Arizer Solo

clouded vision said:

how far down can you screw the to back on? If you can screw it on all the way then it isn't, if it stops before it's all the way on then it is. a little pressure from slightly compressing the ring shouldn't cause any problems but if you try to force the cap all the way down and keep twisting after it becomes difficult then you are putting too much pressure on the screws

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Thanks! Mine seems to get tight just as the lid is closing completely so I think I am ok.


Also, I got my Pinnacle WT from Kustom Kulture today. I had ordered on Saturday and it arrived today. It is very smooth. Even smoother than the bubbler I had been using. $100+tax with free shipping (just add something cheap to make it over $100) is the best deal I have found for Canadians, and I didn't have to wait for customs.

clouded vision said:

how far down can you screw the to back on? If you can screw it on all the way then it isn't, if it stops before it's all the way on then it is. a little pressure from slightly compressing the ring shouldn't cause any problems but if you try to force the cap all the way down and keep twisting after it becomes difficult then you are putting too much pressure on the screws

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I think this is a good plan. Like I said I can feel it start to pinch on the ring as I turn the stem. Mine goes half a turn or so past there. I'd say if you can find that point (where it makes solid contact) and don't go more than a turn from there there's not much pressure involved (just enough for friction to hold the ring). I wound imagine that too much pressure also forces the ring ID smaller, making it get harder to insert and remove?

The cap spins freely to that contact point as well, although mine is a little worn and so it turns real easy anyway.

Does 'no more than a turn past contact' make sense?

b0 said:

Well, it seem's like you're right OF! My Solo has a "fattie" cap!!

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Bummer, too bad there's an issue to 'be right' about here.......

Thanks for the confirmation, folks have another clue it seems?

OF

My unit is a M1A3 with the smaller cover as above in OF's post. I couldn't screw it on with the washer I was using but didn't care as it had no effect on performance. I expected the same thing to happen with the o-ring since it appeared thicker but nope it screws on with the top cap of set to the left in the back as it always was on mine. I never even without a ring screw anything tight. The DV taught me that. I usually screw stuff on and then back it up a mm...hehe I don't even know how much that is so in my language a smidge. I guess I was lucky as OF was but in all honesty what is the difference if you can't screw it all the way on. The seal should be good after a couple of turns I think .

Dreamerr said:

I guess I was lucky as OF was but in all honesty what is the difference if you can't screw it all the way on. The seal should be good after a couple of turns I think .

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I agree, I don't even think we want a seal, in fact the notches in my ring prevent a seal intentionally. All we want is the ring to hang onto the stem and the cover to hang onto the ring tight enough so the stem doesn't flop around?

The problems would be at the 'too tight' end of things.

OF

Have you tried to use the solo without the cover? I have when I had the washer cause I had to take the cover off to load the stem. It was way to tight. As far as I can tell it is mostly esthetics.

thesoloman said:

I have one point I'd like to bring up regarding these O-rings, they exert downward force onto the botom of the solo, where the 4 screws are, as you tighten the top cap onto your solo, you'r smashing the o-ring flat, and it becomes hard to screw the cap on flush. I have three solo's in my nicer one's i don't tighten the top all the way down when i use an O-ring, reducing the pressure on the botom.

A few pages back i saw discussion on how to clean out the SS heater, when mine gunks-up i CAREFULLY break a razor blade into the right size to fit in the bowl, and then i scrape with the blade working in a circuler motion. I do this upside down so anything falls out of my solo, not into it.

Be careful breaking razorblades, always use a pair or pliers and hold the blade, and exert downward onto a hard surface, MAKE SURE TO COVER THES WITH A TOWEL AS YOU BREAK IT, FLYING RAZOR-BLAZE SHARS ARE VERY BAD!!!!

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I like to insert a fine screen inside the heating chamber .
Then use a q-tip with iso on top of the screen and swirl/mop the chamber .
It works like a charm , almost shiny new again .

poonman said:

I like to insert a fine screen inside the heating chamber .
Then use a q-tip with iso on top of the screen and swirl/mop the chamber .
It works like a charm , almost shiny new again .

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The OP had baked some hash oil on, that might be awfully tough to get it all off if it'd been there a while.

OF

BTW just an FYI, I have been using the PA fairly exclusively but even if I use the battery I recharge. I say this to say this week and last I only used the PA cause I was curious about the battery usage while the PA is being used. When I didn't have a PA and didn't use the solo in a day or two it would still read full charge. I use the solo daily now and if it is used long enough I have noticed it loses one battery light a day. I have never let it go past 4 with the PA. It is not plugged in all day cause I leave the beeps on so it eventually annoys me. I will leave it plugged in a few hours and if annoyed will unplug and replug. Just a point of observation in my daily usage.

