Discontinued VapeXhale Cloud
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jackstraw62
Low temp deadhead vaporist
I think that you should use the link that you ordered the cloud with. that should take you to the storefront. once you log in you should be able to order bowls. I ordered 4 extra when I bought my cloud as was suggested by vapexhale.
weedemon
enthusiast
same here i got 2 extra packs. of the 10 bowls I have one had a thread come loose, but i just bent it back and forth until it broke off. had no issues otherwise
OK i think im ready to post my review... brace yourselves....
The Vapexhale Cloud review
Main features
- Best tasting vaporizer I have ever used. There isn't a burnt popcorn type taste when the bowl is near spent.
- Will provide great clouds that are sure to please everyone.
- Amazingly thorough extraction of herbs, it just stops producing vapor when the herb is spent.
- Glass passthrough system offers fantastic flavour
- Glass passthrough system is very safe (healthwise) with the only part of the system that is not glass being the ELB
- No learning curve. Just inhale as you please. The harder you go, the harder the cloud goes... so those of us with decent lungpower and capacity will enjoy this more than my weakling friends.
Cons:
- Screws could have used some sort of cover to insulate your hands from the heat since you hold around these parts. (very minor gripe)
- Sometimes, the unit gets a little too hot at the top to easily hold. They suggest holding at the base, but I feel you should be able to hold it up at the top too. (again, minor gripe)
- You must be mindful as not to risk breaking the glass parts this vape, it's a little more delicate than most vapes and requires you to be extra mindful imo.
-Has the potential to reek your house to high heaven of delicious weed smells (really sinky strains = really stinky vapor lingering for20 min to an hour or so.). (Use a window/exhaust system/ or a sploof if smell will be an issue for youor jsu7t use weed that isn't stinky)
Build: This vape feels well built. It has a solid double metal housing that holds the cyclone cylinder. The exposed screws are the hottest part to hold and I would mention it to someone new to the Cloud about it as I would not want them to drop it from the surprise. The unit is smaller and lighter than I expected. Seven and a half inches from base to tip. The cord is a nice quality cable. I am like an over protective parent with this thing. I tuck it away in a drawer to protect it when not in use.
Heat up time is about 7 min, when the light changes to green (to get to 10:30 position) Like the forum members suggested I wait a little more (usually once the ticking has gone silent)
The unit gets warm, but not at all to the point where it is hard to hold. ( I hold it at the base as the instructions suggest.)
Noise: The ticking that has been mentioned is not loud enough for me to be concerned even with nothing else on in the room it sounds to me like an old computer fan. I like to wait for it to go silent. Using the sound of silence as an indicator, it tells me the unit is done heating up.
When in use there is a faint whistle created by the turbulence the unit creates. The sound of the bong is louder than the whistle noise itself. So again the sound of the water pipe is my loudest part of the equation.
I like to use the Cloud at the 10:30 position I find I get between 5-10 great breaths, at which point I will dial it up to 12 o clock and wait a minute. During this time I empty out the bowl and regrind the material. (The same way as I would do with my mflb) doing this gives me another 3-6 more clouds. better strains will last longer ime.
I load about 0.2 - 0.3grams of material into the E.L.B. (Easy Loading Bowl) . I don't pack it down, it's all loosely packed in there. At first, I was surprised at how fast I plowed though my supply of herbs since getting this vape. It's so much fun to use and tastes so good, I just love it. Most of my other vapes use less per bowl but I don't care becasue the performance of the extraction is worth it. I have gotten my excitement down to 1-3 elbs a day for personal use.
The number of rips you get per ELB is completely dependent on how potent your product is, the temperature you are using the cloud at. all combined with the speed at which you draw and the volume of your inhalation. I find it hold between 0.2 and 0.33g of herbs to pack it full. (My preferred way as I think it's tastier)
Taste:
This is the best tasting vaporizer I have ever had the pleasure to use!(I hear the VHW is still tastier but again that's because it requires a larger pack of herbs still!) The thing about this vape that really shines in comparison to all the other vaporizers I have used is this: With all of the others, the first hit is very tasty, the 2nd is the most potent, but usually not as tasty as the first and all the rest are diminishing returns taste and potency wise. Until it usually ends tasting like burnt popcorn or some other equally foul tasting finishing taste.
With the Cloud, every hit is still tasty right until the end when it just stops producing vapor. Less intesnse as it was the first few rips, but still tasty.
