If you are curious about the process and have a better use for your $100, try a lightbulb vape. Designs are all over the Tubes of You and Goggle. A light bulb, an empty soda bottle, some tape and a piece of hose (or a hollow pen) and you will be set.

The only real problem is that you feel like a crack-head while warming it up.

If you like it, buy a nice unit.

And why are people pushing their vape through water? What's that for?

GooberMcNutly wrote:

And why are people pushing their vape through water? What's that for?

Cooling and adding hydration.  Some people find the hot vapors off a vape to be harsh, though these same people will turn around and smoke a joint without batting an eye.

Better than sex.

Butt junkie.

jesusluvspegging wrote:

I still don't see how smokers pick up the habit in the first place.

I grew up in a house of smokers.  Loathed it. My mother smoked a pack of day, and my father smoked cigars.  Several years later I got drunk and high one evening where I was living when I was 23, and a friend offered me a Sherman cigarette.  I thought: "Why Not?"  I was smoking a pack a day plus within a week, and this went on until just after my kid was born 18 years later.  I now have reduced lung capacity, even though up to 4 years ago I could chug out a 5:56 mile whilst running.

I watched my mother drown to death from Emphysema.  Not a pretty death.

I have used (yes you have heard this before) most every substance available to Western Civilization, and quite a few that are not known at all.  Cigarettes like Ptah said are worse to kick than Heroin.  Absolutely.

D

Yeah, its weird.   I could use junk repeatedly or coke and just walk away from it.  Meth was the same.  I had some problems with alcohol, but I had a fucked up schedule... 8-4 one week.]. 4-12 the next week, 12-8 the next week.  I started drinking so I could sleep.  Mind you, I hadn't had a drink in years at that time.  After a year and a half on that schedule... well you can imagine.  It took me a bit to get clear of it all.

Dmtdust wrote:

I have used (yes you have heard this before) most every substance available to Western Civilization, and quite a few that are not known at all.  Cigarettes like Ptah said are worse to kick than Heroin.  Absolutely.

D

I agree. Although the hubby has recently taken to buying organic American Spirit loose tobacco and rolling his own as a money-saving measure -- and he swears that after about a week of feeling twitchy, he now smokes far less and feels better overall than when he was smoking the ready-made ciggies. I keep buying Basics at the Kwikee-Mart because it's more convenient . . . but who knows what's really in them besides tobacco?

lechero wrote:

Sure, you can keep hitting it, but it won't get you significantly more high.

'McGuinn and McGuire just are gettin higher...'

Questions: Is the volatilized mist you inhale an oil? Ever exhale into a bag and recycle? You fill the bowl just a pinch, or to the O-ring, packed loose, or tight? How many seconds of heat before you hit? Built a cradle yet for your Makita? Where's your optimal heat setting? How much load carcass ghee per cookie dose? Is the bong water worth anything? What solvent works best for cleaning? Never guess I'm not baked, huh?

lechero wrote:

Load carcass is my name for the golden roasted leftovers and it's far from depleted.

Bring water to a gentle boil in a double boiler or improvise with small/larger sauce pans.

Mix 1/2 ounce of ground weed with 1 quarter pound stick of REAL butter (11-14 grams of fat per tablespoon) and slow simmer about 45 minutes. Careful not to scorch.

Fill clear pyrex casserole dish with 2-3" of purified water, then pour in still melted weed butter. Cover and refridgerate 8 hours or overnight.

Skim and refridgerate the fat soluable THC solidified at the top, and discard the plant, salt and dairy sediment that dropped to the bottom.

Substitute the resulting "Ghee / Clarified Butter" for butter or oil in your favorite recipies.

You have to make sure you aren't a lazy smoker.
A lot of people I know have vaps and never use them because its a "pain in the ass" to get everything all ready and wait for the thing to heat up and grind the shit. Though, it is a whopping three steps, a stoner just can't handle it.
Most people will complain that the weed supply vanishes more quickly this way as well, but then again others say you use less?
You can find cheap ones and then there are a lot that go up to $500. The more expensive ones are digital and the bottom might light blue. Uh, trippy.

I say don't bother because it will likely end up along side your other old pipes and empty medical marj bottles in that top pantry cupboard.

The VaporGenie claims to allow vaporizing using only their special pipe and an ordinary lighter

Last edited by jesusluvspegging (2009-10-15 20:44:46)

Nice to see you're enjoying the vapor program, Choad. If you continue having trouble with your memory and simple motor function, I advise a splash of whiskey to help keep you peppy & alert.

I recently bought one of those Vapor Genie pipes as well. It's not as potent as the forced air, but definitely does the trick for extended excursions away from home.

It definitely works as advertised and I prefer it to smoking a bowl. It's critical that you pack it very loose and dance the lighter around to avoid scorching your load (which still happens sometimes). I bought the slightly nicer wood version that's available exclusively from their website, the manufacture is quality.

And while I endorse the VripTech forced air system, their portable version is pretty worthless next to the Vapor Genie.

lechero wrote:

I was just inspired to search for "vulva" on Etsy, don't ask why, there's an abundance of vulva love there evidently, see for yourself. . .

