The Best Devices to Celebrate Petroleum Day 2024

Dab Day is a new holiday created by concentrate smokers who discovered that July 10th, written in numerical form and read upside down, looks like the word OIL. That’s all there is to it, that’s the whole idea of ​​the holiday.

Despite its premise, Oil Day is about more than just dispensary deals and Herculean rig pulls. It’s also a chance to celebrate the scientific advances we’ve seen in cannabis since recreational laws were introduced. And many of those advances have come via new technology for your smoking session, namely electronic vaporizers.

From low-profile tabletop setups like the Puffco to statement pieces like the Stündenglass, there are endless ways to consume extracts, but not every piece is ideal for every dabber. So we looked not only at community comments, but also at our own sampling setups from the past few years to suggest the best devices to use to get the most out of your Oil Day experience. Here are our results:

Favorite Penjamins: Pax Era and Vessel Core

For those new to oil, Penjamins — low-profile vaporizers that users can easily slip into their pockets — are great starters. While you can often get free Penjamins with the purchase of some extract cartridges, it’s nice to have a stronger version to carry with you long-term.

Pax Era pen vaporizers ($30, pax.com) are the gold standard, as their proprietary pod collaborations feature some of Oregon’s most esteemed cannabis producers, like Willamette Valley Alchemy and East Fork Cultivars. As such, their selections tend to be reliably top-shelf. Then there’s the Vessel Core (currently on sale for $27, usually $39, vesselbrand.com), a 510-cartridge-compatible pen vaporizer with a more powerful battery, a sleeker case, and a more consistent heating system than its free counterpart. Either one is an essential addition to any seasoned concentrate enthusiast’s stoner zone.

Favorite Portable E-Rig: Dr. Dabber Boost Evo

Burners, expensive electronic nails, and glass oil rigs were the primary ways to consume dabs before portable e-rigs became ubiquitous. E-rigs combined the functionality of a glass water pipe (i.e. an oil or dab, which is basically a bong with a concentrate bowl called a banger) with the steady heat of an e-nail (a special tool created for dabbing that maintains a high heat on a metal wand placed in or on the banger). The result? A compact, multi-functional dabbing device with a much smaller footprint than its multi-tool predecessors and a much cleaner (and less burn-prone) user experience.

Of all the portable kits on the market, we like the Boost Evo ($219.95, drdabber.com) because it’s easier to keep clean than other decorative glass kits, has a wide, deep extract bowl, and lights up in a variety of colors. Its rainbow disco mode pulses like a Pride party dance floor. This is the dab technology we deserve.

Favorite Travel Gear: Puffco Proxy Wizard

For extract and concentrate consumers considering devices that combine the user experience of portable rigs and Penjamins, Puffco’s Proxy ($100, puffco.com) is an elegant bridge between the two. This device has a Sherlock/wizard profile, a wide ceramic bowl, and the same heating technology as the super-popular Puffco Peak. With classic ergonomics, contemporary features, and an optional carry case, it could be the perfect choice for lounging at the beach house or taking a summer dabathon trip. Bonus: Unlike its cousins ​​in the Puffco universe, the Wizard operates like a dry pipe. There’s no water chamber to worry about, just classic pipe hits (but let’s make them dabs).

Favorite Fuck Off Party Track: Stündenglass Modül

If your pockets are deep enough and your consumption style is ostentatious enough, the Instagram-famous Stündenglass Kinetic Hookah now has an extension that lets users take gravity-fed dabs. The Modül ($350, stundenglass.com) is a device that replaces the Stündenglass’s traditional hookah bowl with what’s essentially an e-rig. The digital unit easily docks into the Stündenglass’s inlet and has the expected solid full-color display and customizable temperature and time controls.

The Shisha Stündenglass is an investment in itself (almost $600), but it stands to reason that if you have both the means and the desire to transport yourself to a parallel universe, the Modül expansion is a must-have for Oil Day.