Hello fellow Vapor Enthusiasts! I'm a 49 yo MJ imbiber, have been consuming the weed since 1975, so I'm probably one of the geezers on this board? I used to smoke--joints, pipes (wood, brass, soda cans, apples, toilet paper inner roll, nose-hits, etc etc), bongs. I used to buy "grass" in "lids"-mostly just leaf, about a half ounce ("four-fingers") for $10. Didn't know better back then, but it got us high and probably inflamed the shit out of our lungs. Even after going to bud in bongs I always had a persistent, throat-clearing cough all day, much worse during allergy season.
I heard or read somewhere about this "vaporizing" technique, and while traveling in San Francisco about three years ago I stopped in a head shop in Haight-Ashbury. Picked up an el-cheapo soldering gun/globe top just to try the technique. The hardware was crap, but the vaporization worked, and man! what a difference. I wanted a better unit, so somehow I found out about the HappyVappy, which is made in Vancouver just a couple hours north of me. For a first (real) vaporizer, it actually has worked out pretty well.
A friend of mine who is a HUGE mj consumer got gifted a box-vape and I tried it. Christ! What huge hits! My HV seems a little weak compared to that.
I found this site after cruising another site, and I've been lurking for a couple of weeks to see what all the info there was. What a resource! I am now waiting for a tax refund to purchase a Da Buddha, and for outdoor/travel/camping/etc a Vapor Genie.
I will never go back to smoking. I can vap out in my house while my daughter is hanging out (somewhere else in the house of course) and she never smells a thing. I don't reek, I don't hack, I don't get that obnoxious fetid breath, and I don't get the headaches or run-down feeling after a lengthy session. Plus, my pot lasts longer, and I like the buzz better.
Thanks for all the great posts here. Once I get my DBV and VG, I will give my $ .02 and hopefully be another valuable contributor.
Vape on all!