after the vape heats to a warm point (you can look at the glass piece before the cyramic tip, it will be orange) turn it down almost all the way so it's just barely on ,if your pack bowls to thick it or burn weed you will just smoke it instead instead of vaping it. I smoked one for the first time the other day and we messed up on the first hit because we forgot to turn it down, after we fixed it, it was the best smoking experience of my life.