I never used a vape, those things are prohibitively expensive in the Country I reside. Even a shitty one will set you back enough money to drop on a quarter to half ounce of bud, although I admit my current glass on glass bong that I rarely even use any more cost even more than that.
I see a lot of people say the high is more uplifting which isn't to appealing to me, don't get me wrong I do like sativas, but I prefer indicas. I feel like for me the tendency for THC to vape at a lower temp than other cannabanoids would make vaping more likely to result in feeling anxiousness whilst high.
I get that you can save up your vaped buds to make edibles and stuff which I suppose is a bit of a bonus. It would sure suck ass to have the coppers kick down your door when you had saved up a few ounces of vaped bud to make a batch of butter with though, assuming you had a decent bit of non vaped bud on hand as well there is a decent chance you would end up facing a distribution charge.
To the OP, if you are talking about a single nug like a little bit upwards of a half gram or less then you can't go wrong with using a bong. If you got a gram, I would say the best solution would be to take anywhere from .6-.8 and a pinch of tobacco, roll it up into a nice long and tight Euro style spliff and smoke it to the face, smoke the rest through a bong when that starts to wear off a bit.