Not trying to make this into an "all Extreme, all the time" forum, 
, it's just how I found it. 
So, I bought an Extreme. It arrived Monday. It's blowing my mind.
The Background: I'm a total n00b to all of this. Never was interested in drugs growing up. I tried pot once in my teens, it just hurt my throat, I didn't feel any effects so I never tried it again, until about a year ago. I'm in my thirties. And my second time was just as "good" as my first - no effects, nothing, no fun, so I swore it off.
Last fall I did a hit of shrooms. My first real drug experience. Rocked my world. Earlier this year I tried pot for the third time. Burned my throat but had mild effects, got the munchies, it was "ok". Had it again a couple months after that, finally had a real good time and have been doing it two, three times a month since. Hit the bong a little too hard so I try to stick with a little glass pipe. Finally learned to control intake so as not to burn the throat after several times, now I'm cooool...
Vaping introduction: So my buddy tells me about vaporizers a few weeks back and I start doing some research. He'd never tried one, he'd just heard of them. And everything I see points to the Volcano. The whole "medical grade" crap had me sold. Now I'm not knocking the volcano, looks like a hell of a nice unit, I almost bought one! Had the thing been closer to $300 I'd have just bought it right off and would have never found the Extreme. But I was really looking into this for the health reasons, nothing more, and so here was a company touting this thing as a medical appliance and I'm digging it. But I'm also not really justifying $669 here! I mean, let's get real, it's a fucking test here. I'm dropping some cash just to see what this shit is all about. For all I know it won't work at all and I'll have wasted my money. Now far me it from me to be cheap, I like to throw money around when I can afford to, which is probably why I can't afford to very often, but whatever. I go looking for something a little less expensive on this purchase. And I found a lot of things that didn't scream "medical appliance"... and since I'm really only thinking of this as a health thing, I want the medical appliance. Then I found the Extreme, on a lark, from a review post on shroomery, and here we have a medical appliance that looks great, will fit right where I want it without attracting too much attention, can be left out and nobody will be the wiser... and for half what I was going to spend on that volcano. I mean, hell yeah. So I buy one. Then I find this forum which had the best info on this thing, anywhere.
The Extreme: Yeah... I bought it Friday. Couldn't fucking wait for it to arrive. I met the mailman at the box on Saturday. What? I'm only a few hours drive from the vendor I bought it from, priority mail, it's possible it could arrive that fast. But no. It does come on Monday though, so I unpack it, hook everything up, and throw on the potpourri while I wait for my buddy, who turned me on to these, to come over. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The machine is awesome. Packaging was superb, everything is just great, no problems whatsoever. Very user friendly. The company is amazing, what can I say. Fan noise is pretty quiet on low, I can let it run in the background and it's not a huge distraction. You can hear it, to be sure, but it's not like a wind tunnel. Turn that sucker on 2 or 3, though, and now we almost have ourselves a hair dryer sound level going on. Anyway, I don't have any problems with the fan sounds. With the fan off the unit is silent.
I love how the sides stay cool to the touch, even when you're baking the shit out of some poor little herb. Love the design. I wish it had a few more LEDs underneath, but I'm a sucker for gimmicks like that. The two that it does have kick ass. Makes it look all smooth in the dark. Love the stainless steel on black look. The fact that the entire herb path is glass or hose/bag, is nice. No metals or other crap to leach into my herb.
Love the versatility. That totally sold me. Being able to do the bag, the whip, and warm the smelly stuff the girls like? Totally cool. I'd never vaped and knew nobody with a vaporizer so I really didn't want to tie myself down to one method. This was like three units in one. A truly brilliant design and it all works very well. It does not suffer from "x in one" syndrome, you know where the "all in one" unit is nowhere near as good as each of the things it's supposed to be? Not the case here, my friends. As a bag filler, it behaves like a dedicated bag filler. On the whip, behaves as a dedicated whip unit, etc. Perfect.
Oh, and the remote rocks. Love that shit. Like I said I'm a sucker for gimmicks. So I'm very happy with the machine. That's not to say the machine is a gimmick. Far from it, this thing is fucking awesome. A medical grade device with totally unnecessary, but totally bitchin' electronic toy add-ons. The geek factor scores high on me.
The Vaporizing: Oh yessss, my precious! This is fucking amazing. Look, I know it's trite and everyone here says it but I can't help myself: I'm never smoking again. Seriously, fuck smoking. This is amazing. And I've only hit it twice now.
