Arizer Solo

[Jethro]

No actually, it's still clean as a whistle! I'm amazed that it is. I'm used to 3 bowls through my Pax and it being a sticky, brown mess in there. The Solo is so much better for maintenance I can't believe it!

 

[Hashtag46&2]

The Solo is just plain amazing at anything I've thrown at it.

Six Star Bubble (Melts like oil) does very well in the Solo Stem.

I tend to go a bit overboard with the Hash after I've just made a fresh batch.

Even using about 40% Bubble and 60% herb, I only had a couple little stains on the steel.

Then the Charas.. Level 7 Hampster Style...plumes of vapor.

Just astounding performance through a very good device.

Regarding the recent Doctor conversation..

After my double hip replacement surgery I was the very first patient that this Hospital wrote on their discharge paperwork.

Medical Marijuana; Continue usage.

I still got the sheet locked in the safe for some reason?

I want to frame it the day America lifts the stupidest law ever created.

 

[1DMF]

Then the Charas.. Level 7 Hampster Style...plumes of vapor.

Holy moly are your lungs made of asbestos?

 

[Hashtag46&2]

Holy moly are your lungs made of asbestos?

Lol.... I guess you could say that, I've smoked quite a bit of Hash through combustion, so through a Vape its smooth as silk.

Particularly the Charas, it goes in sooooo smoothly but...if I get too much vapor, yes...my lungs feel like they may erupt.

The bliss of Charas is quite amazing, I plan on making more.

 

[ataxian]

Yes I do, too much at times... why do you ask?

You're funny like a Brit!

I vaporized some mystery colas I had in a very large deep glass jar.

I was out like the 80's!

Believe it or not I over did it if there's such a thing?

I slept in the middle of the day for a ridiculous amount of time!

Made me wonder if @1DMF sleeps as deep as I?

I know you drink tea because of the colonization of INDIA.

All the AMERICAS drank coffee be cause it grew well in Ecuadorian real estate.

CANNABIS grows anywhere and here in CALIFORNIA it is powerful!

It's a weed and very cheap to grow and there is no real profit unless they made it illegal?

The SOLO helps us to enjoy this weed that is good for mankind!

ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

 

[OF]

After my double hip replacement surgery I was the very first patient that this Hospital wrote on their discharge paperwork.

Medical Marijuana; Continue usage.

I still got the sheet locked in the safe for some reason?

Forget that, you should be selling copies on EBay/CL........

OF

 

[Hashtag46&2]

The SOLO helps us to enjoy this weed that is good for mankind!

ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

I had a sheet of Blotter Paper that looked like this




For some reason, it started singing to me? And the still became a movie?

Edit for Solo related development....

With Hash and Charas, they need a lot more heat to fully experience its glory...

I first lay a thin layer of hand broken nugs, probably 10% of total herb input against the glass screen, then usually a dabs worth of Bubble or Charas, then the remainder of herb .

Holding the Solo inverted I let it heat soak the load, the hash theoretically should melt then condense into the herb.

After it has reached my 6 or 7 I let it continue to pre-heat for another 30 seconds...
By this time you can see the vapor starting to bellow...time for a steady firm draw.

With the DBV.. I need at least one primer hit to get the vapor train chugging.

Heat soaked Solo melts thine face upon first hit.

 

[1DMF]

You're funny like a Brit!

I hope that's funny 'ha ha' not funny 'peculiar'

Made me wonder if @1DMF sleeps as deep as I?

Yes, I do get put to sleep, @kellya86 created a thread regarding this vaping phenomenon we have both started to experience : http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/is-k-o-inevitable.19689/

We came to the conclusion we were vaping too much as if we were still smoking!

Though I have always been a heavy sleeper, I suffer with insomnia when awake yet could sleep through WW3. I'm an all or nothing kind of guy

I know you drink tea because of the colonization of INDIA.

I do drink tea, but I love coffee, I think I need to cut down, as I can drink a quadruple espresso for a night cap!

Though the tea didn't come from India, it came from China, which we took to India, IIRC, it's to do with the Opium wars, we took the opium from India and swapped it for Tea with China, another shady part of the UK's past!

