nah man, not a stupid question at all! there is a difference, but the 2 are very similar...i also have a soldering iron, i love the thing, but nothing beats roasting a bowl with the power of our sun! using the iron is basically like vaping, where as solar toking is pretty much in it's own class...the taste you get when solar toking is in a league of it's own, and i actually get more high! the soldering iron is 2nd to the solar, for me anyways...
Now I am a little confused. I have a volcano for vaporizing. You mentioned that the soldering iron is like vaping. Now I have vaped with the soldering iron (which it does a great job at - but that is what my volcano is for). But when I use my soldering iron I use it to light the green and it is just like smoking without the burned / lighter fluid taste. Is that what you are saving is like vaporizing?
i've never tried with a loupe, but i'd say get a mag glass, you can find em at arts and craft stores for really cheap....it doesn't work too well on overcast days...and tnr, sometimes when i use my soldering iron, i hover the hot tip over the bud, which makes it combust, sorda likea vape, but def not the same....i also have a volcano, love it...i actually don't have a favorite, i just love our beloved herb sooo much, i smoke MANY different ways...and don't forget about edibles, drinks, and tinctures!!
I'm guessing clouds were the problem then. I'll give it another try on a sunnier day before I spend the money on a magnifying glass.
Now that you mention it...By the way, don't you feel just a bit more attracted to my posts for some reason?
I always "light" my green with my soldering iron so that it burns. What can I say - I love "smoking." But when I first got it and was playing around with it I found that if you slowly hover the iron back and forth over the bowl that you can vaporize without igniting the green. It is just like a vaporizor. But like I said - that is what the volcano is for so I just smoke with my soldering iron.
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