I love smoking out of the volcano, there are no burnt materials going into my precious lungs, I care about it. Although the equipment is expensive, it pays for itself. Since you're not burning the material, and slowly and efficiently vaporizing it, you're not burning the thc away, so your bud goes a lot further, and it looks cool. The look on peoples faces when you start it up, and start huffing out of the bag, it's a real conversation starter, I call mines rock star. To me the volcano is a much cleaner way to stimulate smoking and much more efficient.