Time for Vape?

[Marcellas]

I've become acustomed to smoking my green by the means of cutting up .2-.5gram of sticky into powder, packing into the glass-on-glass bong, slightly torching it with the bic, and slamming it down in one huge rip.. Its pretty much the only way I get high these days!!

Sure if I smoke a nice 1-2 gram blunt by myself or with a buddy or 2 I'll get pretty lifted. But I crave the high from that huge wall of smoke that the bong one hitter provides me!! My tolerance is shot, I have to take a huge, very thick/dense/high-THC one hitter or 3 to get the high I want, wasting sometimes over a gram of chronic in one sitting to myself. Sometimes smoking over an eighth a day of the best

My lungs have been paying for it (sadly, I smoke nearly a pack a day also and need to quit). Taking these huge bong rips for 6 years since like the end of high school is taking its toll.. I cough up some grey/black phlegm almost everyday and my lungs often just feel like shit, and weak..

Obvious question.. Time to invest in a Volcano??

 

[Marcellas]

The decent (high potency!) outdoor harvest a little over a month ago and the weather change with winter creeping doesn't help!

 

[Suomi-Prkl]

well, if you care about your HEALTH at ALL. then yes, it's more than time to switch to vaporizer.

i purchased my solid valve a few months ago and havent looked back, barely touch the bong anymore.

there are other vapes than volcano. maybe you want a bong-type vaporizer since you've accustomed to hit the bong!

 

[Marcellas]

Thanks for the quick reply!! I really love the thick wall of smoke, huge/fast dose of THC, use I get from my green, and the intense/stoney high from the big one-hitters from the bong!!

Any suggestions on some vapes that I might be interested in?? Thanks!!

 

[Suomi-Prkl]

just search the older vaporizer threads here on tokers den and health forum. search for volcano at first. lot's of different options out there.

volcano is a solid performer, some people just don't like the bag idea. i love it as i like to walk around the apartment with bag full of vape and simultanously work on my flying kicks!

then there are the 'whip' type vapos that some swear by.

and the bong-type vapes that i've read give the best taste and closest-to-bong type of vaping experience.

personally have come to dislike the heavy body effects i get from smoking flowers with a bong.

 

[BudToker]

The Volcano kicks ass. However the high is not the same. You will be happy and healthier when you have one but you will occasionally go back to the bong for that certain feeling you're after.

Good Luck,

-BT

 

[Suomi-Prkl]

exactly like BudToker said!

IMHO vaping produces a lot cleaner/positive/up high but seems that i actually consume more bud with vaporizing vs smoking.

 

[sneaky101]

Hi Marcellas. I know what you mean about that hacking up. I broke down and got a vape about 6-8 months ago. It is very different for me. I like that thick heavy smoke too, and it is hard to get that from a vape. But it does help if can keep away from the combustion type consumption .

I got the Extreme Q because it was half the price of the volcano and had the bag and whip. Not knocking the volcano (never used it myself) I've heard it is better for bags. But with the whip you can hook it up to your bong for that bong hit or can buy several accessories to smoke out of.


It takes some getting used to though. I find myself "smoking" just as much out of the vape. The bowls last longer, but man it is some sweeeeet tasting stuff and I find myself vaping bowl after bowl. Once you figure out the different temps for the different types of high it is nice so it doesn't put you to sleep if that's not what you want. Because it is not that heavy hitting, chest collapsing, cough to get off hit I think is why I vape so much. But for many people I have shared the experience with thouroughly enjoy the different experience and say they definetly feel it after just a bowl or two.


Woww!!!! I am rambling. That's wake-n-bake for you. Hope this helps.

 

[DevilWeed]

Hi Marcellas!

I'm a long time heavy user and bought a Volcano about 1 year ago. Figured I would give you my .02. I bought the vape for the same reason you are thinking about it - lungs were hurting, tolerance was shot. I have enjoyed using it and still do daily...but...it's not all roses.

1. I find I vape a bit more weed than I would smoke. I may get higher, not sure...but I tend to use more is the point.

2. I cough almost as much with the vape. THC is a natural expectorant. If I vape a big load of cheese @ 350f I hack like a veteran smoker after 3 or 4 hits. I find this is worse the more potent the weed. The cough is different than a smoke cough though, usually loosens up my lungs a bit. None the less, hacking has not gone away for me.

3. The high is different. Not as many chemicals both good and bad in the vapor - I do notice a different buzz. Hard to quantify though and in no way a "lesser" buzz.

4. You can get VERY VERY high! If I want that wall of smoke feeling, I'll power-toke a few bags off a fresh packing. Basically breath in deep from bag, take a 2 count, exhale, repeat. Do that for three thick and rich bags and you should be feeling pretty good!

Good luck!

EDIT: Sneaky's right, the taste is off the charts! You can really get into the subtle differences from different strains. You can also dry and "consume" a fat nug right off the bush. I've taste tested a couple strains by chopping up a fresh bud and leaving it in the volcano at 120f for 20 mins, then vaping it.

