Discontinued Pax Vaporizer by Ploom

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Vapist

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vapist do you have splash issues with yours? Mine should be here wednesday, got mine off the yoyokid.
Llamaman: I got mine from the same vendor. I am not having splash issues, or very minor. Once you learn how to sip it properly, this is not an issue.

SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FORUM: Herbal matter sticks to the oven lid. While not a problem, this can be annoying. Has anyone experimented with cooking spray or anything else to prevent the sticking. I have tried applying a little PAM with a q tip. It did make the sticking matter come off more easily and I did not taste anything in the vapor, but it was overall not worth it, as there was still considerable build-up on the lid.
 
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llamaman001

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regardless of how much I put in my chamber I still put another screen on top so that I dont get the oven cover sticky with product like that. Works pretty well for me.

Vapist do you have a mini water tower from pinnacle as well? I could rip that as hard as I wanted with no splash so Im really hoping the new tube is the same way but with those grids I dont think it will be lol.
 
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Vapist

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regardless of how much I put in my chamber I still put another screen on top so that I dont get the oven cover sticky with product like that. Works pretty well for me.

Vapist do you have a mini water tower from pinnacle as well? I could rip that as hard as I wanted with no splash so Im really hoping the new tube is the same way but with those grids I dont think it will be lol.
I do have the WT for the Pinnacle. Yes--I'd say the feel of the DLX tube is better. You should be able to rip it pretty hard without significant splash through the mouthpiece. You will like this better than the pinnacle glass piece. I also use the Pinnacle piece with my Purple Days with nice effect.
 
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skyline

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Has anyone ever tried smearing bho/concentrates on their screen mod and dropping it in the oven by itself? I randomly thought of this and I can't see why it wouldn't work. Maybe you could even sandwich it between two pipe screens to work even better! And preheat the oven before dropping the screen in to preserve all that sweet vapor. Hmmm I'm gonna have to try this next time I get my hands on some BHO. :p'
 
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eddsauce

vaporize her
All the reviews ive read about portable vaporizers have lead me to the pax. I have been smoking for 5 years non stop and want to make sure this will be my last purchase for a piece. Can anyone reassure me that this will get the job done because I've been reluctant to try since my magic flight
 
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ILoveCollege

Yeah.. F* Combustion..
All the reviews ive read about portable vaporizers have lead me to the pax. I have been smoking for 5 years non stop and want to make sure this will be my last purchase for a piece. Can anyone reassure me that this will get the job done because I've been reluctant to try since my magic flight

This is your final piece? As much as I love it I am not sure if this end all of pieces. If you are looking for something that is a stealth piece that you can take home and have it be a heavy hitter, this is a great piece. However if it is just going to sit at home, I don't think this is the best "home unit".

I should ask, what are you looking for in this piece? Again, the Pax is a great travel piece that can come home and after you kick your shoes off, it will knock your socks off for you.
 
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berman1125

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My technique isn't very scientific but here it goes... I usually have my herb ground up and in a doob tube ready to go when ever I need it so I usually just open the oven door and poor in enough to fill the oven and overflow into the reservoir, creating a sizable mound that goes just about to the end of the unit. I then pack it down with a pen cap that has a square tip (the perfect tool as it also has the pointy end that i use to stir the loads) as much as it will go. Usually this fills it up just over 3/4 of the way but the key is I press it as much as I can and then a little more.

I start my sessions on LOW and go until I see a noticeable drop off in vaper. Usually by this point I am in a great head space and i turn the Pax off, making sure to leave it standing upright on the table. For the next session I'll stir, start on low until the vaper drops off and bump to medium. I'll do that same thing for a 3rd session, but this time with med and high and I only stir if half the time. With this technique I find I use the same amount that I would with a Surfer to get the same amount of high.

I love my Pax and it will have it's first major test next weekend when I take it camping! I have a small battery pack that is used to jump cars that also has an outlet on it to keep it charged throughout the weekend. ;)
I know this is EXTREMELY old but I really like this method for packing and smoking. Great way to save. Making my way through this novel of a thread!
 
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Belgianvapor

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Hey guys, I guess we're all friends in here, so what do you think, time to start a small
shitstorm? :brow:
So, I got a real pax and a fake pax.
The real pax was sent to me by a friend from the states, the fake from ebay.
This fake pax is as close to perfection as they come, nothing on the pax will show you it's fake
(it has a serial nr, hex screw, same colors, party mode, great battery life etc etc etc, the only thing
for me that tells me this is the fake pax (besides the fact that the real is black and the facke is purple) is that the oven lid (the metal part) looks slightly more shiny.
Anyway...the fake pax sticks out head and neck (Belgian saying, not sure if you guys in the states use it too)
above the real pax, it has better battery life (much better) I think it gets a tad bit hotter too, it doesn't have as much of the issues my real pax has (I use the fake one more) less problems with sticking, etc even the
lights are better (I can see more difference between the orange and the red, wich are nearly the same on the real pax)
The only problem it has is that I have to push the mp to get the purple light, without pushing most of the time it shows the temp light, but this tiny problem was easily solved with the use of my toothpick solution (I posted this a few posts back)
All in all, if I had to choose, I would go for the fake pax in a heartbeat.
Now, to be fair, I'm probably one of very few so don't look at this as me advocating for fake paxes,
I think I had a bit of luck with the fake pax and alot of bad luck with the real pax.
Either way, I love them and use them almost daily they hit me harder and faster than the ascent on max temp and since I don't use the screen anymore, I can use mflb loads with very nice vapor on red (-0.1g)
 
