Firewood Vaporizer

[BabyFacedFinster]

Everyone probably has their own ritual to get the results they want.

I agree that a good firm pack is important. I use the tamp side of my little metal scoop to press the pack down into a flattened puck.

At 320F, I will hold the button down for about 5 seconds before taking puffs, but not to produce clouds. It usually takes at least 10 sec of pressing to warm my unit up enough to produce clouds. However, for those that love to savor all the flavors offered, I get the best flavor in time the unit is heating up. As it heats to temp, you get all these wonderful terp flavors that get kinda lost or overpowered by the caramel and roasty flavors that come with higher temp vaping.

Once I start getting some vapor, I only press while drawing and pause the button in-between. You can usually get a lesser second hit before pressing and holding for the next hit. At first, I do constant cigar puffs to get those flavors, but the vapor producing hits are long steady draws.

One thing I find a bit annoying is, if you are doing the press hit and release method, you must get in a rhythm. Once you release the button, you cannot press again and activate until the unit gives you the "end of heating" hepatic buzz vvvvvppp. And then one additional second before repressing to activate. If you try to press immediately after the vvvvvppp it won't activate, you need to wait that additional latent second. Maybe it's just my unit?

After the 3-4th steady draw, it gets too roasted and I dump without the need to raise the temps. Even if there is more medicine in there, the taste is not pleasant to me.

I love it, but it is a ritual when you have some time. Otherwise I'll use the TM2 when I need to hit it and be done. To me, the FW9 is a slow heat up vape, so I hope the next version has a session mode of some kind so you don't need to keep holding the button down.

 

[MHL]

Once you release the button, you cannot press again and activate until the unit gives you the "end of heating" hepatic buzz vvvvvppp. And then one additional second before repressing to activate. If you try to press immediately after the vvvvvppp it won't activate, you need to wait that additional latent second. Maybe it's just my unit?

Same for me, you have to let it do it's thing before you re-click the button.

@goetzamuel it does take a bit of time go get into the swing of things. I normally wait 10s or so after the "hit temperature" buzz and keep my finger on that button until I'm done for the bowl/session. I take longish, slowish draws and it takes a couple of 5s draws before the material has heated enough to start producing vapour.

It's not _quite_ the cloud machine that tinymight is (which, btw, I think is at least partially down to the width of the tm mouthpiece) but you should still be getting good levels of vapour on the second or third draw. And that should continue for another 5 or 6 draws.

If I want more airflow, with a tight tamp, I "drill" a hole through the middle of the material (I tend to use the tm pokey stick for this, but any will do).

 

[Cdwhit]

My technique on the FW9: I don’t temperature step usually, and start on setting 3 (setting 2 & 3 are still on factory presets). When I get the “ready” buzz, I start doing little cigar puffs until the vapor is coming out, then hit. The first hit I will often continue holding the button for the second hit. Consecutive hits the bowl is how, so I hit at the buzz. It’s been working so far, but I think I’m going to lower the temp a little. Or may raise the temperature setting 2.

I use a pretty tight pack usually, but a lighter pack will do a OHE at the current high setting.

 

[goetzamuel]

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the recommendations everyone. I understand that every vape will require its own technique/procedures to get the most out of it.

I attempted a tighter pack and extended my heat up time last night with what I believe were better results. I will continue to experiment with your suggestions.

 

[jbg87]

yes it’s all about a tight pack and learning the button and heater time. I get thick clouds after those first flavor town hits and crispy evenly cooked pucks almost everytime. From my vapes I feel the fw9 really gets the most out of my herb.

 

[Gonchin]

So far I'm enjoying the FW9 after about a week. It came with the default temp settings of 340 - 380 - 420. I was uncomfortably close to combustion of my first bowl on the 3rd setting. I'm finding the second setting of 380 leaves nice and toasty ABV, but the first hit or 2 of the first setting are weak. I will probably change it to 340 - 360 380. Honestly not sure If the middle step is even needed, but for Science I shall try.

I purchased the capsule version. When I convert over to bowl mode, it is normal for the bowl funnel to be slightly higher than the FW body?

I purchased the glass adapter tube as well, but I'm not sure what it will connect to or how to really use it. What should I be looking for here?

Thanks!

