Vleaf Go: on-demand convection herb vaporizer!

spindle

spindle

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Baron23 said:
I'm sure there can be a lively debate about this, but IMO that does not indicate combustion necessarily.

Its not darker than what I get out of my EVO ELBs and VapCaps routinely and that is def not combustion. Just a bit of charring or very dark AVB. I looked again...I wouldn't even classify that as char...just dark.

You (well, me) can always immediately tell when I actually combusted a load...the taste and experience changes radically, IMO.

Yeah, you got a hotter spot in the middle than on the sides, very convection vape typical, IME.

You can always just give it a stir 1/2 - 2/3 of the way through and get it more even.
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There's no change in taste that I can detect. Also, with this vape stirring at the end of the session hasn't made any difference, as in results in no additional puffs, which is unexpected. BUT this is 100% through a water pipe.

The Go does a good job of vaporizing the herb. How efficient it is relative to other (more expensive) vaporizers - I have no idea.
 
OF

OF

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spindle said:
There's no change in taste that I can detect. Also, with this vape stirring at the end of the session hasn't made any difference, as in results in no additional puffs, which is unexpected.
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If you didn't notice a shift in taste to 'burnt popcorn' you weren't even close to combustion. The burnt taste is the partial products of early combustion as I understand it. If you have done a reasonable job the ABV should be pretty uniform (unlike in conduction) so no real change should be expected from stirring it otherwise. It's to be expected with convection.

Enjoy. That is why you bought it, right?

OF
 
spindle

spindle

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OF said:
If you didn't notice a shift in taste to 'burnt popcorn' you weren't even close to combustion. The burnt taste is the partial products of early combustion as I understand it. If you have done a reasonable job the ABV should be pretty uniform (unlike in conduction) so no real change should be expected from stirring it otherwise. It's to be expected with convection.

Enjoy. That is why you bought it, right?

OF
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To be clear, I am enjoying the Go immensely, maybe a little too much :cool:.

Now I have to resist getting a Grasshopper, which I learned about in this thread.
 
OF

OF

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spindle said:
To be clear, I am enjoying the Go immensely, maybe a little too much :cool:.

Now I have to resist getting a Grasshopper, which I learned about in this thread.
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Good call. Don't worry about it. If you want a vape to worry about, consider GH? If you're seriously interested in them (after considering the cost), go read that thread for a bit and notice how many folks have truly sad tales to tell about reliability. Some guys have had theirs 'in the shop' (under RMA for needed repairs) for months on end. Some for a year or more? Some get trouble free ones, of course, but to those who lay their money down and get a 'hanger queen' (a plane that spends more time in the hanger for repair than flying) that's small comfort. IMO very poor CS when problems aren't few and promptly remedied. Guys spend good money for a tool they can't use. Such gear needs to be reliable to be truly valuable.

Glad you're enjoying Go, that's the idea, right?

OF
 
The Stray Fox

The Stray Fox

Separated from the group
I’m back baby! It took Vivant 14 days to complete my warranty claim. My original unit was not functioning probably when clicking to turn on and off. I returned my original unit and they sent me a new unit. At the moment all seems well. My first impression is that this unit seems to be running a bit warmer than my first but who knows.
 
Hackerman

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I just got my second GO and this one acts differently than my first one. Everything seems to work...EXCEPT when the unit is on and I press the button to heat, the light is VERY DIM. You can barely see it. The oven seems to work fine and it heats up great, just like my other one.

Same thing if I press it 3 times and put it into session mode... the light comes on SO DIM that you can barely see it lit. You have to cup your hand around it to even see if the light is on.

When I press it 5 times to turn it on or off the light flashes BRIGHT for 5 blinks and then turns off (or on) just like my other GO. It is only DIM when using the HEAT or SESSION mode. So, it's not the light itself.

Anyone else have this odd anomaly with the light?

I emailed Vivant about it. We'll see what they say.

Otherwise, these things are awesome. Battery time is a little short but.... that's why you have to have 2 of them. LOL

I just bought 5 new vapes for 420 and this puppy still stands up front for a quick grab and hit. Nice score on this one, @Vivant .
 
