Vaporization Method
I recently had to admit to myself that i actually have no clue what this vaporization thing is all about. I know i love the vaporizer and that its really good to my lungs but i had no idea how this thing really works. So i decided to do some research on the technology of the Volcano Vaporizer and to share it with you guys, as im sure there are more clueless people like me around. I will start out by describing how the vaporizing method itself is working and how it compares to regular combustion of plant material.
I found out that with the vaporization method hot air flows through the plant material with a controlled temperature between 103°C (266°F) and 230°C (446°F). Through this process the active ingredients and flavourings within the plant are released into the air and can be inhaled. This is basically the same method as simply smoking the plant material, the difference being that with smoking the plant material the desired temperature is reached by burning the plant material. This has several disadvantages compared to vaporizing.
From the health aspect, by simply burning the plant material you do not only inhale the wanted active ingredients and flavourings, but also the toxic combustion by-products. These toxic by-products are responsible for the long-term damage in the lungs which can be caused by smoking. I don’t think i need to list those here, we are hopefully all aware of those anyway.
Economically there is also a huge loss in effectiveness in the process of burning. Due to the uncontrolled burning temperature a lot of the wanted active ingredients simply get destroyed in the process. With the vaporizing method the temperature can be controlled and the active ingredients don’t get destroyed which results in an increased effectiveness. You can actually use the same plant material two or three times and still get an effect, even though the effect gets weaker each time. For me this is actually the biggest advantage even over the health aspects, because i simply save a lot of money by “re-cycling” the material.
The third aspect is that by vaporizing you don’t get toxic combustion by-products which simply results in a more “tasty” experience. These by-products not only cause damage to the lungs like mentioned above but they also distract from the flavourings in the plant material as they overlap them. I was actually very pleasantly surprised the first time i vaporized by how tasty it was. You can notice much more subtleties in the flavour of the plant material than you would by smoking.
I hope this post was helpfull to some, check back my blog as i will post more articles about the technology of the volcano vaporizer next week.
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