Pulsar Rok E-Rig Review – Not going to Rok your world.

How it Works

Like most electric e-nails, the Pulsar Rok can be loaded hot or cold with a small amount of material. Roughly the size of a rice grain should be sufficient for heavy hits. Fill the bubbler up slightly higher than the downstems percolator, and then 5 clicks of the button to turn the device on. Allow the device to heat up and then put the carb cap on the device and inhale smoothly.  You should come up to temperature after roughly 30 seconds.

The included ceramic atomizer is designed for use with dry herbs, however, we would never suggest using this unless you want to combust and spend an eternity cleaning it!

Temperature Flexibility

The Rok only has three temperature settings, 3.4v, 3.6v, and 3.8v. This is a bit disappointing as these voltages supposedly correlate to 900, 950, and 1000°F, or 482, 510, and 538°C.

This is way, way, way hotter than you’ll want to dab at. You’ll immediately scorch your wax and the flavor will certainly not be anywhere what you would like it to be. A big no from us here.

Using high temperatures in a wax pen usually correlate to stronger vapors and less flavor and vice versa. However,  users that desire both smooth vapors and pure flavor usually tend to prefer units like the Linx Blaze that offers not only high temperature ranges but low temperature ranges.

Vapor Quality

With such high temperatures, we must say – it kind of sucks. The atomizer gets far too hot for pleasant hits, even though the bubbler cools it down quite well.

However, when pulsing the fire button properly, the vapor quality is much better. You can somewhat guess the best temperatures and get good vapor, but this takes skill and patience to learn it. Overall, the Pulsar Rok doesn’t perform nearly as well as other e-rigs like the Utillian 5 Wax pen.

Manufacturing Quality

Pulsars build quality has always been quite hit and miss and the Pulsar Rok follows that trend. The design is unique but pleasant, however, the plastic on top isn’t so nice and the glass isn’t quite as thick as we’d prefer. The entire unit feels a bit cheap unlike the classy Kandypens Elite and we’re not so fond of how you can’t really see the bubbler so easily either.

They do include a decent kit consisting of the rig itself, dab tool, wire brushes, carb cap, quartz cup, ceramic cup, silicone collars, usb charger, and cleaning buds. This is alright however the whole kit doesn’t exactly feel as premium as we’d like either.

Battery Life

Pulsar claims 25-30 session per full charge, but in practice, you can expect roughly half of that. That’s definitely not too bad by any means but it’s not too great either. If you’re an occasional user this wouldn’t be so bad, but for extended sessions with friends, you might be wanting a bit more something like the Source Orb 4 Signature Kit that offers a removable battery letting users get non stop sessions without worrying for the charge.

The non-removable battery also means once it goes flat, you’re left with a dead unit. It charges via standard Micro USB which will take roughly 2-3 hours to top up as well. Quite underwhelming if you tell us.

Portability

At less than 7 inches tall, it’s quite small. Of course, not pocket-sized but definitely fits in a backpack quite well and doesn’t weigh too much.

Not ideal for most situations but definitely easy to bring to a friend’s place. It’s about as portable as the Puffco peak is.

Ease of Use

With a one-button operation and a well-written user manual, it’s pretty easy to get a hang of and learn quite well. Still, to get the best results there’s quite a learning curve and passing off to friends and strangers may leave them underwhelmed. We’re not so fond of its practicality.

Users who are new to vaping prefer units like the Yocan Evolve Plus that has little to no learning curve at all.

Discreetness

Any portable e-rig will have you catching looks left and right if used in public. Left on your table it may just look like a very alien device.

Of course, you probably won’t be using this in situations where discretion is important so it’s not too bad. Certainly, no stranger looking than the Carta and Peak.

Users that prefer more discreetness usually prefer devices like the Utillian 2 Wax Pen because of its sleek design and its lower temperature range option helps produce less visible vapor.

Overall Experience

We say save your money and look elsewhere, the Rok isn’t quite as good as we hoped it to be.

Cheap build quality, poor temperature control, high price, no USB-C, and useless dry herb function makes it a pass for us in every way. The Focusvape Carta feels much more premium, with a better built and performs much better. Even the Tourist offers a better vapor experience than what we got out of the Rok.

The Rok is still in pre-release and any changes may occur, however at the time of the review we recommend Pulsar to change up the circuit board, charging port to USB-C, and use better quality materials. Not worth the steep investment. If you’re in the market for a harder-hitting dab rig, take a look at the Utillian 8 which provides big hits as well as stellar flavor. For a budget alternative, make sure to check out our Core E Rig.

If you have questions about our review, want to know more about wax vaporizers, 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’