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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.

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[–] bobo@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.