Glass VaporGenie
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HappyFunTime
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Yeah it was $120 for the Glass Vapor Genie with the Axe-pack option. The Axe-Pack seems to sell at about $37 at other sites around the web so it is a good deal to upgrade from the basic one imo.max said:
HappyFunTime
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Had it run out mid pull 2 times nowpyronym said:
Planning ahead FTW.
HappyFunTime
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Not sure. The bottom of the stopper is 18mm in diameter if that helps.reece said:
I would think that the key is to have the bottom of the bowl an exact distance from the bottom of the ceramic filter to get the temp just right.
Cann E Bus Finatic
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I spent the past year smoking unquantifyable amounts of the best bud possible and swearing to myself that the next big purchase I was going to make was a vaporizer (with a bag vape in mind). Realizing how farfetched this dream was with how horrendously expensive most bag vapes are, I just got my glass VG in 3 days ago (due in part to this thread). Here's my story/perspective/
(sorry if it gets wordy, my VG has been doing its duty and then some):
I am a nerd with anything I do; the more passionate about something I am the more nerdy I tend to be with it as well. Herb falls pretty high on that list... so Ive always known vaporizing was way better, fully understood the process, and had tried several different people's vapes several different times. The only one I really liked was some bag vape my friend got at a head shop (forgot the name of it). It got me ripped, was convenient to pass around, and got everything out of the bud. I disliked the taste of most tube vapes and with a few exceptions, really only ever came across tube vapes and this one bag vape.
So my quest for vapor was catalyzed recently because I am moving in to a new place that won't be as tolerant of chronic stank. Spent a whole day researching the web in despair, as I could not pay ridiculous amounts of money for a bag or tube vape that got decent reviews. Then I came across the vaporgenie website, and after a pause in which I almost closed the window and dismissed the product as junk, I read up. Naturally I then began to read up what people were saying about the glass VG (the one that caught my eye, never owned a classic VG and I'm glad I didn't discover them until they came out with the glass one). Several positive reviews from sites I trust and regularly go to then led me to this site and this highly informative review (props OP) which in turn pushed me over the edge and made me buy my VG.
================ REVIEW =====================
+ AXE PACK +
I as well got the axe pack and as well am very glad I got it. I lose track of grinder/lighter/eyedrops/stash so often that I would use this even if it wasn't a perfect case for the glass VG. I got green and though I don't have a picture (and neither does the VG website), it is almost exactly the color of the outline of the "Fuck Combustion" title above, and I can post pics if anyone wants. I would highly recommend getting this case if you are going with the glass VG; well worth it.
Pros:
- Its perfect, get it
Cons:
- It costs you 20$
+ GLASS VG +
I am a complete connoisseur of herb, so naturally i want the best taste possible. I never was able to enjoy the taste from a tube vaporizer, and gave up on a bag vape. In retrospect, however, as far as the taste you get from a vape the glass VG out performs any vape I've ever hit. The shit I smoked tonight almost tasted too good out of it. The glass does get hot, obviously, but takes you by shock at how fast it cools (especially the top filter piece, as it requires some heavy constant use to get too hot to hold). The bowl is a great size, easily capable of a variety of amts. Like the OP my preferred method is to just get a tiny pinch of fine ground herb and drop it in to get a nice 2-3 hit bowl (I've already conserved so much bud by doing this). It is glass, so it does get dirty below the bowl (on the curved part of the pipe), but the staining is minor and looks easily cleanable. I love being able to see the whole process go down right in front of your face as you controll it as well; a great advantage to the glass.
Pros:
- Glass > all. No unscrewing; glass on glass conection
- Fantastic taste
- Lifetime Warranty
- Best utility to price ratio of any vape (IMO)
Cons:
- If a tiny bit of brief pain gets to you, the bowl can get a bit hot
- butane guzzler
- needs to be explained to friends (DON'T TORCH MY VAPE!)
+ TIPS FOR USE +
1) If using a flame lighter, flick the lighter so that the finger(thumb) holding down the plastic button to maintain the flame is below the flame of the lighter when you tilt the lighter over to light the bowl. Hard to explain in words, but if you don't get that ^^, go like you're lighting a normal bowl and when you tilt to light the bowl, freeze your hand, rotate the lighter 180 degrees in it, and thats it. Breathe just fast enough to draw in the flame with only the very tip of the flame going in the very center of the bowl. For the first hit I find it's best to breathe slow for a 3 count, breathe out through the nose (usually nothing) while maintaining the flame, then begin the hit. This just seems to get a more impacting first hit, as you don't lose lung capacity in warming up the filter a little bit.
2) If using a cone lighter, hold it an inch or so away from the top of the bowl and breathe a little faster. After a couple of successive hits, decrease the amount of time you use the lighter during your hits or else suffer some combustion. The glass VG makes it easy to see that though you are not applying the flame for the whole hit in these situations, you are still vaporizing the weed by just slowly running air through that hot filter.
================ CONCLUSION =======================
So yeah, it got wordy. But in short, this is a great product and I would recommend it to anyone who loves herb and isn't made of money. I ordered mine on a monday and got it in on friday (VA to TX) and had pretty ample tracking info supplied. It comes with everything you'd think like instructions, replacement screens etc.
