thanks theMetal1 for giving me the opportunity to clarify that i claim no originality for solar hits.
as for my method - i do, indeed, recommend vaping the herb throughout the entire inhale - if you call that a 'method,' and to try and burn only as much as one inhales.
a 'regular hit,' imo, starts cold and should end cold (so that the herb burns only as long as one inhales), and i advocate trying to capture all of the vapor and smoke. (occasionally that may require to put the fire out.) but, when i go for a big hit, under a strong sun, i just open up the solar torch and i scorch the entire bowl. anything in between is a combination of vapor and smoke, as desired, and as controlled by the synching of the drag/inhale and the amount of solar fire.