August 16th, 2010 
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I switched to the Zephyr Ion after a recommendation from my local herb dispensary about the quality of the product. I was not disappointed and have been 100% satisfied with both the device, its accessories, and the companies great customer support.
PROS: Fast, powerful, extremely easy-to-use, lots of extras
The Zephyr ION is a godsend amongst vapes. It is definitely a table-top device, but one that can still be carted from room to room easily. It is an all-in-one unit, with the main controls and exhaust fans in the base, the heating element in the central chamber, and a small flip open lid with nozzle and herb reservoir inside. The device turns on by a large power-button which is easy to find no matter how blind you may happen to be. The temperature buttons are below the large digital readout which can display in F or C. And the exhaust button is small and horizontal below the power button. All of them are logically placed and easy to use.
After you power on the device and set your desire temperature, the element heats up rapidly and will reach even the maximum temperatures in just a few minutes.
Once the device is at the desired temp, you simply sprinkle a bit of your ground up herb into the large metal bowl (which has a small handle to make it easy to get in and out of the device without burning yourself), place it in the reservoir, close the lid, and attach a balloon to the top nozzle. Hit the exhaust button and the balloon will fill up with a good smokey vapor in just few seconds. A single, half-full bowl is good for about 4-6 balloons.
The balloons themselves are of excellent quality and the signature difference between these and other vaporizers is the inclusion of a spring loaded valve at the end of the balloon. This allows you to load, switch, and re-load bags quickly and easily with the minimal loss of vapor.
Lastly, the device is pretty easy to maintain. After a lot of heavy usage, the screens become dirty, the o-rings become caked with resin, and the balloons get sticky (though they are far more resilient than any other vape balloon I’ve used). Luckily, Zephyr includes all the necessary replacement items for three complete change-overs. I’ve only had to change over once in the last six months and it seems, with moderate use, that it will hold up for at least 3 months before you’ll need to replace the old components. If you run out, their website allows you to order any necessary replacements, including some items that could become broken from regular maintenance (like the ballon valves and the top lid hinge).
CONS: Large, expensive, valves can be an issue
The device is fairly large, about the size of a 1/2 gallon milk container, and weighs a bit more. It is designed for table-top use and it’s best in that type of situation. The box is well designed and includes foam cut-outs for all the pieces, enabled you to pack it up and take it places while still keeping it in good condition.
The Zephyr ION is also a bit expensive, at $250-$300 retail (still a bit less expensive than some of the other “premium” vaporizers on the market).
The biggest problem is the balloon valves themselves. There is a design flaw in the how they are assembled in that, when you are replacing a balloon from normal wear and tear, you can easily break the retaining tabs for the valve. This doesn’t affect the over all functioning, but only the aesthetics of it as it will come loose and flop around. Connecting up new balloons to the valve was also challenging and required some practice at first. You may need to buy extra valves if you use a vape a lot and they’re not cheap (around $30 each).
Overall, the device is a fantastic product, well designed and thought out. If there is any flaw anywhere, it is a minor one with the valves. If you smoke a lot or have a condition which prevents you from smoking, this vaporizer is the product of choice. You won’t be disappointed!
What is the optimal temperature for my volcano vaporizer?
If I place 1 gram of herb in my volcano, what temp should I start it at? and what about the subsequent rounds?
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Useless waste of money if you’re buying it to chop/grind/mill tobacco. It has all the power of a bumble bee missing a meal. I doubt it would do diddly to anything of any real substance, it just has no power whatsoever. The system FORCED me to give it ONE STAR… that’s nuts. Where’s NO STARS as an option? NO STARS is what I give it.
This is the most amazing vaporizer on the market today! I currently own the iolite, Volcano Vaporizer, a wooden VaporBox a glass and heat gun vaporizer and the iolite is far superior to all of these IMO. The Volcano is heavy, large, costly and difficult to transport. The wooden box vaporizer is unable to maintain accurate temperatures after 20 minutes, subsequently causing combustion that is unknown until exhalation. Also, the fragile glass whip requires frequent and time-consuming cleaning for effective operation, and must be transported and used with caution. Contrarily, the iolite is extremely transportable, easy to use, consistent, and allows for so much flexibility.
I clean the filter and metal chamber (with Epsom salt and rubbing alcohol in a zip-lock bag) once per week and it takes about 5-10 minutes. I was aware of the issues with the mouthpieces breaking so I ordered a 3-pack of mouth pieces just in case. I used some of these parts to extend the length of the mouth piece to about 8″ and this has significantly enhanced my vaporizing experience as it is much cooler and does not irritate my lungs and it provides much smoother inhalation. Also, the temperature is preset so it doesn’t allow for any combustion to occur or allow for any user errors. I would recommend this product to almost anyone (it requires minor weekly maintenance) as it has allowed me to have more freedom and it’s so compact.
With that being said, I think a few slight modifications would make the iolite absolutely perfect and I’m being quite picky. These modifications include:
- The herb chamber needs to be easily secured to the iolite. The lack of a latch or other form of fastener has caused occasional messes and some waste of product.
