Simrell Collection - The Simrell Vaporizer Review

We all know the Simrell Collection for its elegant and stylish custom stems for DynaVaps, but now Simrell has his own dry herb vaporizer! Yes, it looks like a DynaVap, but it feels like a full re-work. Whether it’s the completely or-ring-less design or its fully customizable heat profile, I found myself coming back to it over and over again.

*The Simrell vaporizer sports a stem you might be familiar with, but a heat engine that could change the game.*

“The Simrell Vaporizer”, as its known, is powered either by a small handheld torch lighter or an induction heater. The bowl is small enough for single heat-up extractions, but the hits are powerful enough to sit me down. Like most Simrell products, you’ll pay a premium for it, but the artistry shines through. This is a gorgeous vape that will set you back $300, and we have more than $100 worth of goodies to go with it.

*The sleeves are interchangeable. From left to right: silicone, walnut (standard), galaxy burl.*

Design & Build Quality

The Simrell Collection is known for its high quality designs and DynaVap stems that drip with style and innovation, and this vaporizer feels like a culmination of its efforts. The vape is made in the USA, completely constructed with titanium, and sports an attractive wood sleeve that stylishly protects your fingers from hot spots. You can choose different woods for a little more money, but mine is the standard walnut, and I love it. All the parts thread together, including the cap, so you’ll never have to replace another o-ring.

*From left to right: stem or body, condenser tube, walnut sleeve, extraction chamber, low temp disc, high temp disc, thermal capacitor, heat exchanger. The intercooler is in the front.*

How it Works – Heating & Technology

Anyone who has ever used a DynaVap or any similar product will be familiar with The Simrell technique. After it’s packed, heat the cap with a torch lighter until it clicks twice, and enjoy your vapor. But this is where you’ll notice a lot of refinements.

For starters, the two click notifications have been tweaked and no longer indicate one temp, but rather are high and low temp alerts. If you want a lighter hit, stop heating after the first click. If you want a heavier hit, go a little past the second click. Brilliant!

The real magic, and the skill you will refine, is how to heat the cap. In the past, we would heat the cap in different places for lower or higher temperatures, but now that’s accomplished with the clicks. This cap is designed to change the feel of the hit, and ranges from conduction to convection, and everything in between. Heat the top for convection, the bottom for conduction, and the middle for a hybrid feel.

*The bowl is dinky, has one size setting, and uses a standard DynaVap screen.*

Performance & Vapor Quality

I’m impressed with the efficiency and potency of the hits off the Simrell Vaporizer, but I had to work at it for a little bit. The vapor is light, fluffy and comfortable, yet strong enough to punch. It’s an amazingly herb-efficient vape. Every time I exhale and empty the bowl, I’m amazed out how little herb was in the chamber.

Ease of Use

The heat-up technique required some play and exploration, but made a lot of sense once I landed on it. The biggest hurdle for me was the heat-up time, which can push nearly a minute for the higher temp hits. Basically, I twirl the vape and heat the cap in the middle, but also heat the top or bottom occasionally depending on what kind of hit I want. It takes considerably longer to heat up than a normal DynaVap, but is in line with a lot of similar devices.

*The Blazer PB207 pocket torch lighter. The best little torch lighter I’ve used.*

This brings me to the lighter. Simrell sells a small Blazer torch lighter for $50 that I thought was expensive until I used it. It’s a fantastic lighter and the right tool for this job. If you buy the Simrell, I highly recommend this lighter. Or, opt for a compatible induction heater, like the iSpire Heat Wand. I love using the Simrell with this heater because it takes all the work out of the heat-up.

Where to Buy

For now, the Simrell Vaporizer is only available from The Simrell Collection, and is released in small drops that quickly sell out. However, they will soon have a made-to-order system that should make it more accessible.