Low-Temp Dab

A low-temp dab is the technique of letting the banger fall to a lower temperature than a normal dab is taken at. The reason is flavour.

Terpenes — the compounds that give a concentrate its smell and taste — break down before the rest does. Run it flat out and you vaporise everything at once and the flavour burns off with it. At a lower temperature it comes off slowly and you can taste the difference between one piece and another.

What you need for it:

  • Carb Cap — without one, half of it just melts at low temperature and sits on the floor.
  • Patience — heat and pull immediately does not work. The pause is part of the method.
  • Precision, if you want it — a thermometer or an e-nail gives you the same result every time.

The price of the flavour is residue on the floor. Swab it out warm, or leave it for next time.

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Often frequently asked questions

Flavour. Terpenes break down before the rest of the concentrate does, so at high heat the taste burns off.

You do not have to have one, but with it you get the same result every time. Without it you go by the clock — heat, count, dab. That takes a few days of practice and the same banger.

Swab it out with a cotton bud while the banger is still warm. Leave it and the next heat cycle bakes it into the glass.