Recently I’ve been using the Firewood 7, it’s a pretty unique vaporizer. It’s a hand crafted wooden on demand vaporizer that features a mixture of conduction and convection heating. It’s a very compact vape that quickly produces thick vapour.

A large panel on the side slides out to reveal the replaceable 18650 battery, as well as the bowl, which is decently large. On the opposite side you’ll find a little slider which pushes up to reveal the internal glass mouthpiece. It’s impressive that this is all made from wood because it’s quite intricate, even the slider and the button are made from wood.

It’s a really easy-to-use vaporizer once you have it set up, all you do is hold the button down, it’ll vibrate once to indicate that it’s heating up, then once it vibrates a second time it’s ready for you to inhale. The way you hit it will affect how it operates, but it’s not hard to get good vapour in a hurry from this one.

Although it does not feature a display screen, it still includes three temperature presets that you can modify in 10° increments. There can be a ton of button pushing required to set these up unfortunately. For example: to set a preset at 390°C (where I like it), you click the button four times, it’ll vibrate four times to let you know it’s in preset modification mode, then you click it three times to set the 300°C, it’ll vibrate three times to confirm, then you click the button nine times to add the 90°C and it’ll vibrate nine times to confirm, then it’s set. It’s not too difficult, but you’ll want the manual nearby while you’re setting it up.

The Micro Bandit Orion Edition was designed to give you the biggest water cooling piece that will fit in the Orion portable induction heater’s case. The case has a large cut out area which also fits a standard Micro Bandit. This larger Orion Edition of the Bandit adds about 40% extra water capacity, which significantly increases your cooling and slots perfectly into the case. You can also use it dry and still enjoy a reduced cooling effect. It’s designed to fit onto a DynaVap, but you can also use a Master Adaptor to utilize it with pretty much any other vape.

The Herb Ripper is a super high-quality grinder that is made from stainless steel rather than aluminum like most other grinders. You can tell it’s made from a different material the second you pick it up, this thing is way heavier than you would expect (in a very good way), it feels rock solid.

It’s available in either a three-piece or four-piece variation, and if you buy the four piece you can also use it as a three-piece if you like. With the four-piece variation you get a little ball bearing to help collect the kief in the bottom layer, as well as a pick for scraping the grinder.

It has what is called fire hose threading, meaning that the layers connect securely but don't take a lot of turns to detach. The teeth are super sharp and they feel really strong, even when it’s totally full it cuts through the flower very easily. 

I’m actually digging using a four piece grinder again because flower is so strong these days that collecting a little of the good stuff for later isn’t a terrible thing. You can get this grinder in either the standard, mini, or XL size, it just depends on your needs and which you prefer. The XL is a large and heavy grinder, while the mini is tiny, the standard one is a good compromise and is the most popular.