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I'm looking to get into a dry herb vape as a better alternative to prerolls. All I see online is people lavishing praise on them and real studies saying they have health benefits. Plus buying straight flower and grinding is cheaper.

Do you use one and if so do you have a reco? I've been leaning towards the g pen elite for a not astronomical price but decent looking portable build.

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[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

I have a very early series Dynavap, an Epic Vape E-Nano log heater, and a Volcano. I've used the Epic Vape E-Nano the most, then the Volcano, then the Dynavap. I rarely use anything outside the home, so the plug-in vapes get the most use. If my friends vaped I'm sure the Volcano would get more use.

I also use the E-Nano for heating essential oil for making the room smell nice. If I had to get one and didn't care about mobility it would be the E-Nano. It's warm and cozy to hold when my hands are cold. I like the wood look.

The thing about tolerance though is very real. You really need to reset your tolerance before switching to dry herb. I liked getting a lot of high cbd low thc flower so I had something to practice with while resetting. Don't expect to get absolutely blasted first time out, you're getting only a few mg of THC per chamber. If you're used to +100mg from a bowl hit, this will feel a lot less powerful until you reset your tolerance.

The other thing I like about dry herb vaping is using it while it tastes good but stopping before the burnt popcorn stage, and using the vaped flower to make butter. So I'll get maybe 6 hits on a chamber, then make some pretty strong butter with the same flower.

Between the two this feels like the best of both worlds. I'll sometimes take a butter pat and then vape a bit to ease it in, saving the vaped flower in a jar to make more butter.