Arizer Solo 3

[TigoleBitties]

I started out way back in the day with the Solo V1, I currently rock/(rediscovered) the V2, and tomorrow my V3 will be delivered

In all honesty, the biggest change I am looking forward to is the USB-C charging. Sure some of the other bells and learning curve whistles will be cool, but the basic functionality of this vape will remain the same Im sure.

My first vape was the OG Solo. The S3 is a superset of all the Solos before. It can do everything they can do, and the on-demand mode adds a whole new dimension to the vape. The heater is so much more agile and powerful that you can combust with it.

I think you'll have a great time with it but this isn't your Daddy's Solo

 

[cheeseholidays]

I don’t dislike mine, it hits hard, but I’ve always found the vapor harsh and nearing unpleasant with the stock tubes. Never combusted though.

 

[chillAtGVC]

I don’t dislike mine, it hits hard, but I’ve always found the vapor harsh and nearing unpleasant with the stock tubes. Never combusted though.

Try a dry glass piece and the WPA adaptor. I like the stock stems at lower temperatures but a bit hot at the higher end.

 

[AGBeer]

Im digging all of the comments and suggestions. And yes, preparing myself for the next iteration of this vape.

And yeah, the stock tubes are an 'acquired taste'. I went ahead and ordered a couple of the bent ones, and I might even reinvest in a WPA and separate bubbler for sessions like that.

My current 'bubbler' is the one designed for my Switch. (Which is a pretty niche design)

 

[Friend Man]

I've been a Solo guy since forever, I'm eyeing up the solo 3, but I'm reading multiple reports of the vapor being really hot and harsh?

Also the only reason I haven't bought one already is because I've had multiple Solo 2s and great as they are, they all error5 after a couple of years. I guess it's too early to know if Solo 3 has similar issues?

 

[pop22]

I've been a Solo guy since forever, I'm eyeing up the solo 3, but I'm reading multiple reports of the vapor being really hot and harsh?

Also the only reason I haven't bought one already is because I've had multiple Solo 2s and great as they are, they all error5 after a couple of years. I guess it's too early to know if Solo 3 has similar issues?

The S3 gave me hits so harsh I went back to the S2! I've NEVER had a vape that hurt my lungs until the S3. And that was for two of them as I had the first one replaced under warranty.

 

[Moody]

I've been a Solo guy since forever, I'm eyeing up the solo 3, but I'm reading multiple reports of the vapor being really hot and harsh?

Also the only reason I haven't bought one already is because I've had multiple Solo 2s and great as they are, they all error5 after a couple of years. I guess it's too early to know if Solo 3 has similar issues?

Yes, the vapor can be harsh if:

1. You use the stock stems.
2. You run the temp over 380-400. Providing a guesstimate range based on my experience and trying to account for different personal tolerances. YMMV

To avoid "harsh" vapor:

1. Use the WPA with a bong. This is how I do it on the weekends to obliviate reality. Cools through the bong. No issues other than tons of vapor that can be hard to breathe in first time or so because it is a LOT of vapor production. The 3 is no joke. You will cough most likely your first few times with it.

2. Use a longer custom stem. The XL stem they give you with the vape is woefully inadequate in terms of providing a comfortable ride at anything over 370/380F. IMHO.

The vape is my main on the weekends because I have nothing that produces clouds like it. And you know how it is on the weekends? Time to forget your work week and problems.....and the 3 is more than capable to accomplish this.

 

[TigoleBitties]

Yes, the vapor can be harsh if:

1. You use the stock stems.
2. You run the temp over 380-400. Providing a guesstimate range based on my experience and trying to account for different personal tolerances. YMMV

To avoid "harsh" vapor:

1. Use the WPA with a bong. This is how I do it on the weekends to obliviate reality. Cools through the bong. No issues other than tons of vapor that can be hard to breathe in first time or so because it is a LOT of vapor production. The 3 is no joke. You will cough most likely your first few times with it.

2. Use a longer custom stem. The XL stem they give you with the vape is woefully inadequate in terms of providing a comfortable ride at anything over 370/380F. IMHO.

The vape is my main on the weekends because I have nothing that produces clouds like it. And you know how it is on the weekends? Time to forget your work week and problems.....and the 3 is more than capable to accomplish this.

Good points. I would just add you can also use the WPA with a dry pipe or j-hook. It'll provide better cooling than the stock stems.

 

[KingNAB]

Yes, the vapor can be harsh if:
1. You use the stock stems.
2. Run the temp over 380-400? Providing a guesstimate range based on my experience and trying to account for different personal tolerances.

