Capturing the best in dabs means keeping the heat with uncommonly cool carb caps! The best banger nails and this premium buddy dab gear are definitely in a ‘dro’mance and true oilheads know a personalized piece of glass feels right in hand, even when small like a carb cap.
Like the clever lids we wear on our own heads like fancy hood ornaments, carb caps come in a wide range of styles, colors, materials and other options to sit pretty atop that nail. So, choosing the best carb cap is all down to personal taste (and doing the critical research is always fun).
Come along with this Dankstop Guide to incredible carb caps to make your choice a little easier! We’ll look at a little cool history of the carb cap, how they work, all about low temp dabs and different types of carb caps from the simple to the fantastic!
Carb caps had to wait for the right kind of nail. One of the earliest forms of dabbing was called ‘hot knifing.’ Two metal knives are heated by stove top or torch until glowing red hot, then a glob of bud, resin or hash was pressed between the two, sucked into a funnel (usually made from a plastic bottle with the bottom cut off). The results were intense.
Dabs would not be denied and as paraphernalia progressed, nails changed to sit atop a water pipe to become a dab rig. Titanium nails were the next big progression, designed to endure red hot dabs, often exceeding 1,000º F. The emphasis was on complete, flash vaporization. Problem was, everything tasted the same- burnt.
Dabs have flavor because terpenes, the compounds that create different plant smells, are also captured in the concentrate extraction. To savor the flavor of individual varieties of weed, concentrate nails moved more to glass or quartz. These 'bangers' held heat better than metal allowing for lower temp dabs.
Once the carb cap was discovered, the game would change again.
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