Hello everyone! I?m returning to the vapor community after dabbling briefly back in?98. I believe the vape I had was called a Vaprotron 2, or something like that. It was a dome vape with a hot plate and adjustable heat. I never really got the hang of it and completely gave up on it after a few months.
Lately, my lungs have been feeling like crap so I started looking into vaporizing again. Of course, the Volcano immediately grabs your attention when you first start researching on the net. My iffy past experience with vapes made the big investment seem pretty risky. Subsequent research led me here and to purchasing my PD from Vapenow on New Years Eve (big props to Vapenow for customer service ? they shipped the same day I ordered!). I have the newer style unit in good old cherry wood.
Thanks to the tips in this thread, I got up to speed pretty quick with my little wooden friend. Right after using it I called all of my flesh and blood friends and told them to buy one immediately. Unfortunately, I haven?t had the chance to introduce any of them to my new buddy face to face so they have yet to see the light. However, I am a complete convert! Thank you to Tom and Pammy for providing an incredible product for a reasonable price. Your pride in your work is extremely evident through the way you guys run your business and the how you interact with your customers.
Here are some impressions after three weeks of usage:
-I have actually increased my usage since using the PD. However, I was a one hitter enthusiast for the past several years, so my usage was already pretty economical. Due to the stealth, taste, ease of use, and enjoyment of using a PD, I hit it much more frequently!
-I am strictly a schwag (sp?) smoker. I don?t have easy access to anything else where I live. Some have stated that it requires higher quality stuff to be effective. I 100% disagree! It pretty much follows the rules of herb quality for any mode of consumption. I find the effects to be potent, but cleaner and more easy to function publicly. I do make sure to follow all of the guidelines previously posted for herb preparation (finely ground and dry).
-Frequent use of the standard tubes causes me some serious throat irritation. I cannibalized my old vape for it?s plastic tubing and rigged it up to a standard tube with the help of a straw and some tape. Viola! Problem solved! I now plan to order some tubing from silversurfervap.com (thanks for the tip Max!). After reviewing some of the posts, I?m also going to try and slow down my draws. I do enjoy the ?milking? style, which I would compare to lighting a good cigar (puff, spin the tube a little, puff, etc?.). I am still a newbie, so I look forward to perfecting my technique!
-Stealth wise, there is absolutely nothing better! Smell is very minimal and quickly disperses. I can vape with someone in another room twenty feet away and they have no idea. There is a very short hallway between the rooms, but no closed doors.
-After one week of strictly vaping, I tried hitting my old 8? glass bong. I just about threw up! It tasted like butane and charcoal! I also tried my one hitter and had the same result. Is anyone else experiencing this? It kind of sucks cuz I like to hike and backpack and I can?t take my PD with me.
Anyway, those are just a few of my observations on the PD. I pretty much share all of the other positive views already posted on this thread. Believe the hype! Purple Days rules!