Cough using Vaporizer

Iâ??ve had this problem any time I use my Ram vaporizer (similar to the Easy Vape). Iâ??ve been told to lower the temperature, (I lowered down to 300 & that didnâ??t help) and or donâ??t take deep breaths because the vapor expands in the lungs causing me to cough. I tried taking shallow breaths but after 30 min I canâ??t tell if Iâ??m even getting any vapor & I donâ??t feel any effect. I donâ??t know what Iâ??m doing wrong but I donâ??t enjoy using my vaporizer & I canâ??t smoke with my asthma.
I prefer the edibles but thatâ??s a hit & miss deal. Sometimes there good, sometimes not & I might as will have bought a Brownie from Vons for a dollar. I bought a 1 oz bottle of Indica Tincture & 1 oz Sative Tincture that was a waste of $80.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks, Mike

First thing I would do would be to get rid of that vape. It is a Chinese knock-off and as such, is suspect to contain toxic materials in it's construction.
You really have no idea what the temp is, because the temp displays are notoriously inaccurate.

With that said, if you do decide to keep it anyway, the best way to guage if you are at the right tempurature is to check your ABV (vaped bud) to see what color it is. If it's black, the temp is too high. If there is any green left, the temp is too low. Ideally, if you really want to be kind on your lungs, the ABV should end up being a golden brown color.

If I were in your situation I would:

-Turn the vape UP to at least 320 (320 is the temp at which THC is activated, so thats probably why you dont feel anything)
-Poke a very small hole (about 1mm diameter) in the hose to add a little air to the smoke. If one isn't enough to make you stop coughing, try two holes.

Just don't poke too many holes or none of the vapor will make it up the hose. you might also want to cover the holes when you aren't hitting or you'll lose some vapor.

You could always try making your own edibles as well, its much much cheaper and pretty easy.

good luck!

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Originally Posted by lwien123

First thing I would do would be to get rid of that vape. It is a Chinese knock-off and as such, is suspect to contain toxic materials in it's construction.
You really have no idea what the temp is, because the temp displays are notoriously inaccurate.

With that said, if you do decide to keep it anyway, the best way to guage if you are at the right tempurature is to check your ABV (vaped bud) to see what color it is. If it's black, the temp is too high. If there is any green left, the temp is too low. Ideally, if you really want to be kind on your lungs, the ABV should end up being a golden brown color.

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I hope its not toxic & the buds are a golden brown color

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Originally Posted by Faddenator

If I were in your situation I would:

-Turn the vape UP to at least 320 (320 is the temp at which THC is activated, so thats probably why you dont feel anything)
-Poke a very small hole (about 1mm diameter) in the hose to add a little air to the smoke. If one isn't enough to make you stop coughing, try two holes.

Just don't poke too many holes or none of the vapor will make it up the hose. you might also want to cover the holes when you aren't hitting or you'll lose some vapor.

You could always try making your own edibles as well, its much much cheaper and pretty easy.

good luck!

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Poke a very small hole at what end?
I do want to try making your own edibles

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Originally Posted by mc1548

Poke a very small hole at what end?
I do want to try making your own edibles

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That would probably be your best bet. Check out the recipie section. There are so many different things that are not only fun to make, but that should give you the results youre looking for. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by mc1548

I hope its not toxic & the buds are a golden brown color

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I too hope that it's not toxic. Golden brown is good. Vapor is very rich in THC, much more so than smoke, so there's going to be some lung expansion going on that could cause some coughing if you take in too big of a hit.

i cough, and i use my volcano. its just that no matter what your taking into your body a substance which has been heated to somewhere around 300 degrees. so like what affects me, its never the smoke, its the heat, my throat burns and my bronchial tubes can feel it, my lungs cough. especially after a long session. dont forget that your vaporizer is using heated air, which also dries out all your passage ways, try taking hot water hits from a bong, or have a cup of steaming water and inhale the steam when you feel the coughs coming.

If heat or dryness is an issue, you can always hook up your vape to a bong. Lots of people do it, including myself.

