highflyby
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Hey all, im HighFlyBy, and im here to give you as much information on this new product I got my hands on the other day.
The item in question is the new Herbalaire h2.1 with new stock pump included (as of 01/01/2010). This item has been out for several years, and in the past has been compared to high end vapo's like the Volcano, despite its $250 price.
Just a little history...In the past I have had a volcano(classic), SSV, a cheap hotbox from ebay, and a Vapir handheld vape. Out of the lot, the volcano was the one that lasted, and it eventually broke after 4 years of amazing service. I have used an herbalaire in the past and was pretty impressed by the efficiency of the device, but I did have two problems with the device.
1. The Stock Pump - Man this thing wasn't my cup of tea on the old herbalaire. It did the job, but filled bags in 3-5 minutes, which frankly was too long for me.
2. Bags - These things are not very big, nor made that well. They seemed to break at the seems after a while, but then again, my storing techniques were poor.
Well, lets get to this new device, and the changes herbalaire ltd have made to it. I noticed this month that they changed the stock pump as of January 2010, so I jumped on this device. At $250, and being compared to the volcano, i just had to buy it and see if it was really worth the cheese, and to see if it had improved over the old one.
Let me say when this thing arrived the box was SMALL! Opening it is quite exciting, despite its incredibly small size, which I quite like. To put it in perspective for you, the entire box this thing came in, with parts and all is about the size of a volcano unit itself
In the box they include the following parts:
1. Herbalaire Unit
2. Teflon mouthpeice and 2 teflon straw attachments for the bags
3. Pump (no fans here guys, just like an aquarium pump)
4. Tubing
5. Whip
6. 5 bags and clamps to make your own
7. Little metal spike, they call it a cleaning tool
8. Crucible (bowl)
9. Instructions
The Results:
Well, hooking it up, everything looks cool, you get to use it as a whip style vape, or a bag fill system. When turning the unit on, you will see a tri-colored LED light that will let you know whats going on with the temperature of your device. Green means the device is heating up, and not at the right temp. Red means the unit has gotten too hot, or is at too high of a heat setting. the light will turn amber when the temperature set is reached, and my temp of choice is 375 degrees. The device heated up in about 2 and a half minutes, and I loaded the crucible(bowl) with about .5 of some herbs. I attached the bag and turned the pump on. The first thing out of my mouth was, This pump is fantastic! Immediately after turning on the pump, thick vapor started filling the bag, at a very impressive rate. about 2 minutes later, the bag was completely full of thick vapor.
Taking off the bag, I noticed the mouthpiece to be quite hot, but I gave it 5 seconds, and put my lips on it, and took a big hit, and it wasn't hot enough to bother me, but I think that is going to depend on the user, because it is quite warm.
The hits off this thing are AMAZING! We ended up filling two bags with the .5 grams of herb, and were blazed enough to take a break for quite a while. After emptying the crucible, we discovered the herbs we stuck in came out quite brown, and no burns on it, which is pretty cool. What I did read in the instructions (found out the hard way first) is that with this device, you DO NOT need to break up your herbs before using this device. My unit spit a little of my grinded bud in the first bag, but when we filled the second bag, it wasn't a problem.
The Devastation:
Well guys, its sad to report that after the unit had been off for an hour since its last use, we turned it on to start vaping again. After about 10 minutes, i noticed the light on the unit was still green, which means it hasn't heated up yet. Well, long story short, My unit broke. I contacted Herblaire immediately, and reached a rep from their company in Canada. After explaining my problem to the gentleman, he asked me some questions and said hes extremely surprised this happened, and couldn't stop apologizing. after some questions, he determined my unit had in fact broken somehow, and ordered me a new unit immediately. The guy from herbalaire said since the new unit started shipping in January, this is the first reported break, which is pretty good considering they sold 20,000 units in January. he felt really bad the unit died on me the first day, but did everything in his power to make me happy, which did keep me satisfied
This unit does come with a 3 year warranty, just in case anything like this does happen, and if it does, be rest assured the HerbalAire customer service is AMAZING! A++++++++++
I will have to postpone this review until then, but the good news is I ordered the "high output pump" and tri-bag fill system to add to my review. So the next addition to this will be me testing the stock pump vs high output pump on 1 bag, and 3 bags.
I will also show everyone how to make HUGE bags for less than .99 a bag
Also just wanted to mention, Up to this point, I still believe the herbalaire is one of the best vapes Ive used, despite mine breaking so soon, but I will make a full and final decision once my new one arrives
I'm open for comments and requests.
To find out more information on the Herbalaire h2.1 or to order yours, visit http://herbalaire.com/tri.htm
Keep medicating
HfB
The item in question is the new Herbalaire h2.1 with new stock pump included (as of 01/01/2010). This item has been out for several years, and in the past has been compared to high end vapo's like the Volcano, despite its $250 price.
