A Vaporizer Marijuana Users Will Spend $600 On, and a Health-Minded Pot Head Who Created It Rachel Feltman - Quartz
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The VapeXhale Cloud EVO - Explained (vapexhale)

With marijuana legalization spreading in the US, the cannabis industry is booming. One company set to reap the benefits is VapeXhale, makers of a high-tech vaporizer, a device used to extract the active ingredients in marijuana and other smokable substances - medicinal herbs like chamomile, for instance, or tobacco.

When people smoke, most of the carcinogens are released by the combustion of the plant material. Vaporizers theoretically avoid setting the weed aflame by heating it just enough to produce vapor, not smoke. They can work by either conduction - a direct heating source - or convection, where heated air is pushed up to the plant material. While the former is cheaper and simpler, the latter has less risk of accidental combustion, so should produce a cleaner vapor. The infographic below explains the difference.

Just how high-tech can a vape get? The simplest are vape pens (or electronic cigarettes) which can cost as little as $10. But most devices, using a combination of conduction and convection, cost a couple hundred dollars. VapExhale’s Cloud EVO costs $600. But its creators say that its design - all-glass insides, circulating air, and water pipe head - provides the cleanest, most efficient vapor on the market.

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