Vaporizer Instructions - How To Get the Best Draw
There are a few key steps to proper vaporization. If you follow these steps you will soon be getting a perfect vapor draw from your Vapor Brothers or Vapor Doc vaporizer.
Step 1. Grind Herbs Properly
This is one of the most important and often overlooked steps for proper vaporization. Our Sweet Leaf Grinders grind your herbs to a perfect consistency every time and they are even available as a herb grinder with storage area. If you do not have an herb grinder you can use a coffee grinder, but make sure you only give it a couple quick spins, you don’t want to grind it so much that it becomes a powder and will fall through the screen. If you don’t have either of those scissors will work or even your fingers, just make sure the herbs are ground to a nice consistency with no clumps.
Step 2. Turn on the Vaporizer
Turn on your Vapor Brothers or Vapor Doc vaporizer and turn the knob all the way to the right (the higest temperature). For the Vapor Doc there is an on off switch, the vaporbrothers just gets turned on by rotating the knob.
Step 3. Load your Whip/Handpiece
The handpiece (called whip in the case of the VaporBrothers) is the glass piece with the plastic tubing and mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is the smaller of the two ends. The handpiece will have a screen about an inch or two from the end. Take some of the herbs you have ground up and place them on this screen. I suggest only using a small amount as it will provide more even vaporization. 1/8″ is plenty at one time. If you have one of the vapordoc style stirr and pack tools use the perl end to lightly pack the herbs in place. Vaporbrothers users can use a pencil eraser or something similar. Once your herbs have been loaded you are ready to vaporize.
Step 4. Vaporize!
This is really more than one step and I will go through them here. The first step is to wait for your vaporizer to get hot, in the case of units with a metal heating element the element will glow red. Whichever unit you have it should be hot enough to use within 5 minutes, 10 minutes tops. The hand piece is then held up to the end of the heating element, and you place the mouthpiece at the end of the plastic tube in your mouth. It is not neccessary to hold the handpiece parallel with the heating element, you can hold it level with the ground and thus avoid any backspill of herbs onto the heating element. The only important factor is that you can draw air over the element heating it which then in turn heats your herbs as it passes over them. This is the next step; draw hot air over the herbs, thus creating the vapor, and down the tube into your lungs. After you have taken your vapor draw you may pull the handpiece away from the unit and thus avoid keeping any heat on the herbs when you are not drawing vapor. The overall process is simple however getting the right draw is a science and each person has their own preferred method. Next I will discuss mine.
Getting the Right Vapor Draw
As I stated everyone has their own preferred method. The VaporBrothers instructions instruct you to turn the unit down slightly after it has heated up and then to take your draw. This way works well, however it’s not my favorite. My favorite way to use the vaporizer is to leave it turned up all the way, and then to take a very fast and long draw. As I continue my draw the element may cool down and then I will slow my draw. This varying of the draw speed is the key to vaporizing and what you will have to experiment with on your own.
Here are the basic rules:
Hot element: draw fast to avoid burning the herbs, as the element cools you can slow your draw.
Slow element: draw slow to create the vapor, however if you draw to slow on a hot element you will burn the herbs and create smoke.
Experiment with different temperatures and draw speeds and within a few trials you will find the one that fits you best.
How do I know when the herbs are spent?
This is one of the most frequent questions that goes along with vaporizing. It’s hard to really say as it varies with the herbs you are using but here are a few guidlines:
Color: If herbs change color from green to brown they are probably spent (if they go to black you have gone too far)
Flavor: Many herbs will develop a distinct flavor after their essential contents have been extracted. For many herbs this may resemble the flavor of burnt popcorn. It’s not really pleasant so you want to learn how to realize your herbs are spent before getting this far.
Vapor: This is actually one of the methods I find most usefull. When the herbs are becomming spent, vaporizing them at the normal temperature fails to produce any more vapor. Don’t force vapor by drawing slow on a hot element, all you are doing then is burning the material and inhaling all the stuff we were attempting to avoid inhaling by vaporizing.
I think you will find that once you give your VaporBrothers or VaporWarez/VaporDoc vaporizer a few tries you will get the hang of it very quickly. They work great and provide a great vapor draw every time for the experienced operator. Feel free to contact us with questions regarding using your vaporizer, we are happy to help everyone get the best out of their vaporizer.