I typically like to start my bowl around 314 or 338 depending on present terpenes.. My fiancé likes hers around 369 because she doesn't care about the taste, so I take the first couple hits at my low temps. We always share a bowl and there are times I can't hardly finish the bowl with her unless I have something to drink with it.. the long draws really dry out your throat over time.. nothing a nice refreshing water can't fix

 

[Moody]

I typically like to start my bowl around 314 or 338 depending on present terpenes.. My fiancé likes hers around 369 because she doesn't care about the taste, so I take the first couple hits at my low temps. We always share a bowl and there are times I can't hardly finish the bowl with her unless I have something to drink with it.. the long draws really dry out your throat over time.. nothing a nice refreshing water can't fix

Yes, I have a large 32 oz cup I fill before I head to my space station for blast off. Sometimes I'll make a nice herbal tea w honey also. This does help quite a bit with all the vapor.

 

[invertedisdead]

@invertedisdead, it's nice that you own and use the Solo since you can use your own judgement to tell how well the designs taste and function. What might you personally want to see in this space as a Solo enthusiast?

IMHO the simplest idea would be to port over my TinyMight Essentials stem concept, which would look like this

FEATURES
- Inert medical grade zirconia ceramic
- Discrete opaque black color
- XL bowl capacity
- Tapered screen ledge
- Mesh screen for high airflow and EZ cleaning (can run a pipe cleaner through the entire stem)
- Built in 14MM WPA
- 3 hole Convection Air Cooling (Inlet holes are automatically blocked off when using as a WPA, so the air cooling only works in direct draw mode)

I have some more advanced concepts too but this one would be pretty easy to get going and should be affordable / accessible for anyone.

Appreciate all the input and suggestions from everyone

 

[chillAtGVC]

@invertedisdead I'd be interested!

 

[dudeguy]

Yep that pretty much sounds like the perfect S3 stem

 

[TigoleBitties]

IMHO the simplest idea would be to port over my TinyMight Essentials stem concept, which would look like this

FEATURES
- Inert medical grade zirconia ceramic
- Discrete opaque black color
- XL bowl capacity
- Tapered screen ledge
- Mesh screen for high airflow and EZ cleaning (can run a pipe cleaner through the entire stem)
- Built in 14MM WPA
- 3 hole Convection Air Cooling (Inlet holes are automatically blocked off when using as a WPA, so the air cooling only works in direct draw mode)

I have some more advanced concepts too but this one would be pretty easy to get going and should be affordable / accessible for anyone.

Appreciate all the input and suggestions from everyone

Sign me up

 

[Pukka]

Appreciate all the input and suggestions from everyone

I'd quite like one of these, please. Maybe several depending on price.

 

[pop22]

tYes, the vapor can be harsh if:

1. You use the stock stems.
2. You run the temp over 380-400. Providing a guesstimate range based on my experience and trying to account for different personal tolerances. YMMV

To avoid "harsh" vapor:

1. Use the WPA with a bong. This is how I do it on the weekends to obliviate reality. Cools through the bong. No issues other than tons of vapor that can be hard to breathe in first time or so because it is a LOT of vapor production. The 3 is no joke. You will cough most likely your first few times with it.

2. Use a longer custom stem. The XL stem they give you with the vape is woefully inadequate in terms of providing a comfortable ride at anything over 370/380F. IMHO.

The vape is my main on the weekends because I have nothing that produces clouds like it. And you know how it is on the weekends? Time to forget your work week and problems.....and the 3 is more than capable to accomplish this.

However, my experience was through an Ice Bong, and turned down to 350F! The second one at least didn't combust at 350!!

 

[Moody]

However, my experience was through an Ice Bong, and turned down to 350F! The second one at least didn't combust at 350!!

It would probably combust even lower than that if the herb is on the heater. That happened to me at first when I started using the vape. I didn't bother with the screen and the herb fell onto the heater.

 

[eyevape]

Okay, now this is weird. I just combusted the 3rd time with the S3. Each time it wasn’t a little blackish, I‘m speaking of burnt herb like being smoked in a bong. I was using on demand mode at 220C for 20 seconds, it combusted after like 10. This time the weed wasn’t too dry and I wasn’t drawing hard either. This seems to happen when being used almost back 2 back, with a few minutes of break between bowls, S3 being turned on and off each time.

Also there appeared temper colors in the oven, which means it got way too hot - right?

https://imgur.com/a/s2gDVCt

 

[Friend Man]

combustion is crazy! I'm going to get the solo 2 max until they iron out these issues, but I don't know how they'll get around the hot vapour... it seems that if you're using the regular stem the vapor has to pass through an additional area of hot air, from my understanding?

like this:

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I'd be interested to know if the issue persists if you exclusively use the XL stems and just pack the "top" part.

