I'm really late to this thread but am considering getting a Herborizer XL as well as a few other desktop units such as de Verdamper which I loved using in Amsterdam as well as the Aromed 4.0 and the Vapor Brothers VB1 unit. I love the idea of an all glass unit but the lack of precise temp control is a concern of mine. I like to start low around 160C to get those terpy hits and then work my way up. ;-)
I'm looking for a unit that gives excellent vapor quality, has a fully isolated airpath, allows me to microdose and also have longer sessions without reloading. Durability and being able to replace parts are a huge plus as well. I've also thought about just buying the heating element and using with another glass piece or is this a bad idea?
I'm also concerned about the heater which a member on another thread mentioned earlier:
I'd really appreciate any feedback or suggestions that members have on how the Herborizer performs and compares to any of those other desktop units that I mentioned if you have experience with them. Thanks a lot!
Hi again. I’d really, honestly laugh the XL if you are going to get the VD, which I’d strongly encourage over the XL.
The XL is like a mini, light version of the Verdamper. No Nichrome, it’s SS in the air path but that never concerned me or resulted in any observable negative effects.
Unless you are very hellbent on glass only, don’t worry about any impurity or safety concerns with either the VD or either Herborizer models.
You can actually microdose with the XL, by raising the screen to rest on top of, not fixed underneath, the glass nipples in the bowl, but the XL is as exclusively “designed” for macrodosing as virtually any other desktop.
It’s best with 0.5 grams at least, ideally but can work with less in stock configuration, like 0.33 grams minimum really, just not optimum that way.
The DigiTi is much better tailored for microdosing.
As reported, basket screen in the glass MD bowl is preferred to the annoying glass plug for 3 reasons- first, it overly restricts the airflow, it’s hot as hell and you can only reload after a supposed as quick mini hit, by tipping the glass plug out, which stays hot for a while, and is always covered in ABV like glue.
But VGoodiez did engineer an alternative design for a Ti Microdose bowl using a basket screen which was reported to be superior (shh, don’t tell Sebastien I said that.
But also, many members simply Microdose using the regular Ti bowls, just covering the screen, or 0.05, 0.1, or up to 0.2 for some heavy hardcore vaporists.
If you had the VD for general unlimited, sky’s the limit, any pace and group size you want level of stoning, and the Ti Herbo for a top quality desktop tailored for Microdosing, by conception, without the MD bowl even existing, they would be worthy complements IMO.
If I as an allergy free Martian, free to use any vape, I’d go with the Ti over the XL, anyway, but moreso if I had the Verdamper which tbh as an allergy free Martian I’d probably use daily exclusively, but variety is a good thing.
Now wondering if medium will be good enough or if I should go coarse. Feeling kind of lazy atm and hoping to avoid having to clean herb bits out of my bubbler again. Any help/suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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