The ultimate temperature guide for your vaporizer

Whether it's Stilus, Convectum or Nanu: You can't go wrong with a vaporizer from HIZEN and we congratulate you on your purchase! Now it's finally arrived, you've unpacked it, charged the battery, filled the herb chamber, the first vape session is about to begin - and the question marks are hovering over your head. Even the Stilus Mini, where the temperature cannot be continuously adjusted, has six different heat settings to choose from. Overwhelmed? Don't worry - we can help you. In this Temperature Guide for Your Vaporizer you will find all the dos and don'ts for your new favorite vaporizer, important information about heat, pollutants, different modes of action and so much more. So stay tuned!

Why can you set different temperatures on the vaporizer? …

… is a question that many people probably ask themselves. And that is probably Temperature Guide to Vaporizers must be answered. After all, you could just agree on a temperature and be done with it. Right? Sure, that's possible. That would give everyone exactly the same vaping experience, regardless of their personal preferences. And if you've ever held a vaporizer in your hand (from HIZEN or other manufacturers), you may have already experienced that the taste is completely different at different temperatures, not to mention the vapor development or the "finish" when inhaling. And as the saying goes, tastes are very different - and there's no accounting for taste. So it's a nice thing that everyone can adjust their vape session to what they like and enjoy best. And then there's so much more to say about the different temperatures in vaporizers, because, among other things, the many different active ingredients in whatever you're vaping have different boiling points. In other words: If you're after a certain active ingredient, you have to reach a certain minimum temperature. Still think that one temperature is completely sufficient? We believe we can support you until the end of our vaporizer temperature guides convince from the opposite.

Put in the grass, turn on the vaporizer, temperature… which one?

Of course, you don't have to buff weed in your vaporizer. Peppermint is also delicious. Or lavender, for example. Or damiana, if you want a relaxing aphrodisiac. Or maybe a mix of all three. And we certainly don't want to encourage you to take up smoking weed as a hobby. But especially if you smoke weed, the temperature setting of your vaporizer becomes a lot more interesting. Why? Because there are around 500 different compounds in cannabis, including cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids. Not all of them are present in every strain, but different cannabis strains have a different combination of these compounds - one of the many reasons why cannabis is so fascinating and different strains have a completely different spectrum. The most well-known "ingredients" in cannabis are of course THC and CBD, which is why we have included them in our Temperature Guide for Vaporizers Let’s focus on this for a moment:

Set your vaporizer to this temperature for THC…

Most people who want to know which Temperature cannabis flowers in the vaporizer should be vaporized, it is probably about the psychoactive ingredient THC. After all, the stuff is supposed to hit hard - right? Right. You don't want to accidentally ruin the effect by doing it wrong. The good news: That's not possible. THC vaporizes at a temperature of around 157 °C (and upwards). The temperature settings on our vaporizers range from 160 °C (or 175 °C for the Stilus Mini) to 220 °C (225 °C for the Stilus Mini). No matter what temperature you vape at: If your flowers contain THC, it will definitely be released, even if you set your vaporizer to the lowest temperature.

… CBD

For CBD flowers things look a little different. If you are vaping not to get high, but to enjoy the possible medical effects of cannabidiol, you should set your vaporizer to a temperature of about 180 ° C Some sources say that CBD will vaporize at temperatures as low as 160 °C, but to be on the safe side and to really extract the active ingredient, we recommend 180 °C. After all, you don't want to heat up your precious flowers for nothing and vape through unnecessary amounts of herbal material, only to find out later: It's no use to me. If that's been your experience so far, then just check again at what temperature you vaporized your CBD flowers and set your vaporizer to at least 180 °C from now on.

… and CBN.

CBN stands for cannabinol. It is something like a mixture of THC and CBD, as it has very mild psychoactive effects and can also have a slightly sedative effect. It does not really occur in fresh cannabis flowers, as it is actually a breakdown product of THC itself. This means that the aging process in your flowers will eventually convert THC into CBN. If you are after CBN, you should leave your grass in your stash jar for a while. When vaping, you can then heat your vaporizer to a temperature of at least 185 °C to release the cannabinoid. By the way: CBG, which is also becoming fashionable, is released at very tiny temperatures of 57 ° C solved!