The abv:
The cloud gets my abv to a "instant freeze dried coffee" like appearance with a golden colour before I regrind it down further into a powder. I re vape this at 12 and it gets significantly darker. It's evenly browned by the end of this. Sometimes (It seems to depend on the strain or maybe the freshness of the elb) when I take the abv out from the 10:30 roasting, I find the bottom half of the bowl is noticeably darker than the top half they both regrind down into powder no problem though, and after a 12 o clock roasting it's all uniformly dark brown. (Over time you will notice the ELB gets dirty at the top first and then slowly resins up and creeps down the screen. Frequent cleaning of the ELB is best)
At 9 o clock the abv is usually a yellow/green golden colour, you can get a lot of very flavourful tokes from it this way, but I find the 10:30 position more to my liking. It's a happy medium. I get a few more more hits from it like this and then I do my 12 o clock regrind and vape it again to finish.
One glitch that I have noticed on 2 occasions, is when using the unit at the 12 o clock position, the light will do this rapid dance between red and green back and forth back and forth. If I wiggle the dial and put it back on 12 it goes to solid green. This glitch doesn't seem to affect performance. I also haven't noticed it happen again for 3 weeks now.
I've had sessions go on over 6 hours where I have turned it off and right back on once the timeout had kicked in. A pro tip to counter the 1 hour timeout. When you are done using it. Flick it off, wait a second and flick it back on. You now have an hour before you have to come back to use it. Instead of whatever time was left on your current session.
Transport.
I can't afford a fancy case for mine yet, so I have a memory foam pillow that I use. I put it in my backpack and fold it in half. I then slide the cloud into the pillow while holing it open. Cord up and pointed towards the 2 open ends of the pillow to ensure I don't damage the cord in transport. I then put the tube in there with it, or sometimes I bring my bong if I want to use water.
Conclusion:
Whenever I can this is the vape I want to use over all others. It has become "my precious"
OK i think im ready to post my review... brace yourselves....
The Vapexhale Cloud review
Main features
- Best tasting vaporizer I have ever used. There isn't a burnt popcorn type taste when the bowl is near spent.
- Will provide great clouds that are sure to please everyone.
- Amazingly thorough extraction of herbs, it just stops producing vapor when the herb is spent.
- Glass passthrough system offers fantastic flavour
- Glass passthrough system is very safe (healthwise) with the only part of the system that is not glass being the ELB
- No learning curve. Just inhale as you please. The harder you go, the harder the cloud goes... so those of us with decent lungpower and capacity will enjoy this more than my weakling friends.
Cons:
- Screws could have used some sort of cover to insulate your hands from the heat since you hold around these parts. (very minor gripe)
- Sometimes, the unit gets a little too hot at the top to easily hold. They suggest holding at the base, but I feel you should be able to hold it up at the top too. (again, minor gripe)
- You must be mindful as not to risk breaking the glass parts this vape, it's a little more delicate than most vapes and requires you to be extra mindful imo.
-Has the potential to reek your house to high heaven of delicious weed smells (really sinky strains = really stinky vapor lingering for20 min to an hour or so.). (Use a window/exhaust system/ or a sploof if smell will be an issue for youor jsu7t use weed that isn't stinky)
Build: This vape feels well built. It has a solid double metal housing that holds the cyclone cylinder. The exposed screws are the hottest part to hold and I would mention it to someone new to the Cloud about it as I would not want them to drop it from the surprise. The unit is smaller and lighter than I expected. Seven and a half inches from base to tip. The cord is a nice quality cable. I am like an over protective parent with this thing. I tuck it away in a drawer to protect it when not in use.
Heat up time is about 7 min, when the light changes to green (to get to 10:30 position) Like the forum members suggested I wait a little more (usually once the ticking has gone silent)
The unit gets warm, but not at all to the point where it is hard to hold. ( I hold it at the base as the instructions suggest.)
Noise: The ticking that has been mentioned is not loud enough for me to be concerned even with nothing else on in the room it sounds to me like an old computer fan. I like to wait for it to go silent. Using the sound of silence as an indicator, it tells me the unit is done heating up.
When in use there is a faint whistle created by the turbulence the unit creates. The sound of the bong is louder than the whistle noise itself. So again the sound of the water pipe is my loudest part of the equation.
