The Altar is my new spiritual base station
Ball vapes have almost become mainstream, and a few companies have started to address the problem of all the parts and hot pieces that go with them. Enter the Altar, from Altarvape. It’s a gorgeous vape station to power your favorite cordless ball vape, and it’s worthy of the spot on my personal cannabis altar (shown above).
The Altar is powered by a typical PID controller, so the controls will feel familiar to almost anyone who currently uses a ball vape. The heater coil is 25mm and fits a lot of other cordless ball vapes, including the Vapvana Screwball (save 10% with code “troyandjerry”) and the latest heater heads from Cannabis Hardware (also save 5% with code “troyandjerry”).
The Altar is well thought-out, with places for a stash jar and a multi-tool to go along with a post to hold a hot banger or heater head while something else is in the coil. It even has a little slide tray for your bubbler, although I preferred to use this space to prepare for a session.
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- Apparatus ($15)
- Scoop and tamp tool ($20)
Check out the gallery below for a look at all the artistic and functional details of this classic vape station.
Altarvape accessories
If you don’t already have a collection of cordless heater heads and bangers, don’t worry…Altarvape has those on deck as well, and they’re just as stylish as the Altar. The Scepter is a big, heavy cordless ball vape that is easily the largest and heaviest heater of its type. It takes longer to heat up than smaller ball vapes, but once it’s going it keeps on trucking.
The banger, or Crucible, continues the seed of life theme with a beautiful etched pattern that covers the entire banger. It’s paired with white or torquoise marble caps, called Orbs, that look stunning on it. I will use the Crucible for the first time live on the stream.
Other accessories include the Trove – a stash jar with the seed of life pattern on the lid, and the Apparatus – a multi-tool with a tamp, poker and dab tool. All-in-all, the Altar and its accessories create a complete package that not only vapes well, but looks stunning, too. I will enjoy it on my altar for years to come!
Big Ass Gallery
Here’s some eye candy while you wait for the stream to start Friday night!
Front side of the Altar.
Here’s a closeup of the front controls.
A little tray is magnetically held in place under the right side of the Altar. It’s like a secret compartment.
The tray has the seed of life pattern on it. It’s a little slick, so I don’t think I’ll use it for my glass pieces.
The rear of the Altar, with a power cord and connection for the heater coil.
I love how the heater wire tucks away in that hole in the back.
The Altar from above. More seed of life patterns.
This post on the back left corner holds whatever you aren’t using at the time in the hot coil. It can hold the banger or the Scepter, or any other heater head you have.
This little slot in the middle of the Altar is a magnet. I have a pic below of it holding a tool.
The clamp that holds the heater in position over the well. This comes already assembled.
The 25mm heater coil hangs over this well. Although it’s exposed, it’s not easy to burn yourself on it because it is out of the way.
Here’s a shot of the underside of the Altar…just because!
The banger (called the Crucible) with two marble caps (called Orbs) and four terp pearls. Here it is in the post on the upper left corner of the Altar.
I love the pattern on this glass! Beautiful!
A closeup of the Orbs and terp pearls, because they are so pretty!
Crucible with white Orb installed.
Crucible with turquoise Orb installed.
The Trove, or stash jar, can hold a good amount of dry herbs.
The seed of life pattern on the top of the Trove.
The glass bowl for dry herbs is called the Chalice. I like the all-glass bowl!
Here’s the Apparatus, or multi-tool – pretty cool with that little tamp at the bottom.
The Apparatus magnetically sticks to the black strip underneath it.
The Altar with all the toys…Crucible with both Orbs, the Trove, Apparatus and Scepter.
The Scepter is a big vape tool. The handle is beautiful, comfy in the hand, and massive! It’s pretty heavy, too.
The narrow end of the heater head holds the rubies and goes into the heater coil.
The wide end of the Scepter goes over the bowl for a classic diffuser-style ball vape.
Another shot of the heater head – it’s a massive metal heat sink.
The Scepter positioned in the heater coil. I like to give it 20 minutes to fully heat up from a cold start.
This is how the Scepter sits on the Chalice. I’m holding it with my hand out of frame to keep it level.
Here the Scepter sits by itself, a little wonky and wiggly. I would never use it like this because it’s so heavy on the glass.
Here the Altar is heating up the Cannabis Hardware Venus heater. It’s much smaller than the Scepter.
And here it has the Cannabis Hardware Mercury head in the heater coil.
And finally, the Altar with my favorite wireless heater, the Screwball.
Bonus shot of the 25mm heater coil.
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