I love this thing. I wanted a Volcano for years. It feels like both science and magic at the same time. I can put enough flowers into me to be as stoned as I need to be without the gross respiratory effects. I’ve always struggled to use flowers through the winter months when holiday anxiety redoubles my weed need. Between this and my employee discount, I bet I can avoid my traditional holiday season drinking. If I can manage that, it’ll have paid for itself twice. It was expensive af, but I paid for $200 of it with a gift card I got from a sales competition. So far it has been 100% worth it.

EDIT: Sync doesn’t display my extra pictures! =O

  • BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 months ago

    Congratz and welcome to the club 😁 If I may give some hints as a fellow volcano

    1. once the bag is gunked up, cook it in milk to get the chocolate milk of a lifetime 😂
    2. you can eat the already vaped bud by itself and it will work like an edible (the taste is not the best though)
    3. in my country we have oven bags / turkey bags which are up to 9ft, if you can find these or maybe online, they are a cheaper bag replacement
    4. With enough force even the one time use mouth pieces can be reused. it take a lot of force though to dislodge the inner metal ring that keeps the baloon in place.
    5. if the black mouth piece starts to form a layer of hash, i just reverse a long paper and fold it along its long axis and run it through like a pipe cleaner, i you roll a joint with that it will basically be supercharged.
    6. let the first 3 seconds go without the balloon and then pop the ballon on to only catch vapor
    • LegionEris [she/her]@feddit.nlOPM
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, I already knew or figured out most of that. Some of the bag tips are new. Definitely collecting ABV. Throw some ABV in your next bowl of chili. It’s a treat.

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Yes!! Congrats! The Lamborghini of vaporizers. Mine has been on for 6-8 hours a day for the last two years (not sure they intended that kind of usage 🤷‍♂️), and it is just as good as the day I bought it. Really shows what good quality, well made hardware can get you.

    Use it well!

    • LegionEris [she/her]@feddit.nlOPM
      5·
      11 months ago

      Longevity is what I was hoping for! I’ve had a handful of dry herb vapes that just couldn’t keep up with or maintain my use needs. Part of why I went with the classic is that the lack of conduction element means the weed in the basket doesn’t dry out or lose potency. My friend who has the digital says that the conduction element will slowly cook her flowers if she leaves it on and makes the basket too hot to touch for a while after turning it off. We do leave it on for long periods of time, and your endorsement will probably have us leaving it on more. Heat cycling can be worse for some equipment than staying hot.

      • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Ah yeah, good point. I should clarify: I have the hybrid, and I leave the vaporizer itself on all day, but I remove the basket after I fill the bag each time. It definitely will cook the herbs if I leave the basket on.

        Eventually I’ll figure out the best method for using the whip, but you just can’t beat a full bag of vapor imo!