Wow. I can't believe I read the entire 120 pages of this thread. Too bad I didn't find out about the option of changing the posts per page until just a couple pages ago.
Before I forget, many thanks to Magic-Flight, the FC forum, and all of the posters here that I've learned so much from over the past week. I sure appreciate y'all going through all of the learning curve stuff for me!!!
Last week I found a recommendation of the MFLB at a political forum that I frequent. I checked out the links to blisssville and FC. By the time I had read through about 15 pages of this thread, and had read everything there was on the blisssville site I was hooked. I placed an order on Friday from blisssville, and was told it would be here by the following Wednesday. Was I ever shocked and pleased when I received a tiny, discreet USPS Priority Mail package on Monday!
I've been conducting extensive research on this product ever since.
My only experience with vaporizers previously was (in retrospect) a frightening soldering-iron-in-a-globe monstrosity that I thankfully only tried a few times before giving it up as an all around bad idea. This was probably about 20 years or so ago. I've combusted off and on for almost 30 years now. Now I'm retired, and spend most of my days working on the house or working on the property, as well as home-schooling a tweener 3 days a week. So the idea of a stealthy, odorless medicine delivery system sounded perfect for me.
My herb is raised locally by a friend. Nice sticky buds, though nothing amazing. My first trench was a little scorched - I realized that it wasn't ground enough. My routine is fairly refined after 5 days of research, but I don't doubt that it will get tweaked further as learning progresses.
1) Grind herb in a Krups coffee grinder. I'm starting to pre-dry now, as it is a little fluffy. I store the ground herb in a film canister.
2) Load about 2/3 of a trench.
3)
Lightly tap it down with fingertip.
4) Insert fresh battery and watch down hole for vapor - about 5 seconds.
5) Take s l o w hit in 'native' mode until close to lung capacity, then loosen battery and draw for another 2 seconds.
6) Immediately invert/tap/shake.
7) When ready for another hit, I open the lid and brush any loose herb off of the trench shoulders, and repeat from step 3 above.
8) When trench is dead, I dump it and brush the compartment clean with the included brush.
I usually get very, very light vapor with hardly any odor at all. I repeat until the load either starts tasting, not
bad, but not very good. Basically your beginning scorched popcorn taste. At this point it is brownish with black flecks. Then I dump out the ABV into one of the little plastic holders that MF supplies. I've started dumping that into a seal-able glass jar for cooking later. Does anyone have any tips on storing this? Shelf? Fridge? Freezer?
PROS:
Visually stealthy both in daylight and at night (no flame needed).
Odoriferously stealthy.
No flame needed. Works great in the wind.
Economical, I'm using less herb. And saving the ABV for cooking later.
The first two hits taste
amazing. My wife keeps saying that it actually tastes like it smells. Really can't say enough about this.
Ready instantly.
Internal light gives great visual feedback for the vaping process day or night.
One LB & 2 batteries w/ included charger sufficient for 1 or 2 people.
Artistic in its' beauty and simplicity.
CONS:
Can be tricky to coach through a first time user.
Should invest in additional batteries and possibly a higher end charger/re-conditioner if you are either planing on using the LB as your main device or use it regularly with more than 2 people at a time.
Summary:
I haven't combusted in 5 days, and have no desire to again.
I LOVE this little box!
My wife and I are planning to order her one as well. This is going to be the perfect addition to the music festivals that we attend every year.
I foresee an influx of orders after each of the upcoming festivals this year.
I'm pretty sure we'll invest in the home power unit when it becomes available also. I ordered some batteries as well as a charger from Amazon at the same time I ordered the LB. Still haven't received either of those items.