 

[pakalolo]

Please people, we have the Lounge for this sort of chatter. Let's get back to the Solo, thanks.

 

[ataxian]

I hope that's funny 'ha ha' not funny 'peculiar'


Yes, I do get put to sleep, @kellya86 created a thread regarding this vaping phenomenon we have both started to experience : http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/is-k-o-inevitable.19689/

We came to the conclusion we were vaping too much as if we were still smoking!

Though I have always been a heavy sleeper, I suffer with insomnia when awake yet could sleep through WW3. I'm an all or nothing kind of guy


I do drink tea, but I love coffee, I think I need to cut down, as I can drink a quadruple espresso for a night cap!

Though the tea didn't come from India, it came from China, which we took to India, IIRC, it's to do with the Opium wars, we took the opium from India and swapped it for Tea with China, another shady part of the UK's past!

Thank's for the history lesson!

I will go to my Garden now and enjoy my SOLO!

28c and a clear sky!

 

[bussinrounds]

So you sandwich the herb with screens? Seems like a hassle.

Not at all. One always sits at the bottom that I don't have to take out and clean too often at all, as vaping doesn't get the screens nasty like smoking does. And I just pop one on the top after I load it up.

I guess it would be more of a hassle if I was doing it on the run/outside or whatever, but I mainly do my vaping at home, so it's all good.

I also break my herb up a lot, so it would go in those holes.

 

[ataxian]

Not at all. One always sits at the bottom that I don't have to take out and clean too often at all, as vaping doesn't get the screens nasty like smoking does. And I just pop one on the top after I load it up.

I guess it would be more of a hassle if I was doing it on the run/outside or whatever, but I mainly do my vaping at home, so it's all good.

I also break my herb up a lot, so it would go in those holes.

I'm leaving soon however I might as well confess!

Vaping SHATTER and HASH I'm quit my OF this crime!

I don't do anything fancy.

Cotton is your friend.

I never mix anything with a.concentrate?

 

[Dr. Soxhlet]

Now the state of WA the lawmakers want us to go to our regular family doctors for a medical authorization. I had been going to a clinic that authorized med certifications because that's what is mostly set up for the medical patients. We bring in all our documentation, surgeries, X-rays, labs etc. Things are changing here because of legal cannabis.
My doctor knows nothing about how well cannabis works for pain. Most mainstream docs in WA don't.

I went to my family doctor today for a checkup. He devotes a whole 20 minutes to a patient. When we got to the lengthy list of pain medicine he had prescribed, I told him that I mostly vaporized cannabis for pain. I also have been able to use half as much blood pressure medicine in the evening because vaporized cannabis does a good job on that problem too. I didn't ask for a recommendation, as I know most of the larger hospitals in the area are affiliated with the Catholic church, so the out come is predetermined.
When cannabis is all safely in a the patented pills Big Pharma cranks out, they will finally get on board.
Vaporizing high quality bud in the SOLO has kept me off most of the pills.

 

[1DMF]

Does anyone use the wooden stem with metal chamber?

If so how does it compare to the glass stems?

Does it heat as well and create good tasting clouds?

How does it fit in the over compared to the glass stems from PV, are they still just as loose?

I'm assuming if the chamber is metal is will expand with heat far more than the glass would, is this the case?

These are the ones on offer at vapefiend : https://www.vapefiend.co.uk/arizer-solo-wooden-mouthpiece.html

If you have a wooden stem, what one do you have, where did you get it and what made you choose the one you have?

 

[kellya86]

Deciding to get some wood eh. Even though I'm a carpenter and I love having wood in my house, I just don't think I want wood on my vape. Seems like a backwards step to me.

Does anyone here vape hash in their solo. I do it with my eq in organic cotton and it works fine. My friends dad has cancer which I am trying to help out with. I have some very high quality hash with high levels of cbd/cbn, which would be perfect for his medicinal needs, but will a solo be able to perform well enough to vape hash.?

 

[1DMF]

I got great results with my Solo and hash, but I have only made a sandwich with either herb or ABV.

