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Buying guides and reviews written by people who use the devices. No spec-sheet rewrites, no fifty-item lists. Prices checked on the date shown.
Buying guides
GuideThe Best Dab Pens of 2026Seven concentrate pens that are worth the money, and the three questions that decide which one is right for you. Prices checked September 2026.
GuideThe Best Dry Herb Vaporizers of 2026Nine herb vaporizers across every budget, and why the same three companies keep winning. Prices checked September 2026.
GuideThe Best Electric Dab Rigs of 2026Six electric rigs from $68 to $420, why Puffco owns the category, and when to buy something else. Prices checked September 2026.
- GuideWhich Storz & Bickel Vaporizer Should You Buy? Mighty+ vs Venty vs Crafty+ vs Volcano
Storz & Bickel makes six vaporizers and all of them are good. This is how to pick the one you will actually use.
GuideWhich PAX Should You Buy in 2026? Mini 2 vs Four vs FlowPAX has replaced its whole dry herb lineup since 2023. Here is what the new devices are, what they replaced, and our honest position on ranking devices we have not spent time with.
GuideWhich Arizer Should You Buy? Solo III vs Go vs Extreme Q vs XQ2 vs V-TowerArizer has made glass-path vaporizers in Canada since 2006 and every one of them is about flavor. Here is how the five current models differ and which one you want.
Reviews
- ReviewPuffco Peak Pro Review (2026): Still the Rig to Beat
Six years on, the Peak Pro is still the electric rig everything else is measured against. Here is what it does well, what it costs to keep running, and who should buy something else.
ReviewPuffco Peak Review (2026): The Right Rig for Most PeoplePuffco brought the original Peak back in 2024 as a simpler, cheaper rig. For most people it is the one to buy.
ReviewPuffco Proxy Review (2026): A Rig That Fits Your GlassThe Proxy is the Peak's heater with the rig removed, so you can put it in any glass built for it. That makes it the most flexible thing Puffco sells, and the most portable.
- ReviewPuffco Pivot Review (2026): The Dab Pen for People Who Own a Rig
Most dab pens are coils with a battery. The Pivot has a real chamber, and it tastes like it. Whether that is worth $130 depends on what you are used to.
ReviewPuffco Hot Knife Review (2026): The $50 Tool That Fixes LoadingIt is a dab tool with a heater in it. That sounds unnecessary until you have used one, and then loading a chamber with a cold tool feels like scraping paint.
- ReviewStorz & Bickel Mighty+ Review (2026): The Portable Everything Else Is Measured Against
A decade after the original Mighty, the plus version is still the portable vaporizer we recommend first. Here is why, and the two reasons you might buy something else.
ReviewStorz & Bickel Venty Review (2026): The Mighty, Opened UpThe Venty is what Storz & Bickel built after listening to ten years of Mighty owners ask for a bigger draw. It delivers that. Whether you need it is the question.
ReviewStorz & Bickel Crafty+ Review (2026): Mighty Vapor, Smaller Body, Phone RequiredThe Crafty+ gives you Storz & Bickel vapor for under $300 by taking away a battery and a screen. For a lot of people that is the right trade.
ReviewVolcano Hybrid Review (2026): The Desktop Vaporizer, FinishedTwenty years of Volcano design, plus a whip, a faster heater and an app. The Hybrid is the best desktop vaporizer sold, and the Classic is the reason it has to be.
ReviewVolcano Classic Review (2026): Twenty-Five Years Old and Still the Safe BetNo screen, no app, no whip, a dial and a fan. The Classic is the Volcano that people bought in 2004 and are still using, and that is its whole argument.
- ReviewPAX Mini 2 Review (2026): The Pocket Vaporizer, Second Try
The Mini 2 continues the idea of the 2023 Mini: one button, one temperature, a body you forget is in your pocket. That is a real product. It is not a vapor-quality product.
- ReviewArizer Solo III Review (2026): The Flavor Portable, Finally Fast
The Solo was always the portable that tasted best and made you wait for it. The Solo III keeps the glass and kills the wait.
ReviewArizer Extreme Q Review (2026): The $200 Desktop That Does BothThe Extreme Q is old, it is plastic and glass, it has a remote control, and it is still the cheapest desktop vaporizer that fills a bag properly.
ReviewArizer V-Tower Review (2026): A Real Desktop Vaporizer for $119Take the Extreme Q, remove the fan, the balloon and the remote, keep the heater and the glass, charge $119. That is the V-Tower, and for a whip user it is all you need.