At Elev8 we have been manufacturing desktop vaporizers since 2004, and we believe that a good desktop vaporizer like the Silver Surfer Vehicle (or SSV) is an essential tool that every serious cannabis connoisseur should have in their arsenal. Whether you prefer to use concentrates, oils, or dry flower, a desktop vaporizer unit like the SSV can vaporize your herbs in a way that will give the best and most flavorful experience when compared to traditional combustion.
Desktop vaporizers like the SSV are classy!
There can't possibly be a classier way to enjoy your herbs than through a desktop vaporizer like the Silver Surfer Vehicle. The SSV uses convection heating with a ceramic heating element in a vapor pathway made entirely from borosilicate glass and food-grade vinyl tubing. When used properly the Silver Surfer Vehicle will vaporize dry herbs cleanly and evenly, and the optional Essential Oil Kit for the SSV provides a familiar way to vaporize concentrates in the style of an E-Nail or E-Banger, though concentrates can also be vaporized through the Silver Surfer's convection whip system with the included Ceramic Flavor Disc, which is a fantastically flavorful way to enjoy your oils and concentrates. The SSV is also infinitely customizable thanks to its borosilicate glass vapor pathway, and since every serious connoisseur likely has a hefty collection of heady glass dab rigs and water pipes, the Silver Surfer can be hooked up to any standard glass joint with a Water Pipe Adapter, allowing you to connect the SSV's vinyl hose to your water pipe or any other glass contraption.
Vaporizing is better for you!
Desktop vaporizers like the Silver Surfer Vehicle provide a healthier option for consuming herbs and concentrates, and they will keep your environment cleaner, as well as your glass implements. When vaporized at temperatures at or just above the boiling temperature for the component alkaloids in your herbs and concentrates, you avoid potentially wasting the beneficial terpenes and other alkaloids which can often be sensitive to higher temperatures. When vaporized at the proper temperature with a desktop vaporizer like the SSV, these alkaloids become much more readily bioavailable, so your body can utilize the maximum amount of the component compounds without any of these alkaloids being wasted, allowing you to use less of your favorite herbs while getting stronger and more active beneficial effects. Since aromatic herbs like cannabis are traditionally smoked, the users are exposed to harmful compounds and carcinogens that are associated with the combustion of plant materials. Desktop vaporizers like the Silver Surfer Vehicle eliminate the health risks associated with combustion and allow the body to process the beneficial alkaloids in a healthier and more efficient way.
Vaporizing is better for the environment!
Besides eliminating the risks of combustion to your health, when you use a desktop vaporizer like the SSV you're also eliminating the environmental hazards associated with combustion, and the Silver Surfer Vehicle is significantly more power efficient than any portable vaporizer on the market, significantly reducing your carbon footprint when you use your favorite herbs or concentrates. The Silver Surfer Vehicle uses an analog circuit with a simple ceramic heating element, the unit plugs into your wall power and can be safely left on indefinitely without having any significant impact on your overall power usage. Portable vaporizers cannot match desktop vaporizer units like the SSV on power usage and waste, batteries are inefficient when used to heat electric heating elements and the battery units will eventually fail and need to be replaced, creating an even greater environmental burden. All of this can be eliminated with a desktop vaporizer unit like the Silver Surfer Vehicle.
The SSV is durable, long-lasting, and made in the USA!
The Silver Surfer Vehicle first hit the market in 2004, and Elev8 Vehicles (previously known as 7th Floor Vaporizers) has been supporting these units ever since then. The SSV has been known to run faithfully for fifteen to twenty plus years without needing a repair if properly maintained. The Silver Surfer is made from 1/4 inch thick aluminum tubing with a sturdy steel base, and the unit is built at Elev8's warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The glass components are made by the Elev8 Premier glassblowing studio which is also in Colorado Springs, making the SSV one of the only desktop vaporizers which is entirely built and assembled in the United States of America. You would be hard-pressed to find a more durable desktop vaporizer on the market, and with the huge range of customization options and other benefits we think that the Silver Surfer Vehicle is a crucial component in any serious herbal connoisseur's toolset.