It's a shame because the new screen and bulkier body etc. all appeal to me

 

[eyevape]

combustion is crazy! I'm going to get the solo 2 max until they iron out these issues, but I don't know how they'll get around the hot vapour... it seems that if you're using the regular stem the vapor has to pass through an additional area of hot air, from my understanding?

like this:

20241101 115152 — Postimages

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I'd be interested to know if the issue persists if you exclusively use the XL stems and just pack the "top" part.

It's a shame because the new screen and bulkier body etc. all appeal to me

Hot vapor isn’t the problem, at least not for me. To me this clearly is a sensor error. I reached out to Arizer, asking what they think about this.

I never use the XL stems as there’s ot enough of heated area to give me the even dark roast I want. Packing the XL top part only would also take away most of the conduction that I love so much.

 

[pop22]

Okay, now this is weird. I just combusted the 3rd time with the S3. Each time it wasn’t a little blackish, I‘m speaking of burnt herb like being smoked in a bong. I was using on demand mode at 220C for 20 seconds, it combusted after like 10. This time the weed wasn’t too dry and I wasn’t drawing hard either. This seems to happen when being used almost back 2 back, with a few minutes of break between bowls, S3 being turned on and off each time.

Also there appeared temper colors in the oven, which means it got way too hot - right?

https://imgur.com/a/s2gDVCt

I've been saying there's a problem with the S3 line running WAY too hot! I returned one under warranty for this reason and they replaced it. I made a mark on the bottom of the original to be sure they didn't just return the one sent them. The replacement wasn't as bad but I believe it was still running too hot. If I wanted to smoke, I'd roll a joint......
I also tried it with a 2mm glass spacer didn't help at all with the OG, helped a bit with the replacement but it was still so hot the vapor was harsh on the first draw.

 

[eyevape]

I've been saying there's a problem with the S3 line running WAY too hot!

Mine’s running absolutely fine, I don’t find it too hot or too harsh at all. But the three times I combusted it performed crazy far from normal. But I also heard that the units are calibrated quite differently from another, so you might have a hot one. But I think the combustion thing is a different issue.

 

[vpr85]

Mine’s running absolutely fine, I don’t find it too hot or too harsh at all. But the three times I combusted it performed crazy far from normal. But I also heard that the units are calibrated quite differently from another, so you might have a hot one. But I think the combustion thing is a different issue.

Mine's great and I never combusted with it. Compared to my other arizers it cooks way faster, vapor feels a bit harsher at the same temps, so if i want a nice slow session I run a bit lower with S3 than I do with S2 or Airmax.

I would say the oven might be a bit hotter then previous arizers, but I don't think it's too hot -- just different. perhaps the display more accurately reflects the bowl temp instead of the heater temp. in recent years a lot of vaporents on reddit are saying arizer vapes are weak slow extractors. I don't agree with that sentiment, but maybe the S3 hitting harder is in response to a shift in what consumers want???

Lately when I want to blast off quickly I run 25 second heat ups on demand at max temp through my bong and get insane thick clouds and my bowl fully cooked in one rip. Not too hot, IMO, just perfect for a massive terpy vapor bong rip. my compliments to the chefs over at arizer for cookin' up this beast!

 

[chillAtGVC]

I would say the oven might be a bit hotter then previous arizers, but I don't think it's too hot -- just different. perhaps the display more accurately reflects the bowl temp instead of the heater temp. in recent years a lot of vaporents on reddit are saying arizer vapes are weak slow extractors. I don't agree with that sentiment, but maybe the S3 hitting harder is in response to a shift in what consumers want???

My Solo 3 ends up with darker AVB than the Venty at the same temperature. It is as if the Solo is running 10C or so hotter. But they are different vapes with different ovens and, I presume, different temperature settings, so who knows? The Solo 3 has a lot of power in its oven.

Also there appeared temper colors in the oven, which means it got way too hot - right?

I think so. Mine has gone a pale golden colour which I am told is normal for SS. The oven in your picture looks to have gotten very hot indeed.

 

[old-fart]

hello all. I'm new to Arizer. I just got my Solo 3 and I'm looking forward to playing with it. I just watched the Intro video on the Arizer site and started to look at the manual. Wow! Lots to learn! Didn't they realize the stoners would be using this device? Lots to remember, especially when stoned! :-) I may have to make an instructional poster for my garage!

Has anyone tried the Gordito Mini Glass Bubbler with the Solo 3? AliExpress sells one for the Arizers.