Steve1208 said:
This may not totally belong here, but magicflight, could you tell us about the Aromatic Vaporizer advertised on the Magic-Flight site? The name sounds interesting, but there's no info about it.
Hi,
The Aromatic Vaporizer (AV) is for incense, oils, powders, resins, solids, etc. It is a portable unit which is the same size as a Launch Box but without the cover and a simpler and smaller screen geometry (and the battery lasts a little longer). To use, you take a bit of foil, press it into a specially shaped dimple in the upper right corner to form a small dish, which is then placed in the screen receptacle. You then put whatever you are going to vaporize into the foil dish and insert the battery. As with the Box, heating starts instantly and vapor rises over the unit.
The AV is not really intended for user ingestion of the vapor -- although by using a common straw in a fairly still room (no wind) you can get good results. Rather, it is intended for true aromatic oils, plant extracts, and the rarest and finest incenses, tree resins, ground bark, etc, for which it produces positively excellent results as measured in terms of the quality of the scents produced. We sell them to top end (world class) incense makers who use them as a sampling and quality assessment tool for incoming raw source materials, finished blends, etc. They are especially convenient for people who are out in the field, garden, market, etc, and need to quickly and accurately determine the quality of a potential source (which can vary widely from year to year, vendor to vendor). Unlike with charcoal, there is no waiting, no burning, no added charcoal smell, and it is possible to turn off instantly. This allows samplers to process and test many individual sources in minutes rather than hours. Furthermore, because of the precise heating, the quality of the scent is absolutely pristine. Currently, there is no better and more truthful/honest means of generating a scent on the market.
There will be information added for it on our website soon. However, please be aware that this product is currently being offered exclusively though another distributor: MermadeArts.com which makes some of the finest and highest quality incenses in the world. For people who are looking for things which smell nice (rather than for any medicinal quality), there can be no better recommendation. Otherwise, if you are looking for more information on the AV unit, please consult the MermadeArts.com website.
Also, although the AV is a true vaporizer, it is not directly built for consumption. It is therefore uncertain as to whether it is within the scope of the FC site. I suppose it could be, insofar as any common straw can make it operable as such, but technically, doing so is a custom "user mod" rather than an inherent part of the AV product -- in which case, it belongs in its own thread. If there is sufficient interest (and it is allowed), I will create one.
-- Magic-Flight