Let's see, it's past midnight of a very long day, but off the top of my head…
1. Doesn't make the living room look like a crack den.
2. Doesn't add metal fumes to the air stream.
2. Won't burn the house down when the cat tips it over.
3. Won't brand the guest who passes out after a dab.
4. Wastes less oil than a dome-less nail.
5. A lot easier to hide.
6. Approachable to people not used to being in a crack den.
I'd venture to say that any one of the first four reasons listed above are worth the price of admittance to folks who don't have to worry about the cost. For those who are better at math, #4 might be the real game changer here, as the VB does micro-dabs unlike any other methodology i have yet experienced.
Hi there, understandably, it was the middle of the night and there may be other features missing in your comparison. Still, I want to go through each of your points here and provide my observations:
The crack den thing is really not a compelling argument to me at all - which crack user is splashing out on a high-end enail to drop their cheap no doubt stepped on rocks of crack upon? This is preposterous, since for a drug of addiction like this, you could buy months, or weeks worth of your substance of choice instead of the high end enail! Crack addicts are not trying to savor the flavor of their crack rocks bro - they'd much prefer more rocks
I understand metal fumes can be an issue with poor nail design, coming off the kanthal nichrome heating coil and getting into the airpath. Still, with a properly fitted carb cap and proper placement of carb hole, there is negligible chance of such metal fumes getting into the actual airpath. Still I do concede that no metal in the airpath is a positive since many nail designs do potentially let metal fumes into the airpath.
If you are referring to ti carb caps, I prefer not to use ti and quartz carbs are coming for the abovementioned SiC nails, but I do concede as well that I refuse to use ti dabbers and especially SS dabbers and generally dab on sapphire with glass or quartz. Sapphire really does taste better than ceramic, hands down.
I do not use nails which lose vapor in trails after your hit. Proper carb design, materials, nail design and temp settings will avoid any vapor loss. Believe me, I'm a no vapor left behind kind of guy!
To passing out: I live in a country where people's tolerances are negligible, we have some of the worst bud availability and quality in the world and despite the obviously significant effects dabbing for the first time would have on people here; I have never, ever seen somebody pass out and get branded after a dab, ever! Has this really ever happened? Is this really a genuine risk, any more likely than being in a plane crash or something similarly unlikely?
Now the pets thing is a valid concern for those with mischievous pets, however, I don't have any pets. Further to this, if my enail rig were knocked over, there would be no burning down of anything. I do not leave any hot element anywhere near anything flammable - this is just plain stupid! lol
Do you mean easier to hide in terms of nail cool-down time if you suddenly have to turn it off and hide it at short notice? If so, yes this is true, but the prepared user could have any number of ready made solutions for this, like my 18mm male gong stand with SS box cover. Still, I have negligible need to use this since I live alone and do not care if people who I allow into my house see my dab rig.
The people I allow into my house understand that I am a medical user and if they have a problem with that and would wish me a return to the symptoms I suffered before finding MMJ, they know where the door is - both to my house and to my life.
Finally, again, have you really ever seen a $900 rig and a $1000 enail setup in a crack den? How long did it last before somebody pawned it? This analogy is just not relevant IMO!
It sounds like the benefits of the VB 2.5 over an enail rig are as follows:
1. No metal in airpath
2. Potentially safer if you have pets who might knock your setup over (relevant to some, but I'm sure plenty of us don't have to worry about this consideration)
3. Less wasteful than a domeless enail used with poor technique (I include this point you make still even though it is not an issue for me because I understand that the vast majority of people dabbing on enails do waste copious amounts of their dabs due to vapor loss from poor technique/hardware - one look at any given youtube enail video will demonstrate that most people lose a bit of their dab when dabbing lol).
Now there are some definite downsides too - like the extra benchspace required and the much longer airpath if you connect this to a rig (I only dab with water pipes), which will result in more vapor condensing on the glass on the way through.
I would not dab through a whip, ever. I have never had any success reclaiming off a whip, and such a long piece of not so reclaimable material in the airpath is just begging to gunk up over time.
There is also the obvious extra benchspace required for the VB 2.5 vs an enail. The lack of flexibility of the large all-glass WPA means that connecting the VB 2.5 to a rig is a much larger setup in terms of net benchspace consumed. Also the paraphernalia factor is still screamingly obvious due to the bong on the end of the WPA lol
The temp control on the VB 2.5 is also not digital.
I know this will be less of an issue for some (and some won't mind at all I'm sure), but with a d-nail, I don't just have digital readout on the controller (which I understand is not the same as dish temp on the nail) but I also have access to charts for the various nails available which show me what the temp on the dish will be compared to the temp on the controller too. This gives you the closest control you're gonna get over dabbing surface temp short of having an actual temp measurement device as part of your dab setup!
Again, the VB 2.5 looks quite nice, but it is wayyyyyyyyyyyy pricier (2.5 x more expensive than dnail 1.2 with SiC dish and Infiniti/Universal 2.0 carb and handle) than the competition, which IMO it is not clearly enough superior to!
Again, this is sincere, I am right into oils and predominately use these rather than flowers or other extracts. As a medical user, I will spend big money to get the best dab setup. I would definitely be in the market for a VB 2.5 if I could clearly see the benefits over my current setup.
I am still open of course to other aspects of the VB 2.5 being worth the additional cost, since I am sure as you said it was late at night (thanks for responding so late btw man!) your list may not have been exhaustive
Please do let me know of any other benefits guys
I'll keep looking into the VB 2.5 myself too!
Heat up time is so quick that it doesn't even matter. Dabbing directly off the new heater, eliminating the ceramic disc insert, is awesome. The silicon nitride tastes really sweet and rips me harder than before with better performance. Definitely a finer aerosol. I had to lower the size of my dabs. If you have anything to do be warned that after using this device it may not get done.
