Portable Dry Herb Vaporizer Suggestions?

[Couch_Lock]

Arizer solo old school model (non digital) is a great deal if you can find it...buy extra glass straws.
I saw them going for 130 or so CDN and that is a great vape deal

It works the best for hash of the ones i have too.

The straw takes 1/3 of a gram of bud. I weighed it out because i was curious myself. It is about as efficient as it gets.

Very nice vapor quality. The air is good too but it is harder to get a pull from the straw (fewer vent holes feed the chamber).

Arizer Solo design is genius. I put small entire nug in the glass piece, heavenly taste. The best

 

[inDC4now]

Arizer Solo design is genius. I put small entire nug in the glass piece, heavenly taste. The best

Thanks all for a great thread. I bought a Pax II from a buddy a few years ago. I've been using it over the holidays these last few years. I picked up a cheap desktop style whip vape four or five years ago and found it hard to use without actually burning the herb.

When this thread started I walked down to my local shop and bought what they had, a small pocket sized vape called the AirVape XS GO. Last week I ordered the Arizer Solo II direct from Arizer for $194.99 -- This was for the Solo II and they "threw in" an Arizer Air - Titanium and paid for shipping. The whole thing took five days and I've been vaping with the Solo II for five days now.

As others have mentioned the Pax and my new XS GO are not much bigger than a Bic lighter and have small narrow draws. The Pax really gets hot in my hand after a full session. The Solo II has a huge draw which completely changes the experience. The Solo heats up quickly, basically in seconds, is easy to use, hold and clean and I am happy after just a few draws. You can stuff a nug into the glass piece like @Couch_Lock does, or grind the herb. I'm guessing what's best depends on the bud, how moist it is, flavors, etc.

Since it is new I have been fooling with it and taking way more than a few draws each session. Of course way more than one session each day too and so far the battery charge has lasted. I've got some older flower I really didn't like the taste and will vape that next, just to see.

 

[Couch_Lock]

Some of these guys buy one vape and applaud it. That's ok, that's an opinion.
But when you own many and give an opinion, that's an "informed" opinion.
There's a definite difference between the two.
Solo 2 I prefer to my Storz and Bickel "Mighty" (which was $350).....Better taste, weed lasts longer

Arizer built in Canada, not China

Storz n Bickel built in Germany, not China

 

[Horselover fat]

I cleaned my solo yesterday for the first time. The heating chamber didn't need cleaning and the stem I put in a pot with cleaning solution and boiled it until clean. Then I disposed of the cleaning solution by adding some chocolate in it and drinking it

 

[gwheels]

orange chronic, alcohol work really good (and some vape cleaner stuff i got from to vapes).

but dont drink it....

i like the solvents to ensure you get those little holes cleaned right out for the biggest vape draws possible. I went back to it and its working great. My reborn favorite!...

 

[Horselover fat]

orange chronic, alcohol work really good (and some vape cleaner stuff i got from to vapes).

but dont drink it....

i like the solvents to ensure you get those little holes cleaned right out for the biggest vape draws possible. I went back to it and its working great. My reborn favorite!...

I thought I'd soak it in IPA afterwards, but boiling in milk and a rinse did the job well enough this time.

 

[rkymtnman]

I just ordered the Tera V3 a few days ago. I literally flipped a coin: Solo 2 or it. Tera won. Got it for 129 shipped. Looking forward to it getting here and trying it out.

I'm like you too. I had/have an old Vapolution whip style vape that was decent but seemed like it burned the herb too much for my liking no matter the temp setting. I think it's because of the conduction design where it just sits there the whole time burning.

Last week I ordered the Arizer Solo II direct from Arizer for $194.99

 

[inDC4now]

I just ordered the Tera V3 a few days ago....

Excellent. I am not familiar with the Tera V3. It looks solid though and looks like it will give a nice draw, and great price.

 

[rkymtnman]

one thing i liked about it more was how much you can put in it. half a gram i think.

i think either one would have been great. have fun with your solo!!

 

[Couch_Lock]

Excellent. I am not familiar with the Tera V3. It looks solid though and looks like it will give a nice draw, and great price.

Tera V3 has a funky interface, hard to keep things simple. Weed is harsher thru it then any Arizer vaporizer.

I had 5 vaporizers. Threw away a $45 vaporizer from Fasttech (China). Still have 4. Rate the quality (burn rate, taste, ease of use, battery length) as follows:

1.) Arizer Solo 2
2.) Storz and Bickel "Mighty"
3.) XMAX Starry
4.) Boundless Tera V3


used my tera V3 maybe three times....I'd sell it for $50......original box, manual, accesories, mint condition

 

[Horselover fat]

These are personal preferences too ofc. It all depends on how you like to draw, pack and how much you need to vape etc

 

[rkymtnman]

Weed is harsher thru it then any Arizer vaporizer

Is that throughout the entire temp range? alot of reviewers said it wasn't harsh at all at lower temps but you get smaller clouds.

 

[Couch_Lock]

Is that throughout the entire temp range? alot of reviewers said it wasn't harsh at all at lower temps but you get smaller clouds.

At 350-365 every vaporizer will give you its best taste....some require a harder pull then others......some vaporizers don't lose much taste up till about 395 or so, I'd say.

 

[rkymtnman]

At 350-365 every vaporizer will give you its best taste....some require a harder pull then others......some vaporizers don't lose much taste up till about 395 or so, I'd say.

thanks that will give me a starting pt for temps.

have you used the tera thru a water bong? it comes with an adapter.

 

[Couch_Lock]

thanks that will give me a starting pt for temps.

have you used the tera thru a water bong? it comes with an adapter.

No, I haven't. I'm sure that will smooth out the hit. The coolest thing about the V3 is the convection heat, it doesn't waste weed while you hold in your hit. It combusts on your inhale. I may have a defective interface, it jumps from Celsius to Fahrenheit at times by itself. Often I end up hitting the button so often it kills my buzz.

 

[farmingfisherman]

G-Pen Great little vape. Low medium high settings, rechargeable and easy to clean. $100ish dollars FWIW

 

[rkymtnman]

No, I haven't. I'm sure that will smooth out the hit. The coolest thing about the V3 is the convection heat, it doesn't waste weed while you hold in your hit. It combusts on your inhale. I may have a defective interface, it jumps from Celsius to Fahrenheit at times by itself. Often I end up hitting the button so often it kills my buzz.

so having it for 2 days now, i see what you mean about button issues. i finally figured it out: i didnts see it in the user manual.

once it turns on, mine went to 500 and there were 3 little honeycombs. temp would not go down or up. that's concentrate mode.

then you have to hit the main button 3x to get it into herb mode. it's got 3 squiggly lines. and then you can adjust the heat with the side buttons.
i like it so far. holds alot of herb. 370 seems to be my sweet spot with it.

thanks again for all you advice!

 

[Couch_buzz]

Ya, that Boundless Tera V3 interface needs work, its a bit funky. Once the device is dialed in tho, you are good.

 

[Just Be]

Ya, that Boundless Tera V3 interface needs work, its a bit funky. Once the device is dialed in tho, you are good.

WB, man! I hope that all is well.

 

[Couch_buzz]

Thanks, just Be.

Ya, things have calmed down here. Def missed it here, got pissed off one day and somehow deleted my email. I'm not a guy with a lot of email addies, just had the one.