I saw the question again about smell and want to kinda clear it up from various perspectives. I'm a MMJ patient myself, and legal in my state without that (though no public consumption is part of the package, but no one's been cited for that quite yet) and I'm still paranoid about the smells and "people knowing."
As far as "stink", it's not stealth, not even close. As far as "stink", it's not anywhere close to lighting up a jay or exhaling a huge rip.
Outside, a light breeze, maybe you could get away with some light tokes in immediate company. In a crowded bar you could get a couple of tokes in before people pick up on the smell and look around. In a concert, unless the person next to you is watching I doubt they'd ever pick up on anything unless you use it to mimicking a musical instrument to play along.
It still leaves behind the hot pot kind of smell (or like someone just opened a huujass garbage bag of weed), and if you spend the load a bit like buttered popcorn (but definitely pot).
So inside, yeah, it's gonna be obvious, but people may not associate the thing in your hand with the smell unless they see you puffing. Find a big HVAC air intake to blow in or find a smoking areas in which other smoke will help mask the smell.
Outside, if you're walking and the sidewalk isn't crowded, have people walk past and turn and look but not initially at me. People walking behind will really pick up on the smell and watch you to see if you're smoking something, but if you make no conspicuous moves or blow smoke, they're curious but clueless. If you're standing still, people will triangulate your ass.
Car? Sure, but my car with sunroof open. Bus? Train? gtfo
I have a second portable vape for on the go and in public... But I mainly enjoy the Pax while driving when I'm a few minutes from home (to delay the buzz until I'm parked, but keeps the smells away from my house), in my backyard (if it's kinda breezy and the neighbors aren't outside), at shows (be careful not to drop it!!!) and when I'm out with friends (those fuckers aren't clogging anymore of my Persei cartridges, though it blows their mind when I whip out the Nibbler and stick it on).
Hopefully that helps paint the full picture of what to expect smell-wise. Even in the smallest closet with no ventilation, it smells SOO much better than combustion, and I believe the smell enhances our enjoyment of the flavor as well.
Herb always comes out darker in conduction vapes. This does not necessarily mean it is more efficient.
I think why most people say the Pax is inefficient is because it requires a good amount to produce thick hits. I could put a tenth of a gram in my old EQ with an elbow pack and get a couple potent hits. I remember putting the same amount in the Pax for the first time and was extremely underwhelmed. This never bothered me much as I vape a third of a gram per session anyway. It just means no reloading for me.
Not necessarily, but it's a great point and I would like to know how the darkness to extraction efficiency actually works. FOR SCIENCE!
You know, we don't have any real way of quantifying any of this stuff. If your flowers were lab tested, you have an approximate knowledge of what and how many cannibinoids are present to be released per unit. Is there a test that exists to figure out what and how much comes out the other end of a vaporizer?
Our only source of information is a large mass of stoners... While amusing, it's long past time to start taking this seriously...
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cant see why anyone would want more when the current three give me everything I want. I wouldnt go higher than red (I dont even use red) and I certainly wouldnt go lower than yellow (one of mine has a 4th temp thats lower than yellow (Blue) and its utterly useless) orange is just right (goldie locks?)
