Which do you use? Is the effect the same without all the lung exposure
My first flower vaping experiences were with cheap little units, and I thought they didn't get me as high as a joint.
Years later, I tried a Stortz & Bickle "Plenty." A world of difference. The plenty has no batteries, so it has to be plugged into 120V, and it uses a lot of weed per charge. But it's a convection vaper with good temp control and produces some amazing hits. In the final analysis, a vape can get you higher than combustion, because there's a limit to how much smoke you can breath, but almost no limit to how much you can vape. The vape give you just the "good suff," while combustion adds a lot of "bad stuff."
The PAX units are a tour de force of industrial/consumer design, kind of like Apple products. They use a conduction oven that bakes the weed, and the draw is a little harder and hotter (short pipe to the oven) but I still like it best for the blend of convenience, size, and effects.
Finally, the HerbalAire units blow up balloons with convection, like the famous Volcano, but they cost a lot less. Probably the cleanest hit, but with the most paraphernalia and prep.
