In recent years, the vaping industry has grown extensively with an explosion in the popularity of e-cigs. However, still, there are many people who are unaware or baffled about what exactly vaping is. Here we will explain the most common questions people have regarding vaping and vaporizers.

• What is Vaping?

Basically, vaping gives the user a feel of nicotine without smoking a traditional cigarette. It is generally considered as a healthier alternative to smoking. The Oxford dictionary defines vaping as an act of inhaling and exhaling the vapors produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device. A vaporizer or electronic cigarette produces vapor from a material such as an e-liquid, concentrate, or dry herb which is inhaled.

• What is a Vaporizer?

For vaping, you need a vaporizer, depending on your preferences, which is an electric device that turns vaping material into the vapor. A vaporizer usually consists of a battery, main console or housing, cartridges, an atomizer or cartomizer. The power needed to heat the vaping material, like dry herbs or e-liquid in the atomizer or cartomizer is produced by the battery which turns it into vapor for inhalation. Typically, there are four main types of vaporizers:

E-Cigarettes– These are vaporizers that look similar to cigarettes and use replaceable cartridges that contain e-liquid. E-cigs are very convenient and affordable but do not offer more extreme experiences of vaping.

Pocket Vapes– These are smaller and portable vaporizers which are easy to use.

Pen Vaporizers– These are spherical shape vapes, which looks like a pen.

Box Mod Vaporizers- This is the latest and complex type of vaporizer which can maximize the amount of vapor you’re inhaling.

• What materials can be used for Vaping?

You can either use e-liquids, or waxy concentrates or dry herbs. There are different vaporizers for vaping of different materials. The vaporizers for vaping e-liquids come with a cartridge or tank, while for vaping dry herb you will need a vaporizer with a heating chamber. However, you may also find multipurpose vaporizers to vape different materials. E-liquid comes in a wide variety of different flavors, like a tobacco flavored e-liquid similar to the taste of cigarettes, or a fruity and sweet flavor. You also need to consider the amount of nicotine in your e-liquid that works best for you.

• What is the difference between Conduction and Convection Vaping?

There are two basic types of technology used for vaporizers: conduction- and convection-style vaporizers.

Conduction vaping is used to quickly heat-up the vaporizer in just a few seconds and burns the vaping material. Conduction vaporizers transfer heat through direct contact with the herb to produce vapor. This means heat is transferred from the heating chamber, coil or heating plate to the material via direct contact.

Convection vaping, on the other hand, transfers heat by blowing hot air to transform the material into vapor without direct contact. This doesn’t burn the vaping material because the air flows through the material evenly. Convection vaporizers are better than conduction ones and are usually more expensive.

These are the most commonly asked question by the beginners. As compared to smoking a cigarette, vaping is lighter on the lungs, delightful and delicious. All you need to do is to find out the perfect vaporizer that works best for you.