The world of vaping cannabis is certainly turning into a complex one! There are tons of different types of cannabis vapes for each of the unique ways to vape. Vaping cannabis in general has tons of benefits, from health, to portability, to discretion to ease of use. Whether you prefer raw flower, oil or wax, there’s a cannabis vape out there for you!
Flower Vapes
If you prefer lighting up the ganj the old fashioned way, you can still put a cannabis vape to good use.
Benefits
There are lots of benefits to vaping flower from a weed vape. For one, it’s cleaner and healthier to vape than to smoke—vaping weed avoids the process of combustion, which happens when you light bud on fire in a bong or bowl.
Another advantage of using flower vape pens is that it could actually save you money. When you vape raw flower, you’re getting more THC, delivered in a smoother hit, so you probably won’t need more than a couple hits from the weed pen to get the buzz of smoking a bowl.
The other huge benefit to vaping your bud is that it’s virtually undetectable. The vapor doesn’t have a strong odor like smoking it, and after a minute the vapor will be completely gone from the air. If you smoke flower, you know how long the smell and smoke linger and totally give you away, even days after toking up. For those who share a house, live in an apartment building, or like to enjoy cannabis on the go, it’s a discreet option.
How to Use a Flower Vape Pen
To vape flower, get what’s typically called a dry herb vaporizer. These have a compartment in them where you load your ground weed into, but don’t pack it too tight—you want some airflow to be happening so it vaporizes the bud evenly. There are usually different temperature settings as well, so start at the lowest one to start and crank it up if you need a little more of a hit. It usually takes a few seconds for the device to heat up to your desired temperature as well, so find out what the indication is on your device that it’s ready to use.
Oil/Cart Vapes
Oil vape pens are a super easy way to vape cannabis since they’re usually used with a pre-filled cartridge of oil. Cannabis oil is made from a process of extracting THC, CBD and other cannabinoids from the cannabis plant. This way, you can choose an oil that’s strictly CBD, or just THC, depending on what vibe you’re going for.
Benefits
As with all cannabis vapes, one of the best benefits of oil vapes is that they’re discreet and portable since they don’t emit any skunky smells. Another is that they’re just so easy—all you have to do is pop on an oil cart that you purchased at the dispensary and have a charged up vape battery ready to go, and you can take a hit immediately. There’s no need to load up any other attachments with your vaping material and then deal with any cleanup from that process. Just unbox it, screw it on and you’re good to go.
There are also a variety of disposable oil vape pens available, so it’s definitely a reliable and easy way to enjoy cannabis. If you’re planning a trip and don’t want to travel with your smoking accessories, find out where you can pick up or order a disposable vape at your destination.
How to Use an Oil Vape Pen
Once you’ve purchased your vape pen, simply screw your pre-filled oil cartridge onto the top (or inside, depending on your device) and turn the vape on. Of course, these cannabis vapes will also have a range of voltage settings to choose from, so start at the lowest and work your way up.
Wax and Dab Vapes
Wax or dab pens are very similar to oil pens, but they’re usually not used with a pre-filled cartridge and deliver a little bit more of a punch. These are similar in appearance to oil pens, but the material vaped is different. Instead of thinner cannabis oil, thick wax or shatter is loaded into an atomizer or coil. Since the material is thicker, wax and dab vapes usually have higher voltage options than your typical weed vape.
Benefits
Wax usually has a higher potency than oil, and it definitely more potent than flower. So when you vape it, you’re going to get even more of the effects.
If you’re a dabber, you know how tedious it is sometimes to get out the torch and heat the rig to get a single hit. Plus, you need to regularly clean sticky residue and gross water from your dab rig to avoid clogs and mold. Vaping wax with a dab pen is so much easier and you get to avoid the mess altogether.
How to Use a Wax Vape Pen
Typically with a wax or dab pen, you’ll have to load your concentrates into a separate attachment, or atomizer, which you then screw onto the battery. There are also extract vaporizers available that contain the atomizer inside, so all you have to do is open up the device and load the wax in. That’s it—you can take a dab without the mess or the torch! Some vape batteries even have a dab straw function where you can load your concentrate into a dish and stick the vape battery with the special attachment right into the dish for another way to easily dab on the go.
Whatever type of cannabis you like best, there’s a way to vape it! If you want to give the bong or dab rig a rest, give cannabis vapes a go.