I like to use the Cloud at the 10:30 position I find I get between 5-10 great breaths, at which point I will dial it up to 12 o clock and wait a minute. During this time I empty out the bowl and regrind the material. (The same way as I would do with my mflb) doing this gives me another 3-6 more clouds. better strains will last longer ime.
I load about 0.2 - 0.3grams of material into the E.L.B. (Easy Loading Bowl) . I don't pack it down, it's all loosely packed in there. At first, I was surprised at how fast I plowed though my supply of herbs since getting this vape. It's so much fun to use and tastes so good, I just love it. Most of my other vapes use less per bowl but I don't care becasue the performance of the extraction is worth it. I have gotten my excitement down to 1-3 elbs a day for personal use.
The number of rips you get per ELB is completely dependent on how potent your product is, the temperature you are using the cloud at. all combined with the speed at which you draw and the volume of your inhalation. I find it hold between 0.2 and 0.33g of herbs to pack it full. (My preferred way as I think it's tastier)
Taste:
This is the best tasting vaporizer I have ever had the pleasure to use!(I hear the VHW is still tastier but again that's because it requires a larger pack of herbs still!) The thing about this vape that really shines in comparison to all the other vaporizers I have used is this: With all of the others, the first hit is very tasty, the 2nd is the most potent, but usually not as tasty as the first and all the rest are diminishing returns taste and potency wise. Until it usually ends tasting like burnt popcorn or some other equally foul tasting finishing taste.
With the Cloud, every hit is still tasty right until the end when it just stops producing vapor. Less intesnse as it was the first few rips, but still tasty.
The abv:
The cloud gets my abv to a "instant freeze dried coffee" like appearance with a golden colour before I regrind it down further into a powder. I re vape this at 12 and it gets significantly darker. It's evenly browned by the end of this. Sometimes (It seems to depend on the strain or maybe the freshness of the elb) when I take the abv out from the 10:30 roasting, I find the bottom half of the bowl is noticeably darker than the top half they both regrind down into powder no problem though, and after a 12 o clock roasting it's all uniformly dark brown. (Over time you will notice the ELB gets dirty at the top first and then slowly resins up and creeps down the screen. Frequent cleaning of the ELB is best)
At 9 o clock the abv is usually a yellow/green golden colour, you can get a lot of very flavourful tokes from it this way, but I find the 10:30 position more to my liking. It's a happy medium. I get a few more more hits from it like this and then I do my 12 o clock regrind and vape it again to finish.
One glitch that I have noticed on 2 occasions, is when using the unit at the 12 o clock position, the light will do this rapid dance between red and green back and forth back and forth. If I wiggle the dial and put it back on 12 it goes to solid green. This glitch doesn't seem to affect performance. I also haven't noticed it happen again for 3 weeks now.
I've had sessions go on over 6 hours where I have turned it off and right back on once the timeout had kicked in. A pro tip to counter the 1 hour timeout. When you are done using it. Flick it off, wait a second and flick it back on. You now have an hour before you have to come back to use it. Instead of whatever time was left on your current session.
Transport.
I can't afford a fancy case for mine yet, so I have a memory foam pillow that I use. I put it in my backpack and fold it in half. I then slide the cloud into the pillow while holing it open. Cord up and pointed towards the 2 open ends of the pillow to ensure I don't damage the cord in transport. I then put the tube in there with it, or sometimes I bring my bong if I want to use water.
Conclusion:
Whenever I can this is the vape I want to use over all others. It has become "my precious"
mistergyro
Well-Known Member
thats a problem i'd love to have.
sunsett70
Member
damn man, i think the 220v is gonna be yearsssssss from now, or it's just gonna seem like years. no word on their r&d on the 220v version, not expecting any until they sort out some issues with the current version.Great review mate! glad you're enjoying your unit!!!
Can't wait for good news about 220v version !!!
I was really hoping someone would reply to this with a date. I'm also in the May'11 time frame.
momofthegoons
vapor accessory addict
Boy, we didn't even make it a month before it started up again?
I understand that you are anxious but I am going to refer you to my post earlier this month where I explained that these types of posts only clog up this thread with nonsense and are to stop. Perhaps you would like to be the one who starts the "when did you order, when did you get it" thread in the Vapor Lounge?
So my broken hydratube got sent back to VXL for replacement on the 19th of this month.
11 days later and no word from VXL on whether they received the package, or when to expect
my replacement. I have growing feelings of buyer's remorse over this vape.....The initial rush was
great. Now, I have to say the customer service is rather shitty....The VXL site states that your
warranty replacement will be shipped out the same day that they receive the defective piece.
