Hello everyone,
I am a recent Volcano user, and prior to that, had no experience with either vaporization or smoking (only cookies, a few times in the past year). I have chosen the Volcano Classic, after having spent a long time reading reviews of various models, and I like this unit very much. I am though perfectly aware that it is NOT the "best vape there is", because such a thing simply does not exist, so please don't consider this thread as a way to stir that pot
That being said, I often read on the Net the same question asked again and again:
"Can the Volcano be used for very small loads, like 25 mg ?"
As I never encountered a satisfying answer to that, I decided to test that myself. Here is the result of my yesterday experiment. Hopefully this will be useful to anyone considering the Volcano, and wondering the same thing. I will add my own conclusion at the end.
Some additional information: I only have low quality herb ( 20 US $ for 1/8th, or 3.5 grams), but this is probably compensated by the fact that I have a very low tolerance to our favorite herb, being a new, and not too frequent, user. For this experiment I decided beforehand to inhale two bags, one with the Volcano at a setting of 8, the second one at 8.5. I inhaled the two bags in around 20 minutes.
Here is the picture of the herb on my scale. As my scale is not precise enough to go down to milligrams, I had to choose between "0.02" and "0.03", and I choose the later. So the load is probably not exactly 0.025, but certainly close enough (I stopped adding herb on the scale as soon as the display went from 0.2 to 0.3).
Here is the load in the bowl, prior to the vaporization. Note that it does not even cover the bottom of the chamber:
Here is the first bag, to show you the vapor. The flash of my camera makes the vapor appear a little bit whiter/denser than it really was. The second bag was clearer, with only a hint of whitish vapor.
Here is the chamber after inhalation of the two bags. To my surprise, even after two bags, there is still a lot of "green" left ! This goes to my stack for future brownies
As for the effects, I was totally surprised !! I tried last week 200 mg in my Volcano at a setting of 6.5, did two bags, and was already impressed by the results. I wasn't expecting a lot from 25 mg to say the least, even at a higher temp. Boy was I wrong. I became very pleasantly blazed for three hours, not as "high" as I was last week, but still under a very warm and nice spell :-) Thanks to this experiment, I will next time use 50 mg at 8/8.5, instead of 200 mg at 6.5, and my guess is that results will be comparable. So I found a unexpected way to save $$
I can conclude that definitely yes, it is possible to use a very small load on a Volcano to get a nice result and a several hours long pleasant high. The chamber is huge, but this does not seem to be an issue. I am not sure 25 mg would be enough for a long term user with high tolerance though. and i will let someone else try that. Now, it would be very interesting to compare the Volcano to the Purple Days, which is generally assumed on this forum to be the champion for small loads. I for one would be eager to try one, and I may gift one to myself someday (if only for the look, the PD is such a beautiful piece, while the Volcano looks more like ... a kitchen appliance to me
).
Another interesting thing would be that owners of other models try this 25 mg challenge with their own vapes, and post the results here. Who knows, we may find tricks, or settings of our vapes, that we are not aware yet !
Neuro
I am a recent Volcano user, and prior to that, had no experience with either vaporization or smoking (only cookies, a few times in the past year). I have chosen the Volcano Classic, after having spent a long time reading reviews of various models, and I like this unit very much. I am though perfectly aware that it is NOT the "best vape there is", because such a thing simply does not exist, so please don't consider this thread as a way to stir that pot
That being said, I often read on the Net the same question asked again and again:
"Can the Volcano be used for very small loads, like 25 mg ?"
As I never encountered a satisfying answer to that, I decided to test that myself. Here is the result of my yesterday experiment. Hopefully this will be useful to anyone considering the Volcano, and wondering the same thing. I will add my own conclusion at the end.
Some additional information: I only have low quality herb ( 20 US $ for 1/8th, or 3.5 grams), but this is probably compensated by the fact that I have a very low tolerance to our favorite herb, being a new, and not too frequent, user. For this experiment I decided beforehand to inhale two bags, one with the Volcano at a setting of 8, the second one at 8.5. I inhaled the two bags in around 20 minutes.
Here is the picture of the herb on my scale. As my scale is not precise enough to go down to milligrams, I had to choose between "0.02" and "0.03", and I choose the later. So the load is probably not exactly 0.025, but certainly close enough (I stopped adding herb on the scale as soon as the display went from 0.2 to 0.3).
Here is the load in the bowl, prior to the vaporization. Note that it does not even cover the bottom of the chamber:
Here is the first bag, to show you the vapor. The flash of my camera makes the vapor appear a little bit whiter/denser than it really was. The second bag was clearer, with only a hint of whitish vapor.
Here is the chamber after inhalation of the two bags. To my surprise, even after two bags, there is still a lot of "green" left ! This goes to my stack for future brownies
As for the effects, I was totally surprised !! I tried last week 200 mg in my Volcano at a setting of 6.5, did two bags, and was already impressed by the results. I wasn't expecting a lot from 25 mg to say the least, even at a higher temp. Boy was I wrong. I became very pleasantly blazed for three hours, not as "high" as I was last week, but still under a very warm and nice spell :-) Thanks to this experiment, I will next time use 50 mg at 8/8.5, instead of 200 mg at 6.5, and my guess is that results will be comparable. So I found a unexpected way to save $$
I can conclude that definitely yes, it is possible to use a very small load on a Volcano to get a nice result and a several hours long pleasant high. The chamber is huge, but this does not seem to be an issue. I am not sure 25 mg would be enough for a long term user with high tolerance though. and i will let someone else try that. Now, it would be very interesting to compare the Volcano to the Purple Days, which is generally assumed on this forum to be the champion for small loads. I for one would be eager to try one, and I may gift one to myself someday (if only for the look, the PD is such a beautiful piece, while the Volcano looks more like ... a kitchen appliance to me
).Another interesting thing would be that owners of other models try this 25 mg challenge with their own vapes, and post the results here. Who knows, we may find tricks, or settings of our vapes, that we are not aware yet !
Neuro
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