Oddly enough Pax’s products do seem to be designed for tabacco. Their 2nd product, now apparently discontinued was a smaller vape meant to work with proprietary pods that were only available filled with whole leaf tobacco. And early reviews (and people I know) complained that the first Pax’s preset temperatures were almost all too high for the pot. But they were apparently perfectly appropriate for pipe tobacco. Early on the company’s leader ship were pretty vocal in pushing back against the impression that their machines were for the pot. But noone seems to have ever bought one for anything else. So at this point they seem to have resigned themselves.
Weirdly I’ve never been able to find any information on how well they actually work for tobacco. When I say noone ever seems to have purchased one for that purpose I mean it. I’ve not seen a single forum post or tweet. Not a single curious pipe enthusiast. Not a single review.
Inhaling smoke doesn’t suddenly become not a cancer risk because its not tobacco. So whatever they’re telling you to smoke they’re promoting something that’s proven to cause cancer. And though I’ve yet to see any real science on it, its broadly believed that vaporizing/lower temperature combustion reduces cancer risk vs traditional forms of smoking. Regardless of what kind of leaf.
SEEE. A friend has one. Apparently you need to set these things at their lowest temperature.
