Smoke is smoke, but vapor is not vapor.
You can taste a lot more when you stop burning the plant and I think that's where the industry needs to go if it wants to develop that way
You can taste a lot more when you stop burning the plant and I think that's where the industry needs to go if it wants to develop that way
It seems like a market ripe for disruption to be honest, the undisputed king among non portable vaporizers at least is still the volcano vaporizer which came out over 25 years ago. I think that's why distillate cartridges are so popular, because they avoid all these issues dry herb vapes seem unable to work around. They don't smell very much at all compared to a dry herb vape, they are cheap, they have no maintenance issues or learning curve, and they are on and off with a click of a button.
Although, sure, it is expensive, as you say, but it's very good. And no matter how gunked up the top cooling part of the unit might get, it will never not turn on/off. I don't find the maintenance of the unit to be a big deal (particularly having an extra top /etc), but as always with such things, YMMV.
The problem with these types of vaporizers is that they can inadvertantly introduce contaminents to the body. This is largely fungal and bacterial matter that can infect the lungs as it is not destroyed fully in the heating process.
Be careful even with tested weed.