Vaporizers, often called "vapes," are electronic devices that offer an alternative to smoking. Many vaporizers exist for e-liquid, dry herb, and legal plant concentrates.
There has been a growing trend toward vaping. This trend is partly due to the health benefits of vaping over smoking and how easy vaporizer kits are to use. This direction has skyrocketed in the market; we see plenty of weed vaporizers and wax pens for sale.
Dry herb vaporizers and dab pens are two devices that have become the latest trend. These are popular for consuming dry herbs, e-juice oil, and wax.
Vaping is more subtle than smoking. The vapor produced dissipates faster than smoke would. Also, as you're not burning anything, vaping smells less than smoking. Due to this, weed vapes and wax vaporizers won't draw attention. Compared to smoking, vaping is also kinder on the lungs, so you can avoid the experience of coughing over a joint.
A vaporizer is an electronic smoking device. A vape pen uses heat to extract vapor from dry herbs or a substance like e-liquid and oil concentrates. These substances include THC, CBD distillate, and live resin oil.
Conduction heat and convection heating are the two types of heating for weed vapes. Conduction vaporizers heat the material directly by contact with a heat source. Convection vaporizers heat with hot air blown through a heating element. These weed vaporizers can also vaporize pipe tobacco products.
Oil and wax vaporizers use a heating coil. This coil is often a metal wire wrapped around or sat below a ceramic or quartz dish. The dish heats up when electricity passes through the metal coil wrapped around it. The heat from the coil passes to the wax and melts the wax. These types of devices are concentrate vaporizers.
This atomizer or coil heats the products to below combustion temperature. This heat vaporizes the material without burning it. Producing a vapor that you inhale. Vaping means you get all the extracts without the toxins released from combustion. Vaping releases nicotine or cannabinoids without carcinogens and toxins. In short, vaping is a healthier way to take CBD, THC, or nicotine.
Some of these vaporizers are also called enails. Enails are vaporizers that connect to dab rigs or waterpipes. These cool and filter the vapor further before inhaling it.
Other vaporizers may have a built-in filtration unit or bubbler. There are desktop vaporizers and smaller portable vaporizers.
LOOKAH offers a range of high-quality vaporizers for sale. Some vaporizers are for use with just one type of material. The activation and combustion point varies between dry herb, oil, e-juice, and wax concentrates. Other vaporizers could be for many things, such as an all-in-one e-juice pen, CBD oil vape, hash pen, and dry herb vape.
A dry herb vape (or weed pen) is a device for vaping flowers. It consists of a battery and a heating cup, which create an integral whole that cannot be separated. Weed pens have ceramic or metal heating cups with precise temperature control. The LOOKAH ice cream weed pen is one such product.
Dab pens are divided into vape dab pens and wax dab pens.
Vape dab pens contain batteries and vape oil cartridges. These oil carts can contain CBD, Delta 8, THC, DMT and other vape liquids. These cartridges typically contain pre-filled oil and are not refillable. Lookah Snail, Lookah Bear, and Lookah Guitar are all popular 510 thread vape pen batteries. Some disposable vape dab pens on the market feature atomizers that arent removable from the battery.
The wax dab pen is mainly for wax. There are different types of wax pens. These include regular vape pens, electric nectar collectors, enails, and electric dab rigs.
These devices consist of a battery and a replaceable cup-shaped coil. You must fill the coil with wax each time you use them. The Swordfish, Python, and Ant vaporizers are good examples of regular wax vape pens.
The wax coils ( wax atomizer） have gone through many versions:
Version 1.0—Metal coil: Low price, rapid heating, large vapor, but not long-lasting. The wax is in direct contact with the metal wire, which can create a burnt taste.
Version 2.0-The Porous Ceramics coil: Heat fast and spreads wax evenly to the heating wire by absorbing it. The vapor lingers for a long time and slightly enhances the taste. However, ceramic powder will enter the lungs and is harmful to health. Already rarely used.
Version 3.0—Ceramic Cup coil: The coil sits at the bottom of the ceramic cup and does not touch the wax. The taste is dramatically improved. This setup results in slow heating and less vapor. These coils are difficult to miniaturize. A good choice, but people have never been overly interested in ceramic cups.
Version 4.0—Quartz cup coil: This is similar to the ceramic cup but more difficult to make and costly. People are fond of quartz cups as they offer a pure taste and don't have the drawbacks of ceramic or metal coils.
These cups are slow-heating and have a high power consumption. Miniaturizing the device is difficult, and the high price has always been a problem. Many brands tried to use quartz cups in their products. It did not become mainstream as replacement coils are not affordable.
