I prefer a pipe, but am thinking about a vaporizer. I only smoke when I'm at home, because I live in a so-called very unfriendly marijuana state. You get popped in my state, there are mandatory minimum jail sentences. I lived in Germany for over 20 years & came back to the US about 10 years ago. The US is so far behind other countries in just about everything, education, poverty, social programs for the needy, but we lead the world in citizens who are incarcerated, which 40% are comprised of non violent drug crimes, i.e. marijuana. Sort of ridiculous, to say the least.