Dry herb vaporizing can be thought of as having a little oven in your pocket, similar to when weed is placed in the oven to be decarboxylated, a dry herb vaporizer does the same thing in the palm of your hands. Cannabis vaporizers have been growing in popularity. Its early inception as we know it today was invented by Eagle Bill Amato called the ‘Eagle Bill Shake and Vapes’, he pioneered the method of vaping as a healthier way to consume cannabis.
Cannabis vaporizers offer a compact way of consuming cannabis without the use of accessories. It is an efficient method to transport your bud without the excess, just load and go!
Cannabis vaporizers currently on the market provide options for everyone regardless of consumption experience. There are vaporizers that can accompany you for a social smoke or stay at home with you for your solo vaping sessions. The variety of vapes on the market tells us that folks want to leave the papers and grinders at home and yearn for a more convenient way to smoke.It does not matter if you are new to cannabis or have been smoking for longer than our budtenders have been alive, the options for vaporizers are endless. Let’s take a look at the different types of vaporizers that are out there so we can start to figure out what kind best suits your needs.
The Different Types of Cannabis Vaporizers
Portable Vaporizers
A portable vaporizer is one that you can pack quickly and go about your day. A portable vaporizer people might remember might be the Pax. The Pax was popular because it was convenient and easy to use. Now, there are awesome varieties of portable vaporizers
Desktop Vaporizers
An example of a desktop vaporizer would be The Volcano. The Volcano is a dry herb vaporizer that allows you to load your bud into a chamber and watch a balloon fill all of the vaporized smoke into a balloon where the smoke is dispersed and cooled down, allowing your session to be much easier for your lungs.
Pen-Style Vaporizers
Pen style vaporizers are great for quick on the go hits. You can set the temperature setting where you can really taste the terps of the bud without burning off your herb too fast.
Benefits of Vaping Cannabis Over Smoking
Benefits to vaping cannabis are evident. There is a difference between hitting a joint directly or a fat bong rip, vaping is a more discrete way to consume where you don’t have to choke over a fat bong rip, or have a scent trailing around you with a joint in your hand.
Vaping cannabis has been proven to reduce the amount of damage to your lungs. Vapor is a lighter smoke that is better for our lungs to absorb. Vaping itself is a much lighter type of smoke for the body to process. Inhaling smoke from a joint or glass piece can be an experience, we all love to say “If you aint chokin’, you ain’t tokin’”, but something tells me our lungs would not agree with that. Vaping just offers an easier way for our lungs to handle the smoke we are ingesting.
Another benefit to vaping dry herbs is how cost effective it is. You do not have to burn your weed up to get the full high you are looking for. Vaping allows your weed to have consistent heat on it so those cannabinoids and terpenes are released easily without wasting your weed.
Vaping allows you to experience the herbal notes of marijuana. Of course everyone wants to get high quickly but what about the nuances of the smoke, the taste and reflection of what you are actually feeling, other than just “high”. This supports that vaping is actually more potent than smoking weed directly because we are consuming those cannabinoids that only enhance our high.
How to Choose the Right Vaporizer
Someone who is not a frequent smoker is not going to want to go right into vaping out of a volcano. There are options where you can go at a slower pace to ease your way into this different way of consuming cannabis.
You want to choose the vaporizer that is most convenient for you so considering elements such as temperature, battery life, and material can go a long way.
Temperature is key for dry herb vaporizers.
Tips for Getting Started with Your New Vaporizer
When it comes to picking your first dry herb vape, you want to find something that is suitable for your comfort level, easy to use, and easy to clean. When it comes to loading your chamber, you never want to overfill , airflow is imperative when it comes to dry herb vapes. If you overfill your chamber you can risk more resistance when you take a hit. This can cause your vape to clog and make it harder to clean.
Just like low and slow is the name of the game with edibles, the same mantra applies for vaping bud. Only this time our purpose is to preserve those terpenes. The best temperature for vaping dry herb is 356-392 F, so be very mindful of your heat settings starting out so you can create the most optimal experience for yourself, don’t burn off your weed before you can really enjoy those terpenes and cannabinoids.
Featured Vaporizers at Ivy Hall
Tyson G-Pen
When it comes to variety, Ivy Hall is the perfect place! Ivy Hall has dry herb vape options for every type of cannabis consumer. Those who want to start slow with dry herb vaping will want to grab the G-Pen Dash. This small portable vaporizer fits easily in the palm of your hand, and can slide right into your pocket for when you are on the move.
