Thanks one and all for the excellent voices of experience to help me with my purchase!
For me, the question now is: Can I find a vaporizer that's portable AND produces a fairly dense hit if i want one? There seem to be plenty of non-portable solutions but that means up to 3 or 4 hundred quid. MFLB looks like the cutest and most stealthy option, which definitely appeals but I also like the look and reports of the new iolite...
The only paraphernalia I own now is my titanium space case grinder and a foot long slim hardwood pipe for hash. I once owned a bong back at uni *#years ago but have almost exclusively been on the spliffs since then. None of my friends use vapes but exposure to this forum and visits to amsterdam over last few years have finally woken me up to what this technology can do for me! DOH!

Better late than never!
I can see what's gonna happen here looking at other 'converts' ' vape collections: I'm gonna start with a 100ish quid on a portable vape, then I'll rip the arse out of it over a few weeks before deciding that I
need a more powerful unit and buying a Verdamper or an Arizer Extreme or something!

Thing is, with the amount i usually spend on weed, wasting up to 80ish% of the active ingredients by smoking spliffs only, I only need to replace half my toking with vaping to save the cost of purchasing both a portable AND big bad vape
in year 1 alone!
(or so I hope!)
Wash yerself up quick, babe. Star Trek's on.