I switched to vaping weed in 2013, and started reviewing dry herb vaporizers in 2015. I was buying every vape I could find in search of a better high and a more familiar experience. My online documentation of the hunt for the best vape eventually became my full-time career.
Today, my vape collection includes over 500 different dry herb vaporizers, and the pursuit for something better has dissolved. The Universal Baller vaporizer from Terp Chasers Club offers top-tier performance and unrivaled flavor purity. Nothing beats a ball vape with an all-glass air path.
Dry Herb Vapes Used to SUCK
In the early days, vaping weed was both a commitment and a compromise. Weed vapes were a let-down, and most hopeful vaporists went back to smoking. Herb vapes were a novelty for geeks and sneaks.
No one wants wispy vapor and slow extractions. We wanted more flavor, more potency, and maximum efficiency. We want all the THC, all the terpenes, and we want it fast. Even “top-of-the-line” vaporizers like the Volcano just weren’t good enough. We wanted more, so we made it ourselves.
Ball vapes are the result of community-driven innovation. The underground community of vape enthusiasts is largely responsible for pushing vape tech development. The biggest breakthroughs in cannabis consumption tech have come from passionate stoners in search of a better high.
Universal Baller – Wireless Desktop Ball Vape
This vape has been the winner of my reach test for over a year. I have all the vapes, and the Universal Baller is the one the rest of the makers are chasing. The material choices and design of this vaporizer give it performance and flavor advantages.
It combines two of the greatest weed gadget innovations of the last decade. The wireless desktop format revolutionized the e-nail. Modern vapes like the Universal Baller use a stationary coil mounted to a dock. The heating coil can heat a 25mm quartz banger for a true dabbing experience, or a wireless ball vape for a cutting-edge dry herb dab.
The Universal Baller brings the thermal power of a metal ball vape to the pure flavor of all-glass. This vape’s innovative quartz lining and clever bowl design deliver a 100% all-glass airpath from start to finish.
The Flower Dab Experience
The potency and flavor of the Universal Baller are comparable to dabbing. This vape has wide-open airflow and unrelenting ball-vape power. The all-glass airpath gives it flavor advantages over all the other ball vapes, as there’s no metal in the vapor path.
The wireless Universal Baller vape head sits in the hot coil until you’re ready to vape. Flower dabs are as simple as removing the vape from the heater, placing it on the bowl, and inhaling. The vape is returned to the heater between uses.
The glass microdosing bowl holds as little as 0.05g or as much as 0.2g, and the Universal Baller will extract it all in one inhalation if that’s your desire.
I love that the all-glass bowls are affordable. They’re cheap enough to buy several and rotate them, making cleaning days less stressful. The upgraded Hybrid Bowl maintains the all-glass air path while adding metal connection points for a better experience.
I like my vapor thick and terpy, and this vape is the current champion of thick and terpy.
Big Bowls for Bigger Blast-Offs
I’m a productive stoner, vaping all day while I work, which is why I try to keep my dosages on the micro side. Those seeking to maximize their sessions will use the normal Universal Baller bowl. It’s capable of holding about twice as much weed as the microdosing bowl.
The bigger bowl works well with whole-nug vaping, too, for longer, even more flavorful sessions. I use a fine grind for the fastest extraction and fullest flavor.
The Dabbing Experience
The Universal Baller coil docking station makes switching between dry herb and dabs easy. This housing keeps the hot coil secure, while having convenient storage slots for all the bowls and tools.
The coil can be used to heat the wireless ball vape, or a standard quartz banger. Simply set the wireless ball vape head in the dock, and set a 25mm bucket banger into the coil. It takes about 3 minutes to reach full heat.
Many vaporists keep their vape or banger hot and ready all day. Need a dab? Pull the hot banger from the coil and dab away! You’ll still want a dab thermometer to dial in your preferred temps, but you won’t need it every time.
You’ll never need a dab torch again.
The Ultimate Dry Herb Vape for Bongs
Smoking through a bong holds a special place in my heart. For decades, dry herb vapes have been offering bong adapters, but putting a portable vape on a bong is usually a lackluster experience.
Universal Baller is designed exclusively for use with a bong. Its bowl uses a 14mm or 18mm male glass joint.
The open airflow and extreme convection power of these ball vapes produce hot vapor. Glass bongs quickly cool the vapor, and the water adds a touch of moisture while filtering out any tiny organic particles, making the vapor extremely smooth.
This vape brings back the classic bong experience. Pack a bowl, vape it, dump it, repeat. You can’t corner the bowl, but you can take smaller hits to extract more slowly, or you can vape the whole bowl in one big hit.
Life with the Universal Baller
Living with the most powerful and flavorful vaporizer isn’t all terps and tickles, though. Maintaining the purest of flavors requires daily maintenance.
I turn my vape on around 10 am. It’s powered by a standard enail PID. In wireless mode, it takes about 8 minutes to heat up, which gives me plenty of time to clean my bong and bowl. My bong gets cleaned daily. Sometimes I get two days of usage out of the bowl.
Both get cleaned in the sink, with a simple spritz of isopropyl alcohol and hot water from the faucet. Sometimes I soak the glass bowls in alcohol to make cleaning simple.
By the time the bong and bowl are clean, the vape is usually ready to go.
The Universal Baller is the ultimate cannabis connoisseur’s choice extraction device. I recommend the fully glass-lined option for the best flavor.
All images provided by Terp Chasers Club.
About the author: Troy / 420vapezone
Troy has been reviewing vaporizers since 2015. He’s been deleted from YouTube twice and remains an independent vape reviewer. He documents and reviews the evolution of ball vapes and other dry herb vaporizers on 420vapezone.com.
Sponsored Content Disclosure: This article was published as part of a paid commercial arrangement with Terp Chasers Club. It is not independent editorial content. References to cannabis vaporizer technology reflect the company’s perspective unless otherwise noted, and have not been independently verified by High Times.
