'saturate' and not get much worse. Mind, I normally don't notice such things, but especially with some strains, this guy seems to be a champ stinking up the joint for a portable vape.
Then comes the cap story. The MP is basically rectangular, with a Silicone rubber cover on the end for heat control. Still basically square, not round. However, you know those little Silicone 'jars' about an inch in diameter and maybe 5/8 tall? Holds a gram or so, top snaps on like these:
https://www.amazon.com/Bassion-Non-...=silicone+container&psc=1&smid=A3M8PZKIFR728T
Anyway, the bottom fits over the MP it turns out.....ain't that fun? It's a bit over long IMO, so I sliced the top 1/3 of it off with a razor blade (right where the step in for the top starts) and it no longer 'pops off' on it's own (and It's easier to put on). Stops the noticeable smell cold, per my nose.
That left the 'not a session vape' issue to me. I get it it's not intended to be, but that should be a potential I think. The problem was two fold, not enough good stuff in the bowl (being small) and too inconvenient to use. The unit is great for a quick hit or two, faster and IMO better than Summit (which I loved.....) in that role, but if you want to 'do a bowl' from cold it's not going to cover it for most I think. For instance, Solo has 80 to 100mg of THC in a stem against 50 here. Remembering we're only going to get a fraction of that makes this guy too marginal IMO. However, my experiments with 'spiking' the load show great promise here. I mixed 2 grams of ground (I really prefer shredding for vapes like this) herb at a nominal 20% with a gram of bubble hash at a nominal 50%. Such hash is typically available at local dispensaries at reasonable prices ($10 gram is good around here). This is 'washed' out of trim, shake, left overs and so on in ice water baths typically (sometimes called 'water hash' and 'ice hash'?) and then the heavier trichomes (which sink) are sieved to size like sand and gravel (you want stuff 'small enough to go through the big holes, but too big to fit through the next size down'). Cheap enough to make and market if you have lots of raw material to process I guess. I'm told the dispensaries buy it by the kilo sometimes, that's how we get ten dollar grams of stuff several times as strong as the strongest top shelf in the shop. Plenty of herb to soak up the oil when the trichomes burst, put too much bubble in and it can get messy to clean sometimes and plenty of THC to do the job. No reloads needed any more.
Nor is stirring the load necessary with good loading technique (pack, grind, cure, etc).
Marry that all with the myevic software, which allows you to move the time out from the factory 10 seconds out to 25 in the version I have (3.30). I hit the button and watch the numbers. When it gets to 390F (where I have it set) I let is soak a few more seconds if fresh, maybe up to 10 if it's already pretty 'wrung out', well under 20 seconds total. I then cycle the button and take a hit holding the button down afterwards. I almost always 'get back to it' in the 25 second window if I'm intent on the session plan.
I'm mighty impressed with the little guy right now. You need an eVic mod to play (iSmok doesn't seem to work) and it's not in the 'blow your socks off' class like V3, but I'm starting to see it as a solid player for the MMJ bunch and a 'fun vape' for the rest of us. IMO the unit is easier to keep squeaky clean than most given good access to glazed surfaces taste potential is, I think, at the head of the class.
Anyway, if you're using one, please speak up and tell us all how far off base I am? And if you have a Mini, Cuboid or similar you should consider getting one (less than $25 shipped?) and consider trying the myevic software (it's free, easy enough to use and has useful features). And if you don't own a suitable eVic TCR mod let's add that to the list of stuff you should consider.
Fun stuff.
OF
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