11 days to Cali from the East Coast.......zzzzzzzzzzzz. I guess my expectations for great customer
service have been set too high by G (D9), and the Thermovape crew. But that's another thread.
11 days later and no word from VXL on whether they received the package, or when to expect
my replacement. I have growing feelings of buyer's remorse over this vape.....The initial rush was
great. Now, I have to say the customer service is rather shitty....The VXL site states that your
warranty replacement will be shipped out the same day that they receive the defective piece.
11 days to Cali from the East Coast.......zzzzzzzzzzzz. I guess my expectations for great customer
service have been set too high by G (D9), and the Thermovape crew. But that's another thread.
RussyRoo
Well-Known Member
Boy, we didn't even make it a month before it started up again?
I understand that you are anxious but I am going to refer you to my post earlier this month where I explained that these types of posts only clog up this thread with nonsense and are to stop. Perhaps you would like to be the one who starts the "when did you order, when did you get it" thread in the Vapor Lounge?
I don't think these concerns are that invalid, but I agree it needs a new thread. For some people its a big chunk of money to have to keep aside on the off chance that you might get an email sometime in the next few weeks/months. I don't think its just that people are desperate to get the product asap, but that knowing just roughly when they might have to spend $400 helps to manage their finances. There would be nothing worse than getting the email and not being able to pay. I'm a college student and that was a concern for me
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oldiebutgoodie
Apostle, Church of Vaporization
Since it's been well over a week w/o a word but VXL has typically been very responsive, you have checked your shipment tracking to verify VXL received the HT and followed up with an email to Troi or SM?
stickstones
Vapor concierge
mephisto...sounds like you got lost in the cracks. Get a hold of troi or monkey and I am sure you will be taken care of...I'll bet my beta unit on it.
momofthegoons
vapor accessory addict
I don't think these concerns are that invalid, but I agree it needs a new thread. For some people its a big chunk of money to have to keep aside on the off chance that you might get an email sometime in the next few weeks/months. I don't think its just that people are desperate to get the product asap, but that knowing just roughly when they might have to spend $400 helps to manage their finances. There would be nothing worse than getting the email and not being able to pay. I'm a college student and that was a concern for me
I did not say these concerns were invalid. I said they clutter this thread. In the past, threads have been made for this very purpose. And, I am suggesting that those of you who would like to keep track of this information are welcome to.... in another thread. That way, if someone will monitor the thread, this information can be kept track of and those of you who are anxious, or trying to manage your finances can get a better idea of where your place in line is. This thread is not for that purpose. End of discussion.
Shoot me a PM with your name, email, case number, and tracking number and we'll take care of it. I personally send out all of our replacement Clouds and Hydratubes and I'm all caught up with my list so either we haven't received the defective Cloud or I let something slip thru the cracks. Either way, send me a message and we'll take care of it. Also, if you want an update, you can email us directly as we haven't been checking the forum as much lately due to bandwidth issues.
Mephisto - understood but without a name or email, I have no way of associating that tracking number to a person, please PM me your contact details so I can connect the dots and get your replacement sent out.
Carbon
Well-Known Member
So I finally got my unit. My third time's a charm comment was premature. First round we all know of last year didn't work. Then I got an email to order, but they ran out of stock. Third time I actually did get to order and pay for a unit. 5 or so days later without a confirmation email or shipping info I got worried so I checked with the guys over at VXL. Apparently there was some glitch where if you were the 12th or 13th order that day you'd be stuck in limbo whereas all those before you got completed orders and all those after you would be shown an out of stock message. Not sure what would have happened had I not bothered to flow up with them. I had to wait yet again for new stock and finally got a confirmation that the unit was shipped after checking in on the phone with Phil a few different times. I had discussed with Phil that since the unit was shipping out so much later than expected that I would need to change the address. We discussed that point a minimum of two times and I provided my new address both times. When I read the order confirmation it was going to the old address so this part was not dealt with. It wasn't a big issue for me because the previous address was a friend I was staying with before, but what if it had been a house I moved out of and ended up being left with some stranger?