-The mouth pieces still need to be improved as they remain somewhat fragile and easily breakable despite the updated metal threads
-The orange glow should be brighter or as it can be difficult to see at times if it the catalytic heater was activated or not when the iolite is first turned on
-A butane level indicator would be extremely convenient
-The retention ring could easily be lost and just seems to be a temporary fix for the new mesh screens
I was endlessly happy with this product for about 4 months. I had used the product daily and found that it exceeded my expectations. However one day while using it soon became abundantly clear that the heating mechanism which regulated the heat seem to have failed. The device continued heat up and while i tried to ignore the irregularly long heating time the smell of burning plastic quickly indicated that the device was no long safe. I managed to turn off the device before it failed catastrophically and avoided any major injury. The device’s exterior plastic was partially melted so I simply purged the remaining butane and disposed of the device. It was likely that this was a freak accident, but I must offer it as a strong caveat to perspective consumer. This device has the full capability of failing catastrophically.
As far as vaporizers go, I’ve seen none better for the combination of quality design and portability. The company has been making catalytic combustion butane products for various industries since the early 1980’s, and they have the technology down. (Google Dehorner II)
The design is excellent. The octagonal herb chamber on the end of the stem slides snugly into the round heating chamber. When you draw through the herb chamber external air flows between the herb chamber and the heating chamber, preheating the air before it hits the herb for less cooling of the herb as you draw. Both screens are easily removed with a sweet little brass tool that came with my unit, and clean with a little soaking and swishing in Isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol (I just pour a bit of alcohol into the bottle cap.) According to the web site, the plastic is a high-tech grade designed for use at high temperatures in the food industry.
As a high-tech product, you need to know how to use it.
1. Use a premium quality butane fuel, not the standard butane you can buy at Walgreens. Mine came with Vector, and I’ve had no problems. The web site lists approved fuels. If you have problems starting, you are likely using an inferior fuel. Or your are living too high. (I mean, like above 7-8000 feet).
2. Keep it clean – carry it around in the zippered pouch it comes with, don’t just stick it in your pocket.
3. Make sure your herb is dry. If your unit gunks up quickly, it is too moist and will also harsh your throat.
4. Iolite redesigned the stem. The original had plastic threads. Mine came with extra stems, and you can also buy replacement herb chamber / stem assemblies on their web site.
5. Know how vaporization works. When you heat vegetable material, the volatile organics evaporate, so you need to allow the herb to heat. This takes less than a minute after firing it up, when you hear combustion stop. It takes only a small draw to clear the chamber of vapor – more simply cools the chamber and stops vaporization. Allow the chamber and herb to re-heat between draws.
Product is a great idea but isn’t quite there yet. When it works, it works well. Problem is it doesn’t work very well most of the time.
Here’s how it works…
1) Fill device with favorite high quality butane – easy enough, but it’s gas chamber must be really small, because its very easy to overfill. Problem with overfilling is you have to wait at least 5 minutes or more before using. The fix – fill sometime earlier when you’re not going to be using. I usually refill mine before bed, so I can use the next day.
2) Load herb. Easy to do, and not hard to screw up. Just grind your desired herb, and place in herb chamber. In the instructions, they show a nice little loading cup which lead me to think it must come with one. It doesn’t. Would of been nice but it’s pretty easy thing to do anyway.
3) Turn on & press button. Sounds easy but this is where the product lacks. The piezo button doesn’t light the gas easily. I’ve had to press the button easily over 50 to 100 times before it’ll light the gas. Lots of wasted butane. Every once in a while, it’ll light just after a few tries, but I’ve had plenty of butane lighters that light on the first or second try so don’t understand why this one takes so many tries. And Yes I am pressing the button slowly as told to do in the instructions. I think the spark the button produces needs to be just a little longer/larger. If it was, the gas should ignite easier. Once the gas is ignited though, the product glows nicely until the correct temperature is reached then the thermostat kicks in and cuts off the gas. Once the glow goes out, wait a bit then inhale your vapors.
So it’s easy to use, it just doesn’t work efficiently. Lots of wasted butane trying to get it lit by the piezo button spark. The vapor it produces is good though, when the product finally does work.
So I gave it 3 stars because it does work nicely when it finally works. If they fix that problem, the product would get 4 stars. It’ll never get 5 stars as once the ignition spark from the piezo button stops working (i.e. no more spark), the item is forever useless, and what really sucks right now is it takes so many ‘clicks’ of the button to get the gas to ignite, the life of the product is going to be really shortened. The product is nice looking and fairly stealth (would be even more stealth if it didn’t require so many ‘clicks’). I have the latest generation with the metal threaded mouthpiece and from what I’ve read elsewhere this is a big improvement. I would recommend it to others if they fix the spark problem. Until then, I would recommend to wait until the next set of improvements are implemented.
Very nice. Great temp control as smooth as the volcano digi but half the price. Has the bag and you can had a whip very cool +D.