Not Your Daddy's Bong

How Rich People Smoke Pot

"The Volcano Vaporizer has become a coveted status symbol for posh pot smokers, who say it draws out the drug's aroma like "the bouquet of a wine," and their personal trainers insist on it.
As the executive director of NORML, the leading lobbying organization for pot smokers’ rights, Allen St. Pierre gets asked a lot of strange questions. But the one he’s been getting lately is, “What is that metal thing they use on Weeds?”
The answer is the Volcano Vaporizer, a smokeless inhalation device that has recently shown up on both the Showtime series and HBO’s Bored to Death, in which a sexy stoner played by Jenny Slate lures Jason Schwartzman into her bedroom to test one out. (“Just squeeze down on that nipple and suck in the vapors,” she coaches him.) It’s even used at the renowned Chicago restaurant Alinea, albeit unconventionally, to pipe aromas of nutmeg and coffee to diners as they eat dessert.
The Volcano is affectionately known as the “Mercedes Benz” of toking up."

From the Volcano website:

"The Volcano Vaporizer is a revolutionary system that releases the active ingredients from herbs through hot air vaporization. Vaporizers gently heats material just enough to release the active ingredients without combustion. Get all the flavor and active ingredients in a clean vapor without the tar and other toxins found in smoke."

A regular bong delivers about a third of the active ingredients you want. Apparently with the vaporizer you get 95%. Only $539 and you can cook the residue. There's also the Extreme-Q and the Iolite portables.
Man, things have changed since the days of stems and seeds.