In any case I picked up my box today (it arrived there yesterday), and just now unpacked the unit and turned it on. The packing seemed very thorough as others have stated. The unit was actually larger than I expected, and the ticking a bit louder than I would have thought too. I plugged it in so it could heat up at 12 o clock, and it seemed to take longer than 10 minutes. The unit is quite hot to the touch, and I would say it's uncomfortable to hold anywhere above the bottom 3rd of the unit. Inspecting the hydratube it seems to be made of quality glass and is not terribly asymmetrical, but it certainly doesnt have the uniformity you'd expect from a high profile glass blower. Still I'm sure these are mostly aesthetic concerns and that functionally it will perform well (just wish I'd somehow gotten the SG gridded tree).
Lastly, the unit has a distinct smell to it while on that would give me great pause to use this thing right out of the box. I'll be cranking it up to full heat and leaving it on to try and burn off whatever this is.
Hopefully we've gotten all the negative stuff out of the way and I can weigh in on the positives of the unit after I'm able to use it. Thanks for reading since I know this was quite long especially without having a proper review (typed from my phone).
In any case I picked up my box today (it arrived there yesterday), and just now unpacked the unit and turned it on. The packing seemed very thorough as others have stated. The unit was actually larger than I expected, and the ticking a bit louder than I would have thought too. I plugged it in so it could heat up at 12 o clock, and it seemed to take longer than 10 minutes. The unit is quite hot to the touch, and I would say it's uncomfortable to hold anywhere above the bottom 3rd of the unit. Inspecting the hydratube it seems to be made of quality glass and is not terribly asymmetrical, but it certainly doesnt have the uniformity you'd expect from a high profile glass blower. Still I'm sure these are mostly aesthetic concerns and that functionally it will perform well (just wish I'd somehow gotten the SG gridded tree).
Lastly, the unit has a distinct smell to it while on that would give me great pause to use this thing right out of the box. I'll be cranking it up to full heat and leaving it on to try and burn off whatever this is.
Hopefully we've gotten all the negative stuff out of the way and I can weigh in on the positives of the unit after I'm able to use it. Thanks for reading since I know this was quite long especially without having a proper review (typed from my phone).
Shrike
Flower Potted, Maxed, & Rio'd.
Thanks, SM for giving the go ahead to check with you guys as per when we may be getting our purchasing email from you. I have purposely NOT tried to email you asking when, as it seemed you guys had enough on your plate with the ups and downs of a start up company.
stickstones
Vapor concierge
carbon...if you typed all that on your phone, I'm impressed!
PoopMachine
Well-Known Member
The smell will eventually go away.Just run it through turned all the way up. I dont know why this hasnt been addressed by VXC or maybe it was and I didnt see it. I emailed SM about the smell and he didnt mention it in his reply.
As far as the temp of the unit, I agree. Mine gets too hot to hold, even at the bottom. I just deal with it. Ive kind of come to the conclusion its better to just live with it than have to deal with warrantying it.
Tea Party
Boro Connoisseur
I talked to sm about the smell. I did 2, 1 hour hot cycles and there is no more smell.
Mine gets warm but what I would hardly describe at "hot".
As far as the glass goes, I can tell you that from experience none of it will be even close to asymmetrical. With that being said I'm highly impressed by the quality of the work from who ever put together my hydra tube.
Those of you who are sad for not getting SG trees should not really feel so bad. The average person will not notice a material difference in the diffusion. Back pre 2008 everyone was looking for more diffusion, today I would say most pieces are over diffused.
Mine gets warm but what I would hardly describe at "hot".
As far as the glass goes, I can tell you that from experience none of it will be even close to asymmetrical. With that being said I'm highly impressed by the quality of the work from who ever put together my hydra tube.
Those of you who are sad for not getting SG trees should not really feel so bad. The average person will not notice a material difference in the diffusion. Back pre 2008 everyone was looking for more diffusion, today I would say most pieces are over diffused.
Tea Party
Boro Connoisseur
I don't think these concerns are that invalid, but I agree it needs a new thread. For some people its a big chunk of money to have to keep aside on the off chance that you might get an email sometime in the next few weeks/months. I don't think its just that people are desperate to get the product asap, but that knowing just roughly when they might have to spend $400 helps to manage their finances. There would be nothing worse than getting the email and not being able to pay. I'm a college student and that was a concern for me
While $400 isn't that much for a nice smoking device ( if you're into heady glass). it really shouldn't be that hard to do. You know there is something coming up that you want so you save a little each week. Once you have the cash together you don't touch it.
Also understand that this is a luxury good. Anyone who tells themselves different is out of their mind.