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Big Jew

I have digi vape. So i can see my temp settings as they go.

I feel I've been getting best results at around 360-380 degrees
I don't let my cool below 300 when inhaling so the thc is always releasing. I let my herb cook down to a dark brown almost black. I feel like I'm getting the most out of my herb leaning a little higher like this. I don't like leaving myself geussing if i got it all.

What's your perfect heat?

 

Buzzby

If your residue is almost black, you've probably got your heat set too high. You extract all of the THC faster at higher heat but you can also vaporize other components that will detract from your high. That's my experience.

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chadwick

i did some quick research on the temp that thc is released and it was about 365 degrees...wich is about the same temp i normaly use a vap at it keeps all the other chemicals out of the smoke and gets the majority of the thc out

and if it looks black wen ur done then the last five or so hits u took didnt get you any higher just smoke it to a medium brown and you should have gotten it all

Big Jew

have you guys thought much about the plastic vapor being inhaled from heating the plastic tubing?
300+ degrees is more then what these clear stock commercial tubes are rated for.

plastic vapors seem gross to me....

tokinGLX

hey big jew....just wondering where you are getting your information on the tubing from. i recall you asking us about it....did you contact some vape manufacturers and get the information from them about the heat rating of their tubing? also, looking back, seems you are using the vapezilla....i sure hope youre not basing your words just on your experience with that model/company.

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Buzzby

The tubing never seems to get that hot. It certainly never gets too hot to touch, which it certainly would if it were at 300+ degrees. Even the glass part that you hold to the heat source never gets too hot to touch.

I've never noticed any kind of "plastic" taste and neither have any of the other vapers with whom I've spoken.

According to the Merck Manual, the vaporization temperature of THC is 200ºC (392ºF).

tokinGLX

this article tells the boiling point of all of the canabinoids, as well as their function in the body

5drive

The 'food grade' tubing used with vapes doesn't get nearly hot enough to be an issue. The air cools rapidly after it passes the heating chamber.

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Big Jew

Well it is a concern of mine inhaling plastic fumes from heating the tube ( Iwould think there would be more concern from other Vape users on this topic).
If you look at the USplastics site you can see the heat limitations around most tubing being around 180 degrees before break down. This says to me the petroleum and other sysnthetics used in the tubing do break down from 300+ degree heat and becomes vapor as well.

I realize my Digi-Vapezilla is considered a knock off, but its treating me great!


http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/cat...e=18308&Page=1

5drive

It's not a concern because the tubing isn't exposed to 300+ heat. There's quite a bit of glass (heater tube and glass bowl/whip) between the heater and the tubing. Not only does glass absorb heat, but the heated air/vapor quickly cools once it leaves the heat source. If expensive heat resistant tubing were necessary for safety, you better believe vape makers would be jumping all over the issue, touting their 'safe' tubing while trashing the competition's 'cheap and dangerous' stuff. Any vaporizer produced by a company with a website, that you can contact by phone, and that has a warranty, will have safe, food-grade tubing to go with their product.

Since your Digi Vapor doesn't meet any of those qualifications, you may well want to upgrade your tubing. And if it makes you feel safer to get tubing that's rated for 400 degrees F, get some. It can't hurt.