2015-08-22 at 6:32 AM UTC
So good old, RJ Reynolds produced a product called Revo Unconventional Cigarettes. Its actually an old idea. Rather than combustion being the source of your tobacco enjoyment, the Revo has a small heat element on the end, I imagine its simply some sort of coal for heating. The tobacco is between the heat element and the enhancement. Regularly one would put their lighter to the small coal at the end and puff a bit to get it going. Then when it is "lit" the sucking action of the user draws heat into the tube to be essentially vaporized and "smoked". This results in an ashless cigarette. It really is quite odd because you end up holding a full length cigarette when you finish your smoke. In all honestly the thing tastes like shit and is somewhat annoying to get used to so I dont think I will be picking them up for my tobacco smoking pleasure. If you cut one of these open you will find rather than normal cigarette paper the inside of the cigarette seems to be lined with some sort of metallic foil which would facilitate the heating and vaporization.
But I thought this presented some interesting options. For starters tonight I attempted a vaporization of THC.
The Procedure:
I took the cigarette and cut a one inch incision starting just before the heat element straight towards the enhancement, it is crucial you keep the heat element intact during the procedure. I opened up the incision which actually ended up looking a bit like a vagina, you know with the flaps on each side and a dark hole going into an abysmal nothingness. Using a small knife I separated the tobacco as would the Great jedi Moses the Red Sea. I then took a very small amount of marijuana (this amount was much less than .05 grams. It was the shake left in the bottom of a bag which amounts to very little material) and stuffed it inside. I made sure to keep both the tobacco and marijuana under the foil not allowing it to spill into the space between the foil lining and the outer paper tube. I then pressed one side of the vagina flaps to its original position, pulled the other flap tight and had it slightly overlap so the incision was covered. I then took the glue portion off a cigarette wrapper and sealed the flaps in place. I divided the glue strip into three segments with one being longer than the other two and used the long one to cover the entire incision with another on each side for further structural integrity and support. I set the newly sealed Revo near a fan to facilitate the drying process. After 3 or so minuets it was sufficiently dry for smoking. After the device was dry I proceeded to the outdoors where I tested for results.
The Results:
After getting the device lit I could quite tell that it was working as a normal Revo. After my first couple of puffs I smelled the primary test substance had been activated. I kept a constant and regular puff going as to facilitate the heating elements work. If you wait too long the element will not get the wind resistance that facilitates its extended heating and the element will die. If you are doing it correctly the heating element should be red right down to the moment there is no more of it to heat (when it turns from "coal" to ash). The outside of the device will brown but nothing more. This is how you tell what point of the revo you are vaporizing. I find that the browning stops around the second half of the cigarette and this tends to be when the heating element is depleted. The structural integrity of the device held the entire smoke and the patching worked perfectly. Even though such a small amount of marijuana was consumed the effects were felt quite well upon completion of the cigarette and returning indoors.
The Conclusion:
From this single test is is apparent that Revo Unconventional Cigarettes are a good way of getting the best out of your bud. Acting like a one time vaporizer each cigarette would be a way of vaping weed without having to go through the process of ionizing your weed for conventional vape pens or deal with bulky and expensive vaporizers or tricky heat elements found in the smaller vapes on the market.
Further Research:
This type of cigarette and lighting method is interesting in that it MAY have a wide range of drug administration applications. It would be interesting to test the Revo with other types of drugs. I believe it may be an effective way to chase the dragon (smoke diacetylmorphine) but cannot confirm. I question as to weather it would be effective in vaporizing dimethyltryptamine. I doubt it would be an effective method of smoking amphetamines but cannot confirm.
2015-08-22 at 3:01 PM UTC
Good thread, i never even knew these cig vape thingies existed. That's pretty cool.
2020-11-28 at 5:53 AM UTC
Bill
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