XKAH Pro

Additional information about XKAH Pro

Table of Contents

• You Should Buy the XKAH Pro If...
• Prominent Features
• How To Use The XKAH Pro
• Vapor Quality
• Portability
• Manufacturing Quality
• Temperature Flexibility
• How to Clean the XKAH Pro
• Compatibility with Accessories
• Warranty
• Pros and Cons

You Should Buy the Xkah Pro If…

You want to keep your own portable hookah and your favorite herbal molasses, and leave the charcoal behind. The XKAH Pro is built for hookah lovers who enjoy packing their own bowl but are done lighting, flipping, and swapping coals to keep a session going. Many e hookahs replace your whole setup or run on their own pre-filled pods. The XKAH Pro only replaces the charcoal, so you get steady, consistent clouds from the first draw to the last on the setup you already enjoy. It’s made for long, relaxed sessions with friends, wherever your group sets up the hookah.

Prominent Features

XKAH built the Pro around a pretty simple and straightforward idea, which is to keep everything people enjoy about hookah and take the charcoal out of it. The Pro is an electric heating head that sits on your hookah right where the bowl normally goes. Instead of coals, a built-in heating plate heats your bowl, so you don’t have to light, flip, or replace anything during the session.

You choose how it heats, thanks to its 3 heating modes. This gives you enough flexibility to adjust the settings based on your material type.

Whichever mode you pick, the precision temperature control allows you to fine-tune the temperature based on whatever works best for you and your session. That’s where the XKAH Pro gets its consistency, since the temperature is much easier to manage than with coals.

The battery is a big part of the experience too. It’s large enough for long sessions without a cord, and it’s removable, so you can swap in a second one and keep going. And since it fits most hookahs and uses refillable bowls you pack yourself, you keep your own hookah and your favorite herbal molasses.

How To Use The Xkah Pro

If you’ve used a regular hookah before, the XKAH Pro makes things easier, since it replaces the coals entirely. That said, it’s still an electronic device, so it takes a session or two to get used to how it works. If you’ve used a vaporizer before, you’ll pick it up pretty quickly.

Here’s a step-by-step guide:

• Step 1: Fully charge the battery over USB-C before first use.
• Step 2: Pack the herbal molasses loosely into the bowl and close the lid.
• Step 3: Flip the bowl over and insert it into the heating head, ribbed side up.
• Step 4: Place the XKAH Pro on your hookah, using the grommet size that fits best.
• Step 5: Press the center button five times to turn it on.
• Step 6: Use the buttons to choose your mode.
• Step 7: Wait for the preheat to finish and the light to turn green.
• Step 8: Draw from your hookah hose.

Pro Tips:

When packing the bowl, spread a thin, even layer across the bottom first, then add the rest loosely on top without pressing it down.

For the best results, we like to start at a higher temperature than we want and slowly taper down until we are comfortable. It usually takes us 10 to 15 minutes to taper down until we hit our sweet spot, which we can stay at for the rest of the session. We drop a few degrees, puff on the Xkah Pro a few times, purge, and repeat the cycle until we reach our preferred temperature.

Vapor Quality

Vapor quality on the XKAH Pro is very consistent, mainly because the heat source is controlled. Charcoal is a much more volatile heat source. It runs hotter or cooler depending on how it was lit and how far it has burned down, which makes a session harder to keep steady. The XKAH Pro heats electronically and holds the temperature you set, so the flavor and clouds stay much more even throughout the session. XKAH also built the heating to get as much flavor as possible out of every gram, so you typically use less herbal molasses per session than you would with coals.

That said, at the end of the day, it’s up to you to find the right balance. The 3 heating modes give you a good starting point. Classic Mode leans more toward flavor, Custom Mode is built for longer sessions with fuller clouds, and Non-Tobacco Mode is meant for non-tobacco material. The mode you pick depends on the kind of session you prefer and the material you’re using.

Finding the right temperature within that is up to you as well. Since the XKAH Pro is a hookah device rather than a general vaporizer, it takes a bit more playing around with the temperature and settings to get the session you want. Each herbal molasses reacts a little differently to heat. In general, lower temperatures lean more flavorful, while higher temperatures give you thicker clouds.

When it comes to materials, the bowl is stainless steel, which doesn’t add any taste of its own, and XKAH designed it to lock in the flavor of your herbal molasses. The heat comes from a built-in heating plate rather than burning coals, so the flavor comes through clean.

The silicone grommets also play a role. They create a snug seal between the XKAH Pro and your hookah, so all the air you pull goes through the bowl, which keeps the clouds dense.

Last but not least, the water filtration. Your hookah’s water cools the vapor before it reaches the hose, which makes every draw smoother, even at higher temperatures. The hookah you pair it with also shapes how the draws feel.

Portability

The XKAH Pro is a device best suited for use on a table, since it sits on top of a hookah. That said, the device itself is compact and fully cordless, and it comes with a travel bag for the device, bowls, and tools. That makes it easy to bring along and use on another hookah, as long as one of the grommets fits.

Overall, the XKAH Pro is portable in the sense that it’s cordless and easy to pack, but its best use case is a relaxed session at home or at a friend’s place.