 

[dude06version]

marcellas since ur a bong guy try the vriptech vaporizer. i can personally recommend the silversurfer had mine for like 5 years now.
fuckcombustion.com is an all vaporizer forum alot of information on vaporizers.


video of vriptech being used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpdN26agTqs&NR=1

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

marcellas since ur a bong guy try the vriptech vaporizer. i can personally recommend the silversurfer had mine for like 5 years now.
fuckcombustion.com is an all vaporizer forum alot of information on vaporizers.


video of vriptech being used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpdN26agTqs&NR=1

Quoted for truth. The Vrip Wand is simply the best hitting vape on the market. If you need big dense vape hits to make the transition away from combusted rips, then vrip is the way to go. I've not coughed up any tar at all since I moved to vaping 99% of the time, so you've definitely zero'd in on the solution to your problem Marcellas.

Even some of my good friends who are pretty intense about combustion rips and could have given 2 shits about vaping now want a vrip wand asap after giving mine a try. The hits are just that proper and delicious.

I own the Silver Surfer too, and its rock solid, but it can't make hits like the vrip wand. It's been in the bag for a year or 2 now since I got my first vrip wand. It is much more sturdy than the vrip wand though, so its a bit of a trade off. I'm glad I have both, and even upgraded the SSV recently with the spherical ground glass cover. Gotta have my backup pimpin' too

The Extreme Q vape mentioned as well is nice if you like bags. They can be had for under 200 on eBay now, and make as good a bag if not better than the volcano because you have control over the fan speed. Not a fan of bags myself though, and based on your intense smoking habits, I doubt you would find sitting back with a bag very satisfying either.

 

[krunchbubble]

pretty sure your problem is the pack a day cig habit and not your bong shots.....

 

[BrainSellz]

yeah you could probly give up smokin weed all together and still cough what yer coughin up...

 

[Marijuanasaur]

pretty sure your problem is the pack a day cig habit and not your bong shots.....

THIS ^

Cigarettes make you hack up black phlegm and mucus. All of my friends who smoke weed and smoke cigarettes gripe about it, but I don't smoke cigs, just weed, and I never hack up any black shit

make the switch today! that sounds gross D:

 

[krunchbubble]

i smoke out of the bong 95% of the time and i used to hack black shit, until i bought an inline carbon filter for the bong....

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

pretty sure your problem is the pack a day cig habit and not your bong shots.....

yeah you could probly give up smokin weed all together and still cough what yer coughin up...

Heh read right past the pack of cigs a day habit, yea that's gotta go too if dude wants the hacking to stop.

That said, taking giant bong hits will also leave plenty of tar behind in your lungs and mucus. Blow your rip through a napkin or paper towel and it will be real easy to see.

Truth be told, tar is the dominant taste when I take a combustion rip of weed now that I have gotten so used to vaping.

 

[vaped]

I use the Vapir one it is like $145 on their website much more at a headshop. I found out the hard way. Bags are much more durable than volcano bags. It also comes with a whip for use without the bags. This is the one I use. http://www.vapir.com/product_detail//Herbal Vaporizers Digital Vaporizers/1/96

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

i smoke out of the bong 95% of the time and i used to hack black shit, until i bought an inline carbon filter for the bong....

I used a carbon filter for a while. I liked it, but ultimately realized it was removing a good deal of flavor and potency from the hit.

Specifically, I'd use it for a few days, then take a rip without it on of the same trees and be extremely high, making it clear it was removing some significant portion of active ingredients.

The flavor thing is harder to quantify, like, I can read what flavor remains better because there is less tar, but there less flavor and character to the hit overall, so I found the taste stronger without the carbon filter.

I think they are a good thing overall, but want to mention what I see as the downsides since it came up.

 

[zlock]

I've had Da Buddha (made by the same company that makes the Silver Surfer) for several years, and I've also got one of their ice chambers/bubblers. I love it. For the price I don't know what else compares, but it gets two big thumbs up from me!

 

[Yes4Prop215]

I've become acustomed to smoking my green by the means of cutting up .2-.5gram of sticky into powder, packing into the glass-on-glass bong, slightly torching it with the bic, and slamming it down in one huge rip.. Its pretty much the only way I get high these days!!

Sure if I smoke a nice 1-2 gram blunt by myself or with a buddy or 2 I'll get pretty lifted. But I crave the high from that huge wall of smoke that the bong one hitter provides me!! My tolerance is shot, I have to take a huge, very thick/dense/high-THC one hitter or 3 to get the high I want, wasting sometimes over a gram of chronic in one sitting to myself. Sometimes smoking over an eighth a day of the best

My lungs have been paying for it (sadly, I smoke nearly a pack a day also and need to quit). Taking these huge bong rips for 6 years since like the end of high school is taking its toll.. I cough up some grey/black phlegm almost everyday and my lungs often just feel like shit, and weak..

Obvious question.. Time to invest in a Volcano??

damn im going through the same shit...the only way i burn is with a tough bong hit. one or two bong hits get me way higher than if i took a blunt to the face and its a better high. let the bic hit it for a second, pull it off and let the cherry milk and die coughing when its done. lately ive been coughing even worse than usual..my lungs are fucking shot, i had to go to riteaid to get a damn inhaler because ive been wheezing at night.

i hate vapes though...totally kills the taste. i smoke sour D or kush for the TASTE...vapes make it all taste like burnt popcorn.

fuck....i dont smoke cigs though, so thats my one sacrifice on my lungs..