Dab Pen

A dab pen is a portable vaporiser for concentrates. Instead of a rig, a torch and a wait, you get a battery, a chamber and a button.

What to look at:

  • Chamber — ceramic holds flavour, metal heats faster. A replaceable chamber extends the life of the whole pen.
  • Temperature control — a switch with a few settings is the minimum. One fixed setting means your flavour is whatever the maker decided.
  • Battery — capacity in mAh and USB-C charging. Micro-USB in 2026 is a warning sign.
  • 510 thread — the most common standard, and it takes cartridges too.

A pen trades flavour for convenience. A rig with a quartz banger tastes better; a pen fits in your pocket and needs no butane.

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Often frequently asked questions

With a dab pen you load the concentrate into an open chamber yourself. A cartridge is a sealed container of ready-made liquid that you simply screw onto a battery.

Roughly every ten loads, or sooner once the draw gets harder. Cotton bud and 99% isopropyl, and never soak the heating coil.

The standard thread size between a battery and an attachment. The vast majority of batteries and cartridges use it, so they mix and match across brands.