sigh...i cry a silent, metaphorical tear whenever i see companies peddling "vape gear" like this.
First off, anyone with an ounce of imagination or creativity can transform any standard "vape pen" into a "vapor slide"
Look, I made this "vapor slide" with a crappy, obsolete kanger pro-tank (noob tank) II on a generic unregulated 510 battery, and a rubber gasket / stopper. Total cost (in the year 2013) about 20 bucks. Add in the actual D-020-D9 bubber, and we're about 60-65 bucks total cost....and they want 99 bucks for a "vapor slide" ?
I just threw that together right now to prove a point, I wouldn't actually pollute myself by trying to use that crap in the year 2017, or 16... or 15?
I have been making "vapor slides' for a while. This is a nostalgic throwback of my 2014-era vape gear, just right before cheap temp control mods stormed the market en masse.
My "slides" were using "load-as you-go" glass globe microskillet atomizers with a plastic tube back then, so you would not want to invert the atomizer and insert it directly into the glass joint of the rig, to avoid splashing, and you would have to reload the atomizer every several hits (how hard is that?) but then you also gain the ability to vape "any kind" of dab-worthy concentrate, no matter how viscous or runny it is, with no need to add PEG or extra terpenes.
Yes, somebody is recognizing this thing for what it really is! Just a glorified, standard vape pen atomizer cart with an o-ring and a bigger battery! The only difference I can see is the coil / wicking holes are inverted, near the mouthpiece / exit of the tank, rather than the other end, since this is intended to be used inverted / upside down from the standard position. The battery is not even a temp control mod! Not that these high-resistance tanks can operate in temp control mode, anyways.
I wish more people would understand,
variable volts / watts control is not temp control.
From setting the battery anywhere from 3.3v to 4.6v, or whatever the range is, what you're really changing or controlling is more like
"burn a little bit" to
"burn alot" Even at the low voltage range, if you hold the button down for only a few seconds, the tiny metal coil quickly can reach burning, red hot temperatures, even with airflow and oil putting a cooling load on the wire.
Setting that battery to the higher volt range surely results in putrid, burned hits. I wonder what type of vapes people are bench marking the flavor of this "vapor slide" against in thinking that this type of combusting vape gear actually tastes good?
People tend to demand better of their flower vapes these days, if more people were aware of how crude and hot these little metal coils can get (easily 600-1000F+) I don't think they would tolerate them as much, and it might even force the market to come up with better solutions!
Would you want to put your flower in a 600F oven or touch it to a 600F+ wire? (No?) Then why is that ok with your oil?
And yes,
@throwawaytre3s, a tank of this kind does prevent one from using "stable waxes" like shatter, crumble, etc,.... unless one treads down the ill-advised, toxic path of cutting that oil with chemicals
And also, does this "vapor slide" battery lack a fire button? Many pre-filled 510 carts don't support that feature, so that's a large portion of the market that this battery can't even work with?
Doesn't seem like you could fully dis-assemble the atomizer, just the ability to remove the bottom/base of the atomizer from the glass body of the tank for filling. No interior access.
I would guess it's a high-resistance kanthal or titanium coil with a wick made of cotton or silica fiber. They don't mention "cCell" or "wickless" which would be slightly better.
Knowing how badly a cotton wick can gunk up with reclaim from concentrates, do you think it's really a good idea to clean and re-use these atomizers? (I think not)
My experience of having cleaned cotton wick atomizers, and attempting to rise / dry them...very much not good.
(very difficult to get all the moisture out from a tiny enclosed atomizer case...and trying to "dry hit it" to desiccate it means "burning up" that cotton wick)
Cheap imitations, counterfeits, and DIYs, why pay 99 bucks?
Made in china? Only like 99% of all the other vape pens / atomizers / RTAs / RDAs / box mods / mech mods!
Just because some vape gear is made in china doesn't necessarily mean it's bad, or faulty, or hazardous to use. But that said, there is alot of crappy / unsafe vape gear exported from China as well. Whenever I see cheap atomizers of this sort, I'm always wondering what exact materials are used to construct it, and the companies making / selling almost never disclose such. (is glue used to seal the atomizer base? what kind of plastics are used?
)
It's basically using an e-cig design of a vintage about 4-5 years old. People who actually vape e-juice
have almost entirely stopped using such meager gear, opting for the greater air/juice flow and performance of sub-ohm RTAs long ago. I think chinese factories had so much stock / production capacity of this type of burning vape gear left over, that they collectively decided to
DUMP IT on the cannabis vaping community b/c they think we're all dumb, and don't know better, and will just use whatever gear we're expected to use? IDK?
just spittballing
And herbi...if you really think someone will make a
tank atomizer for your "6-star bubble" or BHO, shatter, etc, that can be used
without adding PEG and/or terps...I hope you're patient...it's not going to happen for a long time, if ever.
For concentrates that don't act runny at room temperature, we're all better off breaking single little BBs/dabs of oil for vaping in small amounts and single sessions, as we need it, for our e-nails / wax pens.
Well, most vendors don't, but some do...
this is the latest iteration of my "vapor slide"
Delivers e-nail-rivaling clouds at the press of a button at low/moderate temps with any type of concentrate with no need to burn / overheat your oils, thus avoiding breaking them down into toxic compounds (these puffs @ 430F)
The compromise? You need to reload it / clean it more frequently with use. Seems like an easy trade-off to me.