EverythingsHazy
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Which is your favorite?
What do you prefer to vape through? Ice/Room Temp Water/Hot Water
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MinnBobber
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Hot / warm water all the way.
I am boldly predicting hot/ warm water will be in third place though.
Why hot water?
- I feel vapor needs moisturizing/ humidity MUCH MORE than it needs COOLING. Hot water moisturizes vapor passing thru it more than cool or cold water. See the laws of physics.
- Our vapor starts out at 350 - 440 F max temp, so 500 F lower temp than combusted..
Combusted herb range:
500-700°C (932-1292°F) Is the combustion temperature for marijuana.
Combusted herb definitely needs more cooling help
- cooling vapor causes it to condense out. The more you cool it, the more that condenses. In an alcohol still, the cooling coils condense the alcohol vapor into liquid.
I don't want my vapor condensing out, I want it in my lungs please. Hot/ warm water condenses out less vapor than cool/cold water.
AND, having less condense out gives you more flavor from more vapor coming thru
- I find the vapor from hot/ warm water bubbler to be MUCH MUCH easier on the mouth/throat/lungs. Kind of like a "Vicks Vapor rub vaporizer" effect. It is warm and humid and soothing.
From my " mythical smoothness/ harshness scale ". Goes from minus 10 to plus 10. 0 is neutral.
minus 10 -- smoking a joint
minus 8 - smoking with bong
minus 5 - minus 1 vaping straight without water -- range of vaporizer makes / models
Zero -- vaping thru cold or room temp water
Plus 4 -- vaping thru hot / warmwater which actually feels good/ soothing. My mouth, throat, lungs feel better after vaping.
With cold water vaping, that vapor still dries out my mouth, throat, lungs.
It will be interesting to see how the vote stacks up...
I am boldly predicting hot/ warm water will be in third place though.
Why hot water?
- I feel vapor needs moisturizing/ humidity MUCH MORE than it needs COOLING. Hot water moisturizes vapor passing thru it more than cool or cold water. See the laws of physics.
- Our vapor starts out at 350 - 440 F max temp, so 500 F lower temp than combusted..
Combusted herb range:
500-700°C (932-1292°F) Is the combustion temperature for marijuana.
Combusted herb definitely needs more cooling help
- cooling vapor causes it to condense out. The more you cool it, the more that condenses. In an alcohol still, the cooling coils condense the alcohol vapor into liquid.
I don't want my vapor condensing out, I want it in my lungs please. Hot/ warm water condenses out less vapor than cool/cold water.
AND, having less condense out gives you more flavor from more vapor coming thru
- I find the vapor from hot/ warm water bubbler to be MUCH MUCH easier on the mouth/throat/lungs. Kind of like a "Vicks Vapor rub vaporizer" effect. It is warm and humid and soothing.
From my " mythical smoothness/ harshness scale ". Goes from minus 10 to plus 10. 0 is neutral.
minus 10 -- smoking a joint
minus 8 - smoking with bong
minus 5 - minus 1 vaping straight without water -- range of vaporizer makes / models
Zero -- vaping thru cold or room temp water
Plus 4 -- vaping thru hot / warmwater which actually feels good/ soothing. My mouth, throat, lungs feel better after vaping.
With cold water vaping, that vapor still dries out my mouth, throat, lungs.
It will be interesting to see how the vote stacks up...
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StickyShisha2
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above room temp but not what I would call hot
lwien
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Room temp water 'cause I'm lazy.
I really should try hot(ter) water, but I've never gotten around to it because...... well, I'm lazy!
Not too hot Stu. First time I tried this, I put some water in a cup and nuked it the microwave for a bit, poured it into my bong and nearly singed the linings of lungs. Fuck, that hurt.
I get it as hot as it can be out of the tap. Very, very warm but not scalding hot.
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