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Bong Cleaning: Our Smoke Shop’s Guide

If you want to cause the person next to you at the vape shop to lose their lunch just mention that you like drinking old bong water. You know, bong water: that fetid pool of bacteria, mold, and who knows what else that collects over the weeks and months in the chamber of a dirty bong. Bong water seems like a holdover from the medieval period. But even members of the Mughal Empire hundreds of years ago understood the need to keep their water pipes clean and so should we, being so modern and enlightened and all. So in the interest of public health, those of us at the Smoking Buddha vape shop in Parker are going to take a close look at why and how you should clean your bong on a regular basis.

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Vaporizer Blinking? Consider These Common Causes

So you’re in the middle of a vape session, just minding your own business without a care in the world when suddenly your disposable vape begins to blink. WTF? Why is it blinking? Is there a built-in alien detector that just picked up an extraterrestrial life form standing behind you? Is your vape telling you you’ve had enough? Is there a tornado on the way? Those of us at the Smoking Buddha headshop in Parker get asked all the time what it means when a disposable vape starts blinking so we thought we’d address the issue in this post and clear the air once and for all.

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Is Your Teen Vaping? Watch For These Ten Signs

Even though vaping has been shown time and again to present almost none of the health hazards of smoking it’s still not something kids should be doing. Why? First, because it’s illegal in Colorado for minors to vape, but also because kids should be focused on being kids. Here in our vape shop in Parker, we occasionally get people under age 21 in our store trying to buy vaporizers and we promptly turn them away. But how do you know if your minor child is vaping? In this post, we’ll cover some telltale signs to look for.

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Introducing Eight Popular Types of Glass Pipes

Herb pipes are made from a lot of different materials including wood, ceramic and metal. But without a doubt the most popular material for such pipes these days is glass. Glass is popular for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it’s an extremely versatile material that can be molded or blown into virtually any shape, and that glass does not alter the aroma or flavor of the herb in any way. In this post, the team at The Smoking Buddha Parker smoke shop will look into the different types of glass pipes.

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How to Keep Your Dry Herb Vape Clean

The vaporizer has revolutionized the way people enjoy their herb, enabling a healthier, more discreet, more satisfying experience than you could ever get from joints or pipes. But if you are going to have a first-class vaping experience every time out you will need to get in the habit of keeping your vaporizer squeaky clean. In this post, the team at The Smoking Buddha vape shop in Parker go over some essential cleaning tips for your vaporizer.

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Dab Pens vs. Dry Herb Vaporizers: Comparing Both Options

Here at the Smoking Buddha vape shop in Parker, we get lots of questions from newbies about vaping terminology. And no wonder. The vaping dictionary is a pretty thick one and includes terms like atomizer, box mod, coils, clouds, drop down, drip tip, heat sink, e-juice, mAh, ohm, pod mod, sub-ohm, VG and much, much more. It’s enough to make your head spin, and not in a good way. Two of the most common terms you’ll hear are dab pen and dry herb vaporizer. But what are they and what’s the difference (if anything) between the two? That’s what we’re here to find out.

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