Save this temperature chart as a guide for your vaporizer

Without much ado, we present the most important active ingredients, terpenes and flavonoids with their boiling points in a table. You can easily screenshot it and then refer to it whenever you need it. Temperature Guide for Vaporizers and active ingredients come back. You'll get extra brownie points from us if you send us a picture of the printed table hanging on your fridge door!

 

	Temperature	Effect
THC	157 ° C	Psychoactive; euphoric, creativity-enhancing, stimulating.
THCV	220 ° C	Appetite suppressant, energy boosting, can have psychoactive effects, often reduces the intensity of THC.
CBD	160–180 °C	Anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic, antipsychotic, relaxant, without psychoactive effects.
CBN	185 ° C	Mildly psychoactive, calming, sleep-inducing, mildly sedative.
CBC	160 ° C	Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, mood enhancing; may enhance other cannabinoids.
CBG	52 ° C	Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, relaxing, neuroprotective.
myrcene	168 ° C	Calming, analgesic; enhances the psychoactive effects of THC.
Pinene	155 ° C	Anti-inflammatory, concentration-enhancing, bronchodilator.
limonene	177 ° C	Mood-enhancing, anti-anxiety, antimicrobial.
Linanool	198 ° C	Calming, anti-anxiety, stress reducing, antimicrobial.
caryophyllene	130 ° C	Anti-inflammatory, analgesic; binds to CB2 receptors and has an anti-inflammatory effect.
terpinolene	198 ° C	Calming, slightly sedative, antioxidant, antimicrobial.

 

By the way, many terpenes are not only found in cannabis. Limonene, for example, gives citrus fruits and the famous Lemon Haze their typical lemon smell. Pinene provides the pine aroma in many types of grass and myrcene is found in large quantities in mango. Linalool is found in lavender, caryophyllene provides a peppery vaping experience and - oh wonder - is also found in pepper.

Can temperatures that are too high destroy ingredients?

Yes, that is possible. If you set your vaporizer to very, very high temperatures, active ingredients can be damaged or decomposed and thus lose their effect - for THC, for example, this limit is 200 °C. This is not an exact science and you should not expect that if you set your vaporizer to over 200 °C, all of the THC will suddenly disappear. If you remember: When smoking cannabis in joints, temperatures of up to 900 °C are created and you will still get quite stoned here. However, you will get the maximum effect from your herbs if you set the temperature to the ideal range. Below you will find a table with the maximum temperatures that the active ingredients mentioned above can withstand before they start to lose their effect. This can serve as a guide to not setting the temperature of your vaporizer too high if you definitely do not want to destroy certain active ingredients.

 

	maximum temperature
THC	200 ° C
THCV	230 ° C
CBD	230 ° C
CBN	220 ° C
CBC	220 ° C
CBG	220 ° C
myrcene	180 ° C
Pinene	160 ° C
limonene	180 ° C
Linanool	200 ° C
caryophyllene	200 ° C
terpinolene	200 ° C

 

With these two tables, you should be able to find the perfect temperature for your vaporizer without any problems. But there is also something interesting: At certain temperatures, harmful substances are also released from herbal material.

Contaminants in weed: Avoid them by setting your vaporizer to the right temperature

The health factor is probably one of the reasons why you decided to use a vaporizer instead of smoking. After all, you want to do something good for yourself, your psyche and your body and not destroy your health with delicious pollutants like tar. And we don't just mean the tobacco that is commonly used in joints. Every plant - whether cannabis, mint or lavender - also has pollutants that can become active at certain temperatures. The most important ones are tar, benzene, acrylamide, formaldehyde and a few others that sound just as unhealthy. These substances can be carcinogenic, promote inflammation in the body and should basically be avoided as much as possible. Some of these substances - including tar and benzene - can be harmful from as little as 200 ° C from your herbal material, but most require temperatures of around 230 °C. As Temperature Guide for Your Vaporizer So they are not really relevant, because it only goes up to 220 °C. Coincidence? Definitely not!

