The flexicone goes around the wpa and acts as a grommet between it and the lid....wat? the hole in the lid is substantially bigger than the flexicone thing I just received. There is ZERO chance I'm going to ever fit the WPA around the flexicone.
I can't get this to happen with the 10mm or 14mm adapter even once. I've been trying for about 3 hours now.
There's a reason the word "flexicone" starts with "flex"
There's just no way with whatever they sent me. I can fit the flexicone piece inside of the WPA stem before it'll fit around the WPA. The WPA is so, so much bigger, I can't even stretch the flexicone that far pulling it with both hands.There's a reason the word "flexicone" starts with "flex"
It's obviously not "impossible"
Happy with the product because it works exactly as advertised.
Or someone sent you the wrong glass piece due to human error?
I haven't gotten to vape yet, just been getting super pissed at this glass piece since it arrived lmao. I'm hoping that is the case, but this company only sells 2 glasses pieces. I feel like that would be much more likely to happen with companies that deal with 3rd party logistics/retailers, and since they charge like $50 for 2 week shipping to the US...Or someone sent you the wrong glass piece due to human error?
I hear weed makes some people really paranoid
miniVAP aren't glass blowers, so when it comes to the glass connectors themselves, they are 3d party re-sellers. The adapter itself is just a generic 14mm whip connector, it is possible that the glass wholesaler they get them from substituted "the next closest thing" when they ran out of glass with the correct stem width and they received a batch of the wrong ones.
Yeah, I wasn't thinking about them not actually manufacturing the parts themselves (silly thinking on my part). Will try this since I didn't intend to use the flexicone+ anyway. Thanks a ton, will report back.miniVAP aren't glass blowers, so when it comes to the glass connectors themselves, they are 3d party re-sellers. The adapter itself is just a generic 14mm whip connector, it is possible that the glass wholesaler they get them from substituted "the next closest thing" when they ran out of glass with the correct stem width and they received a batch of the wrong ones.
The one in your photo does indeed look chunky.
I'm actually waiting on a couple of them, but it'll be a week or so until they get here. I cracked my first one after letting it get overly friendly with a huge hydratube.
In the meantime maybe try sticking the stem of the one they sent you into the business end of a flexicone+, I KNOW those will stretch to that size since I had to McGyver myself a temporary WPA using a chopped-off flexicone+ and a run-of-the-mill 14mm whip connector with a much fatter stem:
Will check it out! Thanks for the suggestion.
I received my MV about a week ago and the nipple on the end of the WPA was exactly like this and wouldn't fit under any conditions, so I just connected the flexicone directly to the WPA and use it like a log. Even without the cap in play, it was extremely difficult to get the flexicone onto the nipple. The flexicone+ tube is thinner and much easier to stretch around the WPA nipple...so that is another options for using the MV with water until you get a WPA that fits the cap properly.There's just no way with whatever they sent me. I can fit the flexicone piece inside of the WPA stem before it'll fit around the WPA. The WPA is so, so much bigger, I can't even stretch the flexicone that far pulling it with both hands.
I'm now trying to put the WPA into it backwards/inside-out (just to see if the WPA can fit into that hole at all), and it's still not fitting and the "flexicone" is starting to rip:
The MV is definitely best vape I've used so far. Thanks for the help y'all, apologies for the emotional slander!
It's just like that: fill a basket and close it with a cone (the cone isn't attached to the top lid, you don't need it for that setup), place the basket+cone on a 14mm female glass joint (basket facing up) and fire it using your MiniVap like a logvape (like in the video link).
The glass is supposed to go in the flexicone, not the other way around.
Why use it only one way when it shines in every way? Dry through a jhook or wet through a bubbler, its good both ways to me. My minivap is out for an rma right now and this thread bums me out, i miss it!!!
There's not much room for error with the flexicones, but it is starting to look like they may have received a batch of glass in the wrong size from their glass supplier.
It's not so much about water as it is about a wider air path. Stretching the flexicone around a glass stem improves this.
I own it for around 10 days and using it very often with the flexicone+
Considering how impossibly scarce "my miniVAP won't turn on" posts have been (compared to other...er...very popular units) I sleep pretty soundly after a massive miniVAP-through-bong session.
I agree with you it wasn't designed to be used like that but it appears the laminar heat to be very incomfortable for the throat and the MiniVap to work better through water imho, the ability to keep your drawing rate constant for long is the key to get big clouds. Although I found a little trick which consists to prime the load with a first hit without looking to vapor, followed by another which will produce vapor faster (that trick is good for many full convection vaporizers though). But I enjoy to sip on my MV too
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