But I found this, seems appropriate to post it here:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li … d=26904566

http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.76939173.jpg

That's pretty awesome.  Better than the many penis-bongs I've seen pictures of.

lechero wrote:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li … d=26904566

I dunno, I kind of liked their other choice of smoking apparatus:



But for $800, I could convert a real Glock.

Last edited by GooberMcNutly (2009-10-21 08:03:17)

Ramona Bell wrote:

The weed butter recipe above sucks.

Any of you plastic hippies know how to concoct funny butter without the rope roughage and without waste?

My tried and true recipe:

Per 1/4 oz weed. Mids to regs are fine, just not too old and brown. I have done as much as an ounce in a pound of butter.
1 to 1.5 sticks butter. Non salted "pastry" butter is better, but not required.

Put weed, butter and about 1-2 cups water in a non-copper sauce pan. Bring to a near simmer, just enough to make bubbles float up, not rolling. Stir gently every couple of minutes. Let simmer 20-40 minutes. 20 minutes usually does it for me. When it's done the butter floating on top will be green tinged and any vegetal matter will have fully hydrated and sunk to the bottom. Keep the lid on as much as possible.

Remove pot (ha!) from stove and allow to cool to room temp without disturbing. Once it's room temp, transfer to the fridge and let set there for about 2 hours until the butter has fully congealed, floating on top of the water.

Using a butter knife, cut carefully around the edge and try to lift it off of the water. I usually have to break it in half to get it out of the pot. Lift over the pot and let drain for a few minutes. I just put a knife or two over the pot and park the "puck" on top. After all of the water has drained off, I transfer to a piece of saran wrap, cut into roughly ice cube sized pieces and wrap individually in saran wrap, then put them all in a tupperware container and stick in the fridge. It's usually fresh for about 6 months that way.

Melt over home made Boston Black Bread or whole wheat noodles with manchego cheese crumbles for a real taste sensation. Never allow it to get over 275 degrees if you cook with it. For example, if you make brownies, cook them in the oven at 275 for twice the recommended time and they will come out fine. But I like it more on toast with raw honey or melted over noodles.

Or so I've heard...

A recipe for pot butter from Chef Hans and his assistant Hans.  These two should be on the Food Network; their recipes are much better than the crap made by Paula Dean or Rachel Ray.

Thanks, guys. Am I wrong is every eaten buzz all the same, and low grade only takes more?

Just bought a Vapor Genie: I'm still trying to figure out how to take a gentle toke on the thing. It's harsh but the high is pretty intense.

Taint wrote:

Just bought a Vapor Genie: I'm still trying to figure out how to take a gentle toke on the thing. It's harsh but the high is pretty intense.

I have one.  Using it is a tricky 2 stage process.  First you have to hit it slow for with the lighter for about 5 seconds while you heat up the stone, then you remove the lighter and suck real hard.  Smoking crack is easier.

Look who's coming to dinner.

Dirck?

Ramona Bell wrote:

I'm a disappoint, I must say. Put down the pipe and wake up, stoner slackers! Bet you haven't peeked inside your hydro grow room/attic crawl space in months, least not since your better half hauled the lawn furniture and your Exercycle up there. So tell me, please, what's new in the world of weed consumption?

Ingredients:
2 hose Maya hookah
Vortex bowl, natural charcoal and foil.
Ice water in vase
Starbuzz UFO tobacco
Good pot- not ditchweed- good pot.
Vape.

Load hookah up to smoke as per usual(to smoke shisha, not pot) Take one hose off and remove check valve thingy.
Take hose from vape and plug it in to hole where missing hose is from hookah body.
Turn vape fan on low to force some vapor in and smoke hookah as you normally would through remaining hose.
You can easily lose 3 days if you have the right friends and music.
Nice lemon lime-ish intense high.

Bigcat wrote:

Starbuzz UFO tobacco
Good pot- not ditchweed- good pot.
Vape.

Load hookah up to smoke as per usual(to smoke shisha, not pot)

Interesting. I don't own a hookah. Know how shisha smokes rolled?

Last edited by Ramona Bell (2012-10-18 22:29:48)

WilberCuntLicker wrote:

Ramona Bell wrote:

Bigcat wrote:

Starbuzz UFO tobacco
Good pot- not ditchweed- good pot.
Vape.

Load hookah up to smoke as per usual(to smoke shisha, not pot)

Interesting. I don't own a hookah. Know how shisha smokes rolled?

[BigCat appears to be absent, possibly shooting hunters or coughing up a furball, so I'll field this one.] Shisha is made with molasses or honey - it's stickier than primo bud full of fat trichomes. I've never tried rolling it, but I doubt it would work.

Thanks. Fell asleep.

Shisha needss to be smoked from a hookah. You can get a functional hookah cheaply and if you enjoy it, get a good one for about $175.

Wilber is right, you do use a little more weed but I feel that is because you smoke more because of the enjoyment factor. (I'm not putting weed in the hookah, just plumbing the vape into it. Seems like I use less than when smoking a pipe or a J.)

The only downside for me is the prep time. It's faster to  pack a pipe than set everything up. I reccomend burning a pipe WHILE setting up.

Edited for punctuation.

Last edited by Bigcat (2012-10-19 09:10:39)