Have had a few sessions with it so far, I love how well the ceramic holds the heat, and I was surprised by how well the stock cooling worked. It’s the only vape in my collection I currently prefer to hit dry.
It is a smaller form factor than my TM2, but can deliver just as much of a punch. However, I’m not sure my technique is quite right yet, because I’m ripping through battery a lot faster with the Firewood than the tinymight.
The wood adds a slight flavor, but it’s complementary, and I enjoy it. The capsules are okay, not as easy to manage as some other vapes, but does make my loading/unloading ritual a little easier. There is a new bowl option I may try when the parts become available again.
TM2 is still my primary DD, but this vape fills a specific niche and makes for a great show piece.
I’ve been in the industry for over a decade. I have owned or handled countless devices in that time. However for some reason I’ve never had a FW in my personal collection. I really should change that haha.
The last FW I handled in fact was the Firewood4 way back in 2014/15-ish (anyone know Mephisto over on FuckCombustion? It was his - he’s an awesome guy)
I recently got back into vaping. 15 years ago, I used to use a box with a whip at my desk and thought it was pretty awesome.
I switched to cartridges for the most part for a while, but decided to try dry herb vaping again.
Holy shit. Dry Herb Vaping technology is much more impressive these days. I’ve been tasting flavors like never before and I feel healthier.
Again, I wouldn’t make the FW my primary, but it’s currently in the daily rotation with the TM2 and Mighty+.
Definitely recommend having one for at least the novelty.
Lol yeah 15 years ago I was right there with ya - cheap chinese vape bro’s knockoff I overpaid for like $200 at the local smoke shop. It was terrible.
I have had the luxury of sampling literally countless dry vaporizers. It’s been fun to watch the industry grow since those early days when it first started to “take off”
I wonder if the FW9 uses the same dosing capsules as the FW8 - I make a loading tray for that size capsule.
Any stand-outs other than the FW, TM and Mighty? Are you more a portable or desktop vaper?
Yes, the capsules are the same size between 8 and 9.
I mean there are favorites but I really just enjoy all dry vaporizers and trying them out. I like an Arizer Air Max with a waterpipe adapter for an extended vaporbonging session. The Lotus vaporizer with a j-hook and a crook of water in the hook to create a natural percolator is sublime.
The LSV from 7th floor is damn near a religious experience hitting a whole gram through the long stem. But I like my XQ2 more for social gatherings and versatility, etc.
I also recently upgraded my Dynavap vapcap with their new titanium helix tip which is a work of art and has turbocharged the performance of the device. All I need now is an armored cap and it’ll be an epic analog device.
Of course for niche, you can’t forget about the Venus Apollo - it used a small halogen lightbulb as a RADIANT heat source! Sadly the software was too confusing and I could never master using the device.
And if you don’t have one already, you should look into a subohm 510 attachment - it’s always fun to surf waves of vapor/heat by pulsing heat to an oven on demand (kinda like the TM2, but a lot more customization depending on what battery you use to power the heater).
Great info here, thank you for the response. I don’t think I’ll be avoiding VAS :)
Lucky for me, I get to claim them as a business expense because I can’t test-fit products if I don’t have a copy of the device for testing purposes! haha. Plus one of my friends who lives two hours north of me has a collection of essentially every vaporizer made in the past 15 years (including many that never made it to the market, either early samples, or proof of concepts which went nowhere) - he works in the industry as well.
By all means don’t hesitate to ask how one device might compare to another device, because chances are I’ve likely played with them at some point lol
Dang man, you sound like a good friend to have!
I was curious if you also do custom commissions.
Definitely recommend changing that! I just got my 9 and it’s been amazing, huge upgrade from the 4 and the 6 I had before. And ayy hell yeah I think his posts are why I got the 4 back then!
If I could buy them I would’ve bought every single fw but he doesn’t deliver to my country.
So I only have the Fw4 in my collection, bought 2nd hand
Ahh, that sucks. The 4 is pretty sweet version to have, nice form.
There are some dream vapes I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to grab.
what do you enjoy about vaping? i’m curious how and why people enjoy vapes, say compared to cigarettes, and whether most people prefer to have any nicotine in their vapes?
This sub is focused on vaporizing dry herbs, mostly flowers. I’m sure some people here enjoy nicotine, but I’m personally not interested. I vape to medicate.
Its for weed
I vape as an attempt to move away from cigarettes, so I like to vape nicotine, but I try to stick to lower concentrations.
That said, if you’re curious about regular e-juice vaping, you might want to check out !vaping@lemmy.world - this community focuses more on vaporizing the active compounds out of dry cannabis.
Lots of us ents around here dry vaporize (not tobacco). Different temps allow us to extract different active compounds from the herb while preventing combustion which releases all sorts of nasty stuff like toxic carcinogenics and carbon monoxide which is worse for your health.
You’ll find a lot of anecdotal evidence from ents who made the switch to vaporizing and haven’t looked back.
As an added bonus, the taste/smell is MUCH better than combustion hahaha.
Beautiful piece! Didn’t know there was already a fw9, seems people weren’t that enthused about the 8