Just a little history...In the past I have had a volcano(classic), SSV, a cheap hotbox from ebay, and a Vapir handheld vape. Out of the lot, the volcano was the one that lasted, and it eventually broke after 4 years of amazing service. I have used an herbalaire in the past and was pretty impressed by the efficiency of the device, but I did have two problems with the device.
1. The Stock Pump - Man this thing wasn't my cup of tea on the old herbalaire. It did the job, but filled bags in 3-5 minutes, which frankly was too long for me.
2. Bags - These things are not very big, nor made that well. They seemed to break at the seems after a while, but then again, my storing techniques were poor.
Well, lets get to this new device, and the changes herbalaire ltd have made to it. I noticed this month that they changed the stock pump as of January 2010, so I jumped on this device. At $250, and being compared to the volcano, i just had to buy it and see if it was really worth the cheese, and to see if it had improved over the old one.
Let me say when this thing arrived the box was SMALL! Opening it is quite exciting, despite its incredibly small size, which I quite like. To put it in perspective for you, the entire box this thing came in, with parts and all is about the size of a volcano unit itself
In the box they include the following parts:
1. Herbalaire Unit
2. Teflon mouthpeice and 2 teflon straw attachments for the bags
3. Pump (no fans here guys, just like an aquarium pump)
4. Tubing
5. Whip
6. 5 bags and clamps to make your own
7. Little metal spike, they call it a cleaning tool
8. Crucible (bowl)
9. Instructions
The Results:
Well, hooking it up, everything looks cool, you get to use it as a whip style vape, or a bag fill system. When turning the unit on, you will see a tri-colored LED light that will let you know whats going on with the temperature of your device. Green means the device is heating up, and not at the right temp. Red means the unit has gotten too hot, or is at too high of a heat setting. the light will turn amber when the temperature set is reached, and my temp of choice is 375 degrees. The device heated up in about 2 and a half minutes, and I loaded the crucible(bowl) with about .5 of some herbs. I attached the bag and turned the pump on. The first thing out of my mouth was, This pump is fantastic! Immediately after turning on the pump, thick vapor started filling the bag, at a very impressive rate. about 2 minutes later, the bag was completely full of thick vapor.
Taking off the bag, I noticed the mouthpiece to be quite hot, but I gave it 5 seconds, and put my lips on it, and took a big hit, and it wasn't hot enough to bother me, but I think that is going to depend on the user, because it is quite warm.
The hits off this thing are AMAZING! We ended up filling two bags with the .5 grams of herb, and were blazed enough to take a break for quite a while. After emptying the crucible, we discovered the herbs we stuck in came out quite brown, and no burns on it, which is pretty cool. What I did read in the instructions (found out the hard way first) is that with this device, you DO NOT need to break up your herbs before using this device. My unit spit a little of my grinded bud in the first bag, but when we filled the second bag, it wasn't a problem.
The Devastation:
Well guys, its sad to report that after the unit had been off for an hour since its last use, we turned it on to start vaping again. After about 10 minutes, i noticed the light on the unit was still green, which means it hasn't heated up yet. Well, long story short, My unit broke. I contacted Herblaire immediately, and reached a rep from their company in Canada. After explaining my problem to the gentleman, he asked me some questions and said hes extremely surprised this happened, and couldn't stop apologizing. after some questions, he determined my unit had in fact broken somehow, and ordered me a new unit immediately. The guy from herbalaire said since the new unit started shipping in January, this is the first reported break, which is pretty good considering they sold 20,000 units in January. he felt really bad the unit died on me the first day, but did everything in his power to make me happy, which did keep me satisfied
This unit does come with a 3 year warranty, just in case anything like this does happen, and if it does, be rest assured the HerbalAire customer service is AMAZING! A++++++++++
I will have to postpone this review until then, but the good news is I ordered the "high output pump" and tri-bag fill system to add to my review. So the next addition to this will be me testing the stock pump vs high output pump on 1 bag, and 3 bags.
I will also show everyone how to make HUGE bags for less than .99 a bag
Also just wanted to mention, Up to this point, I still believe the herbalaire is one of the best vapes Ive used, despite mine breaking so soon, but I will make a full and final decision once my new one arrives
I'm open for comments and requests.
To find out more information on the Herbalaire h2.1 or to order yours, visit http://herbalaire.com/tri.htm
Keep medicating
HfB
Another A++ as far as customer service goes, the turn around was quick....most other companies give you a stupidly long 5-15 business day turn around time.
First off, I'm just going to go over the new Items I got, as well mention a few features and info I wanted to mention. I also wanted to mention this review will be a new style of review, a "perpetual" review if you will. I will constantly update it with new pictures and tests if requested. Lets get to business...
Thanks man. You will have to post and tell us the difference between that vapirone of yours vs your new herbalaire 
