Puffco Pro 2 Wax Pen Review – Puff Daddy

How it Works

The functionality of the Puffco Pro 2 is extremely basic. If you’ve ever used a wax pen before, this probably works in the exact same way. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Why fix what isn’t broken, right?

In case you have never tried a wax pen before, let me explain exactly how this works. The base is a battery with a single button on it. The top of the base has 510 threading where you can screw in either the atomizer or you’re charger, depending on what you are trying to do. The atomizer and mouthpiece come as one unit in the case, but the mouthpiece part pulls off the atomizer easily. It is held in place using an o-ring gasket thing.

When you want to turn it on, you just click the button 5 times. Clicking it three times will cycle through your temperature options, which I will go over below. When you have your temperature selected, you can change the heat by either pressing and holding the button or double tapping it to engage ‘sesh’ mode. Sesh mode is just continuous heating for 12 seconds.

Again, loading the atomizer is as simple as pulling the mouthpiece off and putting your concentrate inside the chamber. There is a single ceramic rod and coil inside.

Temperature Flexibility

The temperature flexibility is decent for a wax pen. There are only three options, but that’s better than not having any flexibility at all. If you look in the instruction manual, the temperature levels are only given as low, medium, and high, which are indicated by green, blue, and white lights, respectively.

On their website, they give approximate temperatures. I assume they are approximate because the level will vary depending on how long your draw lasts and if you use it back to back. Here are the approximate levels:

• Green = 580°F
• Blue = 650°F
• White = 720°F

This is a decent range, although I would have liked to see a lower option like the one provided in the Puffco Peak that goes as low as 450 °F.

Vapor Quality

If you’ve always dreamed of a tiny, portable pen that can still blow huge clouds, this may be the pen of your dreams. There are a couple of reasons this is true.

The first is that it has a coil-style atomizer, but the bigger reason in my opinion is that this has fairly restricted airflow. Either way, the results speak for themselves, especially on the Blue and White levels.

However, if you are more of flavor chaser like me, you’ll definitely want to stick to green. While this can deliver massive clouds, the flavor can get pretty muted after the first draw or two at the higher temps. It is also a bit warm.

Even on the low temperature setting, this still isn’t a pen that is going to maximize flavor. This is oriented to stealth, portability, and big clouds.

However, users that want a little bit of both big clouds and flavors usually tend to prefer devices like the Utillian 5 (V3) that is able to produce huge vapors at higher temperatures and provide strong flavors at lower temperatures without fail.

Manufacturing Quality

The manufacturing quality is good, but not great as compared to the Linx Blaze. There’s a lot I really like about this pen. For example, it’s extremely tiny and has a great brushed stainless steel finish.

This is the perfect pen for carrying in your pocket because of those two reasons. In other words, it fits well and won’t get all scratched up and ugly.

The one thing that I would definitely change is the lack of atomizer versatility. Or I’d at least prefer a better atomizer style if I’m only going to get one. I personally care much more about flavor than large clouds, so I prefer styles that don’t have coils.

I’m also curious about what the coil is made of. I can’t find this information anywhere, so I’m going to assume Kanthal? When a better material is used, most manufacturers are quick to tell you about it in their marketing, so I think that’s a safe assumption to make.

Battery Life

The battery life is good. According to Puffco, you can get up to 100 uses on a single charge. Before you get too excited, I can almost guarantee that you won’t ever actually get 100 uses per charge.

If we translate the marketing speak, that probably means that you can theoretically get 100 uses if each use is a single draw at the lowest temperature.

Using it at a higher temperature, using sesh mode, or using it for a few back to back draws will all decrease that number fast. I’d personally expect more like 20-30 actual sessions per charge, which is still good.

Users that look forward to frequent back to back sessions and are concerned about the low battery life usually prefer units like the Source Orb 4 Premium Kit that has a removable battery option at their disposal.

Portability

Unlike devices such as the Source Orb 4 Signature Kit, the portability of this is fantastic. Like I mentioned above, this is one of the best pens I’ve ever used for pocket carrying.

Most get all scratched up when rubbing against key or coins, but the brushed stainless steel on this keeps it looking new. For an even sturdier device, the Tronian Gammatron Wax Pen features PVD coating specifically designed to reduce the scratches on your device.

The size is also great, and the battery life is good enough to last you for a day or two even if you are a heavy user. If you want it, there is even a carrying case included, although you have to take the unit apart for it to go in.

Ease of Use

You can’t get much easier to use than this. Like I explained above, there is a single button that controls everything similar to the beginner friendly device – the Yocan Evolve Plus.

Five clicks to turn it on, three clicks to adjust the temperature, and then click and hold the button to engage the heat. Two clicks engages the heat for 12 continuous seconds.

To load the chamber, pull the mouthpiece off, put your concentrate inside the atomizer, then replace the mouthpiece. That’s literally everything there is to know about using this.

Discreetness

The tiny size of this makes it very discreet unlike other devices like the Linx Ares Kit which has below average discreetness. The one thing I will caution is that you should definitely use the low (green) temperature setting and take short draws if you want to avoid visible vapor.

Other than that, you should have no problem keeping a low profile with this.

Overall Experience

The Puffco Pro 2 is a very good wax pen, especially if you are mainly interested in portability.

The best features are the size, the stainless steel finish, and the above average battery life. Those three things combine to make this an awesome choice for on-the-go use. The vapor is also decent, though it’s better at delivering powerful hits and big clouds than flavor.

That’s really my only critique of this. I wish there was a way to more consistently get great flavor. In my opinion, flavor was largely ignored with the Pro 2. This could have been fixed by calibrating the temperatures a little lower (at least the bottom two) and offering a second atomizer option with a coilless design.

If you are looking for something lower temp, I really like the Linx Hypnos Zero for its coiless atomizer.

If you are looking for a portable e-nail that has temperature control and the bonus of having a herb attachment as well, we would encourage you to check out the Focusvape Tourist. If a bulkier device is an option and you’re looking only for the highest-quality vapor, we recommend the Utillian 8.

If you have questions about our Puffco Pro 2 review or just want to let us know what you think, feel free to drop us a comment below! Thanks for reading and as always, keep vapin’!