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Hey Celtic, looks like I'm in a similar situation with yellowdogcompany.....
However, I believe it to be a true a Pax, but yes maybe they are reconditioned or 2nd tier quality control.
I'm pretty confident because of this video
http://www.ploom.com/news/fake-Pax-comparison/

I sent yellow dog an email but nothing so far. I'd be within the 14 days...
I also sent Ploom an email so hopefully they can help me.
Does anyone know if they will fix it for a fee since I didn't buy from them and so I don't have the warranty?
I thought mines genuine and that's the same video I used mate but something wasn't right from the start after a week it started playing up , then few days later it stopped working altogether just didn't seem like any of the pax's Id read about or watched videos of ,
my pax is in Los Angeles for delivery so hopefully ebay refund me soon , i was 10 days in on my ebay 14 day money back guarentee , sent yellow dog company my mobile number twice and they didn't reply to me in 14 days so just escalated through eBay
 
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Quetzalcoatl

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Doubtful. Even if they did sell real ones I thought paying less than MSRP voided warranty?
 
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Zow237

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Doubtful. Even if they did sell real ones I thought paying less than MSRP voided warranty?
Yeah I would assume that if the receipt says that.... I'm a softball bat whore and all my receipts always say msrp even when I buy a 300 dollar bat for 150
 
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Icehawk

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I've had one for about a year, it's pretty good but on mine it keeps getting stuck in the wrong mode - when I pop the mouthpiece to turn it on it often thinks it is in charge mode, I have to wiggle it around and hold it just right to get it to turn on and heat up... so I don't use it much. Cleaning seems to help for like 1 load. Any tips or suggestions?
 
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llamaman001

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icehawk just shove a toothpick in between the unit and the mouthpiece and it will stick it to one side and keep it on properly.
 
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berman1125

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So who has success stories about using their pax in public? It does seem a little too smelly to just bust out at a movie or sporting event
 
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llamaman001

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Glad you mentioned this berman. I went to go see catching fire with a couple buddies of mine and I brought both my pax's. By the time the movie started there was the 3 of us, a couple 2 rows down, and then another couple 1 row down from them, so not many people. Keep in mind we sat at the VERY top right underneath the projector. We did each pax separately and HOLY SHIT. Me and my buddy could not stop laughing because like Ive said in my other posts when your at the theater that bright ass projector shows off ANY trances of vapor so we are sitting back taking huge drags and all the sudden one us looks up and see this HUGE cloud just sitting in front of the projector haha. If there was someone working that thing obviously no fucks were given because it looked as though someone was smoking a blunt.

Not ONCE did anyone turn around to look at us because of the vape or the smell. My buddys girl friend was sitting right next us and she has a pretty good nose and she said it only smelled like we had a bag of really stinky bud.

Overall it was a GREAT vape for the theater but if there are other people there DONT sit under the projector and youll be fine, just blow the vapor in your shirt or get a smoke buddy jr.
 
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berman1125

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That's good to hear. Were you paxing on low?

Another big reason I bought my pax was to bring it skiing. What are peoples experience with that? It seems like it would be a pain to need to stir the bowl while on the slopes. Do people keep a hand warmer near it to prevent from freezing?
 
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llamaman001

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I was paxing on medium, me and my buddy each take about 4 to 5 draws then I bumped it up to high. The cloud production is outstanding with this little thing. Im absolutely in love with it and its EVERYTHING I was looking for in a portable.

One of the users who sent me a PAX off here also sent me a concentrate screen for the volcano with it as well. I cut it down to size and it fits the oven perfectly and I can load as little as .1 or less and still get some nice drags off of it with even ABV
 
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Shadowdjinni

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So who has success stories about using their pax in public? It does seem a little too smelly to just bust out at a movie or sporting event
Don't do it for a full session in one place. After a 20-25 minute Pax-a-thon, going through all 3 settings, it will definitely smell like weed.

A puff or two every few minutes on low won't draw any attention however. A few people here have done it at a sporting event and in a movie theatre. Personally, I've done it at an outdoor music festival and no one cared.
 
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Teedub

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So who has success stories about using their pax in public? It does seem a little too smelly to just bust out at a movie or sporting event
This is what the PAX is for!, haha Ive done it in restaurants regularly. Just stealth-a-ly :)

One of the users who sent me a PAX off here also sent me a concentrate screen for the volcano with it as well. I cut it down to size and it fits the oven perfectly and I can load as little as .1 or less and still get some nice drags off of it with even ABV

Ive recently stuffed some ss wool in there, below the screen to make a mini load. How does the volcano screen hold up? I did a full heat burnoff. My ss discoloured like ti or the pax screen.
 
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TheDoctor76859

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I also have the volcano screen and it has held up for 4 months. It shed some steel strands at first but I have not noticed it doing that anymore.
 
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