The Dr. Dabber XS is the smallest e-rig Dr. Dabber makes — a pocketable electronic dab rig with spill-proof glassware, four preset temperatures and a quartz heating dish. It sells for $159.95.
The four temperature settings
The XS runs four calibrated presets: 475, 525, 575 and 625 degrees Fahrenheit, managed by the brand's TCH heat control.
Those numbers map to a real difference in how a dab behaves. The lower end favours flavour, keeping terpenes intact and vapour cool and thin. The upper end produces bigger, warmer clouds and clears the dish faster at some cost to taste. Having the range as fixed presets rather than a dial means you can find your setting once and return to it every time.
Spill-proof glass and the travel case for it
Water going everywhere is the failure that defines portable e-rigs, and the spill-proof glassware is the XS answering it directly. The glass is built so the water stays put when the rig is tipped in a bag.
A filling tool and a carb cap leash come with it — small things that solve the two other travel problems: filling a small chamber cleanly, and losing the cap somewhere between the car and the beach.
The quartz dish and flavour path
Heating happens in a quartz dish rather than an exposed coil. Quartz is inert and heats evenly, which is why it has become the standard material for concentrates — a coil in direct contact with the concentrate is what produces the burnt taste cheaper dab pens are known for.
Dr. Dabber pairs that with a direct path from the dish to the mouthpiece, so vapour travels the shortest possible distance before you draw it.
Who it's for
This is the rig for dabbing away from a desk — road trips, festivals, the beach, anywhere a torch and a full-size glass rig make no sense. As the entry point into the brand's e-rig range it is also a reasonable first electronic rig for someone moving off a torch setup.
For more power in a desktop form, the Boost EVO steps up. The Switch Go is the other portable in the line, and the wider category sits with the Puffco Peak Pro.
Specs
- Type: portable electronic dab rig
- Temperatures: 475 / 525 / 575 / 625 °F presets
- Heating: quartz dish, TCH heat control
- Glass: spill-proof
- Included: filling tool, carb cap leash
- Price: $159.95
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