JackOutsideTheBox
Rising Star
Dear fellow explorers,
After a few years of inactivity, I am pleased to announce that I have made a lot of experimentation since my last update, and am ready to start contributing again to this community I hold very dearly.
Intro and Context:
Throughout the years, I tried the vast majority of methods out there, some of which are well known, some of which I came up with, some of which I tweaked.
I honestly used to think that VaporGenie paid people on here to advertise their product, and was convinced there existed better methods. I was looking for the Holy Grail, the method that would dethrone the GVG.
I intend to eventually create a separate thread detailing and comparing every method I tried, but I would ideally like to try a few more and perfect my technique with some of them for the thread to be more complete before doing so, so I won't go into it for now to keep the focus on the matter at hand.
I found a lot of methods that honestly outranked the GVG in one way or another, but I kept coming back to the GVG. Even though it wasn't perfect, it still was the perfect balance.
Being the kind of person to tune and upgrade everything I get my hands on, I decided that since I couldn't find something that beats it, I would take a radically different approach in my quest for the Holy Grail, and try to upgrade the GVG itself in an attempt to improve its performances.
I won't dive into the details, but it took some trial and error to get there, I have tried about half a dozen different iterations of this idea before I came up with this much more simplistic approach, which it turns out yields the most performance of them all by a wide margin.
The Upgrade/Mod:
The concept is simple: ruby balls as a thermal battery (don't worry, it's not expensive).
Here is how to do it:
Just place 21 2mm Ruby Balls in the removable top, right beneath the ceramic filter, held against it by a simple mesh disc.
I decided to go with 21 balls for the symbolic power of this number across various spiritual and esoteric traditions, I was willing to try other quantities to fine tune the performance output, but as it turns out, I didn't need to.
The theory is that the rubies would catch and stabilize direct heat before it enters the chamber, and keep it in for longer after killing the flame, and it works like a charm.
For the bottom of the chamber, I found that the VaporGenie "liquid pads" were the best of what I've tried so far, I am tempted to try the pre loaded ceramic discs on top of it, as I have read some good things about them, just for the sake of experimentation, and for the convenience of having multiple prepared doses on hand, but I don't need it at the moment, so that will be for later.
I also decided to perfect my technique and streamline the process, which I will share in another thread.
I can easily breakthrough in a single hit with this mod and my technique, but the takeoff is much smoother than other single hit breakthrough methods I've tried so far.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Please also feel free to experiment, improve, add and share, any contribution is most welcome!
After a few years of inactivity, I am pleased to announce that I have made a lot of experimentation since my last update, and am ready to start contributing again to this community I hold very dearly.
Intro and Context:
Throughout the years, I tried the vast majority of methods out there, some of which are well known, some of which I came up with, some of which I tweaked.
I honestly used to think that VaporGenie paid people on here to advertise their product, and was convinced there existed better methods. I was looking for the Holy Grail, the method that would dethrone the GVG.
I intend to eventually create a separate thread detailing and comparing every method I tried, but I would ideally like to try a few more and perfect my technique with some of them for the thread to be more complete before doing so, so I won't go into it for now to keep the focus on the matter at hand.
I found a lot of methods that honestly outranked the GVG in one way or another, but I kept coming back to the GVG. Even though it wasn't perfect, it still was the perfect balance.
Being the kind of person to tune and upgrade everything I get my hands on, I decided that since I couldn't find something that beats it, I would take a radically different approach in my quest for the Holy Grail, and try to upgrade the GVG itself in an attempt to improve its performances.
I won't dive into the details, but it took some trial and error to get there, I have tried about half a dozen different iterations of this idea before I came up with this much more simplistic approach, which it turns out yields the most performance of them all by a wide margin.
The Upgrade/Mod:
The concept is simple: ruby balls as a thermal battery (don't worry, it's not expensive).
Here is how to do it:
Just place 21 2mm Ruby Balls in the removable top, right beneath the ceramic filter, held against it by a simple mesh disc.
I decided to go with 21 balls for the symbolic power of this number across various spiritual and esoteric traditions, I was willing to try other quantities to fine tune the performance output, but as it turns out, I didn't need to.
The theory is that the rubies would catch and stabilize direct heat before it enters the chamber, and keep it in for longer after killing the flame, and it works like a charm.
For the bottom of the chamber, I found that the VaporGenie "liquid pads" were the best of what I've tried so far, I am tempted to try the pre loaded ceramic discs on top of it, as I have read some good things about them, just for the sake of experimentation, and for the convenience of having multiple prepared doses on hand, but I don't need it at the moment, so that will be for later.
I also decided to perfect my technique and streamline the process, which I will share in another thread.
I can easily breakthrough in a single hit with this mod and my technique, but the takeoff is much smoother than other single hit breakthrough methods I've tried so far.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Please also feel free to experiment, improve, add and share, any contribution is most welcome!
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