Salutations NekoSempai,
I’ve been wanting to quit smoking and switch to using a vaporizer.
I got my last real smoke in 2007 and then went 100 % "clean" until i initiated myself to vaporism in 2011. So, in my personal case there simply were no other incentives than to gain some knowledge which i wish i could have heard of many decades before... Yet although i didn't need help to quit smoking myself i believe i can contribute with an observation or two. Lets see.
...something affordable for someone on a more fixed income.
It's not only a matter of co$t, ask yourself if the machine of your dreams wasn't actually designed in a way which happens to impose its owner the need to tolerate the presence of potential contaminants while others such as 7th Floor have shown they genuinely care for us, from the start, by preventing incidents rather than argue none can ever occur.
You may not realize this but even brands/models with excellent reputation have fallen into the lesser category. Those companies fail to value peace of mind, unlike myself.
Well, years later i've decided to revisit my HerbalAire with its convection feature moddified, by attaching an Arizer Solo glass stem to its HA Crucible instead of using the main teflon piece. Its double-chamber layout renders resin reclaims quite pleasant to perform, i consider the glass work represents what was done best at Arizer.
In any case i've verified plenty of times with my moddified VaporGenie pipe that electric vaporizers simply lack an ingredient i require to enjoy this habit: MOISTURE.
Butane burning generates heat + CO2 + H2O while cannabic vapour coming out of practically all other devices on the market would feel dry, so dry in fact there are people like me who can't stand it without keeping water nearby... You see the HA (or else if similar) will make me caugh every time though some relief is found if i'm lucky to find a cannabis "batch" with the proper profile, apparently. In comparison my pipe is self-moisturizing and this allows me to forget about keeping water glasses around, most of the time, because i already get what i need from the cannabic stream, directly.
In addition i'd agrue that dry air cannot transport as much energy as moist air, meaning if it's running on electricity then the odds are it doesn't have the punch to satisfy an ex-smoker. Not to mention my pipe covers applications ranging from aroma-therapy appreciation to thick clouds navigation...
...how much am I looking at spending on the cheapest good quality vape.
If it may be a problem for you to find the perfect fit in terms of cannabis load and/or your tool must be electric then i'd point out the final target co$t should probably include some water accessory. My pipe doesn't need that but it requires more effort/attention, so to persons like me it's a matter of choosing between the drink/piss/cough-a-lot scenario (easy at 1st then feel miserable next), or work harder at 1st then enjoy the nice ride. E.G. a deluxe electric table vape would seem to automate things for me but i won't benefit fully from it while my modded butane pipe implies some training (with a learning curve) similar to someone trying to play an musical instrument (pleasure comes *after* the learning instead).
Yet dry vapour has its charms, too bad we can't all be satisfied in advance with any electric vape found on the shelves even today!
How much? 250 ~ 350 $ i'd say - not including glassware expenses. Anyway lets forget portables in the end... Still, a throw-money-at-it attitude works for some: ease at 1st, then reflect on the consequences. So please remember to gime a chime should you ever find the Gräal!...
Or grant the VaporGenie pipe a chance as you may succeed avoiding combustion after a brief learning curve.
Good day, have fun!
-)) and let a friend who has major lung trouble use one and he ordered one right away. He can't take smoke at all anymore and the Solo did him real fine.
