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EDIT: oh, I realized I have a question for you, too - so, I bought this like disposable USB-chargeable vape pen, and it has a lot of juice left, but I've noticed when I suck to get it started, it just won't "hit" or heat up ... it's like there is oil clogging something that is necessary to get it started?

Sometimes I have to suck really hard for minutes to get it going (there is no button as far as I can tell to get it started).

Any suggestions on how to get it to work more reliably? Am I supposed to be cleaning or maintenance-ing this pen in a way I don't know about?

Thanks!

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What are you craving to eat right now?

And is the paranoia manifesting itself right now, or does that come after?

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Clogged vapes are very normal. Try blowing into it instead of sucking.

I've noticed that the clogs happen more often when the oil gets cold.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get annoying clogs/half-hits when I don't leave the cart upright

Some shit carts just straight up leak the oil out of the mouthpiece

Makes me miss herb extra hard

But my mom never shuts the fuck up about how much she hates the smell, so smoking a joint has to be an excursion downwind of my own home

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Truth. Flower just works better, but you can't beat the convenience of a vape.

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You probably landed already but…

What do you notice about your mind while you’re high? Like, for me I notice two key things: First, I stop giving anything remotely resembling a fuck about anything political. Second, my wit gets really sharp and suddenly I’m the funniest mf in the room. What about you?

Hope you had a pleasant flight.

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So usually those pens just get clogged with the oil.

Suck it like a blocked milkshake straw. Really hard with forward mouth placement. You're basically using your mouth as a plunger to clear the blockage.

I've tried using a toothpick to clear them, but not to much success.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

yeah, I've been using that forward-tongue hard-suck to clear it in the past, but it's getting harder and harder (to the point where my mouth hurts like minutes afterwards), and now sometimes after I suck, there is all this sticky stuff that comes up and gets all over the pen - very annoying

I also have found a toothpick hasn't helped, so I wasn't sure if there was some trick to this 😅 or is this just a really shitty product and I should have known better?

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hi, How are you?

Umm, how about not using oil, and not using disposables. Oils coat your lungs, which is certainly not good for them. And disposables, especially single use disposables, are bad for the only planet we have to live on.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

hungry af, I've been cooking this pesto pasta dish and it smells so good 🤤

I don't normally use disposables or oil, but I just moved across state lines and had to get rid of all my normal gear - I normally would only lightly vape flower using a desktop vape and a water bong, and then use the ABV for edibles later.

this disposable pen is just until I can replace all my gear 🤞

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

That's the way my friend!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

where can I get some.

[–] 956@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

For the vape pen, I've seen people stand it up and hit it with a hair dryer, or if it's real bad, centrifuge it with your arm after heating. They just do that tho.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Favorite card in a card game?

I don't have any vape advice though, I mostly smoke flower. Sorry :(

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

probably the king of hearts because he shoved a sword through his head

and I had to get rid of all my gear when I moved, so I lost my water bongs and desktop flower vape - I need to buy everything again, but now I have no money, lol - so ... maybe for a birthday some year I'll be able to get back to flower?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

You can try heating it, to melt the stuff back down or reaming the stem with a paperclip.

And to prevent it happening again, keep that sucker upright as often as you can and don't suck super hard when taking hits. Which may be hard when semi-clogged and on a draw-to-hit style disposable, since you'll have to inhale at least hard enough to activate it in the first place.

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