Hello everybody, thanks for reading and putting up with my idiocy!

Firstly I'd like to say thanks to the members of this forum for the great information source they've built! I've been lurking for a little while now and love this place

In the next few weeks, preferably before Christmas, I hope to try DMT for the first time.
Having already acquired a weighed 50mg dose of the freebase form I am simply waiting for the right time to make the leap.

Before I do I have the matter of finding/making a pipe/tool to vapourise the substance to sort out, amongst other things.

I'd love some feedback on my plan for a pipe, and guidance on dosage too.

Should I start with the full 50mg or split it into two smaller doses? I wouldn't want to screw up and lose everything I have, so maybe a 30mg and a 20mg backup for another time?

My pipe idea (measurements approximate):

A 10-12cm tall cylindrical drinking glass (4-5cm diameter).

Create a foil funnel with no hole at the bottom, so that dmt in the funnel could not run away from the heat.

Place brillo pad in bottom of glass, then foil funnel over pad. The brillo pad is to create a gap between the foil funnel and the glass, though it should catch any leaked DMT too.

Place DMT in funnel, then use masking/electrical tape to seal top of glass? (unsure)
Put hole for straw and second hole for intake in the tape?

The idea would be to hold a standard lighter near the bottom of the glass, so that the gap between glass and DMT would cause it heat evenly. The funnel would keep the DMT in one place too hopefully.

Keep heating (slowly as possible) until thick white smoke fills glass.

Take finger/cover off intake hole and inhale sharply through straw, hold for at least fifteen seconds, trying not to get caught off guard by harsh smoke.

I expect to struggle the first time, given what I've already read.
Also, if anything isn't clear I can expand or clarify

Thanks in advance

Welcome! As someone who is always relatively new to this world as well (though has a decent number of usages under my belt as well as some simple comparitive experiments to find what works well for my setup), I'd personally like to offer a few suggestions.

I personally have zero experience with using a device such as the one you described. While it does sound neat, the dosage quantity sounds like an overload for a first trip.

I say this simply basing off my experience of using a GVG (glass vapor genie pipe). The GVG is so efficient at vaporizing spice, that all ive been doing for quite some time is in the 10-20mg dose range, and its been beyond imaginable. One fellow who has had years (maybe even decades if I do recall properly) of DMT experience says his max dose from a GVG is 28mg and its a breakthru every time.

I do know from my reading that people have said other methods of smoking DMT require higher dosages because the pipe or method may not be as efficient, so eventhough youre using 50mg, you may only take in 15-30 and 20 could be wasted. With a GVG it is impossible to waste anything. So, although the GVG is 110 dollars, you can use far less DMT and save over time the head ache of possibly losing your quantity by wasting it unnecessarily, and its also very consistent.


Also, always breathe in your vapor nice and slowly and smoothly. I made the mistake once of taking a 20mg dose in one fast heavy breath in. It took me WAY further than I was expecting. I was used to 20mg being a very smooth ride with beautiful visuals and body load. The big breath in hit me so hard and so fast and more intensely than I ever experienced before, it freaked me out a good deal. Slower breaths in allows for your body to acclimate. You still get that shot out of a cannon feeling, but its nowhere near the intensity.

im new as well so let me tell you what worked best for me.

I tried the straight freebase one hit paralyzed me for a few minutes, but the smoke was so harsh.

So i went back to my old days, i got a 2 liter empty soda bottle, poked a hole in, put a straw thru it. I put tin foil on the top poked a few small holes, then i got some tea i had laying around the house smoke it till it was nearly ash, then i placed my dose on top of it.

I did not sandwich the dose with another layer of tea.

The trick here is to dance the flame on top the foil, picture fist pumping to some music. DO that with the lighter to it, it will start to billow thick white smoke, inhale, as much as you can , hold it, repeat...

For me the first onset of it kicking it, is a sound, for me I here some type of vibing rythm sound. at this point you must keep going. if you become flustered, wake up and hit that again.

by the time you realized your gone your on your way back.

Putting water in the bottom of the bottle, along with the tea i had really soothed the smoke.