Vaporizer Review

Bad news for anyone who’s used a VaporBuddy pipe.

As mentioned in our VaporGenie review, the VaporBuddy is a knockoff of the Genie and was thought to be of questionable quality.

As it turns out, some (maybe all) models of the VaporBuddy are coated with, get this, lead paint. Yes, lead paint, used to coat a pipe. Doesn’t get much worse than that.

Here’s the email Dan sent me, the pdf with the lab results is at the bottom.

Thanks again for your well written, thorough and honest review of the vaporgenie.

Recently, we bought a few vapor buddy pipes (the VG knockoff), and had the paint on them tested for lead. We scraped the paint, and sent it to a laboratory for testing. The paint contained 7500ppm lead, which exceeds the federal limit for toys and consumer items. The lab test result is attached. There is also a page on our website about this.

So, the paint on the vapor buddy pipe contains a significant amount of lead. Also, in the pipes we tested, there was lead paint *inside* the pipe. Outrageous.

Anyway, you should know that there are TWO versions of the vapor buddy on the market: an “original” knockoff, and a super-cheap ($10) absolute piece of junk knockoff (that doesnt even work). They are difficult to tell apart. We tested the $10 junk knockoff, because at the time we were not aware of the difference. So, the cheap junk VB contains lead for sure, but we dont yet know about the the “original” VB. We have ordered some of the “original” VB pipes so that we can test them for lead. We will post the results, and send them to you when we get them.

The guys at GotVape.com sell the “original” VB. They insist that it does NOT contain lead, and that it is anodized, not painted (anodized coatings do not contain lead). However, they have not done the testing, and I am skeptical of their claim. We will know for sure once we get the lab results.

Anyway, I thought I would let you know whats happening with the Vapor Buddy. People need to know that these pipes contain lead and are therefore a health hazard.
cheers

Dan

Lab results PDF or image.

More on this story.

I will update with the findings of the next test when it’s available to me.

Storz & Bickel, German inventors of the balloon system.

The first time I saw one of these bad boys, I was like, “What the fuck is that?” I was not very attracted to huffing on a balloon with my drooling friends. In the pot clubs, I would see patients drooling on these things and passing them around. I thought, how medical is that? And then of course, I had to try one for myself. First of all, I had some kill. It was some of the best all year. I loaded up enough to roll a pretty thick doob for two. I cranked up the heat a little higher than the drooling patients did because I like to get good and stoned. I have to admit, this thing hits really fucking good and tastes awesome. It gave me the nose tingles, the whole bit. I was so stupid after hitting one of these. The downfall to this thing is that they over engineered the hell out of the thing. It has so many parts that it’s kinda fascinating but irritating at the same time. I spilled one load all over myself trying to change back from huffing mode to reload mode. Another great downfall is the price. If it were half the price I would own one. You have to be rolling like Snoop to afford one of these.

So if you have $539 to burn on getting ripped out of your fucking mind then I highly suggest you get one of these!

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