Searching For The Elusive Couch Lock

Brand new to Forum and Vaporizing.....This question has probably been answered in some type of stickey but here goes. I just purchased a beautifull dark coffee hands free Vapor Brothers vaporizor from Vaporwarehouse and couldn't be happier with the functionality of unit; it's the high I'm extremely dissapointed with..Tried a buddies Volcano and was greeted with the same effect. It's a real tight crisp high bordering on energetic. I mainly smoke heavy indicas at night and for the life of me, can't get properly baked. Now taking that same strain and running it through a bong; a warm fuzzy blanket gets draped over the noggin. Can I expect to achieve a heavy couch lock high continuing to vape? My lungs are shot so this may be my only option. Please excuse the noob question cause I desperately want to be vaked!

Alot of the narcotic "Couch Lock" effect is normally due too the toxic stuff found in smoke. When you vape you remove the consumption of these toxins.
A lot of people tend too confuse that part of smoking it with the THC high, when in fact your body is reacting too all the bad stuff in the smoke.
I have read where people will sometimes smoke their herb that has already been vaped too help them fall asleep (Which tastes awful btw). because the smoke from the ABV has a more narcotic/sedative effect (Pretty much all the bad stuff you avoid by vaping)
Some strains, when vaped, make me extremely energetic. If I am looking for a couch lock effect I normally just vape a tiny bit more than I usually would. Some strains give me a really nice Get Up and Go feeling, and others just knock me out, when I vaporize them vs smoking them.
You might want too try switching strains too, you could have a tolerance towards that particular strain. Sometimes switching things up can help.

Make sure you're vaporizing at the right temperature. I'd vape at as high a temp as you can go without burning the weed to make sure you're getting ALL of the cannabinoids vaporized. Remember than different cannabinoids vaporize at different temperatures. Smoking releases all types because it gets much hotter. Some vapes don't get hot enough to release some cannabinoids. If you want to be sure that you're getting all of them, vape right at the edge of burning the weed if you can.

When I make brownies with the spent herb , it gives me some crazy couch lock and I even get " stuck " sometimes , I notice myself just stairing at something .

Thanks for the replies my fellow vape heads. I'll make some corrections even though I believe it's dialed in for my preference. The high is going to be less intense and more clean. This is a big compromise and my bong will still be in heavy rotation. Gonna stick with vaporizing for at least another month to acclimate. What is the PD Vaporizer? Sounds like everyone should have one. Is it a noticable upgrade to my Vapor Brothers?

Whether or not the pd is a upgrade is based on personal preference. The pd is the purple days vaporizer; there's tons of info on it here so use your search button. The big difference is its meant for smaller loads and the vb can handle much bigger loads. It depends if your going to mostly be vaping by yourself or with friends. I'm totally satisfied with my vb but I agree its hard not to be tempted when almost everyone on here has a pd. Vaping can produce very intense effects tho, I don't really know what your talking about. If you wanna be knocked out, hook ur vb up to your bong or vape some wand hash.

^^^^Can the VB wand be converted DIY to use with a bong? Want to try this out tonight then I'll order something proper from Vapor Warehouse.

Yea depending on the size of your downstem you can either just put the mouthpiece into your downstem or take it off so you can just shove the rubber tubing into your downstem, its flexible enough it'll conform to most downstems. If the downstem is too big you can use some plummers tape to make it airtight. I use to do this but I finally got my gong attachment which is even better.

If you can get your hands on a very efficient vaporizer with a bong, or in particular the vriptech wand you should be able to get pretty wrecked since youll be taking huge bong hits. The head high can easily become strong enough to require a long and well earned sit down. I'm stuck there right now paying a ton of oblivion.

I'm not so familiar with the vaporbrothers, but i hear a lot of good things so i'm sue its a solid piece of equipment you own. One thing to try is a bit of your own customization if you can see a spot to be improved. Generally in my experience you will want the herbs as close to the element as possible, but definitely protected from touching it, you wouldn't want anything to ignite now.

If the "bud" was harvested before it was ready you would get a "head high". If the grower waited until the trichromes were amber it would produce a "couch lock" effect.


It all depends on when it was harvested!

smoking joe.....your absolutely right about time of harvest in relation to trichrome coloration. This can't be the issue cause I experience couch lock/sedation when I smoke my herb. I think I've come to accept the differences in the two types of highs. I do enjoy the flavor that vaporizing brings out. Going to purchace a bong adapter, last night I couldn't rig up a DIY attachment without gummin up my brand new wand. Maybe I'll just vape during the day and rip the bong at night.

Electrician.....vrip tech wand sounds like a much needed accelerant..will have to research it. Agreed that vaping has variables and calls for some tweaking..

Wow....thanks for the info on DIY bong....didn't want to rig it up and get gunk on tubing. Will wait a couple days for the h2o adapter.

I agree with the turning up the heat advice. Shit you are already still rippin the bong, turning up the vape to near combustion will still be a hell of a lot better for you and get you closer to the lock.

Deep fried............cranked the dial just high enough as to not ignite and the high was much better. Still feel like I'm glazed instead of baked..Not to worry.....will figure this out before long. Was introduced to this site through RIU and man there is a shit ton of usefull info..Many Thanks.......

Also see this thread: Roasted Buds - pre-decarboxylating your weed..

Fully decarboxylating the CBD-A and ensuring you're getting a full dose of CBD along with your THC and other aromatics will give you much more of a relaxed, couchlock stone than if you are decarboxylating just in time as you are vaporizing. i.e. first few Volcano bags will be aromatic/THC vs. later bags more CBD/THC.

Getting it all at once, like those killer bong rips down memory lane, will make a big difference for you I suspect. Or just turn the temp way up like everyone says.