what is the best vacuum pump for BHO purging?

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adam soza

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2013

• #21

As long as your happy with the purchase bro, that's what counts.

 

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adam soza

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2013

• #22

2Kushed said:

If you want to know what China smells like go to Harbor Freight.

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Hahahhahaaha

 

openhorizon

Active Member

• Aug 20, 2013

• #23

adam soza said:

As long as your happy with the purchase bro, that's what counts.

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Definitely happy with these muffins. They are my first few runs. I expect improvement with more runs.

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #24

Fadedawg said:

Robinair makes a decent pump and 8cfm is certainly a handy size. You don't need a two stage, but it will work fine. We use a Robinair 15500 5 cfm two stage for some of our stuff.

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I was just about to order the 15500 Robinair but a few negative reviews on amazon stopped me (like oil smoke and only reaching 25hg). My current gast pump quit pulling 29hg and I'm looking for a reliable 2-stage and not break the bank, I'm only using a vac it pro, do you think I'll be fine with the 15500?

 

vacpurge

New Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #25

the 15500 is such over kill, even a stage 2 pump is overkill. 29" is plenty of vacuum to be working with.

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #26

I respect your opinion VP, what would your recommendation be for a pump to do the job just fine in my vac it pro chamber. My current pumps only go to 25hg. Thanks in advance

 

vacpurge

New Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #27

just something fairly cheap, should only have to spend 100$ or so... those 500$ pumps are way overkill and just wasting money for making BHO.

what is your elevation?? have you tried changing your pumps oil? are you sure there isnt an air leak anywhere? sometimes even just a 98% vacuum is the best. at a 99.5% vacuum, THC will boil away at something crazy low like 10 or 15F.

I have had awesome results with a cheap chinese no name one from harbor freight.

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #28

I'm around 2000 ft elevation. These pumps I have I am not sure that you can oil them, they're not typical vacuum pumps, I don't know what the hell they were used for but they were in my boat storage space being thrown away. I really try to avoid harbor freight, Mainly I hate going to that side of town, it's a full day trip. I was looking at the 15300 Robinair for 150$ @ amazon

 

vacpurge

New Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #29

well if its that cheap, I would get it. I thought those robinairs were like 400+ I paid 110$ for my no name chinese one.... so hell yeah if its only 150$

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #30

Okay cool, thanks for the solid advice man. Loving the help here at RIU!

 

Twitch

Well-Known Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #31

vacpurge said:

well if its that cheap, I would get it. I thought those robinairs were like 400+ I paid 110$ for my no name chinese one.... so hell yeah if its only 150$

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i think mine was 150 or 160 with tax, i agree i think anything over 250 is over kill

 

vacpurge

New Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #32

also, if youre at 2000 feet, same as me, max vacuum you can pull is 28.7 or so. so your gauge will never go past 28.5 ish... but thats a full vacuum... so once your gauge is at 28" that would be roughly enough and I wouldnt panic if youre only seeing 28"

25" is a hair low though.

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #33

I just ordered it, 113$ after my amazon points and shipping, I'm stoked to say the least! Yeah I don't think I could justify paying twice that either, it's nice and all but 200-250$ is a decent amount of product that I can use! Good to know that the gauge won't go to 29 because of altitude, I would have been scratching my head on that one for awhile

 

vacpurge

New Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #34

yeah were already at like a 1.2" vacuum @ 2000 feet... so we pull 28.7 more and theres your 29.9"

thats a hell of a price, I didnt know amazon did points. pretty cool.

 

colonuggs

Well-Known Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #35

on ebay $75 to ur door .... Single Stage 3 CFM 1/4HP Rotary Vane Vacuum Pump

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #36

I'm not a huge fan of eBay, had a few bad experiences with sellers a long time ago. I buy a lot of crap off amazon and I finally decided to cash in my reward points. You get like a dollar for every hundred you spend or something....

 

Twitch

Well-Known Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #37

nme said:

I'm not a huge fan of eBay, had a few bad experiences with sellers a long time ago. I buy a lot of crap off amazon and I finally decided to cash in my reward points. You get like a dollar for every hundred you spend or something....

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i am not a huge fan of buying stuff online, plus i got a 3 year warranty if it fucks up, which it has, i get a new one from the store that day. no sending it back because these fuckers are heavy

 

nme

Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #38

Trust me twitch I would like to buy locally but I don't drive, I might kill someone trying too! I have found that it is easier on my wife and I to order online than to drive around town for most the shopping

 

vacpurge

New Member

• Sep 17, 2013

• #39

yeah ordering online is the best thing ive ever done... and worst thing on my bank account. need something? anything, some random crazy weird piece.. find it in 2 minutes, pay tonight and have it shipped in the morning, providing shipping isnt a deal breaker, and you can afford to wait a week or so. I love it!!!! especially being in canada... your guys' prices in the states are fucking lowww!!! like 40% off everything, or more.

 

Malevolence

New Member

• Sep 20, 2013

• #40

I'm about to buy equipment, probably going to get the robinair 15300 I guess... what is a good vacuum chamber, and do I need anything else for it like gauges or hoses or anything?