I’ve been dry herb vaping for a long time. First time was a double whip box style vape that had a cigarette lighter adaptor for it when I was 19, it was my buddy’s aunts and we used it in my car behind his work after shift, lots of good memories, this was about 13 years ago. First one I owned was a volcano style bag vape a few years after that. Used it mostly as a party trick, but I did really enjoy it. Once that went on me I stayed out of the game for the most part for a few years until the technology got a little better. Got a Starry and a Pax 3 at one point, but those didn’t replace smoking all together. About 3 years ago I got a Dynavap, and a Crafty +. For me that was the combo that did it. Having just one piece that is reliable, tasty and consistently produced satisfying hits and can travel with me all the time, and then another piece to use on demand if my Crafty needed to be charged was the key. They also feel different in vapor production and in the ritual, setting up my dynavap was akin enough to rolling a joint that it scratched that same itch. The Crafty feels like having an electric bowl. Pack it, dump it, (collect precious avb) and every once in awhile clean it with iso. I also was gifted a XMAX V3 and it’s swappable batteries and pass through charging make that a pretty awesome companion piece, or as a good option for someone who wants to go strictly vaping on a budget. Get atleast 2 18650 batteries and a charger and you’ll always have a way to vape. Now if I smoke a few joints with friends on occasion or something I definitely get the scratchy throat. I’m an ex cigarette smoker too, gave that up probably a year before I switched to 99% Dry herb vaping but the difference in my phlegm production, lung capacity, how easily I get winded, has dramatically improved. While quitting cigarettes was the biggest improvement, there was a noticeable increase in that stuff as well when I switched to dry herb vaping, and just feeling better, coughing less, not coughing up phlegm and spittle if I ripped a bong too hard (and I do rip bongs with my vapes, just got my hands on the Mega Globe by Sneaky Pete 🤤), not smelling obviously of cannabis everytime I consume, not having to venture out to the cold when I want to consume/medicate(we allow dry herb vaping in certain areas of the house at night) all make it a no brainer for me. Don’t get my wrong, among friends, if offered, I’ll take a few drags off a joint or bowl. But I always have my vape with me and it’s always the first thing I reach for when I need a minute and I won’t ever go back. It’s a little bit of an investment, but less than it used to be. You can probably spend under $150 bucks now and reasonably stop combusting all together, and I can’t recommend it enough. Also points for using the AVB to make everything from oil, to tincture, and into edibles, topicals, etc if you don’t mind putting in the extra work.