An Overview of Vaporizers
The technical term ‘vaporizer’ (or vaporiser) refers to a device or a modular assembled system of vaporization tools that is used to extract and then deliver a plant’s active ingredients via inhalation. The most common materials smoked in this way include herbal high-producing plants (a.k.a. legal highs such as golden root), herbal blends, and tobacco. They are often used in aromatherapy. Vaporization is also considered a viable alternative to actual smoking.
Vaporizers function by heating the plant material in a semi-vacuum so that the active ingredients are boiled off and become a vapour. There is no combustion, and therefore, there is no smoke or the taste of smoke whenever you are using this device. It has become extremely popular to use vaporizers for smoking the aforementioned plant materials. Burning the material in traditional fashion produces carcinogenic, irritating, and toxic by-products that cause physical harm. Using vaporizers is obviously a healthier alternative to smoking in the traditional manner.
Ideally, the vapour contains negligible amounts of harmful particulate matter and tars. It has also been surmised that smoking with the use of a vaporizer significantly reduces the concentration of carbon monoxide and other noxious gases. The vapours can be extracted in various forms, through what are called extraction chambers. These include:
- sequential venturi
- straight bore
- venturi
They can be constructed from different materials such as glass or metal. Once the vapour has filled the extraction chamber, it is then inhaled using either a hose or a pipe to ingest the vapours.