homemade vaporisers-good idea? (sorry for putting this here!

BlaireD · Post by **BlaireD** » Wed 28th Oct 2009 11:24 pm

again sorry for putting this post here, i know it belongs elsewhere but i gather so many more people read this post than 'hardware' topics...

guys...is it safe to make a homemade vaporiser? with a hollwed out light bulb (youtube)? whats the opinion on whether this is a good/safe idea? if not any suggestions on how to make a good homemade one?

thanks!!

Bob2 · Post by **Bob2** » Wed 28th Oct 2009 11:40 pm

errr problem with vaps are the amount they cost could do a good trip to amsterdam for less i use them as a treat in the Dam only the Iolite looks good though about 100 pounds and its portable bucket will give you just as nice high but will rip your throat up. i brought a cheap vapourizer a few years ago 50 pounds and was bloody useless

BlaireD · Post by **BlaireD** » Thu 29th Oct 2009 02:53 pm

stuart1976 wrote:errr problem with vaps are the amount they cost could do a good trip to amsterdam for less i use them as a treat in the Dam only the Iolite looks good though about 100 pounds and its portable bucket will give you just as nice high but will rip your throat up. i brought a cheap vapourizer a few years ago 50 pounds and was bloody useless

thanks stu...well what about HOMEMADE? like with a jar, or lightbulb (yotube)? heard about this?

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Thu 29th Oct 2009 03:11 pm

I made one 20 years ago with a car lighter, battery and alligator clips. Worked well.

Gnarleydudeman · Post by **Gnarleydudeman** » Thu 29th Oct 2009 06:51 pm

It's not worth it really.

Vapourisers are only really any good if designed from the ground up, like Volcano's found in most good coffeeshops. Storz & Bickel - a German company so is clearly engineered well.

I have bought many crappy vapourisers in the past, all made from component parts borrowed from common household appliances. One that was particularly shite was a jam jar, a kettle heating element and some other borrowed jiggery pockery that made it suck.

Save for quality or stick to the bong mmmm mmmm

GDM

BlaireD · Post by **BlaireD** » Fri 30th Oct 2009 12:27 pm

thanks gnarley

so what was the problem with those....not effective, losing smoke? or just didnt work...?

bc for me, i was thinking....isnt it still better to have a vap working at 70% , healthwise than smoke direct? (then again, for most of us its been 10+ years of regular smoke, but since vap came into action, im paranoid that I should NOT be smoking and vaping instead)

online videos make it seem like its a good idea and worthy....just wondering if its safe and if anybody had ideas...

SHIVA 11 · Post by **SHIVA 11** » Sat 31st Oct 2009 11:39 am

Hi, Does anyone remember Eagle Bill he was a old american guy who used to sit at the back of the sensi seeds shop and in the cannabis museum.He was the fist guy i met with a vapo and he used to give demonstrations with his .Really great guy we used to wish he was our grandad!.Spent many a hour with him anyway back to the point his vapo was homemade and worked a treat he used to sell plans on how to make them dont know if anybody has them.i made one with a old sweet jar a piece of scaffold and a heat gun which was very similar to his.Looked crazy but worked very well .i have a vapir in the cupboard but never use it .If you are going to buy spend as much as you can.

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 31st Oct 2009 08:23 pm

just scoop up a lower price level vape like a vapor brothers. will work fine.

the only vapes iv tried that are shit are those glass dome vapes. the elements with the jet/glass ball over. they are awful. my bro had one and it didn't work well and u could only leave it on for 15 mins at a time.

Gnarleydudeman · Post by **Gnarleydudeman** » Sat 31st Oct 2009 09:57 pm

BlaireD wrote:thanks gnarley

so what was the problem with those....not effective, losing smoke? or just didnt work...?

bc for me, i was thinking....isnt it still better to have a vap working at 70% , healthwise than smoke direct? (then again, for most of us its been 10+ years of regular smoke, but since vap came into action, im paranoid that I should NOT be smoking and vaping instead)

online videos make it seem like its a good idea and worthy....just wondering if its safe and if anybody had ideas...

The main issue with the cheap ones I bought was that the herb didn't really change colour or texture like it should when it's being vaped. You never really felt you were inhaling anything, a vapouriser should still tickle the throat a little and feel like some sort of 'hit'. The effects were just not present as abundantly as they should be. After trying a few of the cheap ones with cheap components I actually nearly gave up on them thinking that was just the way they were however once I tried a volcano in Amsterdam my mind completely changed.

The bud looks like it's being kinda toasted in the volcano, the bag fills with a visible vapour and you feel and taste the hit perfectly.

You could get one at 70% efficiency but think about nailing a crazy, old, fat, ugly chick- sure it's still a woman but it won't make wife material. Or, think non alcoholic beer, you get my point!

GDM