gfish15

it really is an amazing unit. im glad your loving it.

TYSM

Ive been using mine for a few months now, but really its major major flaw is the fact that you dont get high enough. Which sort of defeats the main purpose.

Lets face it, it takes 2-3 minutes to burn and smoke a 500mg bowl of weed if you torched the whole thing and shared with friends etc, but the same amount of weed in the iolite will last as long as 20 minutes or more, but even tho it is a more efficient usage of same amount of weed, it gets distributed to you in small bursts over the course of as before, 20 min or so.
So, in reality, by the time you start consuming all your efficient weed vapor, you are already coming off the high, which was not that big in the first place.

I usually get a...confused dopey mind numb feling when vaping, it does impair me a bit, and its not as awesome as smoking up.

And im not entirely sure it vaporizes all the weed off the bud. I dont think it does, or should get hotter.

Thoughts?

TYSM

Id also like to add that even tho it seems like you dont get proper hits when inhaling, the best way to check is taking a nice big hoot and blowing it out under a strong light source. That way you can see a nice cloud and see if you actually are getting a hit or not. Its usualyl pretty hard to see in the day light.

The first 2 or 3 hits I get I usually exhale a pretty impressive vapor cloud, the reason you cant feel it is due to the lack of heat, and chemicals I would imagine. But taste, yeah its quite nicer for sure.

Also, I think this thing is bets used solo. In group of 2 or more it just wont keep up.

5drive

If you've never used a fixed temp vape you may be used to higher temps. I've got both types, and with leftovers from the iolite or PD I can crank up the SSV's temp (or herbalAire) and get a few more hits. As for the high, I get plenty of it from this vape. But I also know the difference between the high and low temp highs, and usually prefer the latter. A good part of the extra effect from higher temps is due to increased amounts of various toxins.

While it's not a typical home vape, it does have a good size bowl and can provide some nice hits. My preferred vape is the Purple-Days, with a much smaller bowl than the io, so I would disagree that the io falls short as a primary vape. Big hits are not #1 on everyone's list. If my budget was restricted to one vape and I really wanted portability, I could certainly live with the iolite. Its niche is certainly as a stealth portable though. I very rarely use it at home.

But since it's kind of rare to hear someone who's familiar with a few different vapes complain about the iolite, you may have a defective unit. Is your ABV a nice medium brown?

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Outkasted

I've been trying to get this bastard to work for like 2 hours, it WILL NOT glow orange, it's starting to really piss me off. $250, and I get a goddamn butane waster...

*Edit - Of coarse it works right after I get mad enough to post about it.... I hope I continue to have luck with it, I'll post impressions in a bit.

Well after the ordeal of trying to get this thing to work properly, I was pretty stressed out. I am no longer stressed out... I am now quite impressed with the iolite. I like the quick heat up time, and the automatic reheat seems pretty impressive. The unit does border uncomfortable when it heats up, but it never burned my hand. I only loaded about .2g, my draws were not very thick, and I was exhaling hardly any visible vapors. The herb did vape quite well though, and looks fairly done. If I were to put it into my Vapir I could probably get a bag out of it if I really roasted it, but I have no problem pitching this stuff. I like the extra's that came with the unit, some cleaning tools, extra screens, and a pretty nice padded carry case. It's compact, light, and looks sweet (I got a lime green model). At $250, I was a little reluctant to hand over the cash, but if it starts to work right consistantly, I would consider it a sound investment towards my personal entertainment. I wish I could give this a 9/10, but I did screw with it for quite a while before it worked, so I would have to rate it 6/10 for now.

TYSM

So...what went wrong originally?

Outkasted

Who knows, I tried to fire it up this morn with no luck, I think I'm going to try to take it back today, but I would imagine I'm going to have to fuck around with sending it back to the manufacturer, which really sucks as I want to just use the device.

Outkasted

Well me and some friends went back to the place I got it but it was closed early for a jazz fest. Luckily, we hung out in the lot just messing with it trying to get it to work, and the owner came out and asked if I was happy with it, well I told him what was up and he took it inside and came back out like ten minutes later and handed me it, told me it would work. I was like WTF... but he told me he replaced the internals, and now it should be all good. It looks like he just grabbed me a new one, but who knows. It's working every time and I'm pretty stoked about it. (Buy from locals!)

5drive

Some iolite dealers are replacing defective units and some are referring owners to iolite for warranty service. Since they're made in Ireland, and service/replacement could take a while, it may be worth it to find out if the reseller will do warranty replacement (I guarantee the guy didn't replace "the internals"-he may have switched your herb chamber and mouthpiece onto a new unit at most).

As for buying locally, better pricing is available online. Vaporstore and Gotvape are honoring warranties (probably Vapenow too, although I haven't checked), and discounts are available from Vaporstore, Vapenow and some other dealers. You can get one for about $156 from grasscity through July 15th with 'survey 420' as a coupon code. They're going for $190 or a little less on eBay with Best Offer auctions. There's a good bit of mark-up on this vape and good deals can be had if you shop around.

2xJones

I am thinking of looking at one of these units that someone is tying to sell ("used once"). What are the issues to look for with this vape? If it glows orange after you click it on, should I assume its good to go?

Edit: OK, sealed the deal and I am now the proud owner. Dang thing heats up quick!! Too bad I can't use it until after my UA