Choices

Choices

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Hackerman said:
I just got my second GO and this one acts differently than my first one. Everything seems to work...EXCEPT when the unit is on and I press the button to heat, the light is VERY DIM. You can barely see it. The oven seems to work fine and it heats up great, just like my other one.

Same thing if I press it 3 times and put it into session mode... the light comes on SO DIM that you can barely see it lit. You have to cup your hand around it to even see if the light is on.

When I press it 5 times to turn it on or off the light flashes BRIGHT for 5 blinks and then turns off (or on) just like my other GO. It is only DIM when using the HEAT or SESSION mode. So, it's not the light itself.

Anyone else have this odd anomaly with the light?

I emailed Vivant about it. We'll see what they say.

Otherwise, these things are awesome. Battery time is a little short but.... that's why you have to have 2 of them. LOL

I just bought 5 new vapes for 420 and this puppy still stands up front for a quick grab and hit. Nice score on this one, @Vivant .
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Are you using it on the middle setting (yellow)? The yellow setting barely lights up for mine either but the low setting of green is easy to see. Just my experience...
 
OF

OF

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Hackerman said:
I just got my second GO and this one acts differently than my first one. Everything seems to work...EXCEPT when the unit is on and I press the button to heat, the light is VERY DIM. You can barely see it. The oven seems to work fine and it heats up great, just like my other one.
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If you read back in the tread (like you agreed to do to see if as question had been 'asked and answered' already) you'd know the answer to this. It has come up and CS answered. Your unit is in 'stealth mode', lowered light levels to not attract unwanted attention?

To change it to normal (or enable it if you want it when your unit is in normal mode) hold the button down for ten seconds or so in the OFF condition. You'll get a flash of light to confirm. It's not in the manual (such as it is.....). The maker said they're considering removing the function, which I hope they don't do. But putting it in the manual might be a smart move?

You're right, it's an outstanding and very handy vape. To be recommended.

OF

Edit: Here's the link to that post:
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/v...tion-herb-vaporizer.48623/page-4#post-1460593

OF
 
Baron23

Baron23

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Hackerman said:
I just got my second GO and this one acts differently than my first one. Everything seems to work...EXCEPT when the unit is on and I press the button to heat, the light is VERY DIM.
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Earlier in this thread...Vivant told me that somehow I got into Stealth mode (which is completely and utterly undocumented any-fucking-where!).

They advised to; 1) with the unit off ); 2) hold down the button for 10 seconds until you see flashing yellow light; 3) then turn on and confirm that your LEDs are bright again.

OF said:
If you read back in the tread (like you agreed to do to see if as question had been 'asked and answered' already) you'd know the answer to this.
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And yes....there is always this^^
 
floribud

floribud

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Inserted 2 glass screens in the vapor path of the Vleaf Go. The helps a lots.

Got a 100 screens because I needed one for my RBT tapered mouthpiece. Now I try to find uses for them. This works pretty well. It does cool the heat down just a little. I wish Vivant would come out with some sort of curved mouthpiece. I really love the heater design .... although I accidentally combusted for the first time earlier tonight. Gotta watch out hitting this through a bong. The vapor is soo cool when cooled through your glass and then all of sudden smoke every and I need to clean everything out. At least they gave a backup screen, since I can't seem to get the smoke smell out of it

Anyway, it was a bit over stuffed and like I said I was hitting it hard for a long time. No problems at all with 5 second puffs. Still vaping more evenly than the Ghost.

Vleaf + empty hyrdrotube it probably a better combo than the Ghost. Faster to produce vapor and the vapor itself tastes fantastic, right now the cooling path is the only problem. I hope Vivant is coming if a more high end unit with integrated cooling, because they are damn close to the perfect on-demand convection heater.

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cybrguy

cybrguy

Putin is a War Criminal
cybrguy said:
I noticed that up the thread @DDave has created a replacement for that part. I don't know whether it works better or is just meant as a replacement if you lose yours...
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Apparently I got this all wrong. I thought DDave had created a replacement for the metal cap on the mouthpiece that holds the screen. In actual fact he is selling some screens to fit inside the existing part so you can skip using the metal part.

