Would you buy a plastic bubbler for 49 cents? How about glass for $1.49?

Medical Mark

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Last weekend a friend and I did some experiments along these lines. It wasn't intended to be an experiment about grinding, though, it was about hash.

I'll bet you've been saying to yourself, "Yes, the FlashVAPE can do buds in the blink of an eye, but can it do hash?" I know I did right up until Saturday night, when a fellow FCer dropped over with some Afghani red. This friend of mine can out himself here if he likes, but for now I'll use a code name. Let's call him Kief Boy.

KB likes low temperature vapour and usually uses a bubbler with a Herbalaire. I was just as curious about how he'd take to the FV as I was about its ability to do hash. I even broke out my best glass and rigged a connection to the FV:

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We didn't really need it, since the FV is already smooth and tasty without filtration. I was quite pleased that KB took to the FV right away. He liked the look and the feel, but I think he fell in love at the first hit. KB also uses the MFLB so he understood how to use the FV without any coaching.

Our goal for the evening was to evaluate the ability of the FV to do traditional middle eastern hash, so for our first attempt we picked off a few little crumbs and dropped them in the FV. We speculated that it would take a lot more heating to get vapour and we were right. We had to hold the power on for about 11 seconds before we got much vapour, although there was light production starting at around 8 or 9. True to its nature, at 12 seconds the FV hit combustion, so the window is pretty small.

We figured that thin slices would work better and we were right. To be honest, by the time we got around to trying this we were getting pretty baked so I can't remember exactly what the timings were (we were both lamenting that we weren't writing this stuff down) but I can tell you that the FV can do pressed hash nicely.

Now to the original point here: KB uses a Herbalaire and that thing vapourizes whole nuggets without breaking a sweat. That gave us the idea to try a whole unground bud in the FV. While it isn't something I'd recommend, I'm pleased to report that the FV can indeed give you decent vapour from completely whole buds. It toasted the outside nicely and even penetrated a little. After a few hits (3-4 maybe, ts;lc*) we took it out and crumbled it to finish it off. It isn't as thorough as the HA by any means, but we concluded that if you want to, you definitely can use unground bud in the FV.

* too stoned; lost count
i was wondering where you got that small water pipe attatchement , whats the name of it , i need that little thing thats so cool please let me know the company or store site , thanks medical mark
 
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pakalolo

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i was wondering where you got that small water pipe attatchement , whats the name of it , i need that little thing thats so cool please let me know the company or store site , thanks medical mark

:lol: Thanks I've been waiting for someone to comment on that.

I got mine as a gift from Kief Boy a while ago. Vitolo already tracked down the source so you're good to go. Sadly it is intended for cigarettes so you will need to wrap the end of a stem to get a tight seal. I just doubled up the shrink tubing that comes with the FV and it was perfect. It takes about a teaspoon of water and it works amazingly well. I usually use it to get the last few hits out of a LB trench because it absorbs the ABV taste nicely. Attaching it to the FV was a bit of a joke because the FV has superb taste all the way the the end, but it also cools the hit down so it did serve a purpose.
 

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I'm not sure of the mouth piece hole size but wondering if an VaporGenie Original mouth piece could be incorporated. Reason I ask is because I have a couple already sitting around and I like the feel.

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I'm not sure of the mouth piece hole size but wondering if an VaporGenie Original mouth piece could be incorporated. Reason I ask is because I have a couple already sitting around and I like the feel.

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The size of FV glass draw tube is exactly 6.5mm in diameter, while the size of the hole for the draw tube is 7.0mm, the difference of 0.5mm is designed for the seal.
 
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OF

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So, who prefers to vape in plastic at .49$ or to vape in glass at 1.99$ ?! :cool::D

I have no fear of (the correct) plastics at the temperatures involved. What do you know that I don't?

You're surely not saying vapes like Volcano are automatically dangerous because they use plastic.....

Have you an alternative suggestion to offer?

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LeTchen

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I have no fear of (the correct) plastics at the temperatures involved. What do you know that I don't?

You're surely not saying vapes like Volcano are automatically dangerous because they use plastic.....

Have you an alternative suggestion to offer?

OF

No :D...... but for this price I prefer glass !
I don't know the Volcano, sorry...... it's sure that there is plastic and plastic..... it exists many sorts and families of "plastic"...... some safe, some not at all ! :)

On the same website that sells the 49¢ plastic pipes, they have glass ones for 1.99

I don't find it..... :shrug:
 
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Over in the FlashVAPE thread one of my posts included the image in the first post. That prompted a derail so I created this thread. The previous 14 posts were moved from the FlashVAPE thread.
 

SD_haze

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My mind boggles imagining some guy using a tiny bubbler for his cigarette out in public.

Unless it just got sold out, doesn't appear to be any $1.99 glass pipes there (searched under "water pipe"). Only two were 1.99 and both plastic.
 
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FrogBoy138

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I have no job and no income what so ever so I'm open to cheap stuff. I can't find any all glass water pipe on that site or anything I would be happy to vape from. I did like the pipe in the link from Letchen but I'm not going to buy 10 of them. I'm sure you guys have seen it but I would be happy to vape from this for $3.50 but it's out of stock http://dx.com/p/colorless-transparent-glass-shisha-water-pipe-52837 Any other cheap all glass water pipes?
 
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