IMHO, the Volcano got knocked off its perch a few years back by the Herbalizer. Herbie is ready to go from a cold start in 15 seconds and I can take huge hash salad rips off the ice bong with it. Pull as hard as you want and and the quartz heating element keeps up at perfect temperature. The Volcano's bag valves are much nicer but I don't use the bags anyway.
For portable flowers and hash salads, I'm Crafty all the way. In fact, after I got it I realized how terrible my box vape at home was and went out two days later to get the Herbie.
Both Storz & Bickle and Clovershield have very good customer service. I sent my Crafty in for a new battery after using it heavily for a year and a half. I also inquired about getting a new enclosure because I broke off one of the flanges that hold the top on while tapping it out on an ashtray (don't do that.) S&B sent me a brand new Crafty for free because they considered the weak flanges to be a design defect (the new one has redesigned, more robust flanges.) The rubber parts came off the Herbalizer bowl and Clovershield sent me a new one before I sent the old one back.
Life is too short to faff around with bad tools. Do it right the first time and they'll give you good service for many years.
