Close to two years ago, I received an e-mail from Seibo, the CEO of VapeXhale, introducing his company and their vaporizer named the Cloud. I mistakenly thought he was selling one of the Cloud pen vaporizers and I attempted to brush him off. Being the gentleman and good businessman that Seibo is, he set me straight about the VapeXhale Cloud vaporizer.
As Seibo is a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, we made several attempts to meet up after our initial e-mail exchange. At the time we both had (and still have) young children at home. Coupled with Seibo holding down a day job elsewhere, our attempts to meet never happened.
At some point last year, King from Vapor Review Blog was pushing me to meet with Seibo and check out the updated Cloud vaporizer, now named the VapeXhale Cloud EVO. King explained that Seibo was concentrating all of his time to working with VapeXhale. Following King's advice I reconnected with Seibo and we set a date to meet us the warehouse.
We always approach every new vaporizer with a bit of skepticism and the Cloud EVO was no exception. As soon as Seibo set up the EVO it was clear that this was going to be an exceptional vaporizer. And indeed it was.
Seibo explained that the Cloud EVO has an all glass air path running through the center of the vaporizer. The glass vapor path, nicknamed "Bamboo", is not hidden and can be easily viewed through the top and bottom of the vaporizer. The Bamboo is not a straight tube but has some ridges in it, resembling stalks of bamboo. The Perputuheat System design creates turbulance and agitation of the air, allowing for better heat transfer and vaping at lower temperatures.
Speaking of temperatures, the Cloud EVO has a nice feature to allow you to know when the vaporizer has reached your desired heat. When first switched on and cool, the bamboo glass tube will glow red. When the EVO reaches the temperature it is set to the LED light will shift from red to green. A simple but effective way to know the EVO is ready for use.
A male 18.8mm ground glass joint tops the bamboo. This top piece serves as two functions: to hold the EZ Load Bowls and a place to attach the mouthpiece, Hydratube, or your own favorite water piece.
The EZ Load Bowls, or ELB, are used to hold the flower or dry leaf. Seibo even showed us how to use the ELBs for concentrates making the EVO that much more impressive (we will save that trick for another time). The ELBs are made from a fine stainless steel mesh to ensure effective, even vaporization.
Now one can question is this is this still an all glass vapor path if you have the air passing through metal? I immediately asked Seibo if they have plans to create an all glass or ceramic ELB to address this and he assured me something is in the works. For those of you concerned about off-gassing of stainless stain, most vaporizers (if not all) cannot reach the temperatures that can cause this.
Now onto the most impressive function of that 18.8mm ground glass tip: attaching the glass piece of your choice to deliver the vapor. Currently VaporWarehouse is offering the VapeXhale Cloud EVO with the Dry Hydratube (despite the term hydra this tube does not use water). The Dry Hydratube is an approximately 10" piece of curved borosilicate glass with a female 18.8mm opening to allow for attaching to the EVO to act as a mouthpiece.
VapeXhale also offers a selection of custom, high quality German borosilicate glass Hydratubes that allow for the ultimate water vapor experience. VapeXhale employs Swagger Glass to produce several of their Hydratubes for use with water that feature various percolators and diffusers.
Because the VapeXhale EVO does not need to be in the upright position to use, this allows one to use their favorite water piece in conjunction with the EVO. That is assuming that water piece has an 18.8mm female connection, like the Vaporbrothers Clear Precision Hydrator. Being able to use the EVO in any position allows for use with many different devices and possibilities.
And for those of you feeling like vaping in classic mode, you can use any 18.8mm vaporizer whip with the VapeXhale Cloud EVO.
As for performance, the VapeXhale Cloud EVO's Perputuheat System is not affected by thermal degradation. This provides for full, tasty vapor clouds wether you inhale strong and fast or slow and steady. After several tests with Seibo, we can verify that the EVO does indeed provide stong, flavorful hits and lives up to VapeXhale's selling points.
This is a quality vaporizer, backed up by a solid company, and best of all made in the U.S.A. We were sold on the VapeXhale Cloud EVO and we think you will be too. Are you ready to evolve your vapor experience?