FlowerMate Vapormax V/V5.0/V5.0S/V5 Pro

[OF]

Gentle Friends,

I've got a carry case suggestion for the new Mini. For 3 bucks or so you can get one of these shipped to you:
https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10007938/1698406-mini-zipper-pouch-bag-for-e-cigarette

I found that the Mini, a "Doob Tube" (which will hold a bit over 1 gram of prepared bud), the factory charge cable and a mains to USB charger I had kicking around fit neatly inside with a bit of room to spare:

A bit long to fit in most pockets, but it offers some serious protection to the unit and keeps herb for reloads and the charging stuff handy. You can substitute a car to USB adapter and have the same basic thing going for auto use?

OF

 

[Hubs88]

Wow this bottom screen on the mini is impossible to get out, tried the sewing needle, no good

Not sure if it's meant to be removed. I see no reason to replace it unless it's defective in some way. Flowermates are built well as you're finding out.

 

[OF]

Not sure if it's meant to be removed. I see no reason to replace it unless it's defective in some way. Flowermates are built well as you're finding out.

I'm with you, but think guys pull them out because the foul? The shouldn't normally foul you'd think, mine sure hasn't despite considerable use, unless guys are 'getting sloppy' and exhaling a bit into the stem? Or maybe using very poorly cured herb?

A minor version of the 'backwards' accidents that sometimes happens with WTs?

For sure the maker never intended it be part of routine maintenance (not in the manual and they'd no doubt have made it much easier to do).

Off hand I can't think of any of my vapes that foul on the input side of the bowl, only on the outlet side where the vapor is. For instance, the stem on my Ascent needs occasional cleaning but the inlet area doesn't......and luck thing since you can't get to it either.

OF

 

[We5d]

I'm with you, but think guys pull them out because the foul? The shouldn't normally foul you'd think, mine sure hasn't despite considerable use, unless guys are 'getting sloppy' and exhaling a bit into the stem? Or maybe using very poorly cured herb?

A minor version of the 'backwards' accidents that sometimes happens with WTs?

For sure the maker never intended it be part of routine maintenance (not in the manual and they'd no doubt have made it much easier to do).

Off hand I can't think of any of my vapes that foul on the input side of the bowl, only on the outlet side where the vapor is. For instance, the stem on my Ascent needs occasional cleaning but the inlet area doesn't......and luck thing since you can't get to it either.

OF

I read some posts that switching out the screens would prevent clogging but sounds like the mouthpiece screen is more important to switch. Will leave chamber screen and occasionally wipe with swab and ISO. Hopefully won't need to take out and replace

Thanks all

 

[max]

I read some posts that switching out the screens would prevent clogging but sounds like the mouthpiece screen is more important to switch. Will leave chamber screen and occasionally wipe with swab and ISO. Hopefully won't need to take out and replace

Thanks all

If you keep the bowl screen clean (ISO on cotton swab, holding the unit upside down), you may never need to take it out (never being when the batteries will no longer hold a charge). If it does get gunked up and won't clean sufficiently while in place, you do get spare screens if you have to ruin it during removal. You can also replace it with a standard ss screen.

I do recommend replacing the mp screen with something more coarse unless you intend to put something in the bowl, over the herb, to keep it from getting on the mp screen. These FM screens really have tiny holes. The other option for maintaining good vapor flow is to frequently clean the FM mp screen with ISO, either removing and cleaning, or cleaning in place.

 

[OF]

I read some posts that switching out the screens would prevent clogging but sounds like the mouthpiece screen is more important to switch. Will leave chamber screen and occasionally wipe with swab and ISO. Hopefully won't need to take out and replace

Yes, I think the fine screen in the MP is the biggest service issue. I find that removing the glass part lets me shake (or gently poke with a toothpick) at the screen (which seems to be loose to mover up and down a bit?) out. A wipe with ISO dampened paper towel does a fine job on the fixed plate with five larger holes (after poking the holes free with a toothpick if necessary. Likewise, simply wiping the screen (which is really a flat perforated plate) does a good job cleaning it.

IIRC it comes with a few spares of the upper (smaller) screen, but none of the larger one jammed into the bottom of the bowl?

Be careful removing and reinstalling the glass MP, so as not to damage the silicone retainer/seal.

OF

 

[Hubs88]

Be careful removing and reinstalling the glass MP, so as not to damage the silicone retainer/seal.

When the glass mp is warm it comes out easily with a twist and pull. To put it back in a little spit helps it slide in place

 

[KeroZen]

I find that removing the glass part lets me shake (or gently poke with a toothpick) at the screen (which seems to be loose to mover up and down a bit?)

@OF : did you notice that the base of the mouthpiece can be unscrewed to remove the screen? At least it is on the bigger brothers of the Mini, don't know if it's the same in your model though.

 

[OF]

@OF : did you notice that the base of the mouthpiece can be unscrewed to remove the screen? At least it is on the bigger brothers of the Mini, don't know if it's the same in your model though.