First off, the vapor is cool. No smoke here. I'm hitting it at 210c. That sounds hot, it's not. Seriously the air feels cold to me coming in. Not even a hint of warmth, like it's colder than the air around me. Just real nice, real smooth. The taste is up next - it's fabulous. I've never tasted MJ like this before. It's yummy. Never much cared for the taste before, all burnt and nasty. This is clean, pure - delicious. I'll take multiple smaller vape hits and keep them in my mouth just to savor the taste. I looked forward to it all day today.
The side effects are amazing: There aren't any! Every time I smoked a bunch, I'd feel like shit the next day. Like a mild hangover. Not anymore - I got up this morning feeling great, clear headed and ready to face the day. Smell, yeah you can still smell pot. Don't kid yourself. But it's a slightly different smell, more pleasant and dissipates faster. Oh, but there is one huge positive: No smell on your clothes. Every time I smoked I'd go back to my wife smelling like pot, which she wouldn't appreciate. Not with vaping, my friends. I could hit it on my lunch break and even my drug sniffing puritan coworkers wouldn't smell a thing on me when I got back to the office. So that's a huge plus all by itself.
All in all, this appliance has turned MJ into a medical thing for me. I now view it not as a way to get high, but as a way to wind down, chill out and get a good night's sleep. That's a whole new take on pot for me, to be able to see it not as a drug, but as a therapeutic herb. The kind of thinking that's going to turn me into a major political lobbyist for decriminalization of this wonderful plant (not that I wasn't already, I've always supported the freedom of people to do what they please with their bodies, but after experiencing this "medicinal" high, I'm way on the side of "what the fuck is wrong with my country that this isn't perfectly legal?"). And with the vapor, I don't have any harmful side effects, my lungs should always feel great, etc. It really can't be beat. I've got money that says every smoker I know is going to be converted after hanging with me now. For sure, I'm never smoking again. This is way too smooth and nice to go back.
All in all, this will go down as one of the best lifestyle changes I've ever made. I say that with meaning, folks. If you're on the fence, you're wasting your time debating a no-brainer. Step your ass up to the plate and do this right. Don't even look back - you won't need to once you try this.
Oh, and I wrote this while high as fuck, so that might answer those lingering concerns you're having about my statements.
, it's just how I found it. So, I bought an Extreme. It arrived Monday. It's blowing my mind.
The Background: I'm a total n00b to all of this. Never was interested in drugs growing up. I tried pot once in my teens, it just hurt my throat, I didn't feel any effects so I never tried it again, until about a year ago. I'm in my thirties. And my second time was just as "good" as my first - no effects, nothing, no fun, so I swore it off.
Last fall I did a hit of shrooms. My first real drug experience. Rocked my world. Earlier this year I tried pot for the third time. Burned my throat but had mild effects, got the munchies, it was "ok". Had it again a couple months after that, finally had a real good time and have been doing it two, three times a month since. Hit the bong a little too hard so I try to stick with a little glass pipe. Finally learned to control intake so as not to burn the throat after several times, now I'm cooool...
Vaping introduction: So my buddy tells me about vaporizers a few weeks back and I start doing some research. He'd never tried one, he'd just heard of them. And everything I see points to the Volcano. The whole "medical grade" crap had me sold. Now I'm not knocking the volcano, looks like a hell of a nice unit, I almost bought one! Had the thing been closer to $300 I'd have just bought it right off and would have never found the Extreme. But I was really looking into this for the health reasons, nothing more, and so here was a company touting this thing as a medical appliance and I'm digging it. But I'm also not really justifying $669 here! I mean, let's get real, it's a fucking test here. I'm dropping some cash just to see what this shit is all about. For all I know it won't work at all and I'll have wasted my money. Now far me it from me to be cheap, I like to throw money around when I can afford to, which is probably why I can't afford to very often, but whatever. I go looking for something a little less expensive on this purchase. And I found a lot of things that didn't scream "medical appliance"... and since I'm really only thinking of this as a health thing, I want the medical appliance. Then I found the Extreme, on a lark, from a review post on shroomery, and here we have a medical appliance that looks great, will fit right where I want it without attracting too much attention, can be left out and nobody will be the wiser... and for half what I was going to spend on that volcano. I mean, hell yeah. So I buy one. Then I find this forum which had the best info on this thing, anywhere.
