Are you talking about one of those flavor stone thingies? I hear they work well.
Copper mesh pad works great, better than the volcano liquid pad IMO, easier to cut too. I also poked myself under a fingernail with a strand of the wire. Maybe that's why I'm prejudiced against the volcano pad
I've never used a wood VG, but with the GVG, my technique has advanced to the point where I can reliably break through (if it's in the cards that day) at around 20mg. Recently broke through with 30mg caapi vine extract sublingual and 10mg fb! Keep at it. Dip the flame in and out and try not to burn the spice. It's my theory that burnt spice is a common cause of hyperspace lockout.
Gibran2 lays it out in this thread:
https://www.dmt-nexus.me...spx?g=posts&m=204709Welcome Home Mister_Niles. We've Been Waiting For You.
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