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Hey everyone, Quick question for the community. I'm about to take one of the Amtrak trains across the country and am going to be bringing my Volcano Vaporizer with me since I wont have time to ship it. Aside from going through all the normal cleaning procedures, i.e. take everything apart and...

Get yourself a bright LED flashlight and turn off the lights when you are filling the bag. Shine the light in the bag and you'll see the vapor flooding in. Depending on how much you use, check again when filling around the 3rd-4th bag and you'll see if there is no vapor flooding in. Conversely...

Luchiano, I think your logic is flawed that the negative compounds are somehow boiled off at the lower temperatures, thus making anything past 200C somehow safe. If this were the case, Benzene, Ammonia and other carcinogenic compounds would have shown up in the tests at the lower temperatures...

Hey everyone, I was doing some research this morning regarding the ideal temperatures for Vaporization & came across an interesting theory. Essentially we have been referencing the "boiling points" of the different cannabinoids which implies that they are in a liquid state. What we know for a...

I received a response back from Dr. Gieringer from NORML regarding the vaporization point of THC. He indicated that What he is suggesting is that the vaporization point can be at 180*C and even lower & that in the Dr. Hornsby studies (who suggested that 200*C is the minimum for THC vaporization...

@Vtac, definitely agree that this is an area that needs either more research or clarification. I have been trying to research this myself but have found too many contradictions in studies in order to cite one as more accurate. My concern is as follows; If 200*C is actually the temperature at...

oops my bad. dont know how i misread that. perhaps because the Wikipedia page on vaporizers mentions the use of herbs including chamomile in the actual vaporizer itself. has anyone ever tried that by the way?

awesome input guys, much appreciated. Based on the idea that one can use less than 0.5g, say 0.2 or 0.1g..what would you guys recommend the bag size be for personal use at this quantity? I certainly agree that using a larger bag than necessary probably wouldn't be as efficient.

Thanks for the informative replies everyone! A few questions; Vaporizeit is suggesting that around 0.5 grams is the right amount for the Volcano. Is it possible to go even lower, say around 0.1-0.2 grams for a single personal session? I have read that it is best to lightly cover the entire...

Hello everyone, Before I start, I understand that the majority in this forum are not proponents of the Volcano due to the perceived value based on cost, which I completely understand. Regardless, I did purchase a Volcano the other day which should be arriving this week & I wanted to ask a few...

Fail, You're absolutely right in the sense that the study is open to interpretation and there are questions that still need to be answered. However, since we do not have a "standardized" strain of Cannabis which can be controlled for, the researchers were simply aiming to test the results...

Fail, Looking through past research it is quite obvious that Cannabis, whether combusted or Vaporized will release Ammonia, regardless of the source. The real question is how much is considered average. I dont think the police would take the time to saturate the samples with such precise...

Great question Hippie. I think a little more research is needed in that regard. I also was wondering whether it would be possible to simply "filter out" the Ammonia. From some extremely rough, baseline research, it appears as if Ammonia is water soluble, possibly presenting some hope for...

Vaporizeit, I believe the rational for using the 2 different sample of cannabis was to study what toxicity levels the everyday smoker would be exposed to , since the majority of our cannabis comes from the "streets", not the NIDA. I agree that the discrepancy between the results of the Volcano...

Hippie Dickie, To my knowledge there is no description of the process of creating the ammonia other than it is released within the temperature range of vaporization. The study states that it was not designed to test the exact mechanisms of production of the low MW products of vaporization. The...

Hello everyone, Over the past week or so, I have spent a considerable amount of time researching the health benefits of vaporization, reading through countless medical journals & even contacting lead scientists involved in these studies. I want to share my findings with this community today, in...

Just thought I would update everyone regarding my findings on potential off-gassing from aluminum heating elements in the Volcano. I emailed another researcher in the Netherlands who performed experiments on the efficacy of Vaporization & received a reply as follows: I then received a followup...

Hippie, Thanks for the response. Certainly agree that material imperfections could present an issue. Suprisingly I just received an email back from Dale Gieringer, the lead researcher involved in the 2003 NORML vaporizer studies. I have quoted his response below: If anyone here would like to...

Thanks for the reply Moe. I agree that these dust particles could present an issue for those that may be sensitive to certain allergens & those who prefer to just maintain a clean apparatus. I have emailed a few researchers who have done studies on the Volcano, including those involved in the...

Hippie, Definitely agree with you in that it is hard to trust claims from a company with a profit motive. Any "study" can be slanted in order to achieve the desired results. I commend you on building your own device from materials you are 100% trusting of, certainly must be nice. For those of...