The Extreme: Yeah... I bought it Friday. Couldn't fucking wait for it to arrive. I met the mailman at the box on Saturday. What? I'm only a few hours drive from the vendor I bought it from, priority mail, it's possible it could arrive that fast. But no. It does come on Monday though, so I unpack it, hook everything up, and throw on the potpourri while I wait for my buddy, who turned me on to these, to come over. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The machine is awesome. Packaging was superb, everything is just great, no problems whatsoever. Very user friendly. The company is amazing, what can I say. Fan noise is pretty quiet on low, I can let it run in the background and it's not a huge distraction. You can hear it, to be sure, but it's not like a wind tunnel. Turn that sucker on 2 or 3, though, and now we almost have ourselves a hair dryer sound level going on. Anyway, I don't have any problems with the fan sounds. With the fan off the unit is silent.
I love how the sides stay cool to the touch, even when you're baking the shit out of some poor little herb. Love the design. I wish it had a few more LEDs underneath, but I'm a sucker for gimmicks like that. The two that it does have kick ass. Makes it look all smooth in the dark. Love the stainless steel on black look. The fact that the entire herb path is glass or hose/bag, is nice. No metals or other crap to leach into my herb.
Love the versatility. That totally sold me. Being able to do the bag, the whip, and warm the smelly stuff the girls like? Totally cool. I'd never vaped and knew nobody with a vaporizer so I really didn't want to tie myself down to one method. This was like three units in one. A truly brilliant design and it all works very well. It does not suffer from "x in one" syndrome, you know where the "all in one" unit is nowhere near as good as each of the things it's supposed to be? Not the case here, my friends. As a bag filler, it behaves like a dedicated bag filler. On the whip, behaves as a dedicated whip unit, etc. Perfect.
Oh, and the remote rocks. Love that shit. Like I said I'm a sucker for gimmicks. So I'm very happy with the machine. That's not to say the machine is a gimmick. Far from it, this thing is fucking awesome. A medical grade device with totally unnecessary, but totally bitchin' electronic toy add-ons. The geek factor scores high on me.
The Vaporizing: Oh yessss, my precious! This is fucking amazing. Look, I know it's trite and everyone here says it but I can't help myself: I'm never smoking again. Seriously, fuck smoking. This is amazing. And I've only hit it twice now.
First off, the vapor is cool. No smoke here. I'm hitting it at 210c. That sounds hot, it's not. Seriously the air feels cold to me coming in. Not even a hint of warmth, like it's colder than the air around me. Just real nice, real smooth. The taste is up next - it's fabulous. I've never tasted MJ like this before. It's yummy. Never much cared for the taste before, all burnt and nasty. This is clean, pure - delicious. I'll take multiple smaller vape hits and keep them in my mouth just to savor the taste. I looked forward to it all day today.
The side effects are amazing: There aren't any! Every time I smoked a bunch, I'd feel like shit the next day. Like a mild hangover. Not anymore - I got up this morning feeling great, clear headed and ready to face the day. Smell, yeah you can still smell pot. Don't kid yourself. But it's a slightly different smell, more pleasant and dissipates faster. Oh, but there is one huge positive: No smell on your clothes. Every time I smoked I'd go back to my wife smelling like pot, which she wouldn't appreciate. Not with vaping, my friends. I could hit it on my lunch break and even my drug sniffing puritan coworkers wouldn't smell a thing on me when I got back to the office. So that's a huge plus all by itself.
All in all, this appliance has turned MJ into a medical thing for me. I now view it not as a way to get high, but as a way to wind down, chill out and get a good night's sleep. That's a whole new take on pot for me, to be able to see it not as a drug, but as a therapeutic herb. The kind of thinking that's going to turn me into a major political lobbyist for decriminalization of this wonderful plant (not that I wasn't already, I've always supported the freedom of people to do what they please with their bodies, but after experiencing this "medicinal" high, I'm way on the side of "what the fuck is wrong with my country that this isn't perfectly legal?"). And with the vapor, I don't have any harmful side effects, my lungs should always feel great, etc. It really can't be beat. I've got money that says every smoker I know is going to be converted after hanging with me now. For sure, I'm never smoking again. This is way too smooth and nice to go back.
All in all, this will go down as one of the best lifestyle changes I've ever made. I say that with meaning, folks. If you're on the fence, you're wasting your time debating a no-brainer. Step your ass up to the plate and do this right. Don't even look back - you won't need to once you try this.
Oh, and I wrote this while high as fuck, so that might answer those lingering concerns you're having about my statements.
- the answer is no, I actually have zero interest in collecting more vapes. If I ever buy a different one, it would have to replace the Extreme, not add to it. But I think it's amazing that my "true" as opposed to my remade self showed through to you in the post. If I hadn't gone through what I went through, yeah, I absolutely would be the type to own a few vaporizers. 
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