What is Elev8?
Our Mission
Elev8 is a family of lifestyle brands united behind the common belief that we should always strive for a higher state of mind, body, and spirit. Elev8 brands aim to achieve this goal by developing and delivering high quality products and services that our customers will be proud to utilize. Elev8 brands understand that there is always room for improvement and that self-reflection and refinement is the best way to accomplish this.
Our Code of Conduct
Here at Elev8 we have this code of conduct because we believe in it. We feel by adhering to these codes of conduct we will build the billion dollar company we have envisioned. The general intent of writing a code of conduct is to be able to hold each other accountable when something happens in the course of business. All of these items have been agreed upon by the collective employees of Elev8 Glass Gallery.
- Quality - Success begins with quality.
- Pride - Show pride in and loyalty to Elev8
- Integrity - Integrity is the consistent adherence to the social standards and moral values that are set forth in society.
- Teamwork - We are a team, the greater the team the greater the company!
- Patience - We are a growing company and there will always be growing pains, but with the pains, we will build opportunities
- Respect:
- Co-workers - When in the workplace follow the simple rule: if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.
- Self-respect - Don't do anything to yourself that prevents you from doing the best job possible, or just being the best person possible.
- Personal Accountability - If anything that is undesirable happens and you are responsible for it, you must take responsibility for it.
- Humble and Grateful - If you have concerns about being able to complete a task, ask someone that will be able to answer your questions. Also be grateful for the things you are provided within life and professionally.
- Customers - With everything we do in the course of the day we must keep the customer in mind.
- Honesty - If you can't be honest with yourself you most likely won't be able to be honest with your coworkers. Sometimes it may hurt but in the long run, it hurts less than bullshitting.
- Continue to Improve - There will always be room for improvement, be it a process, or an aspect of your personal life, never stop growing, never stop getting better.
- Positive Attitude - Employees should come into work placing their best foot forward, it will elevate the mood of all of those around you and create a better overall environment.
Our Brands
Our flagship organization was started by Steve Kelnhofer in a small garage in 2004 in order to manufacture and distribute the Silver Surfer Vehicle (SSV), our flagship product. Elev8 Distribution now operates out of a production and fulfillment warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Many of our longtime customers will know us as 7th Floor Vaporizers but Elev8 Distribution is a new entity with an Elev8ed view on life and our products. Elev8 Distribution is responsible for fulfilling orders from Elev8GlassGallery.com as well as manufacturing all of our Elev8 Vehicles products including the Silver Surfer Vehicle, Super Surfer Vehicle, Da Buddha Vehicle, Sidekick Portable Vehicle, and the ELEV8R! We also handcraft all of our Simply-Soluble products at this facility, as well as the Trunk by Dub Saq!
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Elev8 Glass Gallery
The brick-and-mortar retail division of Elev8 started with a small shop called Higher Elevations Masterpiece Productions (H.E.M.P.) which is located on the east side of Colorado Springs. We later opened a second store in downtown Colorado Springs called Elev8 Glass Gallery. When we began uniting our brands under the Elev8 trademark H.E.M.P. was renamed to Elev8 Glass Gallery East, and the downtown store became Elev8 Glass Gallery West.
Elev8 Premier is both the name of our glassblowing studio in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as the brand name used for all of the handcrafted and artistic glass creations which are produced by the Elev8 Premier studio. Elev8 Premier consists of a team of skilled glassblowers who produce all of the borosilicate glass components for our Elev8 Vehicles products. Elev8 Premier glassblowers also handcraft high quality production pipes and rigs, heady pipes and rigs, cremation memorial art, and any other creations that they can come up with! Elev8 Premier offers Liquid Arts Experience glassblowing classes for beginners, and experienced blowers can rent booth space and pick up tips and tricks from our highly skilled team. Some of our renters have even become Elev8 Premier glassblowers themselves. Dozens of glassblowers have started their careers at the Elev8 Premier studio, and Elev8 Premier has built quite a reputation for itself in the Colorado glassblowing community.