OF said:

I'd pull the cover and the battery I think. Dry them separately before reassembly. You need airflow to evaporate stuff out. Time and warm are your friends. IIRC something like 15 degrees F doubles the vapor pressure of water (evaporation rate) at lower temps.

Good luck, I bet it survives just fine.

OF

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Your bet was right. I dried it really well and did not feel any wetness anywhere and tried it and the unit did not work properly (lights would jump when I tried to charge it even after resetting). I think it turns out that the battery got alittle wet. A few hours near sunlight and its as good as new, went through like 5-6 cycles today and 0 problems. Its charging perfectly too. Awesome vape im glad its working and thank you for responding when I was kinda freaking out.

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the unit did not work properly (lights would jump when I tried to charge it even after resetting). I think it turns out that the battery got alittle wet. A few hours near sunlight and its as good as new, went through like 5-6 cycles today and 0 problems. Its charging perfectly too. Awesome vape im glad its working and thank you for responding when I was kinda freaking out.

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Great news, congrats. You're very welcome, of course, glad it was useful.

You're right about Solo I think and I also think freaking out is allowed too. Panic is something else. You kept calm enough to make good choices. In the end, that's what matters.....as long as there's no blood.

Or police reports.

OF

clouded vision said:

spouti, if you look back one page I posted pictures of my unit with the heater cover off, the gap in there is pretty small so trying to clean out with iso would be a bitch, you can't even fit a q-tip in there. I would say so a dry burn at 7 but blow through the stem every minute or so while hot, this well force any vaporized bad stuff out of the unit, after that it might still smell a little but should be safe to use and the smell will go away with use, I think mine last maybe a day and a half

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Tx CV, I will try it today. I emptied my charge doing heat cycles yesterday and its on charge now. Cant wait to blow my 1st cloud!

OF said:

Great news, congrats. You're very welcome, of course, glad it was useful.

You're right about Solo I think and I also think freaking out is allowed too. Panic is something else. You kept calm enough to make good choices. In the end, that's what matters.....as long as there's no blood.

Or police reports.

OF

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A friend dropped his cell phone in a toilet at work and thought all was lost ... until it dried out. I would have shit-canned it for good, but he kept it

satyrday said:

A friend dropped his cell phone in a toilet at work and thought all was lost ... until it dried out. I would have shit-canned it for good, but he kept it

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There's an awful pun in there.....but I ain't touchin' it......

I remember reading about a guy in rural Africa that dropped his into the public convenience. He paid a local to climb down and look for it (some guys need money real bad.....). That guy collapsed and died as did the 3 that followed him attempting the rescue.

Pretty expensive cell phone in the end.

OF

OF said:

There's an awful pun in there.....but I ain't touchin' it......

I remember reading about a guy in rural Africa that dropped his into the public convenience. He paid a local to climb down and look for it (some guys need money real bad.....). That guy collapsed and died as did the 3 that followed him attempting the rescue.

Pretty expensive cell phone in the end.

OF

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thats a vey sad story indeed...
Now on a positive note.. my broken solo's getting revived!!!

thesoloman said:

thats a vey sad story indeed...
Now on a positive note.. my broken solo's getting revived!!!

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Yup, life is cheap sometimes....yet for the life of me I can't see one human as lesser than another by anything other than behavior. For sure the poor sod that was trying to raise money for his family to eat (unassumingly) didn't ask to be born poor and in that village.

Sad is, I agree, the word for it. Let us be thankful it's not us? We can loose that perspective far to easily IMO. We're hung up on 'the best'. Life is very dear for most of our fellow men. Few of us question our next meal.

OF

OF said:

Yup, life is cheap sometimes....yet for the life of me I can't see one human as lesser than another by anything other than behavior. For sure the poor sod that was trying to raise money for his family to eat (unassumingly) didn't ask to be born poor and in that village.

Sad is, I agree, the word for it. Let us be thankful it's not us? We can loose that perspective far to easily IMO. We're hung up on 'the best'. Life is very dear for most of our fellow men. Few of us question our next meal.

OF

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Well put.

OF said:

There's an awful pun in there.....but I ain't touchin' it......

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Me ... a bad pun? I'm much too sophisticated for that!

Looks like PVHES stems and GonGs are in stock, but only the basic ones. Is it worth holding out for the turbo and/or shorty versions? I don't know how often those come back in stock if at all. The reason I'm considering turbo is for additional airflow (I'll be using a screen either way). I'm also interested in shorty because I value efficiency and since the Solo seems to hit better when the stem is fuller, I'm guessing the shorty would give me better hits while using less weed? Thoughts?

Once I get the GonG stem, I'll be looking to purchase a water tool to pair with my Solo ASAP, so any suggestions there are welcome. I want something nice and nothing too big. $150-300 range.

myla said:

Water Path with a SOLO!

