Thermal extraction devices (THD) or dry herb vaporizers (DHV) are pretty neat. You’ve probably heard of them by now. If not; this article was made for you!
Just to be clear, I’m not saying anyone needs to be using these devices, nor that anyone should consume weed. This is more of a public service announcement, to let you know that there is a really solid alternative to smoking cannabis nowadays.
Okay great, but like… What mate?
WEEEEEEEED, it’s great. Smoking, not so great. Edibles? Pretty good, but for me it just takes too long to kick in and it takes way too long to wear out. Plus it’s a hassle to make, not a problem if you enjoy a bit of cooking or baking though.
Did you know, that when you smoke a joint, the smoke isn’t actually what gets you high? The heat from the cherry actually vaporizes the THC in the weed/hash that has not yet been burned. This vapor is then pulled through the joint along with the smoke, which makes your brain nice and toasty, along with your lungs. When the ember reaches the weed from which you just got high, the leftover THC just burns up, never to be consumed.
So the solution is lung collapsing, glycol ass ecig vapes?
FUCKIN’ NO CUNT
Dry herb vaping or thermal extraction is completely different from your regular ecigs, carts, pods or whatever the fuck else.
What I just described, the heat from a burning joint vaporizing the THC and getting you high, dry herb vaping is literally just that but without the combustion or the smoke. You put your ground weed in a mf, your weed gets hot one way or another (via magic) and then you can just suck the THC straight out of your weed. It’s as simple as that.
Okay… Why though?
Plenty of reasons to pick from:
- It’s less harmful
- You get more high with less weed (quite possibly saving you money)
- Being able to taste your weed is beyond awesome
- It’s a lot faster than rolling a joint (although I do miss rolling them)
- It’s a lot easier than rolling a joint
- You can make edibles with vaped leftovers (quite possibly saving you even more money)
- No smokey smell (pretty much smells like decarbing weed in an oven but very dense)
- Potential to reach ultimate weed snob status
It’s not perfect though
There are downsides:
- You have to charge them
- It’s harder to take with you than some good ol’ rolling supplies
- You have to clean em’ every now and again (the longer you wait, the more it will suck)
- Up front cost (things cost money)
- Even though it’s more efficient, theoretically able to save money, some people end up:
- Using more cannabis because it’s easier and more enjoyable to do so
- Collecting vapes, spending more money than they ever did on just weed or bongs (which is more of an expensive hobby than an actual downside I suppose)
- Potential to reach ultimate weed snob status
So should I get one?
From my (biased) experience, most people who don’t consume nicotine on its own and just want to get high every now and again, generally prefer vaping weed over smoking it. Heavier smokers might not like it though, because it’s not smoking. Nor will it ever be smoking. And that’s alright, the whole idea is that it’s not smoking. Although I would still recommend at least looking up “ball vapes”. There’s a lot of people online saying they only fully switched to vaping after getting a ball vape.
If you haven’t gotten into weed purely because you don’t want to smoke, or if you do smoke it but would prefer, or are open to, a more efficient, less
harmful and likely more enjoyable way to consume it; I couldn’t recommend getting a dry herb vape enough.
And if you’re worrying about size and price, don’t. You can get a really solid, small and portable device for around 100 euros nowadays, it’s nuts.
That’s about it I reckon. Cya.