Breathemetal
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I wanna see one hooked up to a Mobius
The unit with the whip looks like it's hard to clear, and has a tight draw. Was that the one you tried, Paka?
WARNING!! VAS never ends...
Sooo....which model you guys/gals thinking about getting?
So how does that one work? Do you have to buy a special glass tube?
I suspect the timer portion is a safety add on, so far in almost all the vids I'm watching, nobody fusses with a timer, it just seems to be staying hot for repeat use. I realize there will be safety protocol to follow for selling to the public, I just don't see any examples of the timer in use in any of these vids so far.
The timer is a recent addition. After a lot of testing it seems like for some reason after using the Sublimator people would forget to turn it off. Although it can run 24/7, a timer was added to mitigate risk of leaving it running unattended as well as to save on expensive hydro.Wonder if there is a way to override the timer? Maybe a code, or some sort of mod...
The timer is a recent addition. After a lot of testing it seems like for some reason after using the Sublimator people would forget to turn it off. Although it can run 24/7, a timer was added to mitigate risk of leaving it running unattended as well as to save on expensive hydro.
When using the timer, you first select your on time of either 15 or 30 minutes and then turn it on. It only takes 5-7 minutes to reach thermal equilibrium depending on your selected temp.
All of this is true, but you are forgetting one thing, reheating your vapor will accelerate thc oxidation into cbn, not make it more potent IF you want a high, and not a relaxant effect, minus the adrenaline rush. This adrenaline rush combined with the vapor, as well as temperature effect, is very important in why people think it is so "potent". Which is why we need to know those temperature settings. Also, you increase your chance of cooling the vapor down making it harder to absorb due to the air cooling off the vapor much more easier being that it in so close contact due to the atomizer forcing the two together then if you were to allow the vapor to just float where it needs to, and in this case that is our lungs. This is why you get reclaimed oil. The best vaporizer would be one where you get little to no oil condensed on the walls, as this means the vapor went into you.Yes, its seems that, "Sublimation or not, in our opinion there is a lot more going on here than just vaporization."
Careful optimization of air flow and aerosol particle size (re)formation may be advances here. First, I presume everyone is aware that only the very smallest particles (of condensing essential oils) ever make it into the alveoli of the lung and, thus, get rapidly absorbed -- Smaller-sized particles vapor vs. heavier condensed globule-composed vapor is desired. The particulate/aerosol/condensate particle size distribution when inhaled is the primary determinant of inhaled dose pharmacokinetics (absorption and distribution). This is second nature to many, e.g., those heavily into using bongs, glass, etc. are seeking control of aerosol formation.
Advances may include:
1) The "material chamber" receives sucked-in heated air (conventional convection), seemingly using a relatively high thermal mass heating assembly with multiple inputs and outputs (nozzle) to induce a (ideally, a tornado-like) vortex. I presume, unstated by the manufacturer so far, that this vortex air flow causes the herb to be pushed around or, ideally, suspended in the hot air, with this much better and faster heating vs. it impinging and congealing/caking on its screen/filter.
2) Post-Primary Vaporization Revaporization/Reheating Combined with Atomization/aerosol Particle Size Control - This is probably the real advance. The "atomizer" appears to be a constricted, heated tube that gives a good temperature boost to the vapor-containing inhalation stream. Presuming this is enough to revaporize the vapor stream, this is followed by high-pressure release (or rather inhalation suction) and expansion. This is a classic method for controlled particle size aerosol (vapor) generation; and also recall Bernouli's Principle/Thermodynamics, with expansion cooling the vapor.
So, it seems technically feasible that such a design with rather conventional heater, but seemingly optimized for turbulence/efficient heating more than most vaporizers (which isn't saying much), with a downstream heater re-heating the already rather potent vapor stream, re-vaporizing it, followed by controlled spray-type aerosol generation (controlled more than most, and in the context of integration with the reheater) may well deliver much improved pharmacokinetics, i.e., be more efficient, provide more 'vapor' (more smaller particles), ultimately provide better absorption in the lung alveoli. I presume this is portrayed in the picture/diagram, with fewer, bigger globules in chamber #4 and then after the atomizer, much finer aerosol (more, smaller, more disperse globules).
Bottom line: Theoretically, presuming I'm interpreting the simple Sublimator schematic correctly, there could well be something significant being added by controlled reheating and reformation of vapor.