The
SilverSurfer offers a very long lasting
ceramic heating element which is fully
adjustable up to 900 degrees. The Silver
Surfer Vaporizer was the first vaporizer to
offer the all glass and ceramic heater,
which the air only comes in contact with the
glass and ceramic. The "SSV" is the
only wand style vaporizer to offer the
patent pending quick change wand. You can
change your screen in 1/10 the time of the
competition.
The Silver Surfer Vaporizer
Manufactured in the United
States using aluminum and acrylic, each
Silver Surfer vaporizer is different,
courtesy of glass temperature knobs and
heater covers that are hand-crafted from
marbles! Some say it’s a work of art; me,
I’m not so sure.
The vaporizer itself stands
at an angle on your choice of colored base.
Currently, you can choose between red, blue,
purple, green, or yellow for the base. The
fact that the Silver Surfer is tilted at an
angle is not just down to artistic license.
The much more prosaic and, it has to be
said, well thought-out reason is that this
angle allows you to place the whip in an
upward direction against the heat source,
which is not only less awkward, it also
means that you don’t loose any of your
tobacco or other herbs all over the floor.
The 1/5 inch thick housing is
aluminum and is, it’s claimed,
indestructible. Despite all of this glass
and metal, the major selling point of this
particular vaporizer is the high quality of
its ceramic heater, which is fully
adjustable up to 900°F, I’ve put ‘F’ because
I assume that a temperature as high as this
must be Fahrenheit. Just in case it is
Celsius, however, a quick conversion shows
the equivalent to be just over 480°. As
most plants give off their active
ingredients at approximately 350°, a
temperature as high as this is unlikely to
be needed. Maybe that’s just me being
picky. What is good is that the heat source
takes only 2-3 minutes to reach the correct
temperature to start vaporizing.
To use, the Silver Surfer is
similar to most other convection/whip
vaporizers. First thing to do is to turn
the thing on, the manufacturer’s suggestion
is that you turn the temperature knob to the
maximum for the warm up period. Whilst the
vaporizer is heating, you can be chopping
your herbs ready for use and, when you’ve
done that, put some of the material quite
loosely into the whip. You don’t need much
– if you think in terms of inches, you
should fill the wand to a depth of between
1/8th
and ¼ of an inch. Once ready, simply place
the glass end of the whip against the glass
heater cover and begin to inhale.
Stirring/shaking the plant material in
between draws will maximize the efficiency
and the yield of the plant material. When
the herb is exhausted (you’ll know by the
taste!) either turn the whip upside down and
shake the used stuff out, or wiggle it out
with the pick that comes with the vaporizer,
and that is also glass marble topped.
There are a number of
accessory options for the Silver Surfer,
including a hands free device that simply
holds the wand to the heater for you.
Apparently, they can be a little difficult
to fit, due to the handmade heater covers
not being uniform, but a little trial and
error usually does the trick or so I’m
told. Trials include taking some bend out
of the device or placing it on backwards!
Another accessory is the
Aromatop, which the manufacturers say will
let you use the Silver Surfer as a fragrance
diffuser whilst you use it as a vaporizer.
I’m not sure about that one – your granny
might not like the aroma of your cannabis,
then again she might; only you know the
answer to that one.
One accessory the Silver
Surfer folk appear to be very proud of is
the Quick Change Wand. The quick change
refers to the screen, rather than to the
wand itself. Because of the ‘hour-glass’
shape of the Silver Surfer wand, the screen
doesn’t go all the way to the bottom, which
prevents all the jiggery-pokery that
sometimes accompanies the removal of a
screen from a wand.
This vaporizer is supplied at
either 120v or 220v and with a unique Pyrex
glass heater cover and temperature knob.
You get a standard whip that comprises a
quick change Pyrex wand and food-grade vinyl
tube, together with a clear glass
mouthpiece. The 10’ power cord comes as
standard, a stainless-steel glass topped
pick is included, and you also get a free
pack of 10 screens.
Coming with a three-year
guarantee as standard, the Silver Surfer
costs from around $250 and, if you want a
customized version, that will cost $50
extra. Postage and packaging has not been
included in these prices.
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