If you still aren't sold after alllll of that. Consider this. This product that I was originally a tiny bit upset about (that it wasn't a crazy bag vape) got me so high and so pleased that I came back to this review, registered for this site, and decided to rant about how much I love it just on the small chance that something I said tips someone over the edge and convinces them to get one. (Do it!).
Peace. If you read all that you're f***ing awesome.
(sorry if it gets wordy, my VG has been doing its duty and then some):I am a nerd with anything I do; the more passionate about something I am the more nerdy I tend to be with it as well. Herb falls pretty high on that list... so Ive always known vaporizing was way better, fully understood the process, and had tried several different people's vapes several different times. The only one I really liked was some bag vape my friend got at a head shop (forgot the name of it). It got me ripped, was convenient to pass around, and got everything out of the bud. I disliked the taste of most tube vapes and with a few exceptions, really only ever came across tube vapes and this one bag vape.
So my quest for vapor was catalyzed recently because I am moving in to a new place that won't be as tolerant of chronic stank. Spent a whole day researching the web in despair, as I could not pay ridiculous amounts of money for a bag or tube vape that got decent reviews. Then I came across the vaporgenie website, and after a pause in which I almost closed the window and dismissed the product as junk, I read up. Naturally I then began to read up what people were saying about the glass VG (the one that caught my eye, never owned a classic VG and I'm glad I didn't discover them until they came out with the glass one). Several positive reviews from sites I trust and regularly go to then led me to this site and this highly informative review (props OP) which in turn pushed me over the edge and made me buy my VG.
================ REVIEW =====================
+ AXE PACK +
I as well got the axe pack and as well am very glad I got it. I lose track of grinder/lighter/eyedrops/stash so often that I would use this even if it wasn't a perfect case for the glass VG. I got green and though I don't have a picture (and neither does the VG website), it is almost exactly the color of the outline of the "Fuck Combustion" title above, and I can post pics if anyone wants. I would highly recommend getting this case if you are going with the glass VG; well worth it.
Pros:
- Its perfect, get it
Cons:
- It costs you 20$
+ GLASS VG +
I am a complete connoisseur of herb, so naturally i want the best taste possible. I never was able to enjoy the taste from a tube vaporizer, and gave up on a bag vape. In retrospect, however, as far as the taste you get from a vape the glass VG out performs any vape I've ever hit. The shit I smoked tonight almost tasted too good out of it. The glass does get hot, obviously, but takes you by shock at how fast it cools (especially the top filter piece, as it requires some heavy constant use to get too hot to hold). The bowl is a great size, easily capable of a variety of amts. Like the OP my preferred method is to just get a tiny pinch of fine ground herb and drop it in to get a nice 2-3 hit bowl (I've already conserved so much bud by doing this). It is glass, so it does get dirty below the bowl (on the curved part of the pipe), but the staining is minor and looks easily cleanable. I love being able to see the whole process go down right in front of your face as you controll it as well; a great advantage to the glass.
Pros:
- Glass > all. No unscrewing; glass on glass conection
- Fantastic taste
- Lifetime Warranty
- Best utility to price ratio of any vape (IMO)
Cons:
- If a tiny bit of brief pain gets to you, the bowl can get a bit hot
- butane guzzler
- needs to be explained to friends (DON'T TORCH MY VAPE!)
+ TIPS FOR USE +
1) If using a flame lighter, flick the lighter so that the finger(thumb) holding down the plastic button to maintain the flame is below the flame of the lighter when you tilt the lighter over to light the bowl. Hard to explain in words, but if you don't get that ^^, go like you're lighting a normal bowl and when you tilt to light the bowl, freeze your hand, rotate the lighter 180 degrees in it, and thats it. Breathe just fast enough to draw in the flame with only the very tip of the flame going in the very center of the bowl. For the first hit I find it's best to breathe slow for a 3 count, breathe out through the nose (usually nothing) while maintaining the flame, then begin the hit. This just seems to get a more impacting first hit, as you don't lose lung capacity in warming up the filter a little bit.
2) If using a cone lighter, hold it an inch or so away from the top of the bowl and breathe a little faster. After a couple of successive hits, decrease the amount of time you use the lighter during your hits or else suffer some combustion. The glass VG makes it easy to see that though you are not applying the flame for the whole hit in these situations, you are still vaporizing the weed by just slowly running air through that hot filter.
================ CONCLUSION =======================
So yeah, it got wordy. But in short, this is a great product and I would recommend it to anyone who loves herb and isn't made of money. I ordered mine on a monday and got it in on friday (VA to TX) and had pretty ample tracking info supplied. It comes with everything you'd think like instructions, replacement screens etc.
If you still aren't sold after alllll of that. Consider this. This product that I was originally a tiny bit upset about (that it wasn't a crazy bag vape) got me so high and so pleased that I came back to this review, registered for this site, and decided to rant about how much I love it just on the small chance that something I said tips someone over the edge and convinces them to get one. (Do it!).
Peace. If you read all that you're f***ing awesome.
