What is your philosophy...
You should be excited, its awesome Congrats on the purchase. If I wasn't saving for the Cloud I would Upgrade to the 2.2 and give my 2.1 to someone I know who needs it.I'm really excited about its direct vape-bonging capabilities.
I ordered the HA2.2 last Thursday from Planet Vape and should receive it mid-week. I have a lot of vapes and this one may seem like an odd choice at this stage....but I'm a ways down the Cloud list and wanted something new to try and I'm really excited about its direct vape-bonging capabilities.
The HA has been around since 2005 (I hear) and had really never intrigued me before, but I started reading this thread after seeing a few mentions over on the Cloud thread about the HA's temperature stability and ability to be directly mated to a 14 or 18 downstem. I also think the HA may be slightly better for introducing others to vaporizing....slightly better than my DBV that is, since I won't have to worry about them spilling the herb or combusting by drawing too slow. And though I'm not a bag guy I like the idea of having the capability for those rare occasions. Just thought I'd bump the thread and say I'm looking forward to receiving a new vape this week!
I'm sure you'll be happy with yours, it seems the norm. I agree, it's a great 'first vape'. Like Vapor Genie IMO is for a lot less bucks (it's often hard to convince guys they should spend drug money on a machine....). Three other great features not mentioned are also useful IMO. Blowing bags is a great way to get non smokers involved. The lack of need to grind herb also makes for less for the newbie to be dealing with. Lastly it's an excellent way to use kief and bubble hash (if they are available, of course).
BTW, I find a loose half inch screen on top of the load keeps everything above cleaner.
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Awww groovy, I do have a couple grams of kief that need to be used pronto. How do you recommend consuming kief in the HA? Only in bag mode? Will extra screens below and above keep it in place in the crucible?
Another reason its a great first vape is the durability. I have dropped my HA from at least 4 feet onto slate floors and I cant even see a mark on the finish It will make an awesome backup vape for when I get my Cloud.
Another reason its a great first vape is the durability. I have dropped my HA from at least 4 feet onto slate floors and I cant even see a mark on the finish...
I'm aware there's been many similar testimonies to the effect that an HA can survive such incidents but lets remind ourselves that this particular device incorporates an A.C. transformer on the printed circuit board and it's not exactly lightweight... Athough the product appears to be well built i feel like i must advise the HA owners that a fall with just the wrong angle might cause damage due to this component's significant mass. Please take note that my comment applies to the v2.1 model only as i can't tell for sure if a lighter high-frequency switching-mode module hasn't replaced the heavy ferro-magnetic transformer in HerbalAire's new v2.2 release. Yet common sense suggests any user should find a suitable location where to install their favourite vaporizer so it can be made stable, especially when there are objects with large inertial mass inside.
...i'd be quite curious to know what failure mode will take place...
Salutations,
Oh my... Look what this sluggish interface made me do!
Sorry for that.
Well, i wonder if there are any EpicVape owners with an HerbalAire as well who can comment on this:
I want to know how this one would fit...
ok, I have been testing my first mod and I can definitely say it is working very well. The glass goes all the way through a la "Samir". I would say taste has improved a full "letter grade" from what it used to be and all of the restricitve drag is gone. At first I thought I opened it up too much but after using a while, I really like it Next version will be shorter, like I planned in the first place. Links for materials at bottom.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23884
http://www.tracysworkshop.com/c-16805-glass-rods-tubing.aspx
http://www.vaporwarehouse.com/vbh20adgg19.html
hey it looks like your enjoying your ha even more now! i am a little surprised to hear you say that the taste has improved with your mod though. i don't understand how eliminating a 1.5" teflon mouthpiece and replacing it with a glass rod and a 10"+ whip can do anything except detract from the taste, especially once the whip gets dirty. i have a real aversion to whips as i find them totally unnecessary, stinky, and expensive.
I am diggin' the hands free aspect of this a lot and reclaim is not important to me. Also, I was comparing the taste to either direct draw or the stock whip. This setup will do nicely until my Cloud pre-order comes up, which shouldn't be too long now . . . I am going to make another mod, but shorter, so it doesn't have as much leverage for pulling the main mouthpiece out.
Been there done that . . . that is no bueno and a big reason why I went hands free.I end up knocking the mouthpiece OFF while taking a hit(assume I hold it at wrong angle, or something)..which dumps a scorching hot crucible & precious nugg on myself & carpet..not good.
Ahhh yes . . . I thought I had a closed system and had this licked, I was wrong. Followed the smell back to the air INTAKE yup it was backing up out of there . . .combined w/ the ever 'escaping' vapor the HA tends to produce even with the stock mouthpiece
My next door neighbor, we will call him "The Tijuana Mechanic" or TJM for short, mounted my stock mouthpiece in a chuck in his lathe and we drilled it out to the same diameter as the outside of the Pyrex tubing. He then, carefully, using much force shoved the glass tubing all the way through the mouthpiece until it came out the other end with the screen right in front of it. We could have heated the PTFE up if necessary but it sealed air tight easily.How do you keep it from falling out/off, & mate it with your pipe(in particular)?