Having read many previous posts here, as I await delivery, have NOT seen anyone report herb getting past the screen in the DDave heater adapters and dropping down on the heater, as this reviewer has....
Odd 4/2021 review here:
The Arizer Extreme Q is one of the cheapest desktop cannabis vaporizers you can buy in Aus and the results it delivers it may surprise you.
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“The community has mostly come through with a method called ‘Elbow Packing’. There are metal filters that go inside the elbow joint glass attachments which are shaped like little cups. Many solo users find packing all the herb into those a better way of using a small amount of herb or herb when it’s very fine. It absolutely works but it’s a bit of a pain, especially to clean up so I dug a little deeper.
I found that some users like myself who own the portable Mighty vaporizer use the dosing caps included with these to hold herb. These are just small metal compartments with holes in them that you fill with herb to go inside the Mighty. You can put these straight into an Extreme Q’s bowl as a way to hold smaller amounts of material. It’s not as good as just using them in the Mighty but it’s certainly another option.
Eventually my rabbit hole led me to
DDave mods for vaporisers. These are often raved about accessories to enhance standard vapes, made by a third party. People especially loved the ones for the Arizer Extreme Q so I wanted to give them a try as part of this review.
I bought one of the $100 kits which came with its own bowls, whips, and bag adapters as well as a few other helpful pieces. Bits like those metal grates but with a lid so they’re easier to clean (but no longer packable), funnels, and even wax if your glass is sticking.
I was most interested in these smaller bowls. They’re built much lower and wider which sits the cannabis closer to the heating unit. At first I was completely sold. They heat much faster, allow for solid hits with smaller amounts of product, plus the other adapters feel a bit clunkier but also like they allow for more airflow. I got far less pulls out of it though, which I expected to some degree with less product but it was worse than expected. When I removed the bowl, I found the answer.
Both the original bowls that came with the Arizer Extreme Q and the DDave mod bowls use a metal mesh inside them to stop herb falling straight through. The DDave mod bowls had to have these pushed into them, rather than coming free fitted. I tried both bowls and using different and sometimes even multiple filters, but thanks to the wider lower bowl I was losing a significant amount around the sides of the mesh. This falls onto the heating element, which is protected but it just seems wasteful.
It’s not that these mods don’t work, I’m just not sure they’re the best solution so for now I’m using the original bowls but with some of the DDave kit interchanged. It’s perfectly fine for solo use and still good bang for buck. Just not necessarily as economical as something designed for smaller uses.”
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