Hi ataxian, that is definitely on my agenda! I need to buy a gong first. I shall be using these glass in conjunction with Ed's wooden stem for going out, I worry the loose fitting of the glass to solo after the usage of wooden stem. I have tried the 'heat up to 7 and press against something sold" trick but it only helps a bit, my stock glass stem is very loose now and will fall off if I turn the solo upside down.

Edit: I also like the WT from the Pinnacle and the FC bubbler if it ever means anything!

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yes me too. Had my Solo a week or so. Got one of Ed's stems, used it for one session then went to see if the glass stock stem fit as well and noticed how loose the glass became. Frustrating, because the glass was perfect before, now the glass will fall out easily. What are you doing? Rings, new retainer ring, call Arizer?

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yes me too. Had my Solo a week or so. Got one of Ed's stems, used it for one session then went to see if the glass stock stem fit as well and noticed how loose the glass became. Frustrating, because the glass was perfect before, now the glass will fall out easily. What are you doing? Rings, new retainer ring, call Arizer?

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My stock straight glass stems fit fine?

"OF" has a solution for the loose fitting stems some seem to have.

Alrighty, after a week of being away I'm back! I would like to say I successfully took my Solo for the trip and vaped almost the whole time (at least when I had weed )! OF, I have the "thick cap." So when I get some o-rings I'll have to shave them or just not screw the lid on all the way correct? Bummer that I don't have the right cap to have no mods done to the ring, but oh well more DIY for me

Here's one of the many beautiful places I vaped: (Mind you this photo was taken in a hillside cave. I'm about as high as the mountains on the far side, both literally and mentally )

barry1309 said:

yes me too. Had my Solo a week or so. Got one of Ed's stems, used it for one session then went to see if the glass stock stem fit as well and noticed how loose the glass became. Frustrating, because the glass was perfect before, now the glass will fall out easily. What are you doing? Rings, new retainer ring, call Arizer?

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Howdy. Sounds like Ed's stem might be a little bigger than the stock one you were using? It opened the seal up a bit more?

It would have happened anyway, others report the stem loosening up over time. Mine did even though for the first few weeks I used only the bent stem it came with. About the time I started using my GonG stem from PV the stock one started turning on it's own.

Dreamer used to combat this by pressing the edge of the (hot at the time) seal inward with the stem in a few places. She reported this tightened it up for a while.

IMO it was going to happen anyway, all you did is move that date forward some. I doubt if Arizer ever planned to guarantee tight fit (anyone get service to correct this 'flaw'?)....for sure they never intended we use the stem as a handle.

Yoshi said:

OF, I have the "thick cap." So when I get some o-rings I'll have to shave them or just not screw the lid on all the way correct? Bummer that I don't have the right cap to have no mods done to the ring, but oh well more DIY for me

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Yes, I think that's right, although I've never done it. Mine fits perfectly (or nearly so) and the thick lid version isn't really mine to play with.

I guess a guy could carefully go after it with a razor blade, but I'd be more tempted to sand it? Maybe stick the ring to a block of wood with some double stick tape and rub the lot over a sheet of 240 or 320 grit in a circles or figure 8s? Then flip it over and go after the other side?

I've also done similar things with Duct Tape (the Handyman's Secret Weapon....) and adding a sheet of paper with a hole in it around the part to keep the tap from sticking to the sandpaper. Either way will keep you from sanding your fingerprints off in the process.

In any event, the critical part of the ring is, I think, the center part when laying on it's side? That is if you look at a cross section of the 'cord' of the ring you want to keep between 2 and 4 o'clock (and 8 and 10 on the other side) while going after the 11 to 1 o'clock part and 5 to 7? Sanding equal width 'flat spots' on the ring seems like the call to me.

It might be worth looking into a thinner ring, say size 015? It's 1/8 not 3/32 cord (but the same ID so stem fit should be similar). That's about what I measure the cover difference to be. Perhaps someone can find one at a local hardware store (wrong material) and try it for fit? If I remember, next time I'm down I'll have a look here.

OF

So I got my power adapter and it's a fucking game changer. It really becomes a mini desktop.

mvapes said:

So I got my power adapter and it's a fucking game changer. It really becomes a mini desktop.

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Other than the obvious, not having wait for charging, what's the difference?

salivape said:

Other than the obvious, not having wait for charging, what's the difference?

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I love PA.

Fastest heating than heating from the battery imho and not using battery. I use it to warm up the unit indoor and then i go outside to vaporize and the battery take his duty from a heated unit for example. YOu can use solo as a logvape from a current source too.

I didn't try to plug PA in a car plug but it should be possible.

solo and PA are heavy duty for me. Every day a log vape in my hand to extract goods (almost) entirely throught water.