Coughing from a vaporizer is common because THC is an expectorant and there is a higher concentration in vapor from a vaporizer compared to smoke from smoking. If you dont want to cough up a lung, try hitting it and stop soon after u start to feel the vapor in the back of your throat. I hope that helped:rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by AbrandnewL

Coughing from a vaporizer is common because THC is an expectorant and there is a higher concentration in vapor from a vaporizer compared to smoke from smoking. If you dont want to cough up a lung, try hitting it and stop soon after u start to feel the vapor in the back of your throat. I hope that helped:rastasmoke:

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Thanks everyone for all the info, I think Iâ??m going to go with the edibles.

if your not having anyluck with ediables. try this. it will get you soooooooooooo medicated lol. first make some really stong butter. i use alot of top notch trim or just good buds. like a half oz. and 2 sticks of butter. melt it all down together chesse cloth out the particals if you want. i keep them in i like it.,,, so once your butters done then the magic happens. i make grilled chesse with the butter. or i make english muffin. i just heat up some butter in the pan and once its liquid i put the muffin on it to soak up all the butter and then i throw it in the toaster. spread peanut butter on it and its soooooo good. its way easyer to control how medicated you get.. and you dont have to eat a whole bunch of nasty brownies. the peanut butter english muffin you cant event taste the butter. and i use like 2 table spoons when im really hurting. and omg you will feel it alllllllllllll day lol:hippy:

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Originally Posted by derrickadam

if your not having anyluck with ediables. try this. it will get you soooooooooooo medicated lol. first make some really stong butter. i use alot of top notch trim or just good buds. like a half oz. and 2 sticks of butter. melt it all down together chesse cloth out the particals if you want. i keep them in i like it.,,, so once your butters done then the magic happens. i make grilled chesse with the butter. or i make english muffin. i just heat up some butter in the pan and once its liquid i put the muffin on it to soak up all the butter and then i throw it in the toaster. spread peanut butter on it and its soooooo good. its way easyer to control how medicated you get.. and you dont have to eat a whole bunch of nasty brownies. the peanut butter english muffin you cant event taste the butter. and i use like 2 table spoons when im really hurting. and omg you will feel it alllllllllllll day lol:hippy:

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I made some Cannabutter using 1 oz of $300 Green Crack to 4 sticks (1 lb) of butter. I wasnâ??t sure what receipt to use, some said cook for 1 hr, 2 hr, 4 hr, or 6 hr. Another said to sloooooow cook for 22 hrs so I used that one. It turned out very good & Iâ??ve been comparing it to the regular Brownies Iâ??d been buying. Doing the Math my home made Brownies cost 1/3 of what the store bought ones cost to get the same affect.

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Originally Posted by mc1548

I made some Cannabutter using 1 oz of $300 Green Crack to 4 sticks (1 lb) of butter. I wasn’t sure what receipt to use, some said cook for 1 hr, 2 hr, 4 hr, or 6 hr. Another said to sloooooow cook for 22 hrs so I used that one. It turned out very good & I’ve been comparing it to the regular Brownies I’d been buying. Doing the Math my home made Brownies cost 1/3 of what the store bought ones cost to get the same affect.

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some of you guys can brag about the great strains you get to use,, and the prices you can pay. let me tell you,, for sinsi any strain, dried/cured well, will cost me 380-450 an oz here in upstate ny. so when some of say your extra good high quality bud at 250 or 350 an oz is,, well,we get th crap you wont buy,and pay 3 times the price for.

just a thought.
~R~

Hi. I just purchased a hot box. First there was no effect, then last night I started using it and saw vapor come out. Hot box says this should not happen. I am leaving the box on because nothing seemed to happen and I thought maybe the temp was too low. I cannot say about VAPE( I am a newbie started on Saturday)but wonder if at first the temp was too low and then today was too hot. I also did't know what the best type of product was. I just inhaled a whole lungfull of GREEN leaves and it hurt and burned like hell. Didn't do that at first.....

i gotta agree with lwien123 when they say that you should ditch that vape and get a good one. that isn't something that i would suggest vaping out of personally but i haven't used it so it's hard to say. i'd use something like this Extreme Q because you could push some light vapor into the bag, give it a sec to cool, and then slowly take hits as you feel like it. i think this might be a better approach but honestly if you have asthma you might just want to stick with the edibles. then again, i'm not a doctor so don't listen to me lol

Sativa is fairly good for asthma, i have it, PFaK was really good for it.

After taking a 'break,' I can tell my lungs enjoyed it. Coughing must have more to do with the size of 'rips.' I seldom cough and never with the vape. With the exception of the real potent meds.:rasta: pr

Have a vapezilla & a super vapezilla & never ever cough? The temp should be low enough where there is No Smoke Visible! If ya see smoke it's cooking & might as well be blasting a blunt. With that said vaporizing is best for the body sans a good edible or tincture but the later could be quite expensive if not a grower. Using a cheapo vape is fairly insane IMHO & yea..... Tons of cheap knock offs out thar. Want medical grade glass (Pyrex) & the tubing should be made of silicone as well cuz when the 2 are heated they do not release vapors. Further, the more expensive vaporizers have either Pyrex internal components or whatever else (crap). Be careful especially with asthma. Don't wanna expire!

Sic Semper Tyranus

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