As long as you didn't get hurt. That's cool. I'm sure a few are budgeted for loss during conventions. I'm surprised no one has blown back into a tube.
Is there a rule about that at the cons? You break it you buy it?
Honestly, that's ridiculous. Love that the Cloud people let you sit for hours. I'd probably do the same thing and sit with them :-). I can't believe people want other people to hit really dirty oil rigs. That sounds very unsafe actually.
I'm surprised the oils are really taking off because isn't that the point of vaporization? To avoid toxins and stuff by combusting? Isn't using an oil rig the same thing as combusting? Forgive me if I'm wrong, I actually have no idea seeing as how I live on the east coast, and I can't get access to it.
I live on the east coast. I usually have oil.
I won't touch other folks oils. I make my own, and I'm not satisfied until my return in exactly the weight of the the percent of cannabinoids in the bud (20% potency bud, 8 grams flower in, SHOULD equal 2 grams oil out) and it has a good, clean look. (not cloudy, any bubbles left are transparent, etc) That combined with what you can tell by consistency, look, taste, etc, is usually a good indicator of cleanliness of the oil. If I can't see through it, without it having a cloudy look, I'll avoid it.
As for dabbing, if done right, it's vaporizing. I don't heat my nail red hot, and my dabs leave behind no tar/residue of combustion. it just vaporizes away. It tastes exactly like vapor, and the buildup in the tube is almost identical to that of my HT when used with the Cloud/flowers.
So, that being said, I feel that a large amount of the dabbing community, probably consumes less than adequately purged oil, and does so in a more combustion like manner (high temp dabs, hitting oils that have butane and/or plant matter in them)
I've dabbed oils in the past, that were (looking back) clearly not that clean (tane left behind, etc). After using oil that I make for a week or more straight, I don't feel any different then after vaping/clouding flowers for a week. After dabbing just a few dabs of less clean oil, I usually feel almost dirty. I notice that my skin is more oily/reminds me of when I smoked cigs.
If done right, consuming oil should be no different than vaping flower, after all your just removing the cannabinoids from the trichomes on the flower, and vaping them the same.