Tips for Choosing the Right Cannabis Oil for Your Vape Pen

Vaping has quickly become one of the preferred methods of cannabis use in recent years for many reasons. Unfortunately, vape pens have also been at the centre of some pretty bad publicity, with several deaths and lung injury cases in users who had smoked unsafe vape cartridges. Should that deter you from purchasing your own vape pen from your online marijuana store? We think not!
Here’s a quick guide for what you need to know about getting high with vape pens the next time you order ganja products in Ontario!

What makes vape cartridges safe?
There are 3 key steps when producing cannabis concentrate oils for vaping. How the producer goes about each of these steps will significantly affect the quality and safety of the resulting vape oil.

Harvesting quality cannabis flower
This may seem obvious, but the quality of the cannabis plant used will directly affect the quality of the vape oil. When purchasing vape pens and cartridges online, you’ll want to make sure your online marijuana store sources their weed and other cannabis products from safe, reputable farms. Sourcing from reliable farmers not only ensures the weed you buy has been grown without any dangerous fertilizers or pesticides, but you can also feel confident that it has been bred to assure optimal potency. Safe, potent flower equals safe, potent vape oils.

Using appropriate solvents
Converting cannabis flower to concentrated oils involves dissolving the stems, leaves and buds in a natural or chemical solvent. Once the physical plant is broken down, what’s left behind is a sap-like oil that is chock-full of the good stuff: THC, CBD, flavonoids and terpenes. Cannabis solvents that have been deemed safe for producing concentrates include ethanol, butane, propane, CO2, even olive oil and water.
Using vape oils produced using other solvents can result in issues that range from inconvenient to extremely dangerous. The wrong solvent can strip away too many of the active cannabis compounds, rendering a low-potency product; or it can strip away too little, leaving behind plant residue and particles that can be harsh to smoke. Street dealers looking to save on production costs may even use cheap solvents that do not evaporate fully, allowing you to inhale them when vaping; or worse, solvents can be highly flammable, causing injury or death when heated.

Curing and processing cannabis concentrates.
The work isn’t done when the plant has been dissolved. Additional processing may be needed to get the cannabis oil ready for smoking, depending on the solvent used. Solvents like water and ethanol, for example, need time to evaporate. Propane and butane must undergo a heating process to release these gases and a vacuum to remove them.

Trust Bob Marley Station for Your Vape Pen Needs
While these factors may seem like a lot to think about when shopping for vape pens and cartridges, choosing a reliable marijuana store online can make it fast and easy to find what you need. All Bob Marley Station cannabis vape oils are created using weed grown by experienced Canadian craft cannabis farmers and produced by well-known brands in the stoner world. Our customers can trust the quality, safety and potency of all our items. Get affordable same-day local delivery and our customer satisfaction guarantee the next time you order weed online with Bob Marley Station! Get in touch with us if you have any questions on how to buy weed vapes online.