Best Vapes to Travel With

Traveling with a dry herb vaporizer can be stressful. While cannabis is federally legal in Canada and Vaporizers aren’t illegal (almost) anywhere, there’s still a looming anxiety when crossing intra and international borders.

Of course, having residue in/on your devices is still grounds for legal problems and we’ve compiled a list of vaporizers that are easiest to travel with. We focused on units that are easy to 100% clean and fly under the radar – let’s hop right in.

Best overall – Arizer ArGo

All the portable Arizer units like the Solo 2, Air Max, and Arizer Go are exceptionally easy to deep clean, and this is a major advantage when dealing with customs as you won’t have a single speckle or grain of residue left over on your device or stem to worry about or arouse suspicions. 

The key factor here is the stem mouthpiece. Made entirely of glass, all you need to do to clean it is submerge it in isopropyl alcohol for ~15 minutes, swish it around a few times, and rinse. It should come out spotless and then just finish up by wiping the chamber and body of the unit with a vape alcohol wipe.

Leaving no odor and trace behind, the vape should now be 100% fine to bring along and present you with no problems. The Arizer Go being the most compact of the three models is the best choice, but they’re all fine for travelling with.

Utillian 620 

Using a glass mouthpiece similar to the Arizer models, the Utillian 620 has an easily removable glass stem and easily cleaned oven chamber. Using the same soak-in-iso trick as outlined for the above Arizer units, the entire mouthpiece assembly for this unit cleans out with little effort.

Not to mention the design which closer emulates that of a regular nic vape, these units are more likely to fly under the radar when inspected closely and when in use.

For those reasons we nominated the this Utillian vaporizer. Cleaning the entire body/chamber and mouthpiece is so easy as the entire unit is made of metal, glass, and a little ceramic. Definitely good vapes to look into for stealthy travel. Just a heads up though, the clouds are definitely on the bigger side of things. 

Budget friendly options – Flowermate V5 Nano & Flowermate Slick

Glass mouthpieces return – beginning to notice a trend here? We like the Flowermate V5 Nano and Flowermate Slick for the same reasons outlined above. Easy to clean, simple to disassemble, and mostly resemble a regular vape. Little do they know!

Flowermate Slick

The Slick is the pen-style model which features a mouthpiece cap, carbon fiber design, and easy to use interface. Because of the shape, people will think that you’re hitting a regular disposable vaporizer and you won’t be getting too many funky looks. 

V5 Nano

We give the Flowermate V5 Nano an upper hand here as the mouthpiece is able to hide away into the body, making it appear even like a power bank when not in use! A perfect travel buddy and pocket companion, the V5 nano takes our pick for a vaporizer that doesn’t look like one when not in use.

Tiny size – G Pen Dash

As one of the most discreet vaporizers on the market, we couldn’t leave out the G Pen Dash from our list. While they’re a little more intricate to clean than the aforementioned devices, the Dash’s main strength is in the bite-sized form factor.

Credit to the appearance as they look more like those accursed Juul vapes that are everywhere. Able to hide away entirely in the palm and get stealthy hits anywhere, the Dash is a great option for city portability. 

Lowest price – Litl 1

It’s a little one, that’s for sure. The Litl 1 is a rather simple and small unit which works surprisingly well considering the price point. Cleaning up easily because of the (you guessed it) glass mouthpiece, the Litl 1 is a good budget vaporizer, as it’s the least expensive of our current lineup. 

If you’re in a particularly tricky situation where threat of confiscation from authority is a reality, then it’s not a bad device to consider due to its low cost – it’ll be a lot less painful on the wallet than to have a Mighty+ taken away.

With only one temperature and an on and off button, the Litl 1 allows for quality sessions anywhere you want. 

Most Consistent – XMAX V3 Pro

• The XMAX V3 Pro device is relatively tiny, but packs big power.

The heating element is one of the strongest in the portable vaporizers category, which make it enticing to people who like those heavy hits on the go, especially because of the optional on-demand heating mode. The inconspicuous flat-black aesthetic and form factor further ups the stealth rating for travelling.

However, due to the ceramic and rubber mouthpiece insert on the units, they’re harder to 100% clean and remove all the odor from. As a result, they end up nearer to the bottom of the list since you’re still at risk of some smell being present which could be looked into at an airport. 

Most Versatile – Dynavap M

As some of the smallest vaporizers* out there, Dynavaps are exceptionally easy to clean with isopropyl alcohol and Vape Cleaning Sticks. Best vape to travel with? Maybe, just because it’s so small and can work with a lighter.

The asterisk is there since you’ll need a torch lighter or induction heater to use it.

That also makes it incredibly non-stealthy to use in public since you need to torch the Dynavap for ~15 seconds when you want to use it. For that reason, it’s at the bottom of the list, but worth a mention due to how tiny and easy to clean it is. Also, it hits like a bulldozer in relation to its 0.15g oven size and because it doesn’t use a battery will not arouse any suspicions at an airport. 

Final Thoughts

Which would we pick if we had to choose the stealthiest one? Probably an Arizer Go or Utillian 620. The easily-cleaned stems, metal body, and discreet form factor are truly a recipe for the good travelling vape. Pair these units with a full Vape Cleaning Bundle, and you’ll be ready for anything to come.

Avoid units which use too much plastic or silicone in their construction as anyone who owns a Crafty+ will tell you how much the unit stinks even when it’s not in use, and how meticulous it is to clean.

No matter what, an herb vaporizer will put out some smell when in use. To those who know the scent – they’ll know right away. Convection Vaporizers don’t smell as much as conduction vapes though and vapes certainly smell much less than smoking.

Our top tip is to carry some Zeus Grime Wipes (or other alcohol wipes) and a Vape Carrying Case to clean and store your vape in a moments notice.