I've been giving vaping another go and this time around I'm getting a much better experience. First time I tried it I bought a couple of disposable pens and they, well, they weren't worth the money. However since then I've learned the disposable vapes aren't all that good to begin with.
So I bought a little kit instead this time and some refills. Now, the reason the disposables aren't all that good is because they tend to be pure distillate. Which means the focus is purely on THC or CBD content losing most if not all of the terpenes and other components that give you that full effect of smoking dried flower. You can get high THC concentrations of over 90% in the distillates and they give a nice hard hit, but the effect is short-lived.
As a result I went with full spectrum and live resin vape carts which gives you all of the effects of dried flower. You also really get the full flavour of the strain as well. They also tend to cost a bit more too because the production method is a little more involved and done in smaller batches. But for $5 or less extra, it's worth it. I get all the medicinal benefits that I didn't get from the pure distillates. And since vape is more concentrated than flower, so is the pain relief.
The kit was cheap. Cost me $25 for a 510 thread battery, USB charger and a .5g cart of Blue Dream. That Blue Dream is some nice stuff right there boy. Smells wonderful, tastes amazing and it gets you there. Plus the carts are recyclable, unlike the disposables. So is the battery. As an added plus, a lot of the carts don't come in plastic packaging. Also picked up some Pineapple Daze, Doesn't really taste like pineapple but it still tastes and smells great. It's also a nice mellow, relaxing high. The Rainbow Sherbet live resin on the other hand packs a wallop and it tastes just like the name suggests. And finally some good ol' Pink Kush. I've always loved the high from that stuff as well as the overall effects it has on pain. It's an engaging high. It's not too mellow or particularly intense, but it can give you a nice case of the giggles as well being a very social strain.
The whole thing is still kind'a weird to me after 35+ plus years of rolling, piping, bonging and hot knifing cannabis but so far I can't argue with the results.