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.

    • ftbd@feddit.org
      2·
      29 days ago

      My vape just has a 18650 battery. You charge with USB-C or just open the lid and exchange the battery for a charged one, like you’d do with a flashlight.

    • bobo@lemmy.ml
      31·
      29 days ago

      I’m not buying that at all…

      First of all, there’s a wide range of DHVs sold with removable 18650s that are made by Western manufacturers

      Arizer, tinymight, davinci, potv, etc.

      Hell, even Chinese manufacturers like xlux/xmax have a separately registered company in the USA, and all of their products have replaceable batteries.

      And vapes need quite a bit of power, which battery sockets are not rated to handle. So built-in batteries with welded tabs, soldered (or screwed) to the PCB, are kind of the only choice for the engineers designing these devices.

      Secondly, nic vape box mods draw at least 2-3 times more amps and are still sold with removable batteries.

        • bobo@lemmy.ml
          2·
          29 days ago

          That standard covers batteries, not the devices that use them…

          Also it doesn’t even cover the 18650s themselves since they usually have <5g of lithium in them.

          It’s literally just a loophole for the manufacturers: if the users can’t replace batteries, you don’t need to do safety testing for that scenario