Taste and effect of different temperatures in the vaporizer

Now that we have clarified which substances require which temperatures, there are a few more factors to consider: What does which temperature taste like? Yes, temperature has a taste these days! If you are not a virgin vaporizer but have already had the chance to test one, you have probably already noticed that at lower temperatures the herbal material tastes wonderfully clean, green and simply like what is in it. If you turn the temperature up, a roasted aroma suddenly appears and from 200 °C the taste becomes noticeably more intense and "dark" and almost goes towards burnt (don't worry, nothing is burning yet). This is where the preferences of your own personal taste buds come into play. Some people like roasted weed, some prefer the fresh, pure taste. Which hippie camp you pitch your tent in is simply a matter of experience.

Oh yes: The amount of vapor you want to produce is also important for the taste. Let's be fair: It's not bad when you're sitting on a park bench surrounded by a thick cloud of cannabis vapor. Or in the living room. Or somewhere else. The main thing is that you have vapor with which you can practice ring clouds. And it's clear that you need temperatures of 180 °C and above to produce a small cloud of vapor. 

What temperature should I set my vaporizer to?

We've now bombarded you with a lot of information and numbers. But don't worry: We'll now take care of the necessary clarity. We can't give you a guide to the perfect temperature for your vaporizer, but we can give you a few ideas.

1. There is no such thing as a perfect temperature setting: It's always a balancing act. And you don't have to become OCD and make adjustments down to the last degree. 
2. Think about it: What is my focus? Do I have CBD flowers or do I want to get high? You will probably rarely vape weed because you have an increased need for caryophyllene. 
3. Personal preferences: How do you like your weed best? Fresh, roasted or uber-black?
4. How frugal are you: If you can't afford to be lavish with your herbal material (for example, because it's the best Amsterdam weed and you want to get the most out of it), we wouldn't skimp too much on the temperature either.

We assume that you will be happy with our Temperature Guide for Vaporizers You now have a more detailed overview and you probably already have an initial opinion as to which temperatures are good for you - and which are not. Just test it out and come back later for the rest of the article. For those who really want to delve deeper into the topic, we now have a few additional considerations.

What should not be missing in our guide: Relationships between vaporizer, temperature and heating type

That's right, there was something there. Different heating systems in vaporizers: conduction and convection. Some would describe the differences as subtle, some would find them rather extreme. With...

... Conduction The heating chamber in which your weed is located is heated directly. The walls of the heating chamber are brought to the desired temperature and the herbal material is heated.

... convection First, air is heated, which is then passed through the heating chamber and on its way to your lungs causes the herbs to sweat and releases the active ingredients from them.

But does this affect your vaping experience? Absolutely! Convection vaporizers are generally considered to be gentler on the throat and lungs. Less scratching, the herbs are heated more evenly and the taste is a little less "roasted". However, they also produce significantly less vapor than you get with a conduction vaporizer. The disadvantage is that the herbs cannot be heated evenly - because the edge of the heating chamber, where your weed is in direct contact with the hot wall, will always be hotter. This also creates the rather burnt taste in vaporizers with conduction technology. We have already written a whole article about the advantages and disadvantages of heating technology of vaporizers – you can read all about it in more detail there. The question today is more: does the choice of vaporizer have an influence on the temperature you set?

How many degrees to set on vaporizers: conduction vs. convection

Since the heating chamber of vaporizers with conduction technology heats up very quickly and the material on the outer wall of the herb chamber is a bit hotter, we recommend keeping the temperature a bit below the desired final temperature to avoid overheating. With convection vaporizers, on the other hand, you can 5 °C above the target temperature - this way you can be sure that you extract all the active ingredients you want and since the weed heats up evenly in the herb chamber, nothing "burns". 

Head vs. body high as a temperature guide for the vaporizer

So, before we come to the end, we want to go into a very interesting topic again: head and body highs. So does it make a difference to the type of high the temperature to which I heat the vaporizer? The short answer: Yes, of course. The long answer:

As you can see from the table above, different active ingredients are released from the herbal material at different temperatures. It is these different active ingredients that determine the type of high. So, regardless of the fact that you will definitely get super-stoned (at least if the weed allows it), the type of high will change with the temperature setting. So just ask yourself: do you love it when your whole body is on clouds or do you prefer to feel the high more in your head and remain physically clear? 

 

Temperature Guide for a Head High with Vaporizer It doesn't need a lot of heat for the effects to reach your head. A lot of THC is released at 160 °C, but not as many of the other terpenes that only appear at higher temperatures. If you prefer to feel the effects in your head, we would recommend staying at the lower end of the temperature scale.