I hope nobody else ordered based on my mistaken impression. If you did I'm sorry. :(
 
OF

OF

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cybrguy said:
Imgur doesn't work on FC. They (imgur) intentionally broke it for our use. Most of us use imgbb or postimage now.
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They're not the first. Before them we used Imageshack (or some such IIRC). Twice now I've had years of careful posts supporting photos rendered useless to Members since the photos no longer show. Photos from two different (free) servers. Hundreds of hours of effort, literally.

The 'fault' I'm told is how this Forum is set up. When you post a photo, the forum doesn't store and transmit the photo as most do, instead it gives your computer the link to go fetch it. This means the free image server gets a request every time anyone opens the page (of 25 posts) it's on. That's a lot of photos to deliver.

It keeps the cost of the Forum down, but does have this downside. Unless you pay for the host it's likely to disappear.

Unfortunate, but the way it is.

OF
 
spindle

spindle

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OF said:
They're not the first. Before them we used Imageshack (or some such IIRC). Twice now I've had years of careful posts supporting photos rendered useless to Members since the photos no longer show. Photos from two different (free) servers. Hundreds of hours of effort, literally.

The 'fault' I'm told is how this Forum is set up. When you post a photo, the forum doesn't store and transmit the photo as most do, instead it gives your computer the link to go fetch it. This means the free image server gets a request every time anyone opens the page (of 25 posts) it's on. That's a lot of photos to deliver.

It keeps the cost of the Forum down, but does have this downside. Unless you pay for the host it's likely to disappear.

Unfortunate, but the way it is.

OF
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I'm sorry to hear that those images are lost. The cost to FC of hosting years of images would be significant, and would require some expertise to implement it correctly. I can understand why they don't.
 
OF

OF

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spindle said:
I'm sorry to hear that those images are lost. The cost to FC of hosting years of images would be significant, and would require some expertise to implement it correctly. I can understand why they don't.
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Yep. Their call for sure. "They" own the sandbox, we're fortunate to be able to play in it under their rules.

The point is it's only temporary at best to use 'free' services and using commercial ones not only incurs cost into the future (and another chance to 'blow your cover').

Like I said, I 'fell for it' twice with services held in high regard ATT. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" as they say.

Regards to all.

OF
 
Jill NYC

Jill NYC

Portable Hoarder
Baron23 said:
I like the @DDave screen kit. Fits in the silicone "air cooler"...the oven facing end...perfectly and it works well. Draw restriction is fine, it brushes off easily, it doesn't fall the frak out.

Fills all of the blocks for me.
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Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I will just add that since putting it in, I haven’t had to use any ISO on the screen - it’s almost as if the screen is “non stick” the abv just falls off.
 
cybrguy

cybrguy

Putin is a War Criminal
OF said:
They're not the first. Before them we used Imageshack (or some such IIRC). Twice now I've had years of careful posts supporting photos rendered useless to Members since the photos no longer show. Photos from two different (free) servers. Hundreds of hours of effort, literally.
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While it is true that other hosters have gone away, like tiny and others when they are no longer viable for their owners. I get that and it is normal. I don't know of another hoster that remains viable but specifically blocks use on FC. That is different and more offensive to me. I believe they blame our classified section for breaking their rules. I call bullshit on that.
 
Baron23

Baron23

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cybrguy said:
While it is true that other hosters have gone away, like tiny and others when they are no longer viable for their owners. I get that and it is normal. I don't know of another hoster that remains viable but specifically blocks use on FC. That is different and more offensive to me. I believe they blame our classified section for breaking their rules. I call bullshit on that.
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I think you may be misunderstanding. It is not an issue of hosting sites being unviable or specifically blocking FC, about which they prob do t know and don’t care.

The issue is that many image services have decided to stop supporting 3rd party hosting which is exactly as described above. The image file is never downloaded to FC and FC basically uses the hosting services storage as it’s own.

This does not have to be but there are a number of things that don’t have to be if the owner and admin ever showed up to fix them.

Cheers
 
cybrguy

cybrguy

Putin is a War Criminal
I'm not misunderstanding anything. FC is being actively blocked by imgur. When they see our referrer header they refuse to serve the image. That is why if you block your referrer header, either manually or with a browser addon, you can get the image fine. You can also see it by replying to a post with their image. But as soon as you send the reply it will disappear again because they then get the referrer. This is not a coincidence.

This really isn't the thread for this discussion. If you would like to continue it please head for the sandbox.
 
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