Explanation of vaporizers

What is a Vaporizer

A Vaporizer is different from all other smoking techniques because the cannabis or herbs are warmed to the right temperature where the active ingredients (THC) are vaporized and not burned. This gets you less harmful substances in your body. The vapor from the vaporizer is milder in taste and does not irritate the airways.

The vaporizer is not only popular with medical users but also with normal users of cannabis. The vaporizer is also increasingly seen in the coffeeshop. The vaporizer is in the Netherlands known because of Evert from Heerhugowaard. He has developed the first Dutch vaporizer. In the same period in Canada there where vaporizers developed for use with cannabis. Still many vaporizers are produced in Canada.

Purchasing Advice

There are vaporizers in all price categories, from 15 Euro to 500 Euro. An advice which vaporizer is the best  varies from person to person. It is true that the quality improves as the vaporizer is more expensive. The glass vaporizers which are heated with a lighter or above the gas stove are fun to learn about vaporizing, but not ideal for frequent use.

The electronic vaporizers up to 100 euro are fine to use and suitable for users with a limited budget. The vaporizers work fine but are often not the best for frequent or long use. For a really nice quality vaporizers we recommend a vaporizer of over 100 euro`s.

Types of Vaporizers

There are many differences between the vaporizers, differences are in the way of heating, the way of inhalation and the manner of temperature control. Below we describe these three differences.

Method of heating:

1. The Glass vaporizer with heating through lighter or gas stove.
2. The vaporizer with direct heating which works with a metal heating element.
3. The vaporizer with hot air heating.

Ways of inhalation

1. Direct inhalation, this is done through a tube from the device to your mouth.
2. Inhalation with a balloon, the vaporized air is collected in a plastic balloon. After the balloon is filled the vapor can be inhaled.
3. Some vaporizer have both options, direct inhalation and inhaling by balloon.

Temperature control

1. Fixed or static temperature and without temperature control.
2. Adjustable temperature.
3. Adjustable temperature with digital display.