Elev8 Glass is a team of highly skilled foreign artisan glassblowers who design and manufacture our budget line of glass products. Many of these foreign artisans come from families that have been blowing glass for multiple generations. When you buy an Elev8 Glass water pipe you are getting a high quality product at a more affordable price, but don’t let the price fool you! Elev8 Glass pieces are still entirely handcrafted using the same methods and techniques which are common to all borosilicate lampworkers. All Elev8 Glass also can be upgraded with the Phoenix Oath Glass Warranty.
Elev8 Ambassador is our brand ambassador program, formerly known as Elev8 Dolls and Elev8 Gents. Elev8 Ambassadors are representatives for the Elev8 lifestyle, and our Ambassadors help us spread the word about our many products and services by reaching out to people and organizations in their respective communities who might benefit from the products and services that we offer. The Elev8 Ambassador program is divided into three tiers depending on the Ambassador’s level of involvement, with the highest tier earning sales commissions for any wholesale orders which they facilitate.
Elev8 Veterans is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping military veterans who are facing the difficult transition of returning to civilian life. Elev8 Veterans hopes to achieve this mission by giving military veterans tools that can help them rehabilitate and adjust to society outside of the armed forces, often through alternative therapies like medical cannabis and therapeutic activities like glassblowing. Elev8 Veterans regularly organizes events to spread awareness about the condition of military veterans in society. Glassblowers who attend their monthly First Saturday events can create pieces which are given to Elev8 Veterans as tax-deductible donations, and Elev8 Veterans sells the donated glass to generate funding for their mission. Elev8 Veterans also works to provide veterans free or affordable access to safe cannabis vaporizers made by Elev8 Vehicles, like the Silver Surfer Vehicle, and Elev8 Veterans works with Elev8 Premier to provide free glassblowing classes to military veterans as a form of alternative therapy. This allows veterans to find a healthy creative outlet while also giving them access to a potential source of needed income.
Elev8 University is a comprehensive teaching tool designed to educate customers, staff, and our partners about Elev8, the products that we make, the services that we provide, and the cannabis and glassblowing industries in general. This is a great program for anyone who is taking on a new job in our industry, and the course will get you up to speed on all the industry standards and established terminology. Take it to the next level of education with our Wholesale Elev8 University.
Elev8 Presents is our media production brand, focusing on marketing materials and educational materials for the general public. Elev8 Presents has an extensive catalog of videos which are available through their YouTube channel as well as through their website, including instructional videos, product highlights, function videos, product reviews, lifestyle videos, vlogs, and interviews.
Dub Saq is an Elev8 brand that focuses on creating fashionable, high quality storage bags and containers. The vaporizers manufactured by Elev8 Vehicles are famously packaged in durable carrying bags which were specially designed for our desktop vapor delivery vehicles. The original Silver Surfer Vehicle bag was the inspiration behind the first Dime Bags, and when Elev8 separated from Dime Bags we began exploring the possibility of creating our own line of aesthetically pleasing and durable storage bags and containers. Dub Saq aims to create the best and most beautiful bags and containers, like The Trunk which is hand cut and assembled from quality hardwood ply here at the Elev8 Distribution facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Simply-Soluble is a health, wellness, and beauty brand that was born from the creation of a unique water-soluble CBD formula which, as the name suggests, was simply soluble in just about anything. Simply-Soluble CBD can be used to infuse CBD into drinks, foods, lotions, topical salves, there are too many options to list! Simply-Soluble also produces a wide range of health and beauty products which are available with or without their signature CBD solution.
Elev8 Pizza Co. is a new brand which we created for our first ever food truck! Elev8 Pizza Co. is setting itself apart from the pack by offering the world’s first true smoked pizza, a process which we’ve perfected and an amazing flavor which we want to bring to the world. For now Elev8 Pizza Co. only operates in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, but one day we hope to expand Elev8 Pizza Co. into more cities, with a fleet of trucks and a heap of smoked pizzas for the masses.
