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hey rick, how much does it cost to refurbish my old myrtle zap?
wildkfx said:Ok, I thought after reading about everybodys stem loading and draw technique that I would have it figured out, but thats not the case. Here is what I do, what am I doing wrong?
1. The herb is very dry
2. grind very fine (Cali Crusher)
3. use straw technique to load stem
4. tamp down end very lightly with finger tip
5. used cho cho draw style and long slow draws (20-30 seconds)
I get 2 good hits and about 2 wispy hits, the ABV is far from what I consider brown (I'm color blind to some shades of green), all flavor is gone after the wispy hits. How warm should the vapor feel in your mouth (I feel almost no heat in mouth what so ever)?
I know its me doing something wrong and not the Zap itself. Keep in mind this is my first vape and I know there is a learning curve. Please help if you could point me in the right direction.
Nycdeisel said:you need the brass stems. the new SS tips are too big to fit in older zaps
After a good bit of practice I finally started to get it right. I have no clue which change I made helped but something did and I also think its running a little warmer now that its broken in.MoeOnTheMoon said:wildkfx said:Ok, I thought after reading about everybodys stem loading and draw technique that I would have it figured out, but thats not the case. Here is what I do, what am I doing wrong?
1. The herb is very dry
2. grind very fine (Cali Crusher)
3. use straw technique to load stem
4. tamp down end very lightly with finger tip
5. used cho cho draw style and long slow draws (20-30 seconds)
I get 2 good hits and about 2 wispy hits, the ABV is far from what I consider brown (I'm color blind to some shades of green), all flavor is gone after the wispy hits. How warm should the vapor feel in your mouth (I feel almost no heat in mouth what so ever)?
I know its me doing something wrong and not the Zap itself. Keep in mind this is my first vape and I know there is a learning curve. Please help if you could point me in the right direction.
These comments apply to an older version brass MZ so I can only assume they would also apply to the latest rock zaps:
1. very dry may be too dry; personally I don't dry mine at all, I prefer it as it comes out of the medicine vile
2. I grind in a coffee grinder which grinds a little finer than a twist-it style grinder but not powdery at all
3. I use the "jam the stem down into the vile" method and then pack it a little with a little piece of wood, but not too tight, just medium tight
4. tamp down but very lightly, not packed tight
5. I use both the choo choo method and the slow draw method. Usually I start with the slow draw to get the stuff warmed up, then the choo-choo/ cigar puff method for big hits
I get 5-6 good hits this way. The ABV is not what I consider brown. In fact it doesn't look that spent at all but I throw it into a jar and add 140 proof alcohol to it and make an elixir out of it which is as strong as one wants it to be; sometimes too strong so I thin it out with more alcohol.
You should feel some heat on your throat for sure.
It could well be that your zap is not hot enough to give the kind of hits you want. Try heating it up by putting a sock around it or ?
I have had this problem with my Launch Box. At first my launch box was not hot enough. Over time and with always using fresh Eneloop batteries, it got hotter and now gives great hits. I leave my Zap on all the time and the temp is fine, but when I first got it, it took about a month for it to reach higher temps. Not sure if this applies to the new rock zaps or not. Anyway if I want higher temps I throw a (clean ) sock around the bottom of my zap all the way up to the top.
With a bong I get huge hits with my zap, sometimes too huge for my liking (but that's purely my own fault, not judging my in-breath well enough).
THCMuscle said:So I've decided to pull the trigger on a RZ. I have surfed the last 20 or so pages of this thread and can't find the answer I'm looking for. Is it possible to order any of these RZ's that Rick has posted? There is one a few pages back I like a lot...
And now to start reading this whole thread...
Is the length pictured still in stock?Rick said:[. . .]
Starting with GonG short stems, up on the website today sometime. I'll be getting them shorter in the next batch.
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab282/myrtlezap/stems10-1004.jpg
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Vitolo said:Zapping Hash Oil?
We have discussed this before.
I wanted to remind all, that when Iso is used to clean up hash oil "mess" there is one last way to inhale the last drops of your treasure.....
THE ZAP!
I found another discovery about an empty earwax container.. and its remnants!!!!
I put 91% iso in it.. and shook...
I scraped and worked the sides.. until the alaskan ice "fingerprints were all gone.....then I stuck a qtip in and scrubbed within the alcohol, which absorbed into the qtip as I swabbed. When the thing was clean I laid down the qtip, and later I pulled the cotton ball off the qtip... stuck it in my Zap stem, and I got 3 BIG Hash tasting hits that actually medicated me very effectively! Cotton plug blew right out after hits stopped.. and the cotton was unscorched!
If you got a Walnut then you posted the wrong pic. That's Oak.Pre Stoned said:Well I just ordered my first zap! It's Walnut!
Also ordered a walnut stem with it. Should be getting it all next week. Can't wait.