Omiron Review!
So, I bought mine a week ago. The first thing I realized was that the form-factor was the exact same thing as any Chinese cartomizer. This kind of irked me, or at least stimulated the need to order some other ones and compare.
I bought some "Delta 9 Co2" from a club. looked more like frozen sugar.
Hit decent, but pretty poorly. However the efficiency and strength were still fairly mind blowing.
I then ordered a pass through battery from a ecig store (Looks like omicron's base but you can use it plugged in and it has a battery) for 20 bucks, and some CE2 ceramic cartomizers. (5 for 10 bucks, stainless).
My next Omicron experience was a friend giving me some "Co2 oil" from a machine "he had seen himself"...
Orange viscous oil.... Whatevers... oh SHIT. This thing hit like a BONGLOAD! Instantly, knocked in the head, huge clouds.
But... a little harsh... and too strong, gave me the fear. Felt more like shrooms. And the Cart leaked. That's 2 bad carts so far...
Round 1 cheap mod:
My passthrough arrived with the ceramic carts. Both felt much lighter and flimsier than omi counterparts. The adapters did not work with omicron cartridges (they must be having them manufactured with a unique threading). I took the rubber cap off the cartridge revealing a rubber gasket. Took that out, revealing a plastic washer (What the fuck, ceramic??). Took that out and we were all good, just ceramic, and the thread - some kind of wire maybe... I was like fuck it, and carefully poured some oil in...
Hit like a grandmaster champ! Instant Clouds! But... as the vapor settled, I noticed a pretty nasty taste in my mouth. Seems to be either getting too hot, or the carts are nasty, not sure! Also, way too hard to fill, you could never get a solid to melt into it without a perfect icing tip...
As much as I wanted it to be good, the omi just tastes way the fuck better. Omi carts are just so much better that I'm willing to pay more.
Round 3 Omivape:
I got my hands on some BHO made PROPERLY with a activated carbon filter and vacuum purged. Say what you like about the carbon, this shit was like light amber sticky glass... and most importantly, hits so perfectly... no spilling, no clogging, and MOST OF ALL the HIGH!!!! So mellow. No fear, just videogames and munchies baby!!
Bottom line:
Omivape rules, there is no real alternative yet unless you really broke and have free hash oil.
The battery is under-par for the price, so I hope they either make an adapter for other batteries (or someone else just makes one to sell for a premium). However, I imagine Omivape will be stepping up soon with some better batteries - they seem to really want to stay in the market and conform to its needs. At the very least we need a passthrough. Also the ability to buy another battery for less then 100 bucks if you made the mistake of not getting the double kit would be nice = the fact that you cant is a bit obnoxious though i haven't tried asking nicely yet
I don't think they make them here - they probably just identified the best form factor and had it custom built by whoever in China is making all of these (must be the same, or at least with the same machinery).
But props to them! And if they succeed in making it work with weed/bubble, then they will entirely curb my interest in modding.
Co2 is too strong for me in these, clogs, is harsher and the high is anything but organic feeling - whereas a perfect-made filtered bho (good luck finding it), is where it's at.
The unique threading is obnoxious - but so is Apple and I have fucking 4 of them (and 2 hackintosh hahaha...) Cry me a river, id do the same if I was manufacturing them.
Finally, requests to DELTA9/OMIVAPE:
Kill the logo man, I don't want a cop recognizing my fucking vapor pen! Stamp it with E-Cig or some shit, or at least offer a stealth version to those that prefer no dead giveaways. Omi will soon take over the trend of magic flight, and therefore cops will recognize them.
I want a battery I can be proud of paying more for. Guess I'll have to buy a persei eventually eh? Thing is , I dont need it to hit harder for gods sake, I just want it to be pimp (longer life, pass through, desktop stand).
More silly ides: locator (pretty easy to set down when you take a hit and wander off). Inline water filter mouthpiece. I like the glass mouthpieces they just put up on the Delta site, but I did the same with a little piece of tube and a old vaporbros mouthpiece.
Hope this shit is helpful to someone. Peace