I broke out my Omnivap 2 days ago the first time in months. I gave up on it as it was badly exacerbating my hand and wrist/tendonitis, repetitive strain.
This time I fell in love with it like never before. I didnt just forget, I never realised what a fantastic vaporizer it is!
The effect is so full, just like smoking but still the lighter vapor high, but nothing missing as with many convection vapes that leave the abv much more yellow.
With my XL Herborizer, the extraction is very slow and incomplete. Its a good vape, but the buzz does leave something lacking. I stick to max temp of 200°C as any higher really bothers my allergies and sensitive lungs. And the effect is still a little lacking.
The Herborizer abv on these temps is light brown. Its still good for cooking.
I always extract most everything from the herb in the Omnivap, and never save the darker brown abv. What I realised the last 2 days is that even though the Omnivap extracts more quickly and more completely then the Herborizer, and abv is dark, the Omnivap bothers my chest so much less!
This kind or implies that the extraction is taking place at a far lower relative temp, to get all the goods, than most vaporizers. Usually the dark brown abv can be a signal of high heat, "benzene" vapor.
But the vapcap vapor is lightly visible upon exhale and dissipates fast.
Anyway, the point of this post is in reference to
@Squiby 's hemp fiber filter.
Originally I was just placing a ball of hemp fiber under the screen, just above the condenser. I wanted to keep the bowl size maximum for the biggest hits, so was never keen on the 2 screen sandwhich idea. But the draw was actually very restricted with hemp fiber just above the condenser.
So I decided to try the 2 screen sandwhich method. My first installation resulted on both screens in the lowest position, and a bit awkward to remove. So I thought, sod this, why cant I just drop the hemp fiber gauze under the screen in the bottom of the bowl? Then I just put the one screen on top and pushed it into place in the lowest groove.
Anyway it seems to be working well. Maybe the airflow is a tad more restrictive than the 2 screen sandwhich method, but it works absolutely fine.
I had the airflow pretty open, condenser screwed most the way out from the tip. George sent me a replacement cap after my original one was to tight on my 2nd gen Ti tip.
Then when I got a 3rd gen tip, the cap George sent me, which was much looser on my 2nd gen tip, is now too tight on my 3rd gen tip. So this reduces the airflow a lot, hence why I currently have the condenser screwed mostly in (towards mouthpiece).
It still worked a treat. Full extraction in 3 heat cycles from a full bowl. Darkish brown abv. All good taste and pleasant, and huge hits! Boy I only vaped 4 bowls yesterday, maybe 0.3 grams, and I was stoned out of head all day, and even most of today! Im not a suoer lightweight at all.