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Here is a quick tutorial for all wooden top VGs
The VaporGenie uses heat from the flame of your butane lighter. Use a lighter that produces an ordinary yellow candle flame. Torch style lighters (pinpoint blue flame) burn too hot and can damage your VaporGenie. Because “flint” sparks contain toxic rare earth metals, we strongly recommend using lighters with click / electronic ignition rather than lighters with flint wheels. See the this page for more info about lighters. Adjust the gas valve for a flame about one inch (25 mm) tall. Now your ready to vaporize!
1) Unscrew the spherical top from the bowl and set the top aside.
2) Lightly pack the bowl with shredded tobacco. Shredded tobacco has a high surface area that aids the vaporization process. Do not over-fill or pack tightly. Vaporization works best when the heated air can reach all surfaces of the tobacco.
3) Screw the top back onto the pipe. Do not screw it tightly, a perfect air seal is not necessary.
4) Inhale slowly and constantly while supplying flame to the filter sphere. One draw should be about 6-8 seconds long. It is important to inhale constantly. It is helpful to move the flame around to get the most uniform heating. Do not touch the flame to the ceramic filter. This is important because touching the flame to the ceramic filter will create soot that can eventually clog the filter. Soot will also create a bad taste. See this page for more info on soot.
Pay attention to the flavor and mouth sensations, and adjust flame application accordingly. Flavor and mouth sensations indicate the temperature within the pipe.
The temperature can be varied in two ways:
1) Applying more or less flame. Flame can be applied in pulses.
2) Inhaling faster or slower. Inhaling slower creates hotter temperatures.
- If you don't feel like you are inhaling anything, then the temperature is too low.
- So...inhale slower, or use a bigger flame.
- If you inhale smoke, or taste a burned flavor, then the temperature is too high.
- So...inhale faster, or use a smaller flame.
It requires a little bit of practice, but its not rocket science.
It is normal to exhale slightly visible blue vapor. Typically, this visible vapor is not smoke, but rather is made of oils and flavor compounds vaporized from the tobacco.
When the smoking material turns black, it is spent and there is nothing left but bad stuff. Dump it out.
Between hits, it is helpful to stir and redistribute the tobacco. This will assure uniform vaporization.
Always remember:
1) Do not touch the flame to the ceramic filter.
2) With a large flame, inhale faster.
3) With a small flame, inhale slowly.
4) Your toke should be about 6-8 seconds long.tobacco. This will assure uniform vaporization.
