hahaha, i see an fictitious statment on here... u notice that all that is said on behalf of volcano is that AroMed sucks, no specs are givin, or theory of operation shared, no, just "AroMed sucks"... but I vote we be happy for 1234, because he is happywith his new volcano, and i think that is great.. but realistically speaking, on a technical level that the AroMed is far more detailed, precise, and consisant.. here is a small example... on the volcano, your temp selection is 1-9, now who the hell is going to spend more than 100$ for that kind of temp setting? The volcano also has an aluminum heating element... go study what happens to people who work with hi temp aluminum, like at a smelter or something.. basically they get lung cancer and there is a specific name for it, but i forgot, a search on the net will provide this info... the volcano also has these dang balloons that bug me.. and it has a fan, now i am not sure if that fan has carbon brushes in it or not, but it most likely has graphite bearing lubricant dust to deposit in to your lungs... i dont know for sure how the fan is constructed because my mind was made up before i got that far... so think about if u get some hash and u want to vaporize it, u will need a bottom temp of 410F.. what is that on the volcano? is that number 7 setting? the fact of the matter is that the number 7 setting on each volcano will be a different temp, and on the AroMed 410F is 410F.. where is the difficulty here? lets just simply step back and observe the facts, and if u do that, then your choice wil be just as clear as the technical superiority of the AroMed... This is so funny because there is not even a contest, its like me in my cobra racing ronald mcdonald on a skate board, its like Hello? let us lift ourselves above simplistic thinking, such as 1234, abc, that kind of thing, and progress with clear sight, a smile resulting from the lights coming on and that in turn becoming understanding rather than blindness...