Wow, I thought the Firefly gave the tastiest hit — I was wrong. The Lotus kicked it's ass. Impressed, I need to think about this, wow.
I'm sitting here stunned as well. I don't understand it yet, but I am so impressed I'm going to read every last post again in this thread until I do..... I'm as ripped off of a couple hits of flower and a big hit of full melt hash as I was off of several power bursts earlier today off the Persei with the SR71 after a fresh load of Honeycomb wax. I usually find flowers unable to take me anywhere beyond where a few nice dabs takes me. For some strange reason, this is an exception. I'm at a whole "different" level, the Lotus is such an innocent looking device, and a simple visual of it even in your hands just doesn't seem like it could be able to do what it is doing.
The wax in the Persei was beautiful as well and yet it didn't leave me as deeply baked as i am now on fewer hits. I'm completely shocked,
I didn't get the Lotus to work the first few attempts, so I do see a small learning curve, but should be intuitive within a few more sessions. To begin with, I was using the wrong torch, too strong, too hot, it even combusted what was left of my first half full bowl finally, although after I was able to get a few semi-impressive clouds but a bit toasty taste. I didn't think that much of it until it hit me over the next 15-30 minutes. So at this point, I really didn't get great flavor due to my lack of using the proper torch and timing, so still just am commenting on the quality of the level of medication per amount of hits and material, not even going to comment a thing about the flavor yet as I am quite sure I will figure it out. I don't have the technique down although the hash hit was defintely a full, rich flavor, so regardless, I'm still blown away and won't need to chain vape like I usually do with the usual portables (solo, inhalater xp, PnPro, Persei/ Omicron) and a new Ascent I haven't tried out yet.
I hope to comment on after the TPC show coming up this week. 2 shows in 2 weeks is brutal. I do go to the shows and sometimes pick up show specials to help offset my addiction to new vapes, so will be going through a lot of show special items i picked up at Champs and will pick up this week also.
After the beyond words, but closest attempt is "more than pleasant surprise" with the Lotus and its handling of flowers and the Hash, I can't wait to recover a bit more so I can see how some super pure, purged concentrate will taste and feel in this, so I'll let you know how that goes soon.....
I guess this is what people who have the Cloud, Sublimator, Herbie and now all of the recent loyal Lotus devotees have been trying to explain but it is something you need to experience. It's difficult for those of us wanting to know in advance, as there is no way whatsoever I could have imagined how this would feel and the attempts other FCers have made to explain how differently the Lotus affects them, I get it now! The challenge of trying to explain the "feeling" differences between this and other vaporizers is difficult at best. I am intrigued and want to see how it treats the different types of concentrates, so again, I intend on experimenting as my brain allows me as this is pretty deep stone peeps, not sure why.....
I will finalize my summary of the Lotus by just saying, it takes you to a way deeper place that is quite amazing...
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