March 10th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
when vaporizing i do see some smoke- is that the “mist” i keep reading about or is this cacinogenic smoke. how much “mist” should be seen. thanks so much, a newly vaporized convert
March 11th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
how long does a vapordoc last? like before it starts to brake and stuff do they last a long time?
March 19th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
i vapored some shampoo, and it made my room smell nice. what else can i use?
March 28th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
what are the 2 foam pads that come with Volcano Vaporizer
May 22nd, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Thanks! Your info was the most helpful and thorough out of the dozen or more sites I went to. Vaya con Dios!
June 29th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Hey, why do you guys only promote TWO vaps. There are a lot more out there (that I think are better). Some that require no grinding and no temp control, plus your smoking out of plastic, not good my friend. Check out Happy Vappy. Easy to use great for the lungs! Keep on truckin!
July 12th, 2006 at 11:23 am
My VaporBrother Vaporizer was purchased in November of 04. December of 05 I needed to have the heating element replaced. Now in July of 06 I need to replace the heating element again. I’m getting tired of replacing the element. How can I get a longer life? Leave it on all day? Turn it off, or down, after each time I use it? I asked VaporBrothers and they said it should be able to left on all day. billybob posted that we were smoking out of plastic–mine is a full glass on glass experience. I’m packaging my vaporizer to send it in, along with $24, for a new heating element. Once I vaporized, no other method compares. Guess Im hooked.
September 9th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
i vaporized some poo and it made my room smell bad.. what else could i vape?
September 19th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
I have been using the Vaporbrothers vaporizer for about 5 years now. I’ve gone through several vaporizers. Not cause they die, but cause I keep giving them away to my friends! The first vaporizer I had, the heating element would die on me once a year, or every other year. I don’t know when they changed their heating elements, but I haven’t had to send a vaporizer in for repair since 2003. I think they call it the “Gnes” or something. I don’t know much about that stuff, but I do know that my vaporizer has been working perfectly! I give several vaporizers away to my friends and they haven’t had any problems either!! Seems like the evolution of the Vaporbrothers vaporizer is coming along quite nicely!!
October 19th, 2006 at 7:03 am
I love my VaporBrothers! I probably bought mine in 03, stored it until 04, and used it at LOT until 10/06, when the heating element has given up. Tough, simple, elegant design. My only complaint is that the whip is hard to clean, and screens are hard to change.
I once saw a custom glass whip version where the whip unscrewed at the place where the screen is set, leaving two pieces that were easily cleaned and put back into service. Any chance VW will be selling such whips?
October 28th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
Hey guys smoking is fucking gay. You guys are all pathetic losers and your killing your body with each and every hit. I hope you die 20 years before me and I hate you all. STRAIGHTEDGE FOR LIFE
631 896 6424
November 2nd, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Thanks, these are good instructions. Vaporizing is definitely a skill you pick up on the way. Gary’s right, smoking is gay, although I’m not, but I do enjoy to smoke on top of vaping. Fills in the buzz if you know what I mean.
November 12th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
OMG!!
My best friend and I are using his new vapor bros. vaporiser right now !!!
It totally rocks -
Smoking is gay, and so are we !
and we love the vapors baby -
smoke on
Xto + B-RAD
November 16th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Does anyone know what can you do with the ‘pr0duct’ after it’s been used in the vaporizer or where can i get some info., maybe a site about it? i ‘ve hear that after it has been used, some ‘0ils’ still remain on the herbs and that there are ways to extract them. Some of my friends came up with plenty ideas but the only intelligent one seem to be to cook 1t.
November 23rd, 2006 at 9:30 am
Vaporbrothers Vaporizer is really good.
The above poster is right, smoking is lame, thats why we are VAPORIZING!
Peace to all you vaporizing!
Playa hatin’ on those that drool down the tube!!
check yo’self b4 you wreck yourself!
November 26th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Vapor Cannon is the bomb yo. Gives u all the vaping power u need. George Bush is the equivalent of smoking. Go vapor!