I don't see why you couldn't crumble some straight into the herb chamber (with a fine gauze), or as you mention some cotton swabbing.

I noticed that when I emptied the bowl all I seemed to have left was ABV, the hash didn't appear to leave behind any residue?

Edit: @kellya86 - Yes, I was considering getting a wood stem, as I have broken two glass stems so far and they aren't exactly cheap to replace at @ £30 a pop!

I'm thinking you can't break / crush the wood ones so easily, but still want Easy Flow fitting snugness with PVHES Vortex performance

 

[ataxian]

I had a sheet of Blotter Paper that looked like this




For some reason, it started singing to me? And the still became a movie?

Edit for Solo related development....

With Hash and Charas, they need a lot more heat to fully experience its glory...

I first lay a thin layer of hand broken nugs, probably 10% of total herb input against the glass screen, then usually a dabs worth of Bubble or Charas, then the remainder of herb .

Holding the Solo inverted I let it heat soak the load, the hash theoretically should melt then condense into the herb.

After it has reached my 6 or 7 I let it continue to pre-heat for another 30 seconds...
By this time you can see the vapor starting to bellow...time for a steady firm draw.

With the DBV.. I need at least one primer hit to get the vapor train chugging.

Heat soaked Solo melts thine face upon first hit.

Now I want that poster in a nice frame in my VAPOR den above my SOLO stand connected to a Gizmo.

 

[Jethro]

Does anyone use the wooden stem with metal chamber?

If so how does it compare to the glass stems?

Does it heat as well and create good tasting clouds?

How does it fit in the over compared to the glass stems from PV, are they still just as loose?

I'm assuming if the chamber is metal is will expand with heat far more than the glass would, is this the case?

These are the ones on offer at vapefiend : https://www.vapefiend.co.uk/arizer-solo-wooden-mouthpiece.html

If you have a wooden stem, what one do you have, where did you get it and what made you choose the one you have?

I am probably the newest Solo owner here, but it looks like I can help with a question!! I got my Solo a few weeks ago and last weekend had a bit of a splurge. 6 orders for glass bongs and various accessories. One of them was to the same company I bought the vape from, Puffitup. I got a spare glass stem, a bunch of screens, 4 rubber caps for travelling with pre-packed stems and a wood stem. I ordered on Saturday morning and it was in my mailbox Monday. I didn't even check my mailbox until Tuesday, it sat in there all night. Mine is the Granadillo, it's an Ed's TNT stem. The stem fits amazingly snug. There is no wobble at all like the standard glass stems- NONE. I liked it at first but then realized it definitely reduces airflow. What it does not reduce is vapor- there is plenty of that available. But it's like sucking an even thicker milkshake. The metal chamber doesn't seem to take much longer to heat up, but when you are done be careful, the metal is hot! Hotter than what the glass stem seems like even though they are probably the same temp. in reality. It looks great, that's for sure, and I wanted one that is unbreakable for travel purposes. It came with maybe 5 or 10 metal screens and 5 or 6 rubber o-rings that are used for the connection between the wood and the chamber. It does not seem like it expands at all when it's heated. Or maybe the Solo itself expands a little. Anyway, it does not get tighter when you heat it up.

I like it, but it was kind of an impulse buy. I think I will be using the glass stems much more regularly mostly because they will be easier to clean. But it looks great. I may at some point try to make some grooves in the chamber with a Dremel tool to improve airflow, but maybe not. It works perfect, just a hard draw.

 

[Hashtag46&2]

Deciding to get some wood eh. Even though I'm a carpenter and I love having wood in my house, I just don't think I want wood on my vape. Seems like a backwards step to me.

Does anyone here vape hash in their solo. I do it with my eq in organic cotton and it works fine. My friends dad has cancer which I am trying to help out with. I have some very high quality hash with high levels of cbd/cbn, which would be perfect for his medicinal needs, but will a solo be able to perform well enough to vape hash.?

It handles Hash very well .....

I thought it'd be messy, but you just hold the unit inverted, and allow the hash to melt and re-condense within the herb.

See my post with Hendrix pictured a page back, I think?

SS mesh and Organic cotton could replace the herb as a substrate if desired.

