Chronic wrote:... i'd like to try what trickster is using as he said that even if you touch the gun on the material it wont burn, that is certainly not my experience, burning/combustion with this heat gun is unavoidable if you point it at your bowl.
I prefer a Dremel heat gun. So far I used it for changa and straight spice. My favorite vaporization device is a small dry glass bong. For straight spice I plug the bowl with a small wad of pre-burned SS scrub. For changa I use a single screen. I used this heat gun probably a hundred times and didn't manage to burn/ignite/overheat the product a single time. It seems impossible or at least very difficult because the heat gun does not produce visible flame outside its nozzle.
P.S. I never used any other heat guns, so my experience is limited. My second best is a powerful double-nozzle torch, but I burned the spice quite a few times before I've found its sweet point.
Still torches are better than Bics and candles, because they have extended regions above the flame where the temperature gradually drops from very high (~1300C) to room temp. With a Bic this area is relatively small, especially if you hold it at an angle to your bowl or pipe. Therefore your margin of error is quite small and you have to be very precise positioning your lighter.
P.P.S. I do not sell Dremel heat guns.
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