What is Vaping

Given all the buzz surrounding the vape pen industry and the explosion in popularity, it is probably helpful to understand what exactly all the terminology and functions of the word vape mean. To start off, keep in mind that there are two kinds of the word vape: a verb and a noun. The verb is probably the first thing that comes to mind: ‘vaping’ or using a Vape in order to inhale vapor either with an herb concentrate or some e-juice and nicotine. The noun vape refers to the physical vaporizer device that creates the vapor from the materials put inside. It also contains a battery, mouthpiece, and heating chamber that all work together to produce the tasty, awesome vapor we have all come to know and love. Read this article to learn more about what the word vape means. 

So, in general, these terms can often be used interchangeably and will more often than not be understood rather clearly. Most people aren’t too particular on the specifics as long as they know that what’s being referred to is wax as opposed to oil or dry herb. However, to be more precise, dabbing wax is often used as a general, broader term that is meant to indicate that someone is using wax – period. This can be with a wax vape pen or with a traditional dab rig, etc. While this isn’t a firm rule, it generally plays out that this is probably the more generic term. Vaping wax, however, is the exact same thing but more often than not people will expect there to be an actual vape or vape pen. Read this guide to get a better understanding of the differences between vaping and dabbing wax concentrates. 

Most dry herb vapes are considered convection vaporizers. This means they bake the herbs at a temperature just high enough to release vapor without burning the herb. Because there is no combustion, this is a healthier alternative to smoking. However, this article highlights another type of dry herb vaporizer, a combustion vape. This is basically just an electronic way to smoke herbs. The heating element has direct contact with the herbs, burning them just like a lighter would. This is still slightly healthier than using a lighter as you are not inhaling any butane vapor. However, combustion vapes create smoke just like you would get from a pipe. Read this article to learn more about herb vapes that produce smoke instead of vapor.

Vaping concentrates is one of the most popular trends for vaping concentrates. While there are a wide variety of devices you can use, dab pens are generally one of the most common choices for partaking in dabs. While it is easy for those who have been on the scene for quite some time to distinguish between devices, it can be easy for new users to get lost in the various terms and information presented. To help users to better understand these wonderful devices, here is a quick guide to wax and dab pens.  

Vape pens have come a long way over the years and the market has expanded tremendously. As such, it is rather difficult to speak at length about all vape pens because their characteristics can vary dramatically with each specific type. Generally speaking, however, there are certain things that are universal to all vape pens. For example, all vape pens are going to have a mouthpiece with which to inhale your preferred, vaporized concentrate or herb. All vape pens are also going to incorporate some sort of battery as a power source and a heating chamber for the vaporization process. Continue reading to learn more about how vape pens work. 

Vaping has gained a lot of momentum in recent years as an alternative to smoking. Vaporizing heats dry herbs, oils, waxes or other concentrates to a high enough temperature to get them to turn to an inhalable vapor but not so high that the substance combusts or burns. Smoke caused by combustion contains many carcinogens not present in vapor. Additionally, vaporizing provides a cleaner taste so you can fully enjoy the flavor of dry herbs, oils and wax concentrates. There are many types of vaporizers designed for different purposes. We will go into more depth on the types of dry herb vaporizers and how vaping dry herbs differs from smoking them.

This is a particularly loaded question. One the one hand, there have been reports in the news about all sorts of unfortunate things happening to people who ‘vape’. However, there really isn’t a good way to broadly describe the vaping market, or the ‘vaper’, outside of saying that they own and use a vaporizer. There are dry herb, wax, e-juice, nicotine, and non-nicotine vapes and tons of different brands and devices and manufacturers. All of these factors really change the risk factors, if any, in using a particular vape product. Overall, vapes are incredibly safe products and when used properly they will never harm their owner. Read this article to learn more about the safety of vaporizers 

In today’s world, convection vape pens are becoming increasingly popular because they are a safer, healthier and more discreet alternative to smoking. There are some factors to consider that will impact your vapor output, and the smell, as a result. Read this vape Guide to learn more.

Vaping wax and dabbing shatter are a recent phenomenon. Before that, we all just just smoked glass spoon pipes, chillums, joints, and blunts. We put together this guide to help explain the key differences between Vaping, dabbing, and smoking.