Comments/observations about screen and things that affect the temp. you are vaping at:
Screens - good insight that as they get more clogged, your vape will work hotter. I noticed that i've had to turn down my temp to tad before 12 after using the screen for about 2 weeks...clogging is probably why! People have been saying blow after every bowl to clean it, but others said you can put it in some iso and it will give you wand hash -- which seems way smarter than cleaning it every time, if there is some stuff to be collected. it makes sense that it would be good to collect it, b/c it's the same exact stuff that should accumulate in the wand right?
What affects the temp of your vape, given that you are at X position on the dial: from my reading on this thread there are MANY MANY reasons; i'll try to summarize them all here. This just shows new people again, why it can take time to find what works best for you:
1) Obviously the temp knob, but let's hold that constant;
2) how dry the herb is...what can affect this? the type of herb, but also how well it's grinded, and also, if the grinded up herb sat in the grinder for a day, it may dry out a little more than if you freshly grind a new bud and then immediately pack it, right?
3) how close to the top of the glass heating cover the heating element is. supposedly, the higher it is, the hotter your DBV will run.
4) the inhalation technique. slower draws = more heat.
5) possibly the presence/absence of an aroma top -- it seems plausible that the aroma top could make it hotter b/c the heat doesn't escape as easily out the top anymore?
6) Are there any more?
One other thing about "working the wand" of the DBV. I had found that i got much bigger hits if I slowly pull the wand in and out while I draw. I start with it all the way in but don't "lock" it. then i pull out slowly, so that the end of the wand is still somewhat inside the heating cover. However, this dude who tried my DBV for the first time (maybe his first time ever vaping, not sure) seemed to do the same thing by stopping and the starting his draw several times. What they have in common (I think?) is that they fluctuate the temp.
ONE MORE thing: people are concerned that their herb may either fall out or tip over and not stay up against the screen. I got an idea to fix this from the manual (i know i said it seemed cheap, but it does have a lot of good info) -- they say you can "vacuum" up your herb to pack it; well i start my draw before i insert it, and then draw continuously. That way, the draw should (if the bowl is packed nice and light) "suck" the herb up against the screen the whole time, and then i pull it out after the hit. The stuff doesn't fall.
I keep my cannabis vacumed in bags so it stays fresh but now when i grinded new quantity for my weed box i noticed that even with half full chamber hits are very little when the weed hasn`t fully dried ... have you noticed that?
