How e-rigs, wax pens and nectar collectors differ
It comes down to where the heater is. An e-rig has it under glass or water, a wax pen keeps a dish coil under a lid, and a nectar collector heats a tip.
| E-rig | Wax pen | Electric nectar collector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The heater | A ceramic chamber (Puffco) or a quartz dish coil (LOOKAH) | A 710 quartz dish coil | A Seahorse coil with a quartz or ceramic tip |
| Glass or water | Glass top or bubbler | A silicone mouthpiece on the Ant | A glass mouthpiece on the Giraffe |
| The part you replace | Chambers or dish coils | Dish coils | Tip coils |
| At this shop | Puffco Peak Pro 3DXL, Puffco Peak, LOOKAH Mini Dragon Egg, LOOKAH Dinosaur | LOOKAH Ant | LOOKAH Seahorse Mini, LOOKAH Giraffe |
E-rigs
An e-rig is an electric heater with glass or water above or around it. On Puffco’s Peak and Peak Pro, a ceramic chamber sits in the base and the glass top sits over it. LOOKAH’s Dinosaur uses a 710 quartz dish coil, and its glass bubbler “attaches to the rig with a magnetic connection”. On the Mini Dragon Egg, LOOKAH says “the bottom half is a water bubbler made of perspex”.
The part you’ll replace is the chamber or the coil. Puffco’s warranty policy says to expect one to three months from a chamber, depending on use, and LOOKAH says its coils “will wear out in time”.
Puffco Peak
The current Peak, with Peak Glass 2.0 and the 3D Chamber.$235.00
LOOKAH Dinosaur
Glass bubbler on a magnet, a 950 mAh battery and three voltage settings.$118.99
Wax pens
A wax pen is a battery with a coil in a small chamber and a mouthpiece, small enough to carry. The LOOKAH Ant is a box-shaped one, with a 710 quartz dish coil under a magnetic lid and “a metal body and a food grade silicone mouthpiece”. It takes the same four 710 coil types as the Dinosaur.
LOOKAH Ant
A box-shaped wax pen with a metal body and a silicone mouthpiece.$67.87
Electric nectar collectors
A nectar collector puts the heater at the tip instead of in a chamber. LOOKAH’s Seahorse Type V coil, for example, has “a porous quartz tip at the end of a quartz tube”. The Seahorse Mini takes its coil on a 510 screw connection, and the Giraffe is a table-top one with a glass mouthpiece.
LOOKAH’s pages for four of the five Seahorse coil types say they “Fit all Lookah electric nectar collectors”, and the fifth, Type III, has an exception. We carry the devices but not the coils right now.
LOOKAH Giraffe
A table-top nectar collector with a glass mouthpiece and a 650 mAh battery.$59.99
Parts for each
- E-rigs: Peak Pro parts, Peak parts, Mini Dragon Egg coils, Dinosaur coils
- Wax pens: Ant coils
- Nectar collectors: Seahorse Mini and the Seahorse coil types, Giraffe
Sources
- Peak and Peak Pro 3DXL, Puffco
- Warranty policy, Puffco
- LOOKAH Dinosaur, LOOKAH Mini Dragon Egg and LOOKAH Ant, LOOKAH
- LOOKAH Seahorse Mini and LOOKAH Giraffe, LOOKAH
- Seahorse Coil, Type I and Frequently asked questions, LOOKAH