It has a magnetic mouthpiece with a glass glazed heating chamber. It has three different heat settings: 375 F, 401 F, and 428 F. The different temperatures will be indicated by various colors to let you know which setting you are on. The haptic feedback is another cool element of this device to really make you feel like you are using a vaporizer with substance.
The Volcano Hybrid
At Ivy Hall we also have the Storz and Bickel Volcano Hybrid desktop dry herb vaporizer. This device may have a special place in the hearts of our more experienced users, but our new stoners can definitely set their sights on this wonderful vaporizer technology.
The Volcano has precision temperature controls, as well as an app that allows you to adjust the temperature from your phone. In order to use the device you unscrew the loading chamber, next load the filling chamber with at least a half gram of dry herb to not overload the chamber and allow even heating. Once the herb is heated up, you can attach the bag to the chamber and click ‘Air’ on the base.
The cool aspect about the Volcano Hybrid is how the heating works. Although the original model uses convection heating, this model uses a hybrid system where the ceramic around the filling chamber heats up with the air that is going through the device. This model allows for convection heating from the hot air running through and you get conduction from the ceramic chamber.
You can expect to rip some big clouds with the Volcano. You have the option of using the bag or a whip or tube to smoke your herb directly from the chamber. Both methods prove to be beneficial.
The Volcano is essentially a large dry herb vaporizer that you’re definitely going to want to leave at home. The base where the battery is can be cumbersome to carry around. When it comes to the Volcano, a toke with some friends at house works, or even a solo sesh at home will suffice. The Volcano works by loading your bud into a chamber.
The Volcano has a temperature range that goes from 266 F to 446 F. It uses full convection heating which allows for all of the bud you packed in to be burned evenly. The Volcano is a reliable and consistent vaporizer that is highly appreciated by the majority of the cannabis community.
The Volcano is another testament to German engineering. It is a high quality machine that is manufactured to suit the needs of our cannabis friends.
Yocan Evolve D+ Dry Herb Vaporizer
The Yocan D+ Dry Herb vaporizer is a pen vaporizer. This vaporizer is different because you can use extracts and dry herbs. It is the most affordable option for our dry herb vaporizers and allows people who are curious about this method of consumption to try it out without investing in something too heavy duty.
The Evolve-D Plus is a nifty option where every part of this device has a function. It has a 1100mmAh watt battery with a dual spiral coil system. This type of system is helpful for heating your weed evenly and creating nice big clouds of smoke. It has a large heating chamber leaving you enough room to load all the bud you want for a continuous vaping experience. The mouthpiece can be pressed down to help circulate the heat in the chamber and move your bud closer to the coil. Even if you want some buds on the go, there is even a storage compartment on the lower end of the pen for you to have your extra bud on deck.
The Yocan Evolve-D Plus is a perfect beginner vaporizer. It is lightweight and creates a seamless experience for folks who want to take a different route with their consumption methods.
Vaping Etiquette and Safety
A good way to ensure that you are getting the correct vape apparatus you want is to attain it from reputable sources. Dispensaries and well established smoke shops are great resources to buy your vaporizer from. Companies such as GPen and Volcano have their websites established where you can buy them directly from there, but of course you will probably pay shipping and other handling fees.
When your purchase your vape at Ivy Hall you have the option of using your points to help with cost, using your first or second time discount, or come in during our “Early Bird” or “Last Call” that occurs Sunday through Thursday within the first hour of us being open and the last, so you can get 10% off of your new toys. When you come in you can ask our budtenders what devices they like and the temperatures they prefer to vape at. However you choose to purchase your vaporizer just know you have a team of folks prepared to set you on the right path of your cannabis experience.
Elevate Your Cannabis Experience with Vapes
Cannabis vapes are great because they allow you to experience weed differently.
Any time you enter one of our Ivy Hall locations you can see a wall of vaporizers of all sizes and levels. At Ivy Hall we are more than aware that there is no one product for everyone and there is beauty in having a variety of options. Ivy Hall serves as that safe space for consumers to come in and ask questions about the different vaporizers we have on the shelves.
Our staff is more than ready to explain to you how each one works because a lot of us use the items you see. So you have a great community of people who can guide you along in picking the vaporizer right for you.
Resources:
- Cannabis Culture Awards. (n.d.). Eagle Bill Amato. Cannabis Culture Awards. https://www.cannabiscultureawards.com/winners/eagle-bill-amato
