AndyO
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It's a cooler vapor then the others you mentioned. So cool water on cool vapor will make the vapor stickier after it goes through the water and splashes on the glass. I vape dry with it because there is no need for water to cool vapor IMHO. Other vapes maybe need water to cool because the designs are all similar. Big straight hole where hot air enters, blasts the load, while blasting into the water to cool it. When I clean my glass it's just a splash of iso swish around, then hot water and dawn rinse, done.
When you use the path it takes the water out of the vapor into smaller particles. The small particles reintroduced into water produce the issue most likely. I've never had reclaim using it dry at all.
That's interesting on a couple of fronts. One is that I was right in my thinking on the science part.
But the other is on the use of water. I guess I always looked at the reclaim in a bong with water vs no reclaim in a dry bong, and I'm like "well that reclaim is still going somewhere, and better the glass than my lungs."