Newbie first time use questions - Iolite

[leadmagnet]

Healthier than squandering your money on beer not that you won't find yourself doing that too. So far I'm quite happy with my Iolite and my Extreme Q. Going on seven or eight months or so without any problems with either.

leadmagnet Reviewed by leadmagnet on 11-30-2010. Newbie first time use questions - Iolite Hi, let me start by saying I have never smoked anything so when I say I'm new, I'm really new to marijuana completely. I just bought an Iolite because a friend with MS said a vaporizer was the best way to go and it was the most I could afford. First off I'm wondering how much do I put in the bowl the first time, if I'm planning on starting off slow and only taking a couple of hits? Also, if there is extra after I take a couple of hits still in the bowl, what do I do with it? Can it be used Rating: 5

[bigfred12]

I engineered a soft drink cup into a portable vape so I can enjoy my hobby while shopping or whatever.

My iolite sits in the cup propped up and cushioned. I have an extension that comes out of the cover that looks like a straw.

This way I can walk around vaping away and it looks like I am sucking up some diet pepsi.

This sounds like my kind of an idea! Can you give us directions?

[bruce48]

I am up to v1.5 with my iolite-in-a-cup job.

I took a large sized soft drink cup and glued styrofoam packing peanuts to the sides and bottom of the cup to cradle my IO securely.

I had to splay open an assortment of straws to attach to the IO mouthpiece before I found the right fit as it needs to fit snugly.

I am trying different sound deadening techniques to quell the hissing sound so I can continue to vape while in a movie house.

The IO is quite the elegant solution.

[Hereretic]

First of all I strongly suggest you return the Iolite and get a Vapir No2. Don't worry if you can't do that--the Iolite works fine. But the Vapir is much easier to use, though not as inconspicuous.

As for the Iolite here are main things to consider. Don't overfill. You will have a hard time getting a good draw. I fill the bowl full, but I don't pack it...just loose fluff. Don't think you can get away without grinding the weed. You need to give it a good grind and have a nice, fluffy herb.

Give it a good warm up before you load the herb. I let it go a couple of minutes, then put in the preloaded bowl. Then let it go a minute, then take a vape.

Give it a rest between vapes. This isn't steady heat like electric. It runs on Butane and you have to give it time to regulate back to vaping temp.

Empty it hot. If you let it sit loaded the screen gets really gunked up and the draw becomes painfully slow. Key to happy Ioliting is keeping the system clean.

Again, for ease of draw and at home use I strongly recommend Vapir No2. It is faster and easier than Iolite for sure. But the "battery" is worthless, so I have to use it plugged in. For travel and low profile the Iolite is great.

Hi, let me start by saying I have never smoked anything so when I say I'm new, I'm really new to marijuana completely. I just bought an Iolite because a friend with MS said a vaporizer was the best way to go and it was the most I could afford. First off I'm wondering how much do I put in the bowl the first time, if I'm planning on starting off slow and only taking a couple of hits? Also, if there is extra after I take a couple of hits still in the bowl, what do I do with it? Can it be used again later, or should I bake it in a brownie or something? My plan was just to take maybe two hits the first day and then maybe three the next day until I know how much works for me. Would this be a good plan? Any other advice you can give would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

[Feathers]

Hi, let me start by saying I have never smoked anything so when I say I'm new, I'm really new to marijuana completely. I just bought an Iolite because a friend with MS said a vaporizer was the best way to go and it was the most I could afford. First off I'm wondering how much do I put in the bowl the first time, if I'm planning on starting off slow and only taking a couple of hits? Also, if there is extra after I take a couple of hits still in the bowl, what do I do with it? Can it be used again later, or should I bake it in a brownie or something? My plan was just to take maybe two hits the first day and then maybe three the next day until I know how much works for me. Would this be a good plan? Any other advice you can give would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

I have an Iolite and I love it. It is so easy to use, plus I was able to find videos on youtube to visually "see" how it works.

If you are new to medicating with mmj, I would only fill the bowl at most halfway, perhaps as was suggested earlier have a buddy, and perhaps use a hybrid indica heavy strain (less likely to have a mental freak out as I have heard people have sometimes with sativas).

I let my Iolite heat up for about 45 seconds then I start inhaling from it.

I keep it going for about 10 minutes, then turn it off and let the last few heating times go through their cycle, still taking hits until it gets hard to inhale which I have always assumed means the vapors are gone.

I figure that the herb inside is going to lend out all of it's vapors, so I try to control the amount of what I take by the size of the bowl.

I have not used it in public only because my hubby says that he can smell a clear mmj smell when I use it. Perhaps I will get more brave the longer I have my iolite.

*Please realize that everything I wrote here is from my experience, not from a fact book :thumbsup:

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Feathers

[ukfibroman]

I have an Iolite and I love it. It is so easy to use, plus I was able to find videos on youtube to visually "see" how it works.

If you are new to medicating with mmj, I would only fill the bowl at most halfway, perhaps as was suggested earlier have a buddy, and perhaps use a hybrid indica heavy strain (less likely to have a mental freak out as I have heard people have sometimes with sativas).

I let my Iolite heat up for about 45 seconds then I start inhaling from it.

I keep it going for about 10 minutes, then turn it off and let the last few heating times go through their cycle, still taking hits until it gets hard to inhale which I have always assumed means the vapors are gone.

I figure that the herb inside is going to lend out all of it's vapors, so I try to control the amount of what I take by the size of the bowl.

I have not used it in public only because my hubby says that he can smell a clear mmj smell when I use it. Perhaps I will get more brave the longer I have my iolite.

*Please realize that everything I wrote here is from my experience, not from a fact book :thumbsup:

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Feathers

Thanks for the info - I suffer with fibromyalgia and am looking to start looking at using cannabis for pain relief so this info is brilliant!