However, I love their synergy working in coalition to create a more complete high.

Edit... The post is on this page.

 

[1DMF]

@Jethro Thanks for the feedback, though a little disappointing with regard to the draw restriction.

Is anyone aware of a wooden stem with draw enhancing grooves like the EF / PV stems?

 

[OF]

@Jethro Thanks for the feedback, though a little disappointing with regard to the draw restriction.

Is anyone aware of a wooden stem with draw enhancing grooves like the EF / PV stems?

AFAIK the only wood stems offered are the ones from Ed (like the ones in the link). None have the 'draw enhancing grooves' you cite. Have you actually tried a stem with such grooves? You'll find many of us posting our experience doing so and going back to normal style stems because the vapor is 'thinner' even if higher in volume. You can actually get more THC by letting air in at your mouth.

The point is conduction is the source of heat to make vapor. Only so much heat (in calories or BTUs not degrees) can 'get through' without bumping the temperature too high. If you add cold air to the system that needs to be heated it 'robs' heat that would otherwise make vapor, cooling the load overall. Same as setting up a tea kettle in a strong draft (which will take longer to boil) only to a larger degree. Suck hard enough and you introduce 'forced air cooling' to the load and kill vapor completely......

So have you actually tried a (glass) stem with this feature and found it to your liking? If so your best option is probably to get one of Ed's excellent stems (my favorite is the Bog Wood, something cool about having a stem that's older than Stonehenge....) and either put the groves in yourself or have someone do it for you. Should be an easy 'Dremel job' (I'd probably use a cutoff wheel although a small burr might be easier to control). You might even contact Ed, he's a great guy and open to discussions, and see if he'll make you a custom one?

OF

 

[1DMF]

So have you actually tried a (glass) stem with this feature and found it to your liking?

Yes, I prefer the PV/EF for draw vs stock stem

I love the PVHES Vortex 'shorty' for taste and hard hitting rips (though it is harsher on lower temps than the EF) and the EF has awesome fitting snugness, with smoother longer lasting sessions!

I was hoping to find similar in wood - alas it seems there isn't any.

Should be an easy 'Dremel job' (I'd probably use a cutoff wheel although a small burr might be easier to control).

Me and DIY don't go well together, having dyspraxia means I have no fine motor control, I can't write with a pen, so there is no chance I could manage intricate modding, more likely to cut a finger off than cut groves in the stem!

If the vapefiend stems are simply ED's TnT, I'll hit Ed up and see if he can facilitate a custom stem for me

 

[OF]

If the vapefiend stems are simply ED's TnT, I'll hit Ed up and see if he can facilitate a custom stem for me

"Dollars to doughnuts" that's the case. I know you have doughnuts there......would that be in Euros or Pounds?. In any event 'a sure bet', expect long odds. IMO they just rotated the stems in the photo to hide his logo. The details of the metal parts are identical near as I can see. I think Ed gets the blame for this one too.

OF

 

[Jethro]

You'll find many of us posting our experience doing so and going back to normal style stems because the vapor is 'thinner' even if higher in volume.
OF

Do you find this is the case when used with a GonG and a water tool? You have me worried about my Pvhe GonG that I ordered from Planet Vape. Does anyone sell GonGs that are not grooved? I want my Solo to milk the bongs I have coming from DHgate!

 

[OF]

Do you find this is the case when used with a GonG and a water tool? Does anyone sell GonGs that are not grooved? I want my Solo to milk the bongs I have coming from DHgate!

Yep, same rules apply. If you pull cold air in, vapor production suffers. You can compensate with water by raising the temperature.....but that's cheating. If you draw slow enough it doesn't matter.....either way. No excessive dilution but no 'bigger clouds' either, just easier draw. If you watch the videos you don't see guys ripping when they MILK the WT?

Yes, our bud Randy at PIU sells a Solo/Air Gong without grooves or notches. I'm looking at mine right now. It too has it's compromises, you have to be willing to pay less and accept faster free shipping (maybe he'll delay it for you if you ask nice.....):
http://www.puffitup.com/Solo-Air-Gong-p/arz.air-105_water.htm

OF