December 7th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
el sapo you are a cheap bastard. just throw the fucking used weed out!
December 12th, 2006 at 12:41 am
use your vapor bros. in moderation. if your ‘vaping’ all day you can leave it on all day. but remember, like most electronicallly activated equipment, depreciation occurs with idle use. Therefore, if your not going to ‘vape,’ turn your vaporizer off asshole. same thing with an xbox 360, or computer.
December 21st, 2006 at 9:37 pm
I am a medical marijuana patient so I was offended when Gary Canino said that we are killing our bodies with cannabis when I am helping my life by using cannabis. It is my MEDICINE! Whenever gary is sick, remember he is a loser for taking any medication. Yes you can take some type of synthetic, scientifically manufactured, pharmacutical monopolized, supposedly “healthy” for you medications on the corporate market, but I would rather take cannabis (natural occuring plant) for the rest of my life rather than taking some artificial, unsafe, multiple side effects, wrecklessly prescribed pills for my medication. I always wanted a vaporizer but a volcano is way too expensive and the dome vape’s are weak and wastes ‘erb, so I got a VB and it is tight. It gets me chokin’. I vape more than I smoke but burning the ‘erb with fire gives a different effect (not less or more of a high)((but the vape is better for the body))
If anything people like gary should be publicly slapped because he wishes people to die and thinks he should hate ‘erb smokers when he should hate gangsters and thugs, corrupt police/military personal, government money thiefs, bunk buisnesses/services, unmoral teens, gary’s(straight edged means scared and brainwashed against something they cant control or something they dont know), predjudice people, and racists for screwing up society, and not to hate on peaceful ‘erb smokers. I will stay in good healthy for continuing my use of medicinal cannabis. For the goodness and wellbeing of all.
Try out a VAPE it is a different expirience, and vape bros give an affordable chance to the actual consumers how cant afford to sell a car or refinance a house to afford a smoking/vapor utensil. I think it is a good machine and a good design to keep the cost down they use wood for the case and not some expensive metal covering because when all that matters is the high and not the crazy expensive materials that do the same but you dont have a bag or digital numbers (MAYBE VAPE BROS CAN INSTALL A DIGITAL TEMP METER OR COLOR GUIDED LED LIGHTS TO INFORM THE USER OF THE OPTIMAL TIME TO PLACE THE VAPOR WHIP AND NOT CHARGE AN ARM OR A LEG TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS HEALTH RATHER THAN ONLY MAKING MONEY)
December 30th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
i have a vapobrothers vapo and the heating element went out. i decited to fix it myself. i unhooked the knob. took the heating rod out and replaced it with a soldering iron rod. i just plug it in when i use it and its ready in 5 min. i get really good hits cough balls and alot of smoke/mist.Is it ok to have alot of it? or is the new element getting to hot? it never glows red though like the old one did.
January 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
um, word to medi?420.
gary canino is silly.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Gary is a dickhead who could probably benefit from some herbal remedy, administered not through vaping or smoking but via a super-sized rectal suppository (I’m thinking bowling pin dimensions).
But on to the main point: I tried the VB hands-free vaporizer for the first time several days ago. It took a little practice to get comfortable with it but it was well worth it. The flavor is light, the effect anything but disappointing, and there is obviously much less crap going into my lungs. I wish I came across this product earlier, but better late than never.
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm
i got my vaporizer for my b day in feb. now it will lite up but not get hot. i usedto walk away and leave it on ya know, for later. is this bad?
May 5th, 2007 at 7:32 am
RE: Gary Canino Says:
He accentuates the fact, that one has to put up with children, every where one goes.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
do you have any information on inhaling herbs that support, protect or heal the lungs and throat?
sincerely, leona
June 7th, 2007 at 11:50 am
I am answering the question about what to do with the spent herb .I for one like to go to www.erowid.org , and find out how to make oil and use it in that process. or in the budder making process. By the way Vapor Brothers rock ! its the best thing going since sliced rye bread.I love my
new porcelain heating element and the oil burners are awesome .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1Hats off to Bert and Billy and the rest of the crew for building these beautiful babies. Thanks Alot A huge Fan.
Love Respect Vapor, Digital D
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