Douglas Brown
Well-Known Member
Yep, one of these. Hopefully not everyone is tired of giving advice on purchases.
My Extreme Q has been through a lot. I've broken the glass heater cover and somehow the black overall cover has come out/unaligned. A plastic component inside is cracked. It's missing 2/4 rubber feet. Replacing the glass cover would be 15 bucks, plus the actual work of replacing it. And then I still don't know if I can fully repair the rest of it (would the warrenty cover any of the rest?). But even with a broken heater cover and everything else, I can still get baked from it. But perhaps I should just upgrade.
Extreme Q dislikes:
- whip material is very rigid and can cause the whip to pop out of the bowl if moved at the wrong angle
- Relatively difficult to draw through, and the hits aren't as huge. It takes me a 2-3 "warm-up hits" before I can see clouds
- lights are so bright when I use it at the drive in
- Lots of plastic components. I've dropped it perhaps twice from waist height and something inside is certainly busted though I haven't noticed.
Likes:
- small bowl still gives reasonable-sized rips and effects. I'm not sure if this helps me conserve, but it feels like it.
- Comes with two of most all the components. I am very clumsy.
- Filters particulate matter out rather well
- Lightweight. I can put it in most any bag, no problem.
My buddy has a reclaimed Da Buddha. I have used it extensively.
Likes:
- The hits are instantly MASSIVE and easy to get.
- Because of this, I am able to just sort of hold the mouthpiece to my ashcatcher and use my whole ridiculous glass system. Since switching to vaping exclusively it doesn't get any use.
- Seems pretty simple and durable in design. He's dropped it repeatedly with no issue
- You can get custom glass components to personalize it
- The whip itself is a lot more flexible and comfortable.
However:
- Combustion happens semi-often due to accidentally tilting the unit. This was never even possible with the Extreme Q.
- It seems like the good flavor doesn't last as long as the extreme q. Perhaps my buddy just needs to keep the unit cleaner.
- I occasionally get matter in my mouth.
So, a daily vaper who takes it to the drive-in and houses, I'm looking for (in order of importance).
- Thickest hits
- Whip-style (unless bigger hits are possible with something else?)
- Easiest-drawing
- Reasonably great flavor throughout
- Replaceable components. Even the most durable glass is still glass.
- Durable non-replaceable parts
- Portable/light enough to be thrown in a bag.
I have not decided on a price range. Definitely under 500. The Cloud Evo seems like the best bet, but it's at the tippy-top of my budget. Is it really worth several Da Buddhas? What's with all the classy-wooden vaporizers? The Plenty seems like a really cool bet, but I couldn't shove that in the ashcatcher. And it's also $350! The Da Buddha is only 140.
Any and all advice and comments are welcomed. Thanks for reading this far!
My Extreme Q has been through a lot. I've broken the glass heater cover and somehow the black overall cover has come out/unaligned. A plastic component inside is cracked. It's missing 2/4 rubber feet. Replacing the glass cover would be 15 bucks, plus the actual work of replacing it. And then I still don't know if I can fully repair the rest of it (would the warrenty cover any of the rest?). But even with a broken heater cover and everything else, I can still get baked from it. But perhaps I should just upgrade.
Extreme Q dislikes:
- whip material is very rigid and can cause the whip to pop out of the bowl if moved at the wrong angle
- Relatively difficult to draw through, and the hits aren't as huge. It takes me a 2-3 "warm-up hits" before I can see clouds
- lights are so bright when I use it at the drive in
- Lots of plastic components. I've dropped it perhaps twice from waist height and something inside is certainly busted though I haven't noticed.
Likes:
- small bowl still gives reasonable-sized rips and effects. I'm not sure if this helps me conserve, but it feels like it.
- Comes with two of most all the components. I am very clumsy.
- Filters particulate matter out rather well
- Lightweight. I can put it in most any bag, no problem.
My buddy has a reclaimed Da Buddha. I have used it extensively.
Likes:
- The hits are instantly MASSIVE and easy to get.
- Because of this, I am able to just sort of hold the mouthpiece to my ashcatcher and use my whole ridiculous glass system. Since switching to vaping exclusively it doesn't get any use.
- Seems pretty simple and durable in design. He's dropped it repeatedly with no issue
- You can get custom glass components to personalize it
- The whip itself is a lot more flexible and comfortable.
However:
- Combustion happens semi-often due to accidentally tilting the unit. This was never even possible with the Extreme Q.
- It seems like the good flavor doesn't last as long as the extreme q. Perhaps my buddy just needs to keep the unit cleaner.
- I occasionally get matter in my mouth.
So, a daily vaper who takes it to the drive-in and houses, I'm looking for (in order of importance).
- Thickest hits
- Whip-style (unless bigger hits are possible with something else?)
- Easiest-drawing
- Reasonably great flavor throughout
- Replaceable components. Even the most durable glass is still glass.
- Durable non-replaceable parts
- Portable/light enough to be thrown in a bag.
I have not decided on a price range. Definitely under 500. The Cloud Evo seems like the best bet, but it's at the tippy-top of my budget. Is it really worth several Da Buddhas? What's with all the classy-wooden vaporizers? The Plenty seems like a really cool bet, but I couldn't shove that in the ashcatcher. And it's also $350! The Da Buddha is only 140.
Any and all advice and comments are welcomed. Thanks for reading this far!
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, now THAT will be the holy grail!