No, the Mini stem is different than all the rest I think, as I discussed a few days back:
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/flowermate-vapormax-v-v5-0-v5-0s-v5-pro.13786/page-98#post-803372

I gather the original style stems are all alike, with a screw on cap holding the fine screen as the first filter element? Mini is the other way around, the fine screen fits above the flat plate with 5 larger holes (as conventional engineering would call for, you put coarse filters first normally). To get the fine screen out you need to remove the glass stem.

If you look at this photo you can see the Mini stem ends at the bottom of the threads that connect it to the unit:
http://www.puffitup.com/Flowermate-Mini-Stem-p/flowermateministem.htm

OF

 

[420boi]

Hi everyone, first time poster here, I have been using ecig mods for a while now but I am just getting into dry herb vaping. Had a v-tower a long time ago, but i am looking to get my first portable vape. The flowermate seems like a good choice. I either want the PRO or the MINI model.

According to the vape dr, the mini has new improved airflow. Does the pro have this as well?

I really want the pro for the lcd screen, but I still value airflow more. I plan on using it with the bong attachment and the dhgate hydrotube.

sorry if this was covered previously, havent gone thru the whole thread yet

 

[KeroZen]

Buy both!

 

[Zufi Raj]

I have a FM v5 and a puff it up adaptor. What glass pieces would you recommend to pair up with it? Any pictures of set ups would be great to see.

Thanks

 

[danthepan124]

I have a FM v5 and a puff it up adaptor. What glass pieces would you recommend to pair up with it? Any pictures of set ups would be great to see.

Thanks

Honestly, any glass piece works, though I prefer one that's shorter

 

[jm1878]

Can anyone here compare the Flowermate MINI to the Goboof Alpha? Thanks

 

[Trev]

I find the airflow on the mini and pro is not nearly as good as on the original V5s, at least not on mine. But maybe it's just individual units.

One thing about my mini that I have been meaning to ask is that mine has no branding on, does anyone else have that? I know it's not a fake as I bought it from my usual place, maybe I got an early version?

As for the mouthpiece on the mini, i didn't like it at all. So as a compromise, I unscrew the whole of the bottom of a normal V5s mouthpiece (the part that holds the screen) and that will fit quite happily in the mini. Then I pack the unit with goodness and pop a SS screen on top of the filling (you can pack it on top with the tool or a toothpick) and that stops it rising into the mouthpiece if you draw too hard. It's a bit of a faff but it's my least used of all as I only use it when I need to be extra stealthy.

Also, whilst I am here, if I could give one bit of advice to newcomers to the Flowermate family is that when you heat it up and it's reached it's temperature, don't start hitting on it straight away, give it a minute or two to get properly hot and you'll get much better draws. At least that's what I have discovered after 6 months!

 

[sokesleezy]

Also, whilst I am here, if I could give one bit of advice to newcomers to the Flowermate family is that when you heat it up and it's reached it's temperature, don't start hitting on it straight away, give it a minute or two to get properly hot and you'll get much better draws. At least that's what I have discovered after 6 months!

I love doing this on the blue setting. Particularly with the first few hits of a fresh bowl.

 

[max]

Also, whilst I am here, if I could give one bit of advice to newcomers to the Flowermate family is that when you heat it up and it's reached it's temperature, don't start hitting on it straight away, give it a minute or two to get properly hot and you'll get much better draws. At least that's what I have discovered after 6 months!

That's fine if you like starting at higher temps, but the 'low' setting on the 3 temp version (5.0S) is 385, which is quite a bit higher than I like for starting a bowl, so I prefer to start drawing before it reaches the 1st set temp. By better draws I assume you mean thicker vapor. You always get thicker hits at higher temps, but I prefer to work my way up, rather than starting out there.

 

[Zufi Raj]

Honestly, any glass piece works, though I prefer one that's shorter

Thanks for the reply. I am about to buy some more glass and was unsure whether to buy a vaporblunt or pinnacle water tool or to go for a small bubbler to pair up with the FM.

 

[Sash1mi420]

After a month of owning the FM, I'm starting to regret buying the FM now(personal preference), it seems like the heating chamber is constantly too high of temp, it burns up the flower too fast and gives a bad cough sometimes. I used my friend arizer air yesterday and I'm super jealous and I would rather spend that extra $50 for a more flaw portable vape. I was amaze on the taste that arizer air have out. I own a underdog and volcano, so I'm an experience user, but for $85 for a vape isn't bad either tho, but I would rather spend the extra to get the flaw taste. And on the arizer air we left it on and still didn't Burn out the flowers, with the FM while left on with no use, it just burns up everything. My FM, I have to constantly turn it on and off in order to use it without the flower getting baked up too fast. It's like a oven in the FM heating chamber.

 

[max]

It's like a oven in the FM heating chamber.

