I love this thing. I wanted a Volcano for years. It feels like both science and magic at the same time. I can put enough flowers into me to be as stoned as I need to be without the gross respiratory effects. I've always struggled to use flowers through the winter months when holiday anxiety redoubles my weed need. Between this and my employee discount, I bet I can avoid my traditional holiday season drinking. If I can manage that, it'll have paid for itself twice. It was expensive af, but I paid for $200 of it with a gift card I got from a sales competition. So far it has been 100% worth it.
EDIT: Sync doesn't display my extra pictures! =O
I decided to save on the classic version. I also cough gram anything, but like you don't have gross long term side effects.
I'm definitely collecting ABV. An easy way to use it is just toss it as is into chili. The smoky, herbal flavors of the ABV go great with the rich, smoky flavors of the chili. It's already decarbed and available. You just have to get it into you in a large enough amount to get high.
I have OCD (the actual kind), so the lack of knobs and a smooth wipe-clean surface was worth the extra cost for me, otherwise I'd have definitely gone for the regular one.
The chilli sounds like a great idea, but I'm not really able to cook often so it might not be the best solution for me (absolutely will try it though next time I do cook something chilli-like!).. I also already have a large batch of cannabutter I made, but like you say, you need loads to get high, so I've not figured out how to use it yet without giving myself indigestion😂
You could get canned chili. I like Chili Man, but it's not Peggy Hill's Frito Pie without Wolf Brand Chili! But yeah, anything sort of rich and savory works. Fresh weed flavor is great in Italian food. I haven't tried ABV like that, but I imagine it could be good in a white sauce dish.
I'll have to do some experimenting lol