Vaporizing or vaping cannabis has been a long practice, but in the past years, it has gained massive popularity due to a combination of increased attention to its health benefits and expanding legalization. Thus, what is a vaporizer, and how do you use it?
What is a vaporizer?
In case you didn’t know yet, a vaporizer is a device that creates a specific substance in the form of vapor, particularly for medicinal inhalation. That may seem a bit vague, but it offers a general concept of what a vaporizer’s main goal is, whatever its shape or size: to turn a substance into vapor for inhalation.
Vaporizers work in different ways, all of which come down to temperature. Others heat water below its boiling point, while a few works by heating the metal or air outside the unit. Others even heat the whole chamber.
No matter the method you use, vaporizers heat materials to a temperature high enough to convert it into a vapor—and lower than if it was burned with fire like a cigarette or joint.
The flame from a lighter is at least 230 degrees Celsius. Nonetheless, chemical compounds such as cannabinoids vaporize at a mere 140 degrees Celsius. All that added heat destroys most of the compounds in cannabis. Thus, vaporizers help you get the most out of your product.
How do you smoke weed in a vaporizer?
That’s a good question. You will find many different vaporizers in the market that all have bit different processes. But for the purpose of this article, we will concentrate on a basic vape pen, which is perhaps the most typical option.
Here are the steps you need to do to start using your vaporizer.
- Grind the herb.
- Pack a tiny amount of herb into the removable chamber of the pen. Think of using an amount the size of a pencil eraser.
- Switch the vape pen on.
- Depending on your vape pen, there might be a button to start the heating element. You can press that and inhale from the mouthpiece. But if there is no button on the pen, you can inhale to begin the vaping process.
- Now, pull the pen away from your mouth and exhale.
- Repeat at will.
Please keep in mind that other vape pens need you to use cartridges and cannabis concentrates. What’s more, there are tabletop vaporizers too (some that involve a hose but work essentially just like a pen, some that fill a balloon from which you inhale the vapor). Nevertheless, it does not take many alterations to customize such steps to whatever vape you happen to consume.
So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy your weed in moderation and in good health. If smoking weed is quite new to you, it will help to know what to expect first before trying it on. Don’t be afraid to do your research first if you are not that confident.