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Certain consumer products never really become outmoded. Vinyl, Volvo wagons, Wayfarers—they only lose a fraction of their value on the resale market and are essentially immune from planned obsolescence.
Add the Volcano Vaporizer to the list. The grandaddy of vapes, which is shaped like a squat little cone, is still the standard-bearer, which is why the digital version still sells for $600 new and the analog control version goes for $250 on Craigslist, where there’s a robust secondary market.
That’s a lot of money. Enter the Arizer Extreme Q.
This bad boy is only $239 new from the online retailer Vapeworld and provides the same basic functions—it has a fan to fill bags and a timer—plus a remote control.
Yup, you can turn it on, off or up by remote from across the room. At one point we essentially clam-baked a conference room with a high-CBD strain, before turning it off. Remote controlled vaporizer and the explosion of food delivery services—what a time to be alive!
The Arizer Extreme Q doesn’t have the reassuring heft and sturdy control of the Volcano. But if you’re dabbling in desktop vapesn or the type who buys a $150 turntable instead of that belt-driven Audio-Technica, give it strong consideration.
The glass-on-glass airpath, compact but fast-heating oven and easy to use controls give it all the basics. It comes with all the accessories and pieces you need, plus a couple inflatable bags so you can pass around a big sack of clouds, just like the pros do. Ours seemed to run a little hot, so air on the low side when setting your temperatures, but it didn’t burn our flower.
Don’t look to hock it later, though. The only one listed locally on Craigslist is going for $40. In that regard, it’s much more Ford than Volvo.
Willamette Week