Dab Rigs

Dab rigs are optimized for smoking concentrates, more so than traditional bongs or bubblers. Shopping for the best dab rig can be tricky as some aspects that make for a great flower bong do not make for a great dab rig. 

The best dab rigs are small, cool smoke, have recycling water function, and don't over-do the percolation. Freeze Pipe's glycerin cooling technology allows our dab rigs to produce cooler smoke without diluting flavor. Shop our pieces below or keep scrolling for everything dab-related! 

If you want a piece solely for dabs / concentrates, then a nectar collector or Enail is the piece for you! 

Nectar collectors are used like giant glass honey straws. By heating the tip (typically with a butane torch) it becomes hot enough to vaporize concentrates. When this heated tip touches said concentrates smoke is put through our cooling system of water filtration and a frozen glycerin coil. The result is an out-of-this-world pleasant hit that's much larger and smoother than hits from traditional dab rigs. 

Enails attach to your dab rig and remove the need for a butane torch and quartz banger. Think an electronic version of nectar collectors. Simply use the LED screen to set your desired temperature, insert concentrates and attach to your dab rig. The Enail heats concentrates to the exact temperature and away you go. People love how fast and easy they are to use without sacrificing any taste. 

Puffco Peak Think of the E-nail above and a dab rig combined and you have a Puffco Peak. As an authorized seller, Freeze Pipe offers this heralded E-rig for sale. Choose from 4 different pre-set temperatures  and enjoy water filtration with this handy device. 

Every Freeze Pipe Dab Rig and Bong has the available Dab Kit option. Each Dab Kit includes an Enail and other accessories to smoke wax and oil like a pro. By far the most cost effective way to acquire a premium Enail, these bundles save serious money! 

Buying a dab rig vs a bong has a few fundamental differences. Shopping for dab rigs (especially online!) can be tricky because they're usually the same or even a bit higher priced than bongs are.

Smaller is usually better

This is probably the biggest difference between dab rigs and flower bongs. With flower bongs, bigger is always better. This is because flower vapor loses significantly less taste and potency while interacting with the stale air inside the piece. The goal is to maximize filtration and how long the smoke moves around inside the glass. For dab rigs, wax and oil can lose a noticeable amount of taste if put through too long of a smoking process. When dabbing, you want to inhale the vapor as quickly as possible to pick up on all the nuanced flavor. 

Recycling water function is important for both, and essential for dab rigs

Recyclers we're originally invented for the purposes of smoking concentrates. A big reason for this is their air flow, which facilitates being able to clear all the oil vapor in one pull. Clearing vapor in one pull minimizes the vapor's contact with stale air, which as we know, is suboptimal when it comes to dabbing. 

Don't overdue the water filtration on your dab rig

Dab rigs need some water filtration, let's not get it twisted. Water filtration is essential to cool smoke allowing for a smoother hit. While concentrates carry less carcinogens as smoke from flower, cleansing your smoke through some level of water filtration is always a good idea from a health perspective. Where it gets tricky is why you overdue the water filtration with perc heavy flower bongs. Putting your wax vapor through too much water filtration and you risk dampening the potency. Perc centric bongs usually are bigger and there's also the increased contact with stale air that was covered earlier. A general rule of thumb is dab rigs should have recycling water function with one or at most two different percolators.

Subcategories aside, there are three main types of dab rigs. Depending on your preference and smoking habits one style may be better suited for you than another. 

Quartz Banger

Quartz is a type of crystal that has a higher heat resistance than traditional glass. While glass is perfectly fine to handle flames from your lighter, when you get into sustained heat from a butane torch, different material is needed and the go-to in the dab rig industry is quartz. A quartz banger is where you place the wax or oil and then heat said quartz to start the burning process. Quartz bangers, like flower bowls, come in different styles which offer various advantages and disadvantages.

Freeze Pipe has endorsed, and uses a core reactor quartz banger with our dab rigs. The core reactor is the hockey puck looking thing at the bottom of the banger. The biggest reason why we went with this style is heat retention. Having a quartz banger retain heat offers the ability to take lower temperature dabs and provides an overall smoother experience with easier cleaning. 

Enails

Think of Enails as an electronic version of a quartz banger and carb cap. They attach to your dab rig and take the guess work out of what temperature and when should I take hit this dab. Enails are portable, wireless and feature a rechargeable battery. 

Our Enail comes with a quartz dish to maximize flavor and is a must-have for wax and oil fans. They're less of a hassle than bangers and can fit most dab rigs. 

Analog Enails, sometimes called Enail Kits

An older, prehistoric version of the portable Enail, these wire based Enail kits must be plugged into the wall and feature a heating box and typically metal wiring that wraps around the quartz banger. The heating box then charges the metal wire to heat the banger and your dab rig is now ready to be used. 

We do not recommend this outdated method of using a dab rig. It's an outdated technology that presents unnecessary risks, stress, and lacks portability. 

Buying a dab rig online doesn't have to be dreadful. In fact, if you come to a reputable online smoke shop like Freeze Pipe it's much easier and fruitful than going to your local headshop. We've spent years developing our dab rigs and put quality over everything. Since Freeze Pipe is the manufacturer we cut out the middleman to save you every penny possible. 

If you're an experienced dab rig fan and looking for the best of the best we recommend the Klein Recycler.  It smokes concentrates like a dream and is pretty damn good for flower. With that said, the recycler bong would be our recommendation for someone who wants a dope dab rig, but is also looking for a piece that can heavily be used for flower. As unbiased as we can be, the Klein for concentrates is a 10/10 and 7/10 for flower. The Recycler Bong is a 7/10 for concentrates and a 8/10 for flower. 

If there's anything we can do to help you in your dab rig purchasing journey, please let us know at customerservice@thefreezepipe.com and we will be happy to help!