 

[MHL]

I purchased the capsule version. When I convert over to bowl mode, it is normal for the bowl funnel to be slightly higher than the FW body?

Thanks!

Yea I think it is slightly. But not much. Just like on this pic: https://firewoodaromatech.com/collections/firewood-9/products/firewood-9-bowl-option

 

[Garysfriend]

Hey guys, been enjoying my FW7 for years now, but it’s started to act up recently. When I put in a fresh battery, and press and hold the button, I will get repeating fast short buzzes (with no pause) that will continue until the button is released. If I remove and reinstall the battery a few times, it will eventually behave like normal. This occurs with older batteries and brand new batteries (Sony vtc6), fully charged, half charged, etc… the only thing that seems to have an effect is removing and reinstalling the battery multiple times until it just eventually works.

I reached out to FW a week ago and haven’t heard back.

Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[Cdwhit]

Hey guys, been enjoying my FW7 for years now, but it’s started to act up recently. When I put in a fresh battery, and press and hold the button, I will get repeating fast short buzzes (with no pause) that will continue until the button is released. If I remove and reinstall the battery a few times, it will eventually behave like normal...

This is the signal that the battery is overcharged. This has happened to me a couple times, and I’ll pop the battery in another vape for a minute to drain it a little, and it works fine. It sounds like either your charger might be over charging the batteries a little, or you may have a defective controller?

 

[Garysfriend]

This is the signal that the battery is overcharged. This has happened to me a couple times, and I’ll pop the battery in another vape for a minute to drain it a little, and it works fine. It sounds like either your charger might be over charging the batteries a little, or you may have a defective controller?

Hey thanks for the reply. I have a multimeter and all batteries this occurs with are between 4.18v - 3.5v. So I don’t think it’s an overcharge issue?

 

[Octavia]

Hey thanks for the reply. I have a multimeter and all batteries this occurs with are between 4.18v - 3.5v. So I don’t think it’s an overcharge issue?

Might be a failing chip then? I noticed my Firewood 9 typically does the overcharge warning when I put a battery in for the first time in a while, but it may also be that my new charger is a little spicy. My FW7 doesn’t have the same issue except very rarely when I take a new battery fresh from the charger.

Might be worth emailing Marc and see if he has any insight or if there’s a secret recalibrate button combo?

 

[Garysfriend]

Ok, yes I emailed the FW email address on their website and haven’t heard back. I’m assuming he’s pretty busy with the holiday orders and shipping.

 

[Octavia]

Ok, yes I emailed the FW email address on their website and haven’t heard back. I’m assuming he’s pretty busy with the holiday orders and shipping.

In the past when I’ve emailed him he usually gets back in 2-3 days, but at least 1 email took a week. Hopefully he can get you sorted!

 

[Garysfriend]

Ok cool, I’ll just wait for his response, hopefully there’s a fix. I love my firewood!

 

[Tellus]

I read that some people wish for better battery life for the fw9. Want to share some tips for better battery that works for me. But first thing the fw9 has a conservative cutoff for the battery, it gives zero battery warning at ~3.5V. TM2 for example lets you go down to 3.2V. So the fw saves some juice in the battery instead of giving more sessions.

But even with 3.5v cutoff I can get about 15 sessions out of mine. I put mine on 360f and hold button for three draws, long and slow inhale but not very long or slow. And I dont let go of button in between. Effective quick session and great for battery. I've tried different temp settings but 360f worked best, good extraction and battery life. Maybe its different depending on how much you load. I load about half capsule in bowl mode. Hope it helps someone out there

 

[FWood7]

Ok cool, I’ll just wait for his response, hopefully there’s a fix. I love my firewood!

PLEASE let me know what he says, im having the EXACT same issue, except I have to move the battery around a lot to get it to work

 

[Duba]

Ok cool, I’ll just wait for his response, hopefully there’s a fix. I love my firewood!

PLEASE let me know what he says, im having the EXACT same issue, except I have to move the battery around a lot to get it to work

I had a similar problem with mine in the past and it had to go back to Marc.

I take this opportunity to post a couple of images of the latest leather jackets I've created for the Fw9:

 

[littlebabybleu]

Is there a video tutorial on how to replace the screen if you have a bowl mode FW9?

 

[sansei]

Is there a video tutorial on how to replace the screen if you have a bowl mode FW9?

