I agree with both Beez and Capn, the moisture is a huge beneficiary to those who find vapor to be irritating to the throat such as a sore throat the day after (at least for me it does). As to whether the vape bong effects are better or worse depends on the variety of vape you have. I use the PD mainly, and to me, the comparison from regular use as to attached use is similar to me smoking from a pipe or smoking from a bong, but that can also just be from bigger hits, milking a whole stem in one hit instead of over 3-7.