Conduction Heating

Conduction vaporizers heat the chamber walls, and flower cooks by direct contact — the simpler, cheaper architecture found in most compact portables. Real characteristics: fast heat-up, steady session-style output, denser vapor at the cost of some flavor nuance, and a tendency to keep cooking material between draws, which favors finishing a bowl once started. Stirring halfway evens the roast. Conduction’s honest pitch is value and convenience rather than peak flavor — and for most people starting with dry-herb hardware, a well-made conduction unit is exactly the right first purchase.