Version 5.0—Porous Quartz coil: It combines the advantages of porous materials and quartz. It heats quickly, has a good taste, and produces a large amount of vapor. It has a tight texture and does not have the problem of powder, making it healthier. The cost of replacing this porous quartz coil is low. Generally, it is an excellent choice.
LOOKAH developed porous quartz coils and applied them to 710-coil. The LOOKAH Swordfish, LOOKAH Python, and LOOKAH Ant all use this coil. People loved this product as soon as it launched on the market.
Electric nectar collector: Consists of a battery and a replaceable tip coil. The best thing is that you don't have to fill it with wax. You must touch the coil to the wax, making it easier and quicker. You can also call it an electronic straw.
Lookah revolutionized this type of product. The "LOOKAH Seahorse" was a popular wax dab pen. The upgraded "Lookah Seahorse Pro" is even more popular. This and the Seahorse King are the best electric nectar collector on the market right now.
Enail: The full name is an electric nail or electric banger, such as LOOKAH mini Q7 Enail. People use e-nails with a dab rig to replace butane torches. This is because they are safer and more convenient.
Electric dab rig: A regular wax vape plus a bubbler is a dab e-rig. This is smaller and more portable than the bong & enail combination. The LOOKAH Dinosaur and LOOKAH Unicorn are best-selling e-rigs for dabs.
Dab pens are for vaping CBD/THC concentrates. They do the same job as dab rigs but with much less hassle. Some are like nectar collectors or honey straws. These have a hot tip that vaporizes the concentrate it comes into contact with.
Concentrate pens are easy to use because there is no naked flame. This makes them safer and easier to use. They are also very portable and discrete. This makes them a convenient alternative to other smoking or vaping methods.
Vaporizers come in different sizes and can vaporize herbal concentrates or vape juice. Wax pens for dabs are often smaller than dry herb vaporizers and ecig mod kits. Compared to a dry herb weed pen, they need a battery, a heating coil/atomizer, and a wax chamber attachment.
A portable dry herb vaporizer requires an herb chamber to hold the flower material. The larger chamber needs a bigger heating element, which requires a larger battery. It's easy to see why the wax pen and oil cartridge THC vapes are more compact.
Wax chamber attachments usually have a metal coil wrapped in a wick or small ceramic rod. They may need you to use a dab tool to carve out the concentrate and place it in the wax chamber.
Some dab pens for sale, like the LOOKAH Seahorse range, let you dab the wax right onto the tip. You can apply it like a nectar collector. Vape pens are for sale in various sizes and price points, from cheap wax pens under $50 to expensive wax pens at $200+.
1) Turn it on.
Before dabbing with your wax vaporizer, please turn it on and check it has sufficient power. Don't apply too much wax to the atomizer. When heated, the concentrate will turn to a liquid and then vapor. If you use too much cannabis wax, it may not all be sufficiently heated. This can cause the excess liquid to run into the vaporizing chamber and clog it. You can adjust the temperature settings to account for the amount and type of wax or oil you are using.
2) Dab the Wax
Whether you push the wax onto the coil or use a dab tool, you must not apply too much pressure to the atomizer. Because if you poke the dab coil too hard, you risk breaking it. Once you get the hang of it, this will only happen if you have a worn coil. But don't worry; most coils are disposable and easy to replace.
3) Prime the Coil
Before taking a hit, you want to preheat and prime the coil. When you press the power button, the wax will start to melt. Holding the power button down for a few seconds will prime the coil. Priming keeps it moist so your hits won't be dry. It also gets the coil up to a high temperature, ready to vaporize your wax when it comes into contact.
4) Happy Dabbing
With the coil moist and hot, you can take a good hit. Apply extra wax as and when required.
Vape pens usually comprise a few components, making cleaning and maintaining them easy.
Before cleaning the wax vaporizer, make sure you turn the device off.
Disconnect the different components, such as coils, mouthpieces, etc., where they are removable. Then, prepare the cleaning materials. LOOKAH dab vaporizers often come with a cleaning brush or pipe cleaners. Helpful cleaning materials include cotton swabs, Q-tips, paper towels, a bowl, and isopropyl alcohol.
Soak the glass mouthpieces in alcohol to clean them. Clean the glass percolators and bubblers with coarse sea salt and alcohol. Cover any holes and shake them to remove the wax residue.
Note: Avoid getting the battery part of the vaporizer wet, as water ingress can damage it. You can clean the body of the device by wiping it with a damp cloth. Alternatively, use paper towels with isopropyl alcohol or wipe with wet wipes.
Clean the airflow path using the cleaning brush provided or pipe cleaners. Dip the brush or pipe cleaner in isopropyl alcohol. Then, push it through the airway path. You may need to repeat several times until no residue remains. Dip the brush or pipe cleaner in water, then push it through the airway path. Repeat the process a few times to remove any alcohol from the airpath.
