Today I want to show you the new Dr. Dabber Boost Evo portable dab vaporizer. Dr. Dabber has been in the portable dab rig game for quite some time now, the Boost Evo is the latest and greatest addition to their line-up. It’s a huge step up from the Dr. Dabber Boost, which looks quite archaic by comparison.

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Introduction

Hey guys, Sneaky Pete here and today I want to show you the new Dr. Dabber Boost Evo. Dr. Dabber has been in the portable dab rig game for quite some time, and the Evo is their latest portable electronic dab rig. It’s a huge step ahead of the Dr. Dabber Boost which is quite archaic compared to this.

You can select from either a white or a black colour scheme, and when you buy the Boost Evo, it comes in this really handy case, and I’m a huge fan of manufacturers spending some time and giving you a case that you are actually going to use to store and transport your device.

It has a lock on the side, space for the disassembled vaporizer, as well as a tiny storage pocket that includes the charging cable as well as a dab tool. They don’t include a wall charger with this one which is a bit disappointing for the price, but as it uses a USB-C cable that you can charge it with pretty much any charging brick that you already have.

Design/Size/Weight

The Boost Evo has a really nice compact size; it’s very easy to fit in your hand. It has small grips on the side to make it easy to hold, and a nice reassuring weight without being overly heavy. On the front of the device, you’ll see the single button that controls all of the operation, and also four LEDs which communicate your battery level.

The button itself has an LED light, and you’ll also see that it has lights around the grips on each side, and around the ring at the bottom as well. One thing I love about this vaporizer is it has the same sort of light show function that you can do on a Puffco Peak Pro, but as this device doesn’t have an app you can just handle this all directly on the vaporizer. I don’t think the light show is quite as cool as the one on the Peak, but it gives you five different options and they’re all discernibly different so you should find one that you like.

To use the glow/light show mode when you have the device turned on, simply click the button four times to engage it, and then double click to go in between the five different settings.

If you want to go the other way and instead of having lots of lights you want to have no lights, when the device is turned on and you don’t have glow mode on, simply press the power button two times to turn stealth mode off or on. That means that only the button itself will illuminate and not the lights on the side.

The Boost Evo is set up differently than many portable dab rigs as your air path is extremely direct on this vaporizer. You’ll see the atomizer sits at the top of the device, and then your water piece sits directly on top of that. You are literally going from your atomizer directly into your water piece, meaning it is as pure of an air path as you can get, and it also means it’s going to be really easy to get it clean.

The water piece attaches to the quick connect adaptor and it sits very securely in place thanks to the gasket that sits on top of the adapter. When you’re removing the water piece from your device, I find that in general it stays on the adapter, but occasionally the water piece wants to come out and the adaptor stays in place. The adaptor connects to the device with these super strong magnets, and they’re very strong. When you hold the water piece and shake it you would have to put forth an incredible amount of effort to remove it if you don’t want to.

With this design, it doesn’t leave room for a carb cap, but they handle that function with an airflow release button instead which I really like. You can use this in a few different ways: you can simply leave your finger off it to allow for some airflow, you can place your finger over the end to minimize the airflow which will give you the thickest hit, or you can just slide it in and out to use it like a shotgun to clear the chamber, or just add or subtract airflow during your hit. Overall, it functions different than many dab rigs, but I really like how they have gone about it here.

Atomizer

The Boost Evo features a bucket style atomizer that is made out of quartz which I am really happy to see. The atomizer can easily be removed, and it’s held onto the device by those same really strong magnets. You’re not going to be able to torch your quartz bucket as it’s built into the atomizer. They recommend to not fully submerge the atomizer in alcohol, so if yours gets really dirty I’m not sure if you’re going to be able to get it back to “brand new” clean. Mine is getting some build up in the corners that I haven’t been able to clean out.

The Boost Evo is a smart rig in the sense that this atomizer is constantly talking to the software to try and regulate and maintain the exact temperature you have it set to, rather than just heating to a pre-set power level and keeping that power level the whole time. I find the hits to be very consistent when I use it at the same temperature regardless of what size of dab I load into it.

Battery Life/Charging/Heat up time

The Boost Evo has a built-in non-removable battery, and it charges via USB-C. The charging port is hidden behind a little silicone cover, and it does have pass-through charging so you can use it while it is charging as long as it has a base level minimal charge. This is handy as you can charge this device from any battery bank or charger you may have, and you get a good amount of hits per battery charge.

They rate it for 60 hits per battery charge, but it is going to depend on what temperature you’re using at, the ambient temperature where you’re using the device, and then whether you are using it in the 20 second or the 40 second heating cycle. Either way, the battery life on this one is really good, as well as the heat up time, this one heats up in about 11 seconds.

In my testing, I would say 10 to 15 depending on the temperature you have it set to and how big your load is, but regardless, it has a nice quick heat up and vapour is being produced as soon as the device vibrates to let you know that it’s ready.

Then a massive plus in my books, they built an auto shut off into this device unlike the Peak Pro. If you don’t touch this one, it will turn off in 15 minutes, meaning that you’re not going to run into that situation where you don’t you use it for two weeks, but you still come back to a dead device like with the Peak Pro. Kudos to you, Dr. Dabber, it seems like such a simple thing, yet Puffco is still not doing it with one of the most popular devices on the market.

