Thank you for the all the help.
Sitting in the train right now can't wait for tomorrow where I'm gonna vape for the very first time
any last minute advice lol
And I expect better than ok results from thermovape!
Once again, you're welcome. Sounds like congratulations are in order as well. I'm sure you'll be happy with the decision and look forward to hearing of your experiments.
If you've never vaped before, IMO you're in for a treat. Not, most likely, what you're expecting. It usually takes some getting used to. My advice is don't expect to get knocked over, without all that toxic junk mixed in your body is missing most of it's clues. Recall the first time you smoked? Did you get off? Most don't since it's not a direct thing like alcohol would be.
However, very quickly you mind will realize that the assault on the lungs isn't really necessary. It takes days to weeks typically before guys note that with the exception of their eyes not being bloodshot and their not coughing uncontrollably they're getting the normal THC effects with much less bud. Most, I think, find a 3 or 4 fold increase in economy. Guys go a week on what used to be two days' supply...seriously. You're not burning up half the THC in a fire and mixing the half you do get out with a bunch of nasty stuff.
Work up on it slowly. First you get water, a bit of hot moist air. Then dry then a little flavor (the parts of the herb that give flavor evaporate off at lower temperatures one after the other. Expect to start seeing some vapor in your exhale here. Don't put too much stock in what you see, it's very subjective to lighting and not full of lots of smoke. As you contunue to bump temperature up the flavor dies away, but THC is still coming on strong (but doesn't have much taste itself). That's our meat. It will continue, with more and more CBDs and other good stuff entering the mix until it gets hot enough to start breaking down plant material....and tasting like 'burnt popcorn'. Don't go past this point, combustion is just ahead and the THC is basically gone.
To work Evolution, T1, LL Cera and similar units you need to understand the process. Convection as practiced here is very different that other processes. You should try 3 separate steps (do a search on "3 Steps" posts by me for a couple dozen passes at this in varying detail. Basically you want to give it time to build heat up in the core, maybe 20 or so seconds. You can see this by looking into the empty bowl and turning it on. It reaches 'saturation' (full brightness) in maybe 10 seconds? You want that for a bit so the whole core gets up to working temperature (about 1700F). That's step 1. Step 2 is one or more long slow draws (maybe 15 or 20 seconds to a lung full?). You're not after vapor but are transfering hot air up to the load to heat it. Do a "test puff", puff out the last bit (in your mouth) like a cigar, looking for vapor. Don't be shy, if it's not a solid puff, pull another time and try a puff again.
Once you get the solid test puff you're up to the magic temperature (just under 400F) in the bowl, hopefully the core still has lots of heat stored. Step 2 is over, time for the main event, step 3....hit it like you mean it. The harder you hit the more heat is drawn in, the more vapor is made. Simple and very easy to control when you get the knack.
You quickly learn from the experience as you go along. Soon preheat and transfer (steps 1 and 2) happen automatically, some don't even need the test puff because they 'know it's there'. But at first think in 3 distinct steps is my advice.
There's a similar write up on the Cera Wiki page, under the 'advanced LL' part (3.1.1):
http://vaporpedia.com/wiki/ThermoVape_Cera
We'll be here if you hit a rock, but I doubt that'll happen.
Best wishes.
OF
