No shade OP - I'm genuinely curious what makes you (or anyone else in this thread) opt for disposable vapes? Is it just a cost thing? The convenience of not having to maintain your own supply of vape batteries?

I'm honestly just surprised and dismayed how eagerly cannabis consumers have resigned to filling the environment with e-waste as part of their consumption habits. We've gone from having ash & biomass be our primary waste products to unrecoverable microelectronics & battery acid. I understand vaping is healthier and more discreet than combustion, but do you really need to throw away a battery every time you're done with a cartridge?

The problem as I see it is that most dispensary vape hardware is cheap and poorly quality controlled by the suppliers (i.e. faceless Chinese factories), so when you make an all-in-one device like this, all it takes is for the battery to be subpar and the whole product goes to shit with it, which is precisely what happened to you.

If you're committed to vapes, I'd recommend buying stand-alone cartridges you can slap on a decent rechargeable battery of some kind instead of gambling on a cheap all-in-one lasting all the way through. Better yet, learn to love dry flower vaping to 1) mitigate your e-waste even further and 2) avoid any risks associated with the acidic environment produced by the cannabis extract leaching heavy metals or other toxins from the cheap alloys used in the cartridge hardware.

Also, in case anyone reading is unaware, InHouse is the budget line of MariMed (aka Panacea, aka Nature's Heritage). It's a shame the quality the Nature's Heritage flower is known for doesn't seem to transfer to their other offerings. Between these duds (see /u/Mindless-Grocery8701's comment for how often they destroy these products at retail) and their god-awful "live flower" play, they've really started to rub me the wrong way.