Thought I'd post a trip report here since this still seems to be a less popular chem.
Over the summer I tried this substance with my girlfriend (A) and her close friend (B) at the beach. I measured out doses on a milligram scale ahead of time and loaded them into gelcaps to take with us. I gave myself 24mg (a standard dose), A got 34mg because she's an extreme hardhead, and B got 28mg because she told me she could take it. We didn't factor in the potential awkwardness of taking substantial doses in public but it turned out ok in the end.
At 1:30pm the weather was absolutely perfect and the beach not too crowded. We parked the car near the beach and dropped before walking over and setting up, which ended up being a mistake because the comeup was faster than expected -- I'd say around 20-30 minutes until first alerts. We hadn't eaten anything since breakfast at 10:30am so our stomachs were mostly empty. A had some GI issues (as is usual for her with tryptamines) but cleared them up in a nearby hotel bathroom. B and I were fine after taking a little preemptive Alka-Seltzer. The trip was nausea-free for all of us after that.
B is the smallest of us and she was up first, though A and I weren't far behind. I would describe the overall headspace as languid, stoning, sensual without being overly erotic, and a distinct undercurrent of absurdity - everything seemed hilarious. Sound took on an interesting character - sustained noises like insects, the crash of the waves, and helicopters seemed to be amplified while speech seemed muted. I think it had something to do with attention creating a kind of "tunnel hearing" where particular sounds become immersive while others drop out. Visuals were both gorgeous and weird. Colors were amplified to the point of seeing color "halos" surrounding (for example) swimsuits. A's skin is very fair and when we were in the water I could see the ocean reflected on her body. Facial details and peoples' bodies generally were distorted and wavy/wobbly - we couldn't look directly at each other without laughing. If anyone's ever seen a painting by El Greco that's the closest image I can compare it to. Movement slowed down. Perspective was also distorted, to the point where distant objects seemed to exist on the same plane as nearer ones if you focused on them. I've taken 4-HO-MET, and while feeling somewhat less "cinematic," this chemical was similarly immersive, like being enveloped by the objects of your senses. Being in the water felt incredible. The body high was pleasant in general, but again attention played a major role - if you weren't concentrating on your body you'd almost forget it was there. The drug was lightly dissociative in that way - I remember A saying once, "I can't tell the difference between my body and not my body." Which was good, because one of the downsides to the experience had to do with the setting - when your senses are heightened, having wet sand stick to your skin under the hot sun quickly becomes intolerable. Nothing scary with the exception of a trio of military helicopters that kept buzzing the shoreline (a base is nearby).
One of the most interesting things about this substance was how it slowed down time. For me, 4-HO-MET had a very different effect, that of slipping in and out of partial consciousness, with no idea how much time had passed. On 4-AcO-MET, it just felt like time was eternal. However, I would say I experienced the same lapses in short-term memory. We were awful at reapplying sunscreen for that reason and got badly sunburned. Funny at the time but pretty miserable for the next few days.
When we were almost all the way down (around sunset - 6pm) we foolishly smoked a joint, which extended the trip another 3 hours. I say foolishly because by this time we were starving, leading us to take the stupid risk of driving into town for dinner. Anyway, we survived.
Overall I would describe the experience as ridiculously fun. I would not call it very insightful or deep. A & B compared it to a "hot dumb girl" and I have to agree -- not that there's anything wrong with that
. Downsides were only 1) that B took a bit too much (28mg and she's maybe 5'5 and 115lbs) and was borderline uncomfortable during the peak 2) we should have prepared better for the beach and 3) it went on a little too long, though that's because we smoked during the comedown. I'm sure I'll do it again & I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a gentle, lighthearted trip with minimal mindfuck (even less than its 4-HO ester). We were all tripping pretty hard but didn't have a problem keeping it together in public. Next to 4-HO-MET it's the most purely enjoyable RC I've tried and definitley among the most visually exciting (my experience also includes 4-AcO-DMT, 4-HO-MiPT, 5-MeO-MiPT, 2C-B and 2C-D).
