SmogTown said:
I'm pretty sure someone in this thread did that and documented it. I just can't remember what page. Try around 12 or so in the thread.
Thanks a lot, SmogTown.
I read those threads - I think it started on p.13 actually - and they were discussing using the VG top attached to a bong bowl. That was exactly the encouragement I needed to try my DIY modification.
I had been using a tiny water pipe for smoking. Don't ask why, it's a long story. But anyway I like bongs but also like the old style water pipe - though usually a bigger one - and don't know why more people don't use them, but that's another thread.
So I had this tiny water pipe and lo and behold it has the exact same inner thread as my vapor genie top! Is that a coincidence, or what? Great synchronicity at work...
So I attached the VG top to the water pipe and loaded it with some nicely dried mj, got my 99 cent store barbecue lighter and tried it out. At first I wasn't drawing hard enough and it wasn't working. Then I drew harder and I wasn't sure if I was tasting it or not. I can taste it with the VG attached to its regular pipe bottom, but with this I wasn't really tasting it. But I blew out to see if I had gotten any vapor and yeah, I did. So I took another hit and this time I really got a good hit and yet I could not even feel it in my throat, at all.
I'm all for tasting the mj ...but for the most part I"d rather protect my lungs. And if I am doing that by cooling the smoke with water then that's how it has to be. Maybe with bigger hits, though, you can taste the mj. Actually you can still taste it, it's just a more subtle taste.
Now, this particular concept is not ideal, because I do have the rubber and the plastic tubing in the path. BUT someone was saying you could get silicon tubing (?) - or at least medical grade tube; and I will have to work on a way to minimize or eliminate the rubber. But actually, is rubber harmful if it's not heated? There is no heat in contact with it. Maybe it depends on the type and quality of the rubber? If anyone knows or has info on this please post it.
So anyway, here's a picture of it. Of course this was just a first try. Now that I know it works, I will get a nice sized glass jar,and all new everything except for the Genie heater attachment.