Sorry I dropped off the map there. Packing for the trip and then the trip, and had no time. I'm back from Europe, and my coil is sitting nicely right next to me. I was shocked at how well it works, and how incredibly easy it is to get massive hits from. If I had gotten a VG coil as my first vape, instead of the mflb, I probably would never have gotten anything else and never have spent so much chasing vapes.
Furthermore, once the coil gets you absolutely wrecked, it becomes the most satisfying thing to hold on to. Sober, it's great. Stoned? It's like a worry stone or something and you can't take your hands off it. Mine never got hot to the touch after lots of use, too. Maybe new design keeps it cool?
Since I didn't have a grinder, I had good results just jamming it full of whole buds, vaping it a bunch, then easily crumbling them in my hand and repacking. Worked great, and I got to sample all of the nice things I bought. I was sick part of the trip and, despite the hot and hard throat hit of the vapor, it didn't irritate my throat or make me sicker (smoking DID OUCH).
Interesting thing about stealth- I'm so used to oil pens exclusively for the past couple years that I forgot you have to actually be kinda stealthy with vapes. Oddly, the VG got A LOT of attention, whereever I was, while nobody cared about a joint. At my festival near Amsterdam, I was actually pulled quickly off the dance floor by several security and taken off the premises for a full body search, lot's of questions, and they made me dump out my VG. In a country where weed is legal and everyone in the festival was smoking cone joints. O_O I've never had anything like this happen, or even trouble with security before, so it was a shaken and odd experience. I know the ropes with festival/event security, so I knew everything to say and do, and was allowed back in with the vape. So weird.
It still got lots of use at the festival in secluded spots, and at my airbnb when I wanted to be respectful and stealthy. I used it on the go, too, but wind made that tricky.
Lighter chat (which most of this thread is)- I know clipper is good, so I picked up a few clippers (different designs or I just forgot mine that day), and one blue jet lighter. The clippers work great, because of course they do. Love those things, and they have a nice stir tool built in.
The blue flame lighter was an absolute overpriced piece of garbage, and stopped lighting soon after I got it. I'm going to try to fill it or maybe get it working, since it's cool, but pretty much every lighter like that I've ever bought only worked for a little while. You'd think china could make a simple lighter by now.
Also on the blue flame lighter- I tried pointing the flame directly at the disk and inhaling like normal, but it didn't give the hits you guys seem to get from blue flames. The clippers/bics seem to work better.
Anyway, I love this little coil, and it's got me vaping again (though I still prefer oil pens). It's nice to be able to sample raw flower again.
Edit- can't believe I almost forgot these! Taken at one of my favorite coffee shops, DampKring, where I found a strain I've wanted for years.
And their cat
@maremaresing I did exactly the same as you last summer, and bought a coil to take (unused) from the UK to Amsterdam.
I found it performed much better than I expected and was really impressed tbh. Fantastic vape for the ridiculously low price it costs.
I'll never get why this thing (and VG's in general) aren't getting more love as a low cost vaporizer... especially when another low cost butane powered vape (naming no names) pops up in every thread you read (plug in or portable) and is hailed as the second coming and a serious alternative to any vape you may have considered buying for whatever reason. From my experience of both, there is no comparison, the VG wins by a mile every time.
Ended up leaving mine in a coffee shop as I couldn't clean it before my flight back. Haven't got around to getting another yet, but do intend to and highly recommend it.
Couple of observations;
I was at a few evening events when away which were dark/low lighting, found the stirring needed for even extraction a pain as I couldn't see anything (would have been the same with my lotus I guess).
It gets hot, no sticking it straight in your pocket.
If you screw the two parts together too tightly you can get a bit of stretching of the spring and I found this caused some gaps in the front end. I was careful not to overtighten. It'll stay together in your pocket no problem.
Use a torch lighter for quicker, more consistent results, and you can also use it to torch the screen clean too.
Enjoy
Your post way back when you took it to Amsterdam was one of the final deciders for me buying this! I picked up some iso and cleaned it out in my airbnb. Worked great!
@maremaresing, the disc has become smaller over time and a new filter or top will cure that. Vapor Genie can supply that. A whole new top is $25. Flame will be sucked around the disc and ignite the herb. Particles flake off and it becomes smaller. VG does think they last forever, they do not.
I need to contact them about this, then. Thanks for the info!
While my Glass Sherlock VG is my favorite... and the wooden VG my second,
I have owned the coil for 7 years and it gets used about 3-4 times a week.
While 7 years is surely not forever, my VG coil shows no sign of wear.
I have not had to replace the ceramic insert yet either.
Vitolo, I never can figure out where you have the time to use all these vapes!
I've come across some tips here and there, like putting ice in one's mouth and then inhaling (sounds weird, uncomfortable and *cold*!), and also trying to remoisturize the herb itself etc. None of these methods seem to be what I'm looking for.
