Vaporizers

Vaporizers are essentially an alternative to smoking certain drugs, such as marijuana and hashish. These devices extract the active ingredients from the plants and vaporize them into clean vapor. You can inhale this vapor immediately or store it in special bags. “Smoking” with a vaporizer is much cleaner and healthier than smoking a joint, for example, while achieving the same effect. Read more about vaporizers here!

How do vaporizers work?

In the past, there were two types of vaporizers: those that worked by conduction and those that worked by convection. With conduction, the material is placed on a metal plate. This plate is heated to release the active compounds. However, this method still releases harmful substances because the plant is directly burned. That’s why we now almost exclusively use vaporizers that work with convection.

Convection involves a stream of hot air passing over the plant material, heating it rapidly. This not only prevents combustion but also releases far more active compounds than with conduction. With a tube positioned close to the heat source, you can inhale the vapor directly and enjoy your pure cannabis or hash vapor. These vaporizers also vary considerably from one another, particularly in terms of materials. The cheapest models use a ceramic heating element, a glass chamber, and a plastic tube. The more expensive vaporizers use a silicone hose, an aluminum heating element, and a metal extraction chamber.

Are vaporizers healthier than regular smoking?

Vaporizers are still a relatively new phenomenon and are constantly being improved. That is why a lot of research is being done on the health effects of using a vaporizer. Are these devices really healthier, as claimed?

Most studies suggest they are. You still get the same amount of THC from a vaporizer as you do from smoking a joint, but without the harmful substances released during smoking. Smoking with a vaporizer is therefore much better for your respiratory system, because you don’t inhale tar or nicotine. The general consensus now is that vaporizers achieve the same effect without the downsides of smoking.

The only major downside of vaporizers is that the initial purchase cost is higher. Buying a whole device can be quite expensive. Fortunately, there are also affordable and smaller vaporizers available at reasonable prices. And in the long run, they’re cheaper, since you don’t have to keep buying new rolling papers and filter tips. So choose a healthier way to smoke weed—choose a vaporizer!