Dude time stamp I highly recommend getting some kind of herb such as blue lotus to use instead of weed. I used the method you described with weed and constantly found it hard to break through. I realized that holding in my hits with weed was much more challenging and sometimes even painful to hold in for a sufficient amount of time. Though I did accomplish breakthrough a couple times using weed as my herb, but it was too challenging to take big enough hits without coughing. I found that once I bought some blue lotus it became incredibly easy to hold my hits in, and take MUCH larger hits because I would not start coughing (like I would taking large hits with weed). I bought an ounce of blue lotus for like 8 bucks or so off the internet and it looks like it will last me a life time so far, so you should look into it! I can easily get a break through dose in 2 to 3 hits.

thanks for the recommendation z0mbie =]

I know exactly what you mean about trying to holding it in. I have definitely noticed it requires quite a bit more work with the weed, my guess is it's the actual THC compound that's hindering the lung absorption of the DMT. I started to do a little bit of google-ing for Blue Lotus and it looks promising. Have heard recommendation between that and Caapi so I will definitely do some more inquiring about them.

I'm wondering, is it possible to put a copper scrubber into the bowl of a bong and vaporize freebase dmt this way? Same as is done in the machine?

Would also like to know this.

The key is to have something above (or beforehand in the chain of events) that buffers and evens the heat flowing over that copper scrubber wad full-o-dmt. (like the little stone in the Vapor Genies)

There are quite literally (Carl Sagan voice) billions and billions of threads about smoalking devices and techniques. (OK - not billions, but quite a few) lol.

good luck

No need to over complicate. Throw down some caapi leaves, throw down some spice, regulate flame distance with your hand and how hard you are inhaling, when it melts and you're nearing the bottom apply the flame direct and clear the entire bowl. Proceed to hold and disappear. 100% success rate.

But in 'the machine' there is no such thing to even the heat flow right? Just the copper scrubber. I know i read many threads about the different smoking techniques, but couldn't find anything about this.

What kind of bong do y'all like to use?
A mini bong, like 10 cm high or bigger bongs like 20+ cm?

Huge ones for deep 1 hitters.

This is how I smoked DMT, weed/50mg DMT/weed, I'd never touched another drug in my life before this and now I'm suffering from suspected derealization even 3 years later, be careful and safe travels

Sorry to hear that man. I think weed is the blame. Can't find sources atm (if you want let me know, I will search) but more people report smoking weed causes derealization (brain fog) lasting several years. I had the same problem in my teens. Probably due to combining weed with other drugs, which makes it worse. Took me several years to recover. I feel psychedelics such as shrooms, LSD, DMT, etc, actually clear the mind. Weed on the other hand clouds it. Everyone reacts different, but to me weed weakens my thinking abilities and dream vividness. It's also addictive. And the risk exists that it causes an onset of brain fog, even if you've used it for years without problems. That's why I don't like it.

My brain fog is gone. I wouldn't worry, it should go away at one point. If not by itself there are ways to heal it. Proper nourishment etc. Again, cant find sources, but google calcium shell, which is a similar problem, if not the same.

get an ashcatcher if you can, but dont fill it with water..It will catch any dmt that might end up melting through. If you vape it right (especially changa) this most likely wont be a problem

As for weed- if stoned is the daily norm for you and it doesn't cause anxiety, then dmt with weed will probably be fine. if not, it might cause problems. I only smoke weed once or twice a week usually, and am prone to its anxiety at times, so i dont really mix them much...in the beginning of my dmt use, we would always mix them; and in some wierd way my weed anxiety became a conditioned response to dmt ingestion. It sucked but i got past it eventually

i do love weed after dmt for some reason...not usually before though, since it can amplify the trepidation