Cann E Bus Finatic
Well-Known Member
Thanks, glad to be here and vapeing. Side question: Any recommendations as to where to get a vector lighter? The only store around me that had em no longer carries them and i lack trust when it comes to ordering some things online.. and lighters for some reason fall in that catagory for me. Thanks in advance.
lwien
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Wow. I just read their take on these lighters on their site. Talk about bad blood. But I can surely relate. The Elio that I got from them worked for about a week before it started jamming. My 2.00 no name worked better and is still working better. Should have returned the Vector to VG when I had the chance, but odds are I would have received one that was just as bad. I paid 19.00 bucks for a lighter that they are now selling for 3.00.Choism said:
http://www.fuckcombustion.com/viewtopic.php?id=2&p=20 (see post #478)
Hennessy1414
Terrorist
arg!
just use a normal butane lighter...they are quick, easy, and a cheaper alternative to the bee-line(hemp wick). Also you need PERFECT stillness for the hemp string to work. It can give you rips...but at the end of the day a butane lighter is the prime choice for a heat source.
just use a normal butane lighter...they are quick, easy, and a cheaper alternative to the bee-line(hemp wick). Also you need PERFECT stillness for the hemp string to work. It can give you rips...but at the end of the day a butane lighter is the prime choice for a heat source.
jay randall
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First off I have never used a vapor genie before. I am not fond of wood. All I ever want to use is glass. So when this came out I was ready to take the plunge. It arrived quickly and was well packaged. My very first impression was its size! It's much bigger than I thought it would be. Even with dimensions described on the website, it just seemed big to me which I love. There is some heft to it. It feels good in your hand. It's well balanced and is cool looking to boot. Nice shape and design. As far as useage it is simply outstanding. Big vapor hits and a very clean and pure taste.The glass genie does get very warm around the bowl and along the "J" curve just underneath the bowl. The ceramic filter piece which goes on top never gets warm at all which is odd to me. Overall this is the very greatest vaporizing device that I have ever used. I did not get the case to save cost but the padded bag is very protective of the genie. You know you want it. In fact you know you must have one. You will not be sorry. Pure glass means pure vaping and it doesn't get any better than this...
There's always piranhas! (video)
bluntfaced
I'm El Diablo Baby!!!
haha no
Rin101
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I'm wondering how you set up your kief hits..I've only tried once with my VG, and I just packed a bowl then dropped in a layer of kief on top, and after the first hit all the kief had disappeared..i'm not sure if i inhaled too fast (I tried to inhale slowly) or if it worked..but I'm just wondering how you do it.Choism said:
PS. Great review of the glass VaporGenie
I would love to get one but right now I can't spare the money and my wooden VG is still great!
purplechango
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Hi 
My name is purplechango, and Im a glassaholic. I totally forgot about this gem. I ran across this model when i was doing my shopping for my first vape.
To bad i didnt buy it then. Now i NEEED one. Maybe thats excessive. may i should spell need with only 2 "e's" instead of 3
My name is purplechango, and Im a glassaholic. I totally forgot about this gem. I ran across this model when i was doing my shopping for my first vape.
To bad i didnt buy it then. Now i NEEED one. Maybe thats excessive. may i should spell need with only 2 "e's" instead of 3
Jacopone
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I have been playing with my Glass Vapor Genie for the last few weeks and I am very impressed with its performance, look and overall experience.
I have been using the classic wood vapor genie for over a year, and the transition to the glass one was so easy.
I found it much easier to operate and the transparency of the glass gives you visual clues that are very helpful in reaching the correct temperature.
The taste of the vapor is great. It is very clean and dense.
It is definitely one of my favorite vaporizer.
I have been using the classic wood vapor genie for over a year, and the transition to the glass one was so easy.
I found it much easier to operate and the transparency of the glass gives you visual clues that are very helpful in reaching the correct temperature.
The taste of the vapor is great. It is very clean and dense.
It is definitely one of my favorite vaporizer.
HappyFunTime
Well-Known Member
Thanks. Very nice review. I am glad that mine was useful.Cann E Bus Finatic said:
I ended up getting a Lotus lighter at my local tobacco shop (Pipeworld) which is very nice. I use the vector in my Classic VG travel pack. The vector's flame does vary during use and the bowl stirrer is stuck. Stay away from Vectors it seems.
HappyFunTime
Well-Known Member
Not at all. The ground glass joint is tight and the pack ensures it would not come out in any case.Bananiq said:
HappyFunTime
Well-Known Member
I can report that this baby cleans up like a champ. I used about 4 oz of 420 cleaner in a plastic bag to get almost every thing off.
I then removed the screen with a long screw by screwing it into the screen and pulling it out. This allowed me to get a Q tip with the tip removed through the hole in the bowl to scrape off a bit of build up that was stuck.
I then popped a new screen from VG back in and the thing was like new.
I can't say enough about this piece.
I then removed the screen with a long screw by screwing it into the screen and pulling it out. This allowed me to get a Q tip with the tip removed through the hole in the bowl to scrape off a bit of build up that was stuck.
I then popped a new screen from VG back in and the thing was like new.
I can't say enough about this piece.