Please do not attempt to clean the inside of quartz atomizers. Cleaning Lookah dab tips or coils with the cleaning brush may damage them.
Clean the connection threads on the coils and device with Q-tips moistened with alcohol.
Finally, let the vape parts dry to avoid an isopropyl aftertaste. Once dry, assemble the components and check that the device works.
The Lookah Seahorse Pro is a 2-in-1 dab pen electronic nectar collector. This is a multi-use dabbing device, as you can use it in several ways.
You can dab wax with the quartz or ceramic coil or switch the coil tip out with 510 cartridges. The second-generation Seahorse Pro takes electric vape pens to the next level.
A vape need not be expensive. Some devices, like the Dr. Dabber Ghost vape, can be $70, $80, or over $100. Others, like the Yocan Evolve, are cheaper but relatively basic. They have fixed temperatures or exposed coils that are easily damaged. But the beauty of the current vaping market is that everyone has a choice. At LOOKAH, we aim to meet everyone's needs to get the best vaping experience within their budget.
With new vaporizers always coming out, LOOKAH is building an extensive range. This means Lookah is sure to have something for everyone's budget.
The Snail vape is a perfect option for those on a shoestring budget. It costs under $30, making it one of the best low-price vape pens on the market. This is the best 510 thread battery for cartridges and works with most 510 carts. You can buy the Snail with reusable wax cartridges, letting you vape wax and concentrates. Lookah has a range of dab pen batteries in the vape battery category; check out the Firebee, Load, Bear, and Turtle for more information.
This Seahorse Pro and Pro Plus are our most popular vaporizer pens for sale. They are easy to use and very affordable at around $50.
The Swordfish costs slightly more than the Seahorse Pro. It is one of the best vapes for sale at Lookah and uses a 710 porous quartz bucket-type atomizer. The clamshell lid mouthpiece flips open, allowing you to add wax to the atomizing chamber. Then press and hold the button to use. It's quick and easy to use and fits ergonomically in that hand.
The Seahorse Max concentrate pen and a new Seahorse X cost more. The Seahorse X aims to be the most comprehensive wax vape pen ever, featuring an adjustable airflow button.
The Seahorse Pro, Pro Plus, and Seahorse X feature a glass mouthpiece that preserves the taste. The vapes have accessories, so you can attach them to all glass bongs and rigs.
These two devices are compatible with water bubblers if you want easy water filtration on the go.
The sleek design and unique vaping options make it one of the best portable vaporizers.
This mini vape pen is lightweight and small enough to slip into your pocket. Like many wax pens, the Seahorse Pro has a built-in battery that can recharge with a micro USB cable. The long battery life means it's powerful enough for plenty of rips. It couldn't be easier to use with its preheat, session, and manual vaping modes. Newer Lookah vape pens like the Seahorse Pro Plus use type-C USB charging.
Tabletop Vaporizers
Tabletop vaporizers and desktop vaporizers are the same thing. These larger units usually require a solid sitting platform, such as a table or desk. They come in different shapes and sizes but have the same main features.
1. A temperature control regulator with a dial or digital temperature reading.
2. A heating chamber where you place the wax concentrate, CBD oil, or dry flower.
3. A heating element for transferring heat to the chamber, causing the wax concentrate, oil, or flower to vaporize.
4. A mouthpiece attachment to inhale the vapor.
Some of these tabletop vaporizers will have one or more long tube(s), as you'd find on a hookah pipe. These tubes each lead to a mouthpiece that you can use to inhale the vapor. Others may use a bag to capture the vapor. They are suitable for sessions with friends where more than one person can vape.
Portable Vaporizers
Portable vaporizers, often called dab pens, are small, discreet vaporizers. They are compact versions of tabletop vapes. Portable vapes typically have a chamber to hold the concentrate or dry herb, a heating element, and a battery.
You pack the wax concentrate or herb into the chamber. Next, activate the device with a button control, which heats the chamber with power from the battery. Finally, you inhale the resulting vapor via a built-in mouthpiece. Portable vaporiers will typically be suitable for use by one person at a time.
Tips For Vaping Wax.
1) Keep your wax fresh by ensuring it's sealed when not used and upright to prevent spillage.
2) Inhale slowly and steadily, drawing from the diaphragm.
3) Check your vape pen for excess residue before and after each session. Cleaning will help maintain the pen, making it last longer, avoiding clogging, and providing smoother hits.
4) Do not apply too much pressure to the coil when dabbing or cleaning.
5) Don't set the heat too high. This can cause the wax or oil to scorch and taste bitter. Temperature affects vapor quality. Lower temperatures have better vapor flavor, while higher temps make more significant clouds.
