Yeah, there's no way you're going to get many ppl in these forums to recommend smoking lol, i mean the URL kinda gives it away that we're going to have a strong preference.
My choice of vaporization came a while after i had decided to quit cigarettes. My lungs/breathing didn't improve as drastically as i thought it would after quitting cigarettes. So, of course, the next logical thing to look into eliminating was the other sort of smoke i was still inhaling on a daily basis. About a month after i switched to vaporization and stopped inhaling smoke completely, i felt loads better. I could take deep breaths without getting a tickle deep in my lungs, and I can easily hold my breath long enough if someone rips a big fart nearby. So that was the main reason i chose vaporization, health.
At the time i was concerned taht it wouldnt be as efficient as smoking and that i'd end up going through more fast. In the end tho, i get more hits per quantity than i do with smoking. My consumption has maybe increased a bit, but thats just because I totally enjoy every aspect of the experience now, teh taste, smell, everything, so i do it more often.
So yeah vapor is 50x smoother than smoke, the taste is like delicious perfectly-cooked gourmet food compared to the fast-food-burger-doused-with-butane-and-lit-on-fire flavor of smoke. Every type of bud has it's own delicious (even the not-so-good stuff) unique flavor that just flows across your tongue as you exhale your hits with none of the samey, scorched harshness to take away from it. And there's none of that disgusting tar/glue that gets on your lips or anything like you get from joints. It really is love-at-first-hit for vapor.
ppl have mentioned theres little/no smell, and it's true. If someone blows vapor in your face, it smells about like if you stuck your nose in teh bag and took a whiff. maybe 10 seconds later tho (less depending on the circulation) and that smell is gone. the vapor dissipates fast, and so does any smell. My clothes, furniture, computers, fans, carpet, curtains, everything has ceased to smell like pot. I dont have ashes on my desk and if i spill my bong or something it doesn't smell like bongwater. I've accidentally combusted weed in my vape once and it was a shocking, horrifyingly stinky experience. I immediately blew the bowl out the window when i saw/tasted smoke and cranked on some fans and boiled my glass and replaced the hose to get rid of the smell/flavor as fast as i could, but it stayed around for days and my g/f got home later taht day and was like "wtf is that smell?!" from all the way downstairs lol. Hard to believe how stinky that smoke really was for all those years. Non-smokers smell it like crazy, and some ppl you really dont want to, co-workers, parents, etc. Since i switched to vaping, everyone probably thinks i quit consuming cannabis altogether lol.
Really, vaping is better in every shape and form. It's cleaner, healthier, more effective. Some ppl complain about it not being as portable as smoking a J or something, but they do make portable vapes. I personally would rather wait to get to the comfort of my home b4 vaping, so it doesnt bother me. Some ppl ( no one who's hit my buddha vape tho) have said that the highs aren't as intense or whatever, but, as others have said, vapor doesnt trigger certain antibodies in your body like smoke does. I like that though because the high is clearer and more enjoyable and less of a burned out sick sort of feeling.
I think ppl who prefer the effects of smoke over vapor should just do themselves a favor and switch to a heavier drug so they can get more of that crappy feeling they enjoy for some reason lol. I love a good clean THC high though. I love the numbness in the limbs/face and the floaty body feeling and chipper mood without the grogginess and runny nose, watery eyes, sore throat and headache that come with smoke.
just my $0.02
i guess nobody there has heard of...well, a lot of the vaps on the market
