I'd love to post a picture of this thing for everyone but, as it's not yet a finalized product, we've been asked to hold off on that just yet...so instead, using only the power of words, I will describe it, best as I can:
Short version: I'm sold. One is not enough. I want at least 3 of these puppies. Make it a super sweet deal. I think this is in our future. Maybe not a super sweet deal, but hopefully I sweet deal. Fuck, just take my money already. Whatever price. I want more!
Long version: So I get this package from my favorite person in the world. He works at VapeXhale. Call him Mr. X. I see this package from Mr. X in my mailbox and I wet my pants. So obviously, it's time to go inside and get fresh a change of shorts.
Now, once I'm clean and dry, I sit down with this still unopened package. It's so light. Is it empty? I open it up, and there IT is. Oh yeah. But I got no material to run through it. Just flowers. Dispensaries are all sold out (the fucking weekend!). Can't get nothing till Tuesday. Let the wait begin.
My initial thoughts:
So simple in design (it seems!) Will it really work? It looks like a test tube, or a giant hollow nail, with slits cut into the bottom, in a couple different sizes & places. Well, when I finally got my shatter delivered, there was no point thinking about it too much more: SM gave us some instructions, imma gonna get to it!
The basic steps (my experience as refined by SM and others over the last few days): start by putting a smallish dab into the 'loading chamber', let it soften up by briefly setting the 'nail' into the EVOs bamboo (just 1-2 secs each time, it has a convenient lip with a short stem on top that stays cool enough to let you pull it back out by hand, and it keeps the nail from dropping onto the final restriction inside the bamboo)
Next, once your concentrate is liquid, drop in the nail, and then your HT of choice, and start inhaling. When done inhaling, pull the nail out so the remaining liquid doesn't combust. The nail retains heat very well. When ready, drop the nail back in for another hit. I've been getting 3-5 awesome rips off of my dabs. One of our other beta testers approximates his dab sizes at 1/3 the size of a BB. I'd say mine is about the same. After 3-5 rips, the vapor tapers off big time, and there is just a tiny amount of dark liquid in the bottom of the nail. I now just let that last bit evaporate and combust on it's own, as it always tastes terrible (like awful chemicals and burning resin) so I just let it go.
What are the effects? The first day I combusted both times. The resulting combustion headache lasted most of the following day. I do not miss combustion! After a long day at the hospital (ill family member), I finally had a chance to try some of the improvements other beta testers were experimenting with. That night I had two sessions with the refined method, and experienced no combustion except when I wanted to let the nail clean itself inside the EVO. The resulting high was revelational! Such a clean feeling, the hours flew by. I thought it must be nearing 2am, looked out the window and saw dawn breaking, and I was still full of energy. YMMV (I use Sativa-rich shatter only). I'm excited to get a couple more of these things, loading dabs into a real warm nail is a bit problematic still, and unless you have a fan trained on it, it might take a few minutes (or 2x that!) to cool to the touch. I think three or four would be the perfect number to have in rotation...
Extra bonus: I've had no real issue with making a mess. However, a mess can be made if you load too large a dab, or try loading that large dab into a hot/warm nail. In my experience, things are easily kept clean and manageable when the dab is loaded while the nail and shatter are both cool to the touch.
My conclusion: Like the EVO, this new nail is a game changer. All glass. All class.
Can't wait for this product to be finalized for everyone else. You and your friends are gonna love it!
P.S. Will someone please get my man
@t-dub some shatter already?