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By Chris Marchand
Vapir One from Air-2 Air-2 established themselves as hightech vaporising specialists with their innovative hand held vaporiser, the Vapir. Not only was the Vapir the most technically advanced vaporiser on the market, it was also portable! It’s slick design and precise convection heating made it an attractive model for any serious herbalist and ideal for the medical user. There was even a Matrix inspired DVD giving full instructions on the joys of vaporising. The benefits of vaporising are familiar by now. In case you didn’t know, vaporising is the most efficient way to consume your herb. THC vaporises at a much lower temperature than the herb burns at, which means when you set fire to it in a spliff or bong around a third of its THC is wasted. With a Vapir you set the perfect temperature to within 1°C on the digital display and it blows hot air through the bud vaporising off the THC giving you a pure, high hit. By not burning the bud you save yourself from inhaling otherwise carcinogenic plant material, and give yourself a 30% stronger hit. With the Vapir One, Air-2 has taken the whole design to the next level by making some small but crucial improvements. They have obviously listened to their customers’ feedback and made the appropriate changes. The main criticism of the original Vapir was that it took a little too long to heat up and smoke. It basically comes down to an issue of how people like to get high. In its original incarnation the Vapir was designed with the medical user very much in mind. Originally intended to be used gradually for ten to fifteen minutes giving the user gentle and effective relief from their ailment. However, this is not really what the smoking market was after. Most of us enjoy taking a big hit all at once that produces a soaring powerful high, and compared to some of its top-end competitors, the Vapir failed to deliver a strong enough punch. With the Vapir One this has all changed. For starters the heating element is now composed of pure quartz crystal making it more efficient, reducing heating times from three minutes to sixty seconds. It has a three-speed fan for better convection heating but best of all is the optional BalloonBags Kit. With the Vapir One’s new valve gear you can fill an inflatable sack of vapour that you can really hoof to get that big hit more like a bong than a vaporiser. The Vapir One is half the size of the original Vapir, and that was portable. By incorporating some of the parts into the handle the whole thing stands at only around 15cm, making it extremely portable. Additional extras include keys to lock the devise preventing any unauthorised usage, 2 year warranty, 40 minute demo DVD and all the necessary power cord, attachments, mouth piece, herb disks etc. The BalloonBag Kit comes as a separate add on.
Raydiator Double by Mori Design This pipe is quality through and through. This has to be the most stylish pocket pipe on the market. Rather than being gimmicky its design is both practical and aesthetically pleasing. In the hand the Raydiator is the perfect size and has a weightiness that tells it quality. The Raydiator’s creator James Steen says of his choice of design: “I had several goals for this pipe… I wanted to eliminate hot gasses that burn the throat and lungs. I wanted a pipe that was easy to conceal and use, and unbreakable. I wanted smokers to be able to taste the subtle flavour of their tobacco without any pollution from plastic, wood, toxic metal screens, or built-up debris. I also wanted my pipe to be easy to clean. I settled on this titanium model.” And he hit the nail on the head. The Raydiator even has a titanium core and screen that no domestic lighter (including blowtorch lighters) could heat enough to oxidise, making it as safe to smoke as a glass pipe. Unlike a glass pipe the Raydiator has an indestructible aluminium casing that incorporates heat-dissipating fins. The design has been updated from the original model to include twin rods and an attached slide across bowl snuffer, making the Raydiator Double a smokeless pipe too. It comes with a cleaning tool and replacement titanium dome gauzes, but of course the main thing is how it smokes and it doesn’t disappoint. The smoke is smooth and the bowl long lasting. One of its best attributes is its open bowl and titanium gauze that makes this the perfect pipe for smoking high-grade Bubblehash on the go. After all, when there is only time for one hit you want to make it count. Available at www.raydiator.com and www.weedcity.com
Superfly Blue by Bio-Gear
Available at www.air-2.com, www.weedcity.com and www.high-land.co.uk Pocket Pipe Special – 3 of the Best. All three pipes are widely available in all good headshops or online.
Hobby Range from Total Control The Hobby Range of Lighting from Total Control are the same High Intensity Discharge lamps we know and love. Made from top quality components like their other HID lights the Hobby Range are ideal lights for the beginner or budget conscious grower. The lights come as a complete unit with a hard-wired reflector attached making the units safe from accidental disconnections and ready to use. The ballast is housed in a simple brushed metal case attached to a simple but adequate standard reflector. Each unit comes with a high quality Sylvania lamp included in the price making growing in that closet all the more affordable and are available as both 400w and 600w. Available from Total Control +44(0)117 961 2233 and Grow Systems Stores +44(0)1603 662655
When it comes to the discreet pipe the Superfly Blue takes some beating. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand it looks entirely innocuous to the untrained eye. A magnet holds the two halves together while the smoking pipe slides inside the body and is tucked away. It fits together in just a couple of twists and is just as easily put away when needs be. This is a completely smokeless pipe so the only give-away is in your lungs and once that’s gone so has the evidence. This is perfect for pissing off security at places where you can’t light up who will be bothered by the plumes of ganja smoke but will search in vain for the smoking pipe or spliff. Again the Superfly Blue uses the familiar cooling channel technique to cool the smoke on its journey through the pipe, but this time the channel is a flat maze rather than a corkscrew or channel like other smokeless pipes. The other major advantage the Superfly Blue has over other similar pipes is how easy it is to clean. All pipes of this type need regular cleaning to stop them becoming clogged and nasty to smoke, it’s just a fact that ganja contains a lot of tar and that gets in the channels. Still, at least it’s not in your lungs. As it is made of stainless steel all you really need do is drop the pieces in hot water for a few minutes and wipe clean with a cloth. Being flat in shape it is easy to get into the channels and it’s soon ready for another session. Available from www.everyonedoesit.com, www.wellcoolstuff.com, www.alibongo.co.uk
