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The black plastic adapter was made from a pencil cap cut to fit on both sides. The filter is a Mascotte 6mm active charcoal filter. The first try was with an OCB 7mm filter so i had to wrap some paper around the Mascotte filter so it would fit tightly into the adapter. That's the green stuff you...

MVP right there ^^^ :D

I'm resurrecting this old thread because of an awesome discovery I've made recently. Previously i was vaping tabacco in my Argo at 165C and it would still be quite harsh. When I let other people try they would often cough. I knew that iQOS uses much higher temps and filters so I tried with...

one observation about glycerin (mixed with 10% alc) i made recently: warming it up from room temperature to something like 50C will make it possible to spray it properly. Just put it in a microwave for 5 seconds or under hot water. Another completely different observation i made in the last...

@karotene from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus: "Because it is steam-pasteurized rather than fire-cured like smoking tobacco or other chewing tobacco, it contains lower concentrations of nitrosamines and other carcinogens that form from the partially anaerobic heating of proteins - 2.8 parts...

I finally came around to vaping the Snus ("Nordic chew") I bought earlier. It's actually not that bad! Definitely not something for the smoker trying to convert and looking for the closest thing to cigarettes, but if you want the lowest levels of TNSAs, are open to new flavors and you prefer to...

If you dilute the VG with distilled water the viscosity decreases. Same with PG but not as much. Alternatively a few drops of Vodka decrease it even more. And as you noticed, warming it up a little (like holding it under running hot water) will further decrease it so it can be sprayed. That...

the dosing capsules you can get for the Fury 2 seem like a handy thing. Some prep time involved upfront but then the loading is even faster for each session. if your wife doesn't mind that there is less vapor she can skip the drying + applying VG part and just put some good pipe tobacco...

@ciphoto the fixed temp setting at 392F is waaay to high. Ideally you could go down to around 330F. This one seems to be meant for MJ only

It's a pity that the Russian study you cited before doesn't talk about TSNAs @Xelatsok But I found the PMI application summary for iQOS on the FDA website: https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/TobaccoProductsScientificAdvisoryCommittee/UCM594327.pdf On...

After reading loads of abstracts on vaporizing marihuana and tobacco it seems to me that no PAHs, acrolein and benzene are present in the vapor when it's produced at 175C. So a lot of the carcinogenic components are not produced because there's no pyrolysis. I guess if the leaf contained some...

I just tried it out. Put about half the tobacco I used until now, and pushed it firmly into the tube so there is at least 5mm space between it and the heating plate. And behold, there is a lot of vapor but it's much milder! Thanks @Xelatsok ! I'm not sure if it's the distance or the fact that...

i tried to translate this to the ArGo situation where I only have the glas tube: https://goo.gl/images/nNQi2i the tobacco goes in the short compartement in the front of the pic and then the tube is inserted into the ArGo so that front end is close to the heat source. Where would you put the SS...

interesting. never thought of the proximity to the heating element as a source for harshness. always putting the screen on top of the tobacco sounds like additional hassle that I would like to avoid. I'll try loading the argo with half the tobacco. that should create 3-4 mm of seperation to...

The reason for adding water or vodka was to reduce the boiling point of the VG. I understand that PG will reduce it somewhat, too, but I wanted a greater effect. BTW, I get the harsh vapor from a drop of VG alone, too. Guess it's time I tried a different VG...