With both screen mods in place, the internal screen becomes a honey magnet. FREE DABS!
What I love about the cannabis vape community is the innovation and hacking happening at the consumer level. Weed vapes exist because of stoner ingenuity, and that same drive to improve our cannabis consumption methods pushes many of us to hack and modify our vapes. We’re always looking to squeeze a little more value or sculpt and polish that perfect experience. Or you know, just make something fucking work!
In the case of the Boundless CF and CFX – both already great vapes – a few simple mods can dramatically improve the quality of the vapor and the experience.
Mouthpiece Screen Installation
This simple mod was shown off by /u/djchexxx. He took apart the lower portion of the mouthpiece and installed a stainless steel pipe screen in place of the threaded cap with little holes drilled into it. This greatly improves airflow and doesn’t get easily clogged like the cap design.
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- Disassemble the lower portion of the mouthpiece. Remove the threaded cap screen.
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- Insert a 13.8mm screen into the circular area where the cap screen was. It should lock into place.
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- Reassemble mouthpiece. Enjoy better airflow!
I tried it. It works well, but it still clogs and requires cleaning. And in this case, that means disassembling the mouthpiece. Not a huge deal, but the timing can get annoying. I recommend doing this in addition to one of the screen mods below.
Pipe Screen & Bucket Screen Mod
The ELB top bucket screen locks nicely into place on the underside of the mouthpiece. A perfect fit.
This one is simple and super quick to clean. Take a 10mm stainless steel pipe screen. They’re usually 12 for $1 at your local headshop or stock up for life on Amazon. Bend and stretch the screen around your pinky or a Bic pen. With a little work, you can give the screen a nice round/bucket shape. Place this on top of the CF or CFX bowl before you put on the mouthpiece. When it gets dirty, you can use a brush or rub it with your fingers. You can even have several shaped screens handy because you’ll eventually lose one anyway.
If you prefer the neater look, you can buy specialty bucket screens that fit perfectly into the Boundless CFX chamber.
The Arizer Extreme Q bucket screen and the top portion of the Vape Xhale ELB bucket screen both sit perfectly above the bowl and below the mouthpiece. You’ll still want to remove the threaded filter and the threaded insert. I prefer the VapeXhale bucket because it seats and stays attached to the mouthpiece, but the Arizer Extreme Q screens are cheaper.
Related: Boundless CFX Review
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- The vapeXhale ELB bucket screen fits perfectly into the CF/CFX bowl and prevents the mouthpiece from clogging
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- The Arizer Extreme Q basket fits perfect as well.
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- A simple 20mm pipe screen shaped into a dome works perfectly
ELB Mod – Extra Convection, easy cleaning, on-the-go pods
Yungleaner and Justpassedu over at the fuck combustion forums discovered that the easy load bowls from the VapeXHale units fit nearly perfectly into the CF/CFX chamber.
The best part about this mod is the ELB is a perfect pod system for the CF and CFX. Preload your ELBs with .3g each and you’ve got your day covered. You’ll have to smoosh the long basket down a bit on the end most likely. You can put your material in here, cap it with the smaller bucket screen, and have 4 capsules for hot swapping or on-the-go convenience. With the CFX this method seems to get more convection early in the session. With the CF the effect was less dramatic, but it took longer to fully vape everything. At lower temps, expect two full sessions of slightly lighter clouds, or at high temps about a session and a half of average-to-good sized clouds.
The ELBs are a bit pricey, but they’re very high quality and will last a long time.
Using the ELB as a capsule is kinda fun. I just carried them around loose in my pocket, although something airtight would be better. They come out hot though, so if you’re hot-swapping – be careful. They’re also easy to clean. A light massage between your fingers and a few taps into a jar will clear the ELB right out.
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- They hold .3g and can be used for on-the-go vaping
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- The VapeXhale ELB basket screens can be used as capsules.
What size screen for the CFX?
P.S. Thanks for this tut!
For those who are looking for the common screen size for the first mod, it’s 5/8″….
Ugh, 5/8″ doesn’t fit and can’t find 13.8mm, closest would be 9/16″ or 14.8mm… I don’t get it… Also, lost the screen from the bottom of the chamber, that will take 14.8mm for sure…
This is a great hack!
I got the Arizer Extreme Q basket and in my opinion the “basket” is too small. It’s really tiny compared to the full size of the boundless herb chamber. Guess I’m gonna try the vapeXhale ELB bucket next.
Can I change to the screen mode without the bucket mode?
yea you can just do the screen mod. Both mods rocks and worth every penny. Also your local drugstore likely has a perfect ELB size pill bottle machined with oring for carrying around an extra load. So one in the machine, one in the pocket, I can reload while walking with the mrs in the outdoor market. Thanks dudes for the tips and the honey magnet. Also the mouthpiece collects a LOT of honey, I use a tie wrap end (plastic) to collect there after the unit cools a little bit before the dab goes hard plastic but not all liquidy :)
Anyone ever drill out the way to small vent holes in the bottom. I would think this would incrase the airflow big time……
Just did the pipe screen mod for the mouthpiece. I had originally cut one to fit the screw in piece. Yours works far better and easier, no clue why I made it harder on myself.
what hapened with the videos?
Hi John,
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when you do the ELB mod do you need to remove the screen in the heating chamber of the boundlesss CFX. I know you must remove the mouth piece screen
What’s the difference in flavour between using this mod and regular mouthpiece?