Manufacturing Quality

The XKAH Pro is built in three main parts. The heating head sits on top, the bowl goes inside it, and the base at the bottom connects to your hookah. The battery, heating head, and base all separate with a release button, making the unit modular. This makes it much easier to clean and maintain. The base, battery, bowls, and grommets are also sold separately, so you can replace each one on its own.

The bowls are stainless steel, which holds up well to repeated heating and doesn’t add any taste to your herbal molasses.

Silicone is used where the XKAH Pro needs a seal. The two grommet sizes are silicone, and the top and bottom seals are as well. Silicone is heat resistant and flexible, which lets it create a tight fit. The seals also come out for deep cleaning and clip back into place.

Temperature Flexibility

The XKAH Pro allows for very flexible sessions and gives users the opportunity to adjust them through multiple avenues. Starting with a very large temperature range that spans from 220°C to 305°C (428°F to 580°F). But also generally managed through one of the 3 heating modes the XKAH Pro offers:

• Classic Mode: A preset heating curve set by XKAH, so there’s nothing to adjust. It leans more toward flavor, and sessions run about 50 minutes.
• Custom Mode: Lets you set your own temperature and session length, anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes.
• Non-Herbal Molasses Mode: A preset made for different consistency materials, with shorter sessions of up to 30 minutes.

Overall, custom mode is the most flexible and allows users to adjust the temperatures during their session, close to what would be the case using coals.

Some users also start hotter at the beginning of the session, then drop to around 260°C to 270°C (500°F to 518°F) once the bowl gets going. This gets the clouds going early, then keeps the heat steady for the rest of the session.

Every session starts with a preheat of about 8 minutes. The display counts it down, and a green light and an audible alert let you know when it’s ready. If you’re doing back-to-back sessions and the heating head is already hot, a long press of the center button skips the preheat.

The display also remembers your last session. When you start a new one, it shows the temperature your last session ended on.

Battery Life

The XKAH Pro runs on a removable 13,600 mAh battery, which gives you up to 2 hours of use on a single charge. How long it actually lasts depends on your settings, since higher temperatures and longer sessions use more power. Either way, it’s enough to get through a full session without a cord.

It charges over USB-C and reaches a full charge in about 100 minutes, with about half the battery back after 30 minutes. The LED lets you know when the battery is running low, so you know when it’s time to charge or swap.

Since the battery is removable and swaps out without tools, you can keep a second one charged and ready for back-to-back sessions or longer nights.

When you’re not using the device, XKAH recommends removing the battery and storing it separately.

How To Clean The Xkah Pro

The XKAH Pro is simple to clean once you know which parts can get wet. The bowls and the base can go under running water or in the dishwasher, while the heating head holds the electronics and only gets wiped with alcohol. XKAH recommends a quick clean after every session. Here’s a basic step-by-step:

• Step 1: Let the device cool down completely.
• Step 2: Remove the battery.
• Step 3: Take out the pod and clean it with steel wool and rinse it under water.
• Step 4: Rinse the base with water and shake out any remaining water.
• Step 5: Wipe the heating head with a cotton swab dampened with isopropyl alcohol. (No water here).
• Step 6: Let every part dry completely before putting the battery back in..

Pro Tips for Cleaning:

The bowls, grilles, and base are all dishwasher safe. To get the grille out of the bowl, lever it up with the pointed end of the fork poker. A light yellow or orange tint on the heating plate is normal from heat.

Never rinse or submerge the heating head, and never let the battery come into contact with water. Apply alcohol to a swab rather than spraying it on the device, and wait until the alcohol smell is gone before putting the battery back in.

Compatibility with Various Accessories

The XKAH Pro comes with everything you need to get started except the hookah itself. A few spare parts make longer sessions and upkeep easier.

The XKAH Pro Replacement Battery is the one we recommend first. It’s the same 13,600 mAh battery that comes in the box, and since it swaps out without tools, you can keep a second one charged and go straight into another session while the first one charges.

The XKAH Replacement Bowls (2-Pack) are also worth having. Extra bowls let you pack your next sessions ahead of time and keep a clean bowl ready while the used ones are being washed.

The grommets are what seal the XKAH Pro to your hookah, and a snug seal is a big part of getting dense clouds. The XKAH Pro Grommets Replacement includes both small and large sizes, so you always have the right fit.

The XKAH Fork Poker and XKAH Hookah Tongs are the two tools you’ll use the most. The fork poker spreads your herbal molasses evenly when you pack the bowl, and you also use it to lever out the grille and seals during cleaning. The tongs let you lift the hot bowl in and out without touching it. Both come in the box, but a spare set is handy if you keep more than one setup.

For cleaning, Zeus Grime Sticks come pre-filled with alcohol, which suits the heating head, since it can only be cleaned with a swab.

Warranty

XKAH covers the XKAH Pro with a limited warranty against manufacturing defects, starting from the date of purchase. It requires proof of purchase and doesn’t cover damage from misuse or poor cleaning and maintenance.

We handle the full term of the manufacturer warranty through our Hassle-Free warranty, so any covered issue goes through TVape rather than directly to XKAH.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Charcoal-free sessions with steady, consistent heat
• Full temperature control
• Huge removable battery for long, cordless sessions

Cons

• Only functions with the XKAH bowls
• Noticeable learning curve for temperatures