From our 4/20 issue:
MR. HOTBOX
In stoner parlance, to “hotbox” means to fill a car, room, tent, or other confined space with cannabis smoke to the degree that those occupying said space who are not actively consuming can still obtain a high. I share this to be clear that when I reference Mr. Hotbox, I’m not speaking of a dude who has smoked out so many places as to have earned that moniker. Rather, this Mr. Hotbox is a very user-friendly, high-end desktop e-nail and vaporizer (with option for portability) that’s designed and built in Washington. It comes complete with a cutesy “robot from the future” narrative and looks a little like a futuristic satellite radio for your car.
DAVINCI IQ
On the market for more than a year and a half, the DaVinci IQ has risen to the front of the pack, getting its design dialed in and easily holding its own against competing portable loose-leaf vaporizers like the PAX 3 and the Firefly. While it’s hard for anyone who’s not a full-time professional vaporizer reviewer to fully evaluate an apparatus like this—a vape, like a phone, is something you have to live with for a little while in order to suss out its strengths and weaknesses—our testers found the IQ’s appeal steadily grew on them over a few weeks of use. And it passed, with flying colors, our pretty small but strict set of demands—namely, getting great taste from flower and being portable as all hell.
