Humboldt Vape Tech Review: The Holy Grail for Dabs

A Closer Look at the Humboldt Brand

Humboldt Vape Tech takes its name from Humboldt County, California, which is known as the epicenter of marijuana cultivation in the entire state. No wonder then that the best dab vaping devices would come from this part of the country. With that said, HVT makes only one device for dry herb vapers, the Generation 2 dry herb ceramic tank.

Save for that one exception. Its purview is strictly on extracts (shatters, rosin, wax, butter). The company sees its mission as perfecting the art of dab vaping, which was the goal of its founder Vic Arvizu. He wanted to take the large, ungainly rigs and torches that he was using to dab, but make them smaller and more portable.

Sequoia and Sai were born from this motivation. The two atomizers push the boundaries of what is possible in dab vaping because of their unique construction and the high-quality materials used in their builds. The two main HVT products have heavy-duty stainless steel builds, but use different styles of atomizer – donut, coiled, coil/rod – inside the oven, which is what makes them one-of-a-kind.

Typical dab devices use one-of-two usual coil styles: the flat disc or donut atomizer made of ceramic; or the coil/rod combination that uses quartz rods and titanium coils. HVT took those nominal designs and expanded them for use with high-wattage, sub-ohm mods so users could push the power and get even better-quality vapor.

Humboldt Vape Tech Products

Despite its focus on dab vaping, the brand has other offerings that users can find on its website. Highlighted here will be the two mainstays of the HVT brand, along with its newest offering, an electronic, portable dab rig.

Humboldt Vape Tech’s Social Media Presence

HVT makes no secret about how Reddit groups played an important role in the company’s success. It was through collaborating and listening to dabbers on Reddit groups where the company gained the knowledge to create the Sequoia and Sai lines that now dominate the industry.

Humboldt still maintains an active presence on Reddit, as well as on other social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. The company’s Instagram page features mostly pictures of HVT employees or the products or pics from the company’s outreach programs around California.

How HVT Treats Its Customers

The Humboldt brand is a trusted one in dabbing circles. The brand, by and large, has a positive reputation both for its unparalleled quality as well as its customer service.

As it is a small operation, the company can focus more on dealing directly with customer problems or complaints, rather than having customers wait weeks for resolutions and answers. Some customers do have complaints about being charged for broken or defective parts, but the brand always presents its side, even if the outcome is not what a person wanted.

Humboldt Vape Tech Product Table

Final Thoughts: Humboldt Vape Tech Review: A Trusted Name in Dab Vaping

Humboldt Vape Tech has earned a reputation for quality and reliability through its innovative atomizer designs. The company took the idea of rebuildable coils for e-liquid with massive coil sizes and applied it to concentrates vaping. At first glance, the exterior of the Sequoia and Sai looks like sub-ohm RDAs, but inside the coils use no wicks as users apply their concentrate directly onto the coil surface.

When users attach the atomizers to a variable wattage or temperature mod, they can apply instant power to the coils reducing heat-up times while getting massive hits. The variety of coils available is also exceptional.

There are several material types (titanium, quartz, ceramic), styles (bucket, donut, coil/rods) and sizes (4mm, 5mm) so that users can pick and choose their preferred ones and use them accordingly, as Sai coils are compatible with the Sequoia atomizer and vice-versa.

Have you used a Humboldt Vape Tech product? Did you use the Sequoia or Sai, and which coil? Which did you think performed the best? Let us know in the comments section below.