In the last couple days, I've developed a new vapcap workflow that I'd never used before, and it's completely transformed my usage of the device. Perhaps this technique has already been discussed before, because it does feel a little obvious, but I really think it fundamentally changes the experience of the Dynavap. Whether or not that's a good or bad thing is up to personal taste, and in my case, it's a great thing.
The basic idea here is that after inserting my DV into my Wand, I start to pull on it after just a couple seconds of heating, while keeping the tip inside the Wand. I insert the dynavap from the bottom and rest the tip against the glass; when I put my lips around the stem, I can press the vapcap into the little inner lip, allowing me to hit one-handed. I take a nice DTL inhale, maybe fluttering the airport a bit, and by the time I've had a satisfying pull, I can typically exhale a fluffy cloud of tasty vapor. All of this happens before the cap clicks. In fact, with this technique, the first click is now my sign to stop hitting, rather than my sign to start. It becomes an upper bound, rather than a lower bound.
I should mention, I can often get 4-5 hits with this technique, all without ever hearing a click, by controlling when the tip is inserted into the Wand. I'll usually take the dynavap out of the wand whenever I finish a hit, then insert it back in when I go to take another hit. The physical rhythm / mechanism is sort of like hitting a terp slurper, except instead of pressing the device into a jar of concentrate when you go to take a hit, you're pressing the device into the IH.
Now, obviously the vapor won't be as thick as a normal dynavap rip since you're hitting at lower temps, but it's also no slouch. I'd say the density is on par with your average Crafty+ hit or your thickest Vapman hit. And the flavor is just fantastic, especially with my 2019 M tip on a glass stem.
So what are the potential benefits of this technique? The first obviously is the flavor. We're working at lower temps, so you get a much purer expression of the flower. At the same time, there's still that characteristic Dynavap conduction roasty richness, which I definitely appreciate. I don't personally love the convection terp blast of, say, the Tinymight – I think conduction can actually help deepen the flavor (like salt or MSG). I seriously can't understate how good the flavor can be: it's not guaranteed every time, but I just took such a good hit I had to comeback and edit this post. Especially with whole nug, I genuinely think I can get flavor on par with all the flavor chasers I've ever used: TM, Woodscents, E-nano, Tempest, Convector, Vapman, Lotus.
The second potential benefit is the signature. With this technique, I'm getting a noticeably different high compared to my normal DV highs. This makes sense: again, it's a lower temp hit, but you're also actively adding heat as you hit, so the thermodynamic properties are bound to be different. I find this method produces a brightness that helps bring the conduction high to life. I hadn't really been using my DV much recently because I found the high to be too stony and "dark" – this completely changes that for me. It's a real comfy high; not too sedated, but also not anxiety inducing. Moreover, I find that it's difficult to get this kind of signature while also getting this level of flavor. My other flavor chaser vapes often end up a little too psychedelic for my liking.
The final potential benefit, and in my view the most interesting difference, is that this technique completely changes the rhythm and flow of using the vapcap. Since you start hitting just a couple seconds after insertion (lol), there's basically no downtime. You are always actively doing something – loading transitions quickly to hitting, which transitions quickly to debowling and back to loading. It's a completely new ritual, and I even start to see the relationship between the individual parts differently. Whereas normally the Dynavap itself feels like the centerpiece while everything else is an accessory, now the "device" feels like the whole network of Dynavap, IH, Reload magnet + debowler.
Between the tastier hits, the more well-rounded high (imo), and the faster rhythm, I feel like I've basically unlocked a completely new device. And I can always switch back to the normal Dynavap technique to get a dense, roasty, stony MTL pull whenever I want to.
I'd be really keen to hear your guys' thoughts on this. Has anyone else done this before? If you have, do you agree with me that this feels like a completely different thing? I was sort of inspired by the BAKx when I first started trying this out, and I do think it kinda replicates something of the experience (especially the perpendicular L shape lol). Cheers if you read all this!