How to Use the Vape

The Boost Evo is a super easy vape to use. The first thing you want to do is fill the glass piece with water. It’s a pretty small water piece and you’re not going to have a tonne of water in here; just do some test hits to make sure you don’t have it too full and then attach it to the quick connect. Next, you want to turn the device on, and to do that just click the front facing button 5 times. You’ll see it light up letting you know it’s turned on (giggity), and then the 4 LEDs will display your battery life in 25% increments.

The Boost Evo has six temperatures that you can select from, ranging from 500°F all the way up to 750°F. I’m not sure these temperatures are entirely accurate as 500°F is getting hot for me on my peak and that’s the lowest temp this goes to, then 750° is straight madness for concentrate, but you do get quite a wide range of temperatures, so there should be one that suits your liking.

To change between the temperatures, click the button three times, and the lights will change to reflect your temperature setting. Next you want to load your dab into the atomizer. Try to get it on the bottom but getting it on the wall hasn’t been a problem for me. When you’re ready to do your hit, all you do is hold the button down and then the device is going to start to heat up to your pre-set temperature. When it is at temperature, it is going to vibrate, and then you are ready to hit it.

You can use the device in its default 20 second run time, or you can use it in Party mode which gives you a 40 second run time if you are doing big dabs between a couple people. To switch between the two modes, when the device is turned off simply hold the main button, and it is either going to flash two times or four times depending on which mode it is in. For me, the 20 second session time has been plenty, but it is nice that they give you a longer option.

Vapour Quality (Taste, Smoothness, Size, Effects)

Overall, I’m getting some great hits out of the Boost Evo. With that sealed quartz bowl atomizer and the super direct and pure air path, the flavour from my concentrate has been awesome at low temperature. It’s decent at the higher temperature but I prefer the low one.

The hits at low temperatures are pretty smooth, but as this water piece doesn’t have that much water in it, at the higher temperatures it can definitely make you cough. If you want to load up the atomizer and hit it at those high temperatures you can get some massive hits, but in general, I don’t recommend overfilling rigs like this as it seems to have a diminishing return after a point.

Efficiency/Cleaning

The glass piece is really easy to clean. Simply put it in a baggie of isopropyl alcohol and that will get the effects of a “brand new” clean. Other than that, I have just been using a Q-Tip with isopropyl alcohol to clean out the atomizer, but it does seem to be getting a little bit of crusty build up in the corners that I haven’t been able to remove, which is a long-term concern.

It’s definitely an efficient device; you don’t need a large amount of concentrate to do a dab in it, and at the higher temperatures it has fully vaporized whatever amount I have put in the atomizer. In general, I dab on the small side so when I do dabs at the lower temperature there is a little bit remaining, but I just swab that up with a Q-Tip in between hits and try to put a specific amount in there so that there won’t be any left over based on what temperature I’m using.

Strong Points

The first thing that I like about the Boost Evo is that super pure air path. You don’t see too many rigs that go directly from the atomizer to the water piece, so this means that not only are you bypassing running your vapour through silicone and down by the sides of the atomizer like on the peak pro, but it also makes it super easy to clean as it eliminates nooks and crannies.

Next, the 11 second heat up time really does make a difference. When you put this side-by-side with a Peak Pro it seems like it’s almost instant turn on as a Peak Pro does take a while to get to temperature. This nice short heat up time makes it a super convenient rig as within 30 seconds you’re finished your dab completely.

Finally, I really am impressed with the battery life I’ve been getting from it. Even if you’re getting in the neighbourhood of 50 hits rather than 60, I think that’s incredible for a single battery charge, and it has USB-C pass-through charging meaning it charges quickly from any power source and can be used while charging. Finally, they included the auto shut off which is one of my main complaints about the Peak Pro. You will never come back to a completely dead vaporizer even if you don’t use it for a couple of weeks as this one turns off in 15 minutes.

Weak Points

My atomizer is starting to get some build-up on it that I haven’t been able to get off. I haven’t been too aggressive with scraping with a tool as I don’t want to damage the surface, but it does seem to be getting some build up that is not coming off with a Q-Tip and isopropyl alcohol. I hope it doesn’t continue to build up, as after a while you would want to replace that if it does.

The water piece I would say is good not great. I was really happy that you could put a lot more water in the new Peak Pro compared to the original, but this one feels more like the original Peak compared to the Peak Pro. I would like to see a water piece on here with a significantly increased volume as it would really help cool down those big hits.

Coming in at $330 US, this one isn’t particularly cheap, and I think for that price it could just have a bit more of a premium feel. The water piece doesn’t feel especially premium to me. The plastic that they used doesn’t have a real luxury feel, and the vibration sound is a little bit annoying and it makes it sound like it’s made of cheap plastic. I would’ve liked to seen some different materials used, and improvement on the vibration, or I think this would sit very nicely at $300USD the way it is now.

Overall Thoughts

Dr. Dabber did a really good job with the Boost Evo. The Switch is cool but not my first choice for a daily driver, but I could definitely see this device being a go-to portable dab rig of choice. I’m a huge fan of the air path and I’m glad that they have a quartz bowl in the atomizer, both of these things really help in the flavour department.

The heat up time is really fast, and you’re getting a massive amount of hits per battery charge as well. I like the fact that it has the cool light shows and that you can trigger them and every other function directly on the device, as not everybody wants to use an app to access all of the functions available on their vaporizer.

I think they could lower the price a little bit on this one to make it even more competitive and I would love to see a different choice of plastic material, but overall, I think people are going to be really happy with what they get out of this one and I think it will be even better after they release some upgrade options like a larger glass top.

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