@littlebabybleu this post may assist...

Firewood Vaporizer

Yeah I got it for the weekend and have been enjoying it all week... the colors are just so beautiful, in any lighting, subtle variation of dark blue grey purple, with like a salmon pink red orange, although you can hardly see them when the stem is inside the FW9 hehe: Yes the slight taper...

fuckcombustion.com

 

[Cdwhit]

Is there a video tutorial on how to replace the screen if you have a bowl mode FW9?

The only screen I see appears to be part of the bowl or dosing capsule, so I would guess you just replace the bowl?

To give an example: I ran a bowl at 370 for 2 hits and then moved to 390 for another 3 hits, 390 does not feel that hot to me.

I never changed the default temperatures on mine except for Temp 1. Temp 3 seems to be set at 410 by default. I don’t usually bother with temp stepping, and usually keep it at setting 3, or 410F. I think it’s a hybrid vape, but it is very conduction heavy. This means that after the ready buzz, especially on the first heat, you need to let it heat up for a while. I start tasting after a few seconds. And usually take one or two lower temp “taste hits” while it’s heating, and then a killer hit after it gets hot. Subsequent hits heat up faster, but I don’t get many hits. Any AVB left over is pretty worthless.

 

[WhyWhyWhy?]

Perhaps, as a beginner for this device, I will ask a strange question -is it impossible to use Roffu capsules (or Xmax V3 Pro) in Firewood? I have a lot of these capsules on my hands and I really look at the Firewood, but it scares me that I will have to get a new set of capsules.

Also, I once already asked a question about the effect of Firewood, if you compare it with the effect of TM2, and the answer is that the Firewood is slightly different and possibly weaker than TM2. But the fact is that recently, after using TM2 Purple Heart for a long time, I started using Dynavap and for some reason the blows were much stronger..This gave me the idea to think about buying Firewood again, because Firewood is also conductive like Dynavap... What do you think about this, will firewood disappoint me or will it be a surprise, like Dynavap after TM 2?

 

[Duba]

Perhaps, as a beginner for this device, I will ask a strange question -is it impossible to use Roffu capsules (or Xmax V3 Pro) in Firewood? I have a lot of these capsules on my hands and I really look at the Firewood, but it scares me that I will have to get a new set of capsules.

Also, I once already asked a question about the effect of Firewood, if you compare it with the effect of TM2, and the answer is that the Firewood is slightly different and possibly weaker than TM2. But the fact is that recently, after using TM2 Purple Heart for a long time, I started using Dynavap and for some reason the blows were much stronger..This gave me the idea to think about buying Firewood again, because Firewood is also conductive like Dynavap... What do you think about this, will firewood disappoint me or will it be a surprise, like Dynavap after TM 2?

opinions vary on this question (as they do on all questions). As far as I'm concerned, I've always preferred the vapor and extraction signature of the Fw7 or 9 over the TM. The Fw's hybrid heating and tighter draw give me denser, stronger mouthfeel hits than the convection TM2. I prefer unregulated vapes when it comes to convection.

 

[jbg87]

I have both tm2 and fw9, firewood 9 isn’t weaker just takes a couple seconds more to get going (also gotta clean it more often) hits just as hard to me, and sometimes I think even better than tm2 all depends on how you hit it and learning the button. As for capsules I don’t have roffu but I doubt you can use them, fw9 comes with its own “capsule” it’s just a little uncovered ceramic bowl that is used for both the bowl kit and capsule kit.

 

[Steel28]

opinions vary on this question (as they do on all questions). As far as I'm concerned, I've always preferred the vapor and extraction signature of the Fw7 or 9 over the TM. The Fw's hybrid heating and tighter draw give me denser, stronger mouthfeel hits than the convection TM2. I prefer unregulated vapes when it comes to convection.

This is similar to my opinion as well. I sold my TM2 some time back and hybrid heating, tight draw and just the vapor feel is much better when I use FW9. It will be fun to compare with my Toad in a few months lol

 

[Duba]

This is similar to my opinion as well. I sold my TM2 some time back and hybrid heating, tight draw and just the vapor feel is much better when I use FW9. It will be fun to compare with my Toad in a few months lol

You'll see, they complement each other well. The Toad has unregulated convection with a more open airflow, and is also capable of power with good control.