RetiredToker76
Well-Known Member
I had a dry herb vape fetish between 2009 - 2013. Then I gave up.
I had the Vapir O2 mini, it hilariously had an 8-cell battery pack that connected to it with a Cat3 style phone plug left over from the 1980's, to round out its pure 'old stuff thrown together' vibe it had a a 7-bar digital LCD display, even the molded plastic felt like a 1980's Kenner toy . It was clunky as hell and lasted about 3 years before the battery pack flaked out. I tried to reconstruct it but couldn't get it working again. It was horrible in almost every way except the hit, I still contend it had the best portable vape hit I've ever taken. I never got another portable dry herb vape because packing a vape is practically more time consuming and detailed than rolling a joint. I switched to oil vapes for a few years, and then to Concentrate c-cells after that. Don't get me started on how far down the portable oil vape rabbit hole I fell. I have about 6 different styles of hash oil burners for portability that never get used anymore.
My first dry herb vape was the Hot Box. This thing was the best desktop vape I've ever hit. The amazing thing was it had zero control of it what so ever. It had 2 settings, on and off, via a rotary switch like an old desk lamp. You controlled the heat of the hit with the power of your pull. Want a hotter hit, pull slowly. Want to cool it down pull a fast hit. Little cooler? Back the whip off the heating element a bit and fast pull.
The downsides of it was it was really slow to heat up, and it died, rather fast. It had a 3 year warranty and the element died after 2 years. However they replaced it, twice for no more money. When the 3rd one died and was actually out of warranty, they weren't in business and I could only find used or refurbished ones online. I had the blue one. Still the best vape hit I've ever had, beating out the volcano.
Then I got the ViVape 2. it was POS. Sounded like a Cessna and you couldn't turn off the fan. Harsh as hell at any temp and turned you into the balloon in whip mode. It went in the garage in under 6 months and is still there.
The final vape before I gave up is the Arizer ExtremeQ . It's okay. The fan is optional, it can do bag or whip, I've had it about 3 years. It works, but it's still not as smooth as the old Hot Box was. It has a remote control, so it's fun at a party. I turn it on about every 3rd crop. I just smoke joints more than anything these days.
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