Razhumikin
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If you think the metal stem tastes nice, try glass. Night and day in taste, nylon is the worst for flavor imo
So glad to hear you've been loving your UD!
It could totally be the difference in wall power coming in, especially since that's when you noticed it. It could also be that your vape has gotten enough of a layer of char built up on the inside of the wood from the radiant heat exposure, that it starts to act like an insulator, trapping more of the radiant heat inside, rather than letting it through the wood.
pomogirl
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Did you get your WPA gong? I know I've been lurking on UD like right now when they have gongs in, but I've also purchased a Lotus for it's WPA--I wanted one anyway because, wood, but anyway. Glass artists or even science glass blowers can make anything, but they have to have the product in hand or at least exact measurements. Good Vibes Boro and others on ENT Ex. may be willing to try. Leaving room for a silicon o-ring in case it's needed isn't a bad idea. A silicon sleeve from a whip can also help you attach ill-fitting gongs or even straight glass stems. Some of the log makers also make their own WPAs in wood (like Ed), or cork/paper (like the Toasty Top guy...Alan?). It took me a while to find one before I understood glass making and the importance of measurements and backups. They do break, so I always have an extra, and a few Nongs or TT paper just in case.
@underdog @underdogette I hope you all are getting some good love and care.
hza88
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Underdog Log Vapes
I think your video quality is better than you think. Looked fine on my phone. Nice looking dog too! Is that the vapexhale hydro-base or the dhgate version? And is that the SBL maxx dry mouthpiece? I really like that setup and might end up mimicking it.
fuckcombustion.com
I've been enjoying this zebrawood SC1 (I think) since 2017, it's still going strong but it doesn't retain heat quite like it used to and the laminated part has started to separate a tiny bit on the top. The core is also getting a little wobbly. Do you guys offer any sort of refurbishing/upgrade service? I'd love to keep the same body if possible instead of just replacing it.
Hey hza88 - yes, definitely. Send me an email or a message, either through here or the website, and we can go over options. We're working on the details of our repair/upgrade/trade-in program, but haven't gotten the info and pricing up on the website yet.
Happy Fish
New Member
Can someone who has owned the alpha and the alpha+ speak to the differences? I'm not sure if they're still making the alpha+ because they don't list any on the site but if they do I'm curious to know if it's worth it. From what I understand, the amount of energy being pumped into all the vapes is the same, ~12 watts. Increasing the core size and the vapor path just means you have a larger thermal battery, so a larger battery will get drawn down slower but also heat up slower. I am a very heavy user. In my sc2 underdog I load a bunch of bowls and have to wait in between hits to let it heat back up. I'm wondering if I'm going to run into issues of the vape cooling off even with the alpha+. Is the alpha+ a good substitute for a ball vape in your opinion?
18mm Alpha GonGs are back in stock on the site! Didn't realize I had forgotten to update the website when we got our latest batch of new ones in.
CurryLeafTreehugger
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Well I'm back. Finally completed our move to NYS - all my Dogs are still packed somewhere, except my alpha, and she's missing all the plug-in doodads.
No telling when I finally make my way through all of these boxes. Soooo many boxes ...
So I ordered a dynavap (like the one I bought for my brother last year) and ... I'm here to beg for a return of the ACXL.
I have been struggling with the torch and lighter aspect of Dynavap use. My hands aren't very strong - seems odd for a potter but there you go. I guess pottering around only strengthens particular hand muscles and those aren't the ones involved in lighting lighters I guess. Every lighter or torch I've used so far takes 2 hands to start and 2 hands are better to keep the switch depressed and the lighter on, which leaves no hands for the vape, or I have to shakily try to keep the flame on one handed. In fact the torch they sent with the vape doesn't work so I've been reduced to standing over the sink with lit kitchen matches trying to heat the thing up. Takes 4 to 5 matches one after the other. Its a bit of juggling. Also my armored cap is now totally black with soot.
Sure there are induction heaters for the Dynavap but ... they got no SOUL! The wand's got the science, but no soul, and I don't want battery things. I want to plug into a wall and not have to fiddle with batteries at all. After so many failures of battery operated vapes, that's what brought me to the Dogs.
So please please please ... make some more ACXLs? I'll buy 2 for sure - one for me and one for my brother. (I tried the Alpha for size - too small.)
I am using the armored cap. Only way to go with a dynavap IMO.
No telling when I finally make my way through all of these boxes. Soooo many boxes ...
So I ordered a dynavap (like the one I bought for my brother last year) and ... I'm here to beg for a return of the ACXL.
I have been struggling with the torch and lighter aspect of Dynavap use. My hands aren't very strong - seems odd for a potter but there you go. I guess pottering around only strengthens particular hand muscles and those aren't the ones involved in lighting lighters I guess. Every lighter or torch I've used so far takes 2 hands to start and 2 hands are better to keep the switch depressed and the lighter on, which leaves no hands for the vape, or I have to shakily try to keep the flame on one handed. In fact the torch they sent with the vape doesn't work so I've been reduced to standing over the sink with lit kitchen matches trying to heat the thing up. Takes 4 to 5 matches one after the other. Its a bit of juggling. Also my armored cap is now totally black with soot.
Sure there are induction heaters for the Dynavap but ... they got no SOUL! The wand's got the science, but no soul, and I don't want battery things. I want to plug into a wall and not have to fiddle with batteries at all. After so many failures of battery operated vapes, that's what brought me to the Dogs.
So please please please ... make some more ACXLs? I'll buy 2 for sure - one for me and one for my brother. (I tried the Alpha for size - too small.)
I am using the armored cap. Only way to go with a dynavap IMO.
Hagbard Celine
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Yes, inquiring minds want to know if the website will be updated with any more UDs made any time soon (of any/all core types)? Been talking up log vapes in other online forums, and often wonder what to tell folks about where to go to find a log vape these days if they are looking...
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