i own a volcano. and vaporizing in general is nice, its just the features of the volcano that are whats cool. they have a solid, or an easy open valve, and they have accessories that let you vaporize your hash oil without it draining into the internals of your volcano, which i had a friend do, i ended up having to leave my volcano on high over night a few times to burn it out, and it worked better after. a lot of the money comes from the bag system, many vaporizers out their are whip style or you just inhale directly off them, the bag can get passed around several times, and the range of temperatures suits the smoking style of many a toker. all around its just a nice system and its the price people pay. think of it like the PS3. if you dont get enough sales eventually the price drops. and with it being highly recommended in cali by the docs i dont see the price dropping soon. atleast not by much. i kinda lucked out, i got mine for free, but i had the bag and valve system stolen in a police raid.