solar vaping is the baddest ass vaping technique

[SnSstealth]

I love solar rips...But I think dan is talking about actually vaporizing the herb, leaving it intact. I have never tried this...sounds like I get to experiment later!!! thanks for the technique idea!!! I have solar ripped for a few years, never tried to vape with it though...
whiskeytango

[solar dan]

i'm not really sure what to call it.
'rip' sounds good because it correctly implies a really strong sensation (a one-hit headrush), and also the intensity of the solar energy.
by subtly manipulating the intensity of the heat with which u hit the bud with the solar method, u can go from subtly vaping to scorching the herb with pin-point accuracy.
i usually use a 3.5inch magnifyier and i torch it as slow or as fast as i can inhale the smoke (or, depending on whatever kind of hit i feel like taking). on the other hand, if i wanna vape under the hot noon sun, a 1inch magnifyier actually works better, because the herb is less likely to catch fire.
the beauty in this method is that you can have it any way you like it (depending only on the sun). it must also say, however, that it takes a bit of skill to pull a smokeless drag - u'd need to throttle back your fire and breathe very slowly.
even when i 'torch' the herb (and i keep torching as-i-go - until i'm done inhaling), i get much, much higher potency from the herb. but i also get smoke, which i happen not to mind too much. it is, however, some of the mildest and least irritating smokes there is.
so if you want to define vaping as smokeless inhalation, then my method is not strictly a vaping method. but all the vaporizers i've seen do put out some smoke.
i tend to define vaping a bit more loosely as smoking it just right - to perfection, without overheating, with clean energy.
the increase in the amount of smoke through solar vaping/ripping is significant - but then so is the potency of the hit. so, if u look at it that way, its more like high-intensity vaping.
also good vaping often involves breathing a lot of vaporized air (like aroma therapy) - solar vaping is usually just one long drag to about a lung-full.
i hope this helped.

[TheMetal1]

my method is not strictly a vaping method....

I like your thread and I have enjoyed using the sun as a source of ignition for years.... but I hope you aren't claiming that this is 'your' method. I was first introduced to this at least 10 years ago.... and that was from someone who has been experimenting with sun techniques for years. That's just me. I'm sure there are others that were shown this from an elder.

So, do you mean... your specific style of using a magnifying glass to heat cannabis? Or in fact, this is your original technique?

Side note: I find it next to impossible to go the entire session without myself, or another, igniting the bud. The first few hits, when heat is seriously controlled are very nice and tasty... but between decreasing plant matter, progressive heating of the smoking device, and the "Noob factor"... we pretty much always see smoke. Good stuff though :thumbsup:

[solar dan]

thanks theMetal1 for giving me the opportunity to clarify that i claim no originality for solar hits.
as for my method - i do, indeed, recommend vaping the herb throughout the entire inhale - if you call that a 'method,' and to try and burn only as much as one inhales.
a 'regular hit,' imo, starts cold and should end cold (so that the herb burns only as long as one inhales), and i advocate trying to capture all of the vapor and smoke. (occasionally that may require to put the fire out.) but, when i go for a big hit, under a strong sun, i just open up the solar torch and i scorch the entire bowl. anything in between is a combination of vapor and smoke, as desired, and as controlled by the synching of the drag/inhale and the amount of solar fire.

[Markass]

I'm guessing it's environmentally safe as well??:thumbsup:

[schighguy]

thanks schighuy! that's a good way of putting it. permission 2 use?

solar rip? Its a term i picked up from Grass Valley, and im sure theyd want you to pass it onimp:

After actually re-reading this thread, i have answered my own question.....ahh the joys of reading comprehension!!

Im gonna have to bust out my magnifying sheet this afternoon

[Mcnizzlebery]

I tryed this out. It makes for some tastey hits. But i noticed there is no 'just got ya high' on the poll so i didnt fill anything out. Just gets you high with out butane. Thanks for the info and make surenot to burn yourself. The sun is powerfull when you concentrate it.

Edit: and come on, 2000% increase in potency? Thats pretty funny.

[solar dan]

it is definitely the greenest way to deliver thc....!
i just got through the solfest @ solar living institute in nor.cali., where i set up a 'solar fire station' - a 4inch magnifier on a pole, and where i preached solar vaping for 2days in a row to a very receptive audience. i introduced solar vaping as an exercise in hand-eye-lung coordination..... and that pretty much conveyes the essence of the magic.

[dagshet]

anybody try a glass rod with a butane or mapp torch? beats when the sun isnt around. IMHO solar vaping or torch vaping is the most excellent way to get the most taste out of your bud! did i mention grinding gives it a good burn too?

[solar dan]

to Mcnizzlebery:

if you 'just got hi,' you probably didn't vape. try taking one long drag, with the magnifier, so that you capture all the vapor and smoke that is emitted - a "zero-emission" hit, accomplished with simple hand-eye-lung coordination.

as to effeciency, 4x efficiency of thc delivery through vaping, on 1/4 of stash, equals a 16x increase, which is 1600%. maybe, it is 3x efficiency, on 1/7th of bud.... (it is hard to measure such things exactly). anyway, imho, a 2000% increase in efficiency is not an empty claim. solar vaping is truely a (solar) pipe dream...

to dagshet: i agree! a hot glass rod is the 'green' night-time substitute for solar vaping. would be nice to have a magnifier with a glass handle for 24/7 vaping....