A portable heating chamber IS an oven, but unless it's defective it doesn't actually burn up your herb. It will vaporize it, if you let it sit, as any enclosed heating chamber will, but it won't burn it up as in combusting. You don't say which model you have, but only the V5.0 has a single set temp. I have the 3 temp version, and use it along with several other portables, and don't find the lowest temp setting (385) to be a problem for taste, coughing, or 'burning' up the bowl contents prematurely. I will say that 385 is high for a 'starting temp', so maybe you prefer lower temps all around.

gives a bad cough sometimes

That can happen with higher temps. THC can induce coughing at any vaping temp for that matter. If you prefer a different model that's fine, but despite your impressions, I find the Flowermate, unless the particular is defective, handles herb pretty much like other pocket portables I've used over the years.

 

[Trev]

That's fine if you like starting at higher temps, but the 'low' setting on the 3 temp version (5.0S) is 385, which is quite a bit higher than I like for starting a bowl, so I prefer to start drawing before it reaches the 1st set temp. By better draws I assume you mean thicker vapor. You always get thicker hits at higher temps, but I prefer to work my way up, rather than starting out there.

I have a pro so I just do the same with that but on lower temperatures and it's not really a case of more visible vapour as much as it just seems to flow better after a couple of minutes, I assume just as the heat has permeated fully through the weed. But if you're using the 3 temp 5vs then yes this method isn't suitable if you like lower temps.

 

[capcoho]

Try sticking a tuft of cotton or something else UNDER your load if you find it to hot. I find if thew herb is not sitting on the bottom of the bowl the vapor is less harsh.

I'd also suggest to start hitting before the light turns green and keep hitting it not letting the bowl get to hot as it's cooled by air.

 

[Sash1mi420]

A portable heating chamber IS an oven, but unless it's defective it doesn't actually burn up your herb. It will vaporize it, if you let it sit, as any enclosed heating chamber will, but it won't burn it up as in combusting. You don't say which model you have, but only the V5.0 has a single set temp. I have the 3 temp version, and use it along with several other portables, and don't find the lowest temp setting (385) to be a problem for taste, coughing, or 'burning' up the bowl contents prematurely. I will say that 385 is high for a 'starting temp', so maybe you prefer lower temps all around.

That can happen with higher temps. THC can induce coughing at any vaping temp for that matter. If you prefer a different model that's fine, but despite your impressions, I find the Flowermate, unless the particular is defective, handles herb pretty much like other pocket portables I've used over the years.

Ah yes, I have the FM v5.0s, yes I'm the lower temp guy. The FM does taste good and all, but it loses it taste super fast. I get like maybe 3 drags that's very flavorful and then it starts to taste bad, if I leave it on through the whole session,but if I turn it on and off it give me and more drags before getting the bad taste. high temp for the coughing makes a lot of sense. With the arizer air, I don't have to constantly turn it on and off during the session and the taste last like 6-7 drags. It's all personal preference to me.

Try sticking a tuft of cotton or something else UNDER your load if you find it to hot. I find if thew herb is not sitting on the bottom of the bowl the vapor is less harsh.

I'd also suggest to start hitting before the light turns green and keep hitting it not letting the bowl get to hot as it's cooled by air.

I always hit it during the warm up, but you'll have to turn it off again. And thank you for the cotton idea, now I'll have to give that a try

 

[max]

it loses it taste super fast

Compared to what? I've used models about this size since back in '08, and don't agree with your findings at all. Try the iolite if you want an example of a pocket vape losing good taste toward the end of the bowl.

I get like maybe 3 drags that's very flavorful and then it starts to taste bad

That's called 'ABV taste', and you'll get it with any pocket portable. There's nothing in the materials or technology of the FM that would turn the taste bad, other than hitting ABV.

but if I turn it on and off it give me and more drags before getting the bad taste.

That's because you're backing off the higher temp that's more harsh and produces ABV quicker.

With the arizer air

Which is 3 times the price. Not really an apples to apples comparison.

 

[Sash1mi420]

Compared to what? I've used models about this size since back in '08, and don't agree with your findings at all. Try the iolite if you want an example of a pocket vape losing good taste toward the end of the bowl.

That's called 'ABV taste', and you'll get it with any pocket portable. There's nothing in the materials or technology of the FM that would turn the taste bad, other than hitting ABV.

That's because you're backing off the higher temp that's more harsh and produces ABV quicker.

Which is 3 times the price. Not really an apples to apples comparison.

Of all the portables I've used, FM, arizer air, MFLB, the crafty, the mighty.

I bought my fm v5.0s for $85 on sale original price is $99, arizer air is $150, I would rather spend that $50 to have a more flaw portable vape. With the arizer air I can leave the vape on with the flowers in the bowl with no problem, enjoyed he whole session without having to turn it off until it's been abv. But unless the fm pro is a better option becus of the digital temp setting.