Vaporisers

[nyko]

Has anyone tried a vaporiser before, are they actually worth the money?
(examples: http://www.everyonedoesit.co.uk/online_headshop/productCategory.cfm?sC=Standard_Vaporisers&iProductCategoryID=13&iLastCatID=12)

[inefficiency]

I had a go of the blue meanie and let me tell you - put a nice bit of bud in there and you'll be vegetated 10mins later. They're a serious piece of kit.
I reccomend the blue meanie because it gives you an awesome hit, but it is £45...

[virus]

Vaporizers are healthier than smoking, stronger effect, easier to inhale... They're great but the problem is that they cost alot. Of course there're cheap DIY alternatives ranging from basically free to cheap (if compared to commercial ones).

If you want to test:
a) Take a light bulb, take out all the shit inside, put the herbs inside, insert some kind of pipe and seal it, then heat the bulb with a lighter untill the herb starts to get vaporized. Don't let it start to burn (some of it will allways burn with this method)
b) Take a glass jar with a lid, punch a hole in the lid, block the hole. Put the glass jar on electric stove (if you have gas stove put it on a frying pan) on small heat. Wait for it to heat up enough so the herb starts vaporizing. Wait till the jar has enough of steam, unblug the hole and inhale. Blug it again wait for another round

Also if you happen to have a nice heatgun with a good settings for heat and output you can set the heat to around 190C (374F). Fill your favourite bong with water and ice, insert the herb. Instead of lighting it up use the heatgun on the herb. Result is about the same you get with a commercial vaporizer if not even better

[Genem]

inefficiency, do you really like the Blue meanie. I have one and have to say i don't like it, the vapor tastes like ass. It has the tendency to heat up too fast and make the bud smolder (glowing embers) defeating the purpose.
However it may have been a knockoff as i got it from a slightly shady headshop.

[Synchronium]

Although you can vapourise most things, I feel this would be better suited in Cannabis.

[nyko]

Genem, fancy selling it? . Where are you from?

[inefficiency]

inefficiency, do you really like the Blue meanie. I have one and have to say i don't like it, the vapor tastes like ass. It has the tendency to heat up too fast and make the bud smolder (glowing embers) defeating the purpose.
However it may have been a knockoff as i got it from a slightly shady headshop.

Nah, I had no problems with it - and it was the actual blue meanie.

[Genem]

Genem, fancy selling it? . Where are you from?

From the UK.  It's not really worth it to sell. Belive me when i say you could make a far superior version for the price of a regular blue meanie.  All you would need is solder station with an adjustable temperature range (www.maplin.co.uk) and a large glass jar and a bit of pipe and tubing to suck on.

I opened my Blue Meanie and there is a part that looks suspiciously like part of the handle from a cheapo soldering iron.  Still i shouldn't have been expecting quality components for a device so cheap. All that seems to go into making a blue meanie is; a soldering iron, little red light, large plastic cup (1L), a glass jar (1L) and bits of pipe and tubing.  For £50 it just isn't worth it.
All i use it for now is to quick dry things.

[inefficiency]

Could you give me a link to the site you ordered it from? or if you didn't orer it, could you find a picture of the one you have?
I'd like to know to avoid that one in future.

[Genem]

Sorry for the double post.
Alright here are the pics:

Pic of the blue meanie, note the sticker is different to ones on websites but also note that this BM is 2 to 3 years old. The black cardboard tube thing is what it came in.
http://tinypic.com/1zcq13m.jpg

This is it taken to pieces.
http://tinypic.com/1zcq23p.jpg

Another angle, note the blue hexagonal bit of plastic. I've seen that design on some soldering irons.
http://tinypic.com/1zcq2c9.jpg

A look into the cup the green pipe goes through the lid into the glass chamber. The lid is actually red like a coka cola bottle, although in the pic it looks orange.
http://tinypic.com/1zcq2p3.jpg

A pic of the jar and the tube you suck on.
http://tinypic.com/1zcq2vt.jpg

Oh and another thing there was a bag of what appeared to be sand packed into the bottom to add weight. I removed this a long time ago.

A pic of old faithful.
http://tinypic.com/1zcz2mo.jpg

[inefficiency]

Aha, I see what you mean about the soldering iron.

Still, I'm liking that Roor bong

[NeXuS]

yeah, cool bong. haha, virus, love the lightbulb vaporizer idea, ive never heard of that before. im gonna go and make one 

[inefficiency]

You cana ctually buy "portable vaporisers" but they're basically commercialised lightbulb-vapes.

It works surprisingly well.

[Synchronium]

You can make an incredibly effective one using some basic chemistry equipment.

One boiling tube (2cm diam), 1 rubber bung (2cm diam) with two holes drilled in, two pieces of glass pipe.

Insert one piece of glass pipe into one hole of the bung maing sure it only comes out of the bottom and there's none sticking out the top. Put the other piece of glass through the second hole so it's sticking out an inch or so underneath the bung and a lot at the top. Place herbs into test tube, stick bung on top, heat.

If you're fealing particulally dextrous, you can bend the one pice of glass sticking out so it'll fit easier into your mouth.

[inefficiency]

I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before. Possibly on the old BS boards or something...
I've never made a vape from a boiling tube, although I have used them for various other contraptions. They're quite useful