bong or vaporizer

[temunator]

ok im browsing headshop searching for a new cheap bong 50euro maximum but i could also get a vporizer instead of the bong-..... would the weed i got last longer with a vaporizer? whats the vaporizer high like-? heared its different from the bong high

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

My personal experience was that I used a lot more weed with a vape than I do with a bong and the high did not last as long. YMMV

 

[El Toker]

There's a whole forum for vape users on here somewhere that's probably worth reading. Personally I find the high from a vape different to that from a bong, and prefer the bong, but many more people find the opposite. I guess the only way to know for sure is to give it a try yourself.

 

[theHIGHlander]

bongs

keep it green
highlander

 

[bobblehead]

I LOVE my arizer. $200. If you're going to get a vap, spend the money on a nice one. It's worth it. Cheap vaps suck. My Arizer also came with a 3 or 5 year warranty... If you drop your bong, does it have a warranty?

I'm also very athletic, and I can't be hacking up a long while I'm training...

 

[Ramius]

You can also save your vaped bud to make cannabutter with so your making your weed stretch even further

 

[dagnabit]

i like both...

i can manage my meds perfectly...

i vape first and get that "part of my high" where i want it then run one hitter through the toro till im right where i want to be.

 

[Marywanna]

I am with dag. I like both. Each has it's place in my Tokin Tiki Bar.

 

[olddaffy]

I prefer to vape,
I use .1-.2gr a session in my vape, my bong sits unused.
As far as the high, I would suggest trying both yourself.

 

[Anita Bonghit]

for me smoking just doesn't do it for me, unless its a fat blunt or multiple bowl packs
my vaporizer has fit in perfectly; why?
its healthier, it tastes better (doesnt leave that resin after taste in my mouth), it gets me higher off one hit (serious), its technological (lighters taste gross are expensive, ceramic is pure), my vape (da buddha) has a 3 year warranty which i intend on doing and it was even confiscated by police and given back when i said it was my 'nebulizer' (for asthma)
would police ever give back your bong? i think NOT

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

These days I use the Vrip Heat Wand, which lets you take vape hits straight through your glass pieces. Here's a pic of one in action (not mine) -



So uh, both I suppose.

But I very rarely combust anymore.

I think a vape that pulls hot air downwards through the weed is able to extract a much thicker vape hit than you can get from other designs. The Silver Surfer Vape uses a design like this, as does the vrip wand and a similar one for bongs/bubblers called the Herborizer.

I respect all of your opinions on the vape thing, but I have to wonder if those of you who consider it an inferior experience have really used a properly designed vaporizer and taken a few days to adjust & learn how to really get a milked up vape hit.

 

[Don Dump]

50 clams is a tight budget. probably cant even get a nice bong for that, let alone a decent vape. save up some more money and call back.

I really can't comprehend how vaping isn't the norm, especially on this site, where people actually appreciate weed. my extreme kicks my ass all day. I want to get a herborizer/vriptech hw to use with my bong or get a vapexhale cloud. can hook the extreme up to a bong but its kind of cumbersome.

dont expect the same high as with smoking.

CO and benzene are both smoke byproducts that produce drowsiness. Get either in a high enough dose and you'll go to sleep permanently. Vapor, especially at lower to mid range temps, has little to no toxins and produces a much cleaner high. In almost every case, smokers who try vapor and complain that something is missing, are really only missing byproducts of combustion, and they have nothing to do with the active compounds in cannabis. The exception is that some medical users will miss the few high temp active compounds that have a sedative or analgesic effect. And these you can get, to some extent, by vaping at the high end of the range

 

[slave4sail]

mr.bjangles has the idea, bong rip those vape hits

 

[Snypette]

i've used a volcano digital vap and it was wack! It didn't taste like weed at all it tasted like shit. the taste is part of the smoking experience for me. good luck

 

[gary20757]

Bong: good solid high but has cancer agents in the smoke and can cause fits of caughing went taking to big of hits
Vaporizer: nice solid high but tends to be more cerebral and tends to slow dissapate over time (but with a nice strong sativa it can last for hours) plus no BAD smoke just vapor....but in a pinch either will do the job.... i find its all in peoples preferences really

 

[CrumpleZone]

Gotta bong, got two vapes, don't try to take either from me. Both vapes and bongs serve their purposes.

Gotta love a portable vaporizer for stealth medicating. Mine is an Iolite, love it.

 

[FreezerBoy]

Having recently switched to vaping after 30 years with a bong, I have to say it's an experience everyone should try at least once. Because it does effect the high or stone, many may not like it. If you can't test drive a friends, I suggest a handheld unit (like a vapor genie/vapor buddy style). If you like it, you have a nifty traveling unit, if not, it's only $50 down the drain rather than $150-$500

I think a vape that pulls hot air downwards through the weed is able to extract a much thicker vape hit than you can get from other designs.

The up pointing VaporBros was not the problem I was expecting. You pretty much have to blow into the tube to make it spill. Still, I so liked the idea of a down pointing tube that I built a stand propping up the VBs rear end leaving the tube just past horizontal
(something between the Surfer and the Buddah)

More than up/down I found rotating the whip was key. A fixed whip tends towards hot spots, super heating one area of the weed, leaving others untouched.

 

[gary20757]

nice advice freeze ill have to try rotating the whip cause i have noticed some was not brown like the rest maybe this is why!!! thx for tip

 

[Anita Bonghit]

^ Rotate and stir or shake, my friend. A deformed paper clip can be the used to stir. Don't try vaping mushrooms, but other drugs can be applied to the vaporizer.

i know this is a little off topic BUT. Does anyone here clean their whip? i just buy a new one, cuz my whip looks like ass..

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

Having recently switched to vaping after 30 years with a bong, I have to say it's an experience everyone should try at least once. Because it does effect the high or stone, many may not like it. If you can't test drive a friends, I suggest a handheld unit (like a vapor genie/vapor buddy style). If you like it, you have a nifty traveling unit, if not, it's only $50 down the drain rather than $150-$500



The up pointing VaporBros was not the problem I was expecting. You pretty much have to blow into the tube to make it spill. Still, I so liked the idea of a down pointing tube that I built a stand propping up the VBs rear end leaving the tube just past horizontal
(something between the Surfer and the Buddah)

More than up/down I found rotating the whip was key. A fixed whip tends towards hot spots, super heating one area of the weed, leaving others untouched.

Rotating the whip is great advice, everyone should be doing that by default, but the point I'm trying to make is that not all vapes are created equal.

If you have one with an inefficient air path or heater design, then rotating the whip isn't going to magically make it able to generate a thick & satisfying vape hit.

The Herborizer vape I mentioned uses a glass-on-glass joint for the bowl, and thus cannot really be rotated at all during the hit. But, because it has a highly efficient design (air goes vertically over the element, then down into the bowl,) it is known for making really nice vape rips, especially if you have the temperature controlled version.

Feel like I'm splitting hairs a bit, but calling the whip rotation more key than the vaporizer design itself just rubs me the wrong way.