6)Leave your wax vape upright, especially right after a session. Any melted wax residue can drip and spill inside and around the pen. This can clog the airway and make the buttons ticky. Leaving the vape upright allows any excess wax to drain off the dab tip. It can prevent it from spilling out of the coil and potentially entering the battery.
Many Seahorse devices have a stand (sold with or separately). You can place the tip cover on the pen and then place it upright in a cup or glass. This allows it to cool down after use and the oil to drip off it.
7) Don't overpack the atomizer. Overpacking the coils is the main reason vape pens get clogged or leak.
When wax concentrates heat up, they expand and may bubble up over the sides of the coils. With dab devices, excess wax can spill off the coil's end, burning you or making a mess.
Loading the coil with a fat dab can cause the hot wax to spurt up as it bubbles and heats, causing spit back.
Overpacking the dish-type coils in the wax pens and erigs will cause them to become clogged.
This can prematurely wear out the coils and the devices.
Smaller dabs are better with vapes as they preserve the flavor and prevent clogging. This allows the device to operate optimally for more significant, tastier vapor production.
8) Don't pre-pack coils. Loading your device before heading out for the day may seem convenient but should be avoided. Leaving wax in your coils will cause them to become clogged. This is especially true in hotter climates where the wax can melt.
Vapes like the Swordfish and Unicorn Mini come with a mini dab tool, so loading them on the go is easy. Alternatively, electronic nectar collectors can dab the wax out of a storage container. These devices don't need a dab tool. You dip and dab when you're out and about.
9) Opt for variable voltage vapes. All the lookah vape products have variable voltages or allow you to set the desired temperature. As all extracts are different, this will enable you to find the correct voltage/temperature.
Lower temperatures let you enjoy the diverse flavor profiles. Higher temperatures are for maximum vapor production.
The safety of using vaporizers is a topic of ongoing debate. Some studies suggest that vaporizing could be less harmful than smoking traditional cigarettes because it doesn't produce tar or other carcinogens typically associated with combustion. However, vaporizers are relatively new to the market, and long-term studies are still needed to fully understand their health implications.
Absolutely. The combination of health considerations, discretion, and ongoing innovation keeps vaporizers relevant in today's market. As long as there are advancements and the community of vapers remains active, vaporizers will continue to be a fixture in the landscape of smoking alternatives.
Vapor is created through a process called vaporization. Vaporizers heat the material, whether it's e-liquid, dry herbs, or concentrates, to a temperature that turns its active ingredients into an aerosol. This process does not involve combustion, meaning no actual smoke is produced.
The long-term impacts of using a vaporizer on lung health are still being studied. While initial research suggests that vaporizing may be less harmful than smoking, it is not without risks. The absence of smoke does not equate to safety, and the effects of prolonged use of vaporizers are yet to be fully understood.
Some short-term effects of vaping include throat irritation and coughing, which can be concerning for those interested in maintaining lung health. It's crucial to note that the impact can vary based on the individual, the substance being vaped, and the quality of the vaporizer.
An important aspect to consider is the temperature at which vaporizers operate. Lower temperatures may reduce the production of harmful byproducts, which could be beneficial for lung health. However, if the temperature is too high, there is a risk of inhaling potentially dangerous substances.
Vaporizers are typically compatible with dry herbs and, in the case of wax vaporizers, concentrates. Vape pens are designed for e-liquids.
Vaporizers heat substances without burning them, turning them into vapor. This process, known as vaporization, provides a method of inhalation that is considered by some to be less harmful than smoking, which involves combustion and can produce toxic by-products. Vaporizers come in various shapes and sizes, with specific models for different substances, including herbs, oils, and waxes.
Conduction vaporizers heat the material by direct contact with a heated surface. They typically heat up quickly and are more affordable. However, they run the risk of uneven heating and combustion, which can affect the flavor and quality of the vapor.
Convection vaporizers use hot air to heat the material, providing a more even heat distribution. This results in a smoother, cleaner vapor and is considered the superior heating method. Convection units tend to be more expensive, but for many, the enhanced experience is worth the cost.
Pen vaporizers are a subset of portable vaporizers that are shaped like a pen, making them the most discreet option available. They are simple to use and are typically designed for oils or concentrates. While they don't offer the same level of vapor quality as larger portables or desktops, their convenience and stealthiness make them a popular choice.
Hybrid vaporizers offer the best of both worlds, utilizing both conduction and convection heating methods. These devices are often more versatile, allowing for a range of materials to be vaped, including dry herbs, waxes, and oils. If you're looking for a high-quality, flexible vaping experience, a hybrid vaporizer might be the best type for you.