Temperature Guide for a Body High with Vaporizer Only at higher temperatures do terpenes such as CNG and CBG come into play and larger amounts of THC are released. The result: a stronger body high that can have a much more stress-reducing and relaxing effect than a pure head high. By the way, you've probably had this experience yourself: there really is no such thing as a body high without a head high. Or have you ever been high without also being stoned at the same time?

 

This is only roughly true and of course the composition of your weed also plays a big role in what kind of high you will experience. But it is useful to know that higher temperatures will result in a significantly more body-heavy effect, especially if you are puffing weed that has the right amounts of the right terpenes. And if you want a balanced mix of both? Then you settle in the middle. Logical, right? And because we know that these questions will come: Low temperatures go up to around 180 °C, up to 200 °C you are still in the happy middle and anything above that is considered high. Any questions about vaporizer temperature guide? Then our support team looks forward to finding employment. Contact us so simple!

The temperature guide for vaporizer users who are now confused

Either you already know exactly what you want or you are in an even worse position than before. Especially if you have never vaped before, this is probably too much information for you. That is why we have another Mini Temperature Guide for Vaporizer NewbiesThe HIZEN vaporizers offer you two different ways of using them: the normal temperature setting and the timer function. With the normal function, you set your temperature and that's it. As a beginner, however, we recommend the timer function:
Here you set your starting temperature, then an end temperature and then you just have to decide how long you want your vape session to last. You can set a maximum of 10 minutes, but don't worry: our vaporizers all have an endless function that allows you to extend your vape session indefinitely.

• Choose 160 ° C as starting temperature.
• Choose 200 ° C as final temperature.
• Stars 10 Minutes .

The vaporizer now heats up to 160 °C, then it vibrates briefly to let you know that the starting temperature has been reached. Now you start your vape session with slow, deep breaths. Enjoy and really taste every puff, be as present as possible. Pay attention to how the taste changes over time - because the temperature will rise steadily over the next 10 minutes until it reaches 200 °C. When there are only 30 seconds left on the timer, the vaporizer will vibrate twice in quick succession - this way you know that the time is about to run out without constantly looking at the display. If you don't want to stop yet, you can now "respond" with two short clicks on the power button: the vaporizer will then extend the timer by another 2 minutes. Then just let the high work its magic on you. You will notice that you already have an impulse to either do it again next time, or perhaps try a higher temperature. This is perfectly fine and exactly what we want to achieve here. This Mini Temperature Guide for Your Vaporizer is only a starting point so that you can learn how to use it yourself – and eventually find the best vaporizer temperature for you even without a guide. Buy vaporizers here.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Vaporizer Temperature Guide

Why can you set different temperatures on a vaporizer?
Because different temperatures release different active ingredients and simultaneously affect flavor, vapor production, and intensity. This allows you to customize your vaping experience.

What temperature should I choose for THC?
THC evaporates at temperatures as low as 157 °C. In practice, any setting between 160 °C and 220 °C works reliably.

What temperature is ideal for CBD?
For CBD, a temperature of around 180 °C is recommended so that the active ingredient is effectively released.

What happens when temperatures get too high?
At very high temperatures, active ingredients can be partially destroyed and undesirable substances can be formed. Furthermore, the flavor becomes significantly more intense and "roasty".

What temperature is best for good taste?
Low temperatures between 160 °C and 180 °C deliver the purest, freshest taste.

What temperature produces a lot of steam?
At around 180 °C, significantly more steam is produced. The higher the temperature, the denser the steam clouds.

What temperature is suitable for beginners?
A good starting temperature is between 160 °C and 200 °C. It's best to increase it slowly to get a feel for the taste and effect.

Does the type of heating make a difference to the temperature?
Yes. With conduction, it's recommended to set the temperature slightly lower, as the heat is more direct. With convection, you can set it slightly higher, as the heating is more even.

Can I vaporize herbs other than cannabis?
Yes, for example mint, lavender, or damiana. Here, too, temperature influences taste and effect.

Is there a perfect temperature?
No, the perfect temperature is always individual. It depends on your preferences, the material, and the desired effect.