here i found the info, im buying one
The VaporStar is a total winner. I've used it now for 4 months and I can't find a single negative thing to say about it. Scorching is rare - the only times I do is because I can't accept the fact that there is no more left in the bowl, I just have to prove to myself there is one more micro hit. It has excellent control, I can always take it right to the brink of scorching - When I'm done bowls are beyond spent and rub in my fingers to a true powder, I credit that ability to the VaporStar heat exchanger. I'm learnig that a new bowl of herbs just may be a better way - but hey, I know you know what I mean. If I'm not "Vapeing on the Edge" I scorch 1 in 50 hits if I am I do it 1 in 15 hits. The VaporStar heating element uses 16 air inlet holes to disperse the heat evenly like a bunson burner on a gas stove the flame never reaches the herbs. It's a very effective design and the amount of time/heat appilied is all you worry about as it's virtully scortch proof in the first 6 hits of a bowl. Once the herb is dry it even lets you really extract the utmost last amount out of the herbs because you can apply instant longer/hotter heat to do that, at the bottom of a bowl I just double the time I have the flame heated into the the heat exchanger watch for vapors and that produces results in just 5 more seconds to really extrct any last vapors.
Final Conclusion - VaporStar's COST/FUN ratio is off the charts. It's the only way I smoke/vape and I like it so much I fully intend to buy me a substantal back up collection maybe 2-4 more, I'll be using these in 25 years.
Negatives: It's lighter based - This means NOTHING to me I could care less and won't push the finicky heath point that far. I like to - Hold my Bong - Flick my Bic - and Vape that Hit all on my couch like I've done with bongs my whole life.
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I bought a vaporstar a couple of weeks ago, and id mostly agree with everything written in the original review, its excellent, and not just in effect, its also fun to use, somewhat addictively so. Unlike the OP I havent yet perfected it, although I get consistent lovely hits now, sometimes I do burn it a bit. Either that or end up not utilising the herbs fully.
Its quite possible im just inept though
Generally I have been using the vaporstar till mostly depleted, and putting the remains in the herbalaire for another bag. (Although if you burned it a bit, this goes horribly wrong and tastes like doom).
The learning curve is somewhat steep I find, who when they try it generally just get nothing whatsoever off it and go away thinking its rubbish, but then they are cheap enough for you to all buy one anyhow.. its still a bit annoying when you have guests.
On the plus side, id like to reiterate, this thing is excellent. Its tastier than the herbalaire. Plus, its really cheap and efficient, and seems very strong to me at least. One thing that may or may not be attractive to you is I find the vaporstar to be much more incriminating looking. My herbalaire stays forever on my desk with not a word, but I have to put away the bong. This is somewhat annoying, but it brought back fond memories for me, and I have only just become coherent enough to write this
Two things I would say if you are going to buy one, I bought it with a small bong, and also bought one of the borosilicate ones mentioned elsewhere in this thread. They are nice little bongs, but VERY small, and i have ended up using the bigger one more as it lets you see it fill with delicious vapours, making it much easier to get a nice hit. (The bigger one is only about 6.5 inches high, so not enormous). Also, a decent flame makes an enormous difference in the ease of use, I bought a metal refillable and the consistent size of flame is much nicer.
For the price, there isnt a lot to it, but its well worth it, and for the effect, its about £50 too cheap and wonderful.
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Finally a second review.
Yea A larger flame will get things going faster, but a medium flame by nature lowers scorch mistakes, I go back and forth but I agree sometimes a bigger flame just gets it going and is more fun/less effort. small flames like when a lighter is running out of fuel are real tough to use.
The VaporStar can be hidden very fast as long as you keep you items collected in one place.
If your scorching more than you want lower the amount in the bowl, theres a point where you still get Vapors but its very hard to scorch. Learn the largest bowl you can get with out scorching and then stick with it. Every now and then I think I'm going to load a big bowl, then I scorch it and realize I had already known not to exceed a certain amount.(I always grind my legal herbs)
New people to vaping just can't learn it in one hit and it helps if they understand the concept of what their trying to do, trying to explain it to someone who's intoxicated can be a bit trying, but they usually do by just a few hits.
Truthfully the VaporStars only stealth plus is the fact that is can be hidden ultra fast, other than that it is beat by most electric units in regards to stealth. The reason why is if you are in a dark room or worse a vehicle theres noting more obvious than a lighter that stays lit for 10 seconds. Even if someone sees the flame light(even off walls) through a window it's obvious your getting intoxicated. If you had say a Vapolution in a car Swims enemy's would have no idea what swim was doing, but if swim used a lighter for 10 seconds at a time every minute over the course of 10 minutes well seeing that would be obvious. So the VaporStars stealth lies at home with a predetermine spot to take it if needed, it then can be fully hid in 5 seconds with proper planing(something nothing else can match but with proper planing even electric units can be put away fast), outside of that its not stealthy at all and even gives the appearance of something worst than tobacco because most people don't know about lighter based vaporizers so they think HMMM...what can they be doing that requires a lighter to be lit for ten seconds at a time. Home with lights on is the only place I use my legal herbs. Thats another plus about electric you can use them in the dark. and don't have to look at your hits.
For the money the VaporStar should be in everyones collection, surly theres got to be a time when you don't have the 10 minutes to wait for and electric to fully heat up. Theres your VaporStar ready to deliver 6 fast hits in under 3 minutes before you head out the door.
The J still holds all of the aces other than the smoke factor, The rolled J is the fastest of all to use, when its gone there is no paraphernalia left. From a distance you could be smoking a Marlboro. Everyone knows how to use a J.
The point is one doesn't cancel the other, The VaporStar Rocks, I knew when I saw it and confirmed it when I bought it. It's not perfect but its worth every penny and more.
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