Those other vaporizers

[asnider123]

I know on this and other E-cigge forums they always discuss e-juices and battery life and show off their newest mods. Me too!

But there is also whole other vaping experience: using heat to vaporize (but not hot enough to burn) finely ground tobacco and other flowers and herbs. In fact, Ebay is chock full of them. Paypal doesn't see anything wrong with solid vaporizers. Amazon.com sells them too.

I know there is a certain subculture that would use them for illicit purposes, but I bet an enterprizing stoner could make his own super-ejuice.

I guess the bottom line is .... why is Ebay and Paypal and even the FDA gunning for eciggies while they are leaving these other devices alone?

Heck, my thermadore is full of some nice pipe tobacco. If I can use it in a less harmful way, I might just break down and buy one of those doo-dads myself. Or, even better, perhaps I will make my own vaporizer. Nothing satisfies that tobacco craving like ... well, real tobacco.



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[permafrying]

the reason it works so well with other substances is because of the burning temp. of the ingredients most wanted... might work with tobacco but theres probably allot of other chemicals that burn allot lower then nic so you would be inhaling these to plus you wouldn't likely get the throat hit you would out of a pv or cigarette

 

[slumdog]

have tried thing like this, not very satisfying

 

[rolygate]

In a choice between an e-cig and a butane vaporizer, the e-cig is safer because you only get nicotine and a water-based mist. With a butane vaporizer, assuming you're using tobacco, you get other stuff in the tobacco plus carbon monoxide.

If you used home-grown unadulterated tobacco no doubt that would be better. Personally I'd rather add TE (tobacco essence, a DIY tobacco extract) to my e-liquid. That way you don't get the carbon monoxide, which is a result of burning all fossil fuels, and the reason why you can't use a butane gas fire, even a catalytic one, in a closed room - it kills you. Lots of people have been killed by them.

As removing CO from the equation is one of the reasons an e-cig is hundreds of times safer than tobacco, it doesn't make any sense to put it back in.

 

[MickeyRat]

There's also something called the Ploom out there. Here's a video review from Tropical Bob.

 

[asnider123]

Hi Rolygate,

I certainly agree with you about CO being bad stuff and the butane=powered vapes are not a good choice. Some of them, however, are powered by LiIon batts (as is the iTorch I pictured in my initial post) .. assuming you could control the temp adequately, I am thinking it just may work.

 

[asnider123]

There's also something called the Ploom out there. Here's a video review from Tropical Bob.

Try again, the link is not working, thanks

 

[Andyhrn]

Zico iTorch Portable Battery Powered Vaporizer - Black - Vaporizers

But I don't see how is this going to work with liquids?

 

[asnider123]

Zico iTorch Portable Battery Powered Vaporizer - Black - Vaporizers

But I don't see how is this going to work with liquids?

It ain't gonna work as far as I can tell. It's for finely ground tobacco or teas or other herbals

 

[permafrying]

that itorch looks pretty expensive for a battery powered vaporizer id check some local smoke shops if you were thinking about going that route. won't save allot in comparison but some. plus it doesnt look like you can control the temp. on it for liquids you'd deffinetaly want something that will get hotter unless im wrong about the temp control

 

[MickeyRat]

Try again, the link is not working, thanks

Okay, try this one then.