9 high-tech gift ideas for the cannabis users in your life • TechCrunch

Slowly however certainly, state by state, the U.S. is turning into extra cannabis-friendly. Because the variety of states the place weed is legalized (or a minimum of decriminalized) grows, so too does the variety of corporations constructing superb merchandise for hashish customers.

Received a buddy who partokes and lives someplace cool about it? Why not improve their expertise with some fancy cannabis-focused tech this vacation season? The next items characterize a spread of merchandise from startups, makers, and housegood corporations making an attempt to interrupt into the huge market.

There’s one thing right here for everybody — from consumption units to storage containers to espresso desk objects. None of those match the invoice? Give a pre-roll. Everybody loves pre-roll.

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DynaVap

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DynaVaps are my go-to. They’re pocketable and produce an incredible cloud of vapor. Consider it as a one-hitter vape with a thermometer. First warmth the tip with a torch or induction heater; the cap will click on in about 3 to five seconds, notifying the person that the herb is on the proper temperature and able to hit. The hashish lasts about three to 4 cycles. For the reason that cap protects the bottom flower from the flame, there’s no combustion or smoke — simply vapor — and little or no scent.

DynaVap vaporizers are CNC machined within the firm’s DeForest, Wisconsin, facility. George Breiwa began the corporate in 2015 and at present employs round 40 folks. The corporate sells a number of variations of the little metallic vape, beginning with the $50 “B” and ending with the $220 titanium Omni.

Phrase of warning: I’ve given a number of DynaVaps to mates, and I’ve discovered folks both find it irresistible or hate it. It takes a little bit of apply to get cloud.

Puffco Proxy

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Puffco has lengthy led the market with modern hashish vaporizers. The Puffco Peak Professional is definitely among the finest e-rigs out there, and the corporate simply unveiled a brand new vape known as the Proxy. It presents the most effective of the Peak Professional and could be constructed into varied kind components.

Don’t be distracted by the stunning pipe. That’s only a piece of glass. The Proxy slides into the glass piece. Consider the Proxy as a modular dabbing rig, in a position to match into any kind issue made for the unit. Bubbler? Positive. Glass beaker? Yep. Pipe? Clearly.

The $299 self-contained rig is concerning the measurement of a taller D-cell battery. Inside is identical heating component discovered within the firm’s different flagship product, the Peak Professional. The battery could be recharged over USB-C, and the unit comes preprogrammed with 4 completely different warmth ranges.

Hitoki Saber

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Get this: The Hitoki Saber makes use of a high-powered laser to mild a bowl. It’s not low cost, however it’s an incredible (and enjoyable) different to butane lighters. Simply hit the button, and a laser shoots right into a packed bowl. Better of all, with the appropriate adapter it really works with any glass piece. Additionally better of all, lasers.

The Saber is the second machine from Hitoki, which debuted its laser system with the all-in-one Trident rig. The Trident is way bigger than the Saber however options an built-in water chamber and mouthpiece.

Lighting your pot with lasers isn’t an affordable answer. Each of the Hitoki merchandise carry hefty costs: The Saber prices $359, and the Trident is $499.(opens in a brand new window)

KushKards

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KushKards are nice. As I stated above, in case you don’t have the rest for the stoner in your life, give them a pre-roll. If you need that pre-roll to look additional particular, tuck it in a KushKard.

Every of those intelligent greeting playing cards has a particular spot meant to carry a pre-roll and is designed round cute one-liners like “joint to the world” or “mild up the vacations.”

The playing cards begin at $7 and embody the choice to bundle a holiday-themed one-hitter.

Houseplant Automotive Lighter

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Seth Rogen’s weed model makes and sells terrific hashish merchandise. One of the best one? It’s the Automotive Lighter. It’s a enjoyable repurposing of the basic, pop-out automotive lighter all of us burned our thumbs on as youngsters, now housed in a hefty block that’s good for a espresso desk. Simply push the lighter down — a number of seconds later, it’ll pop up able to mild your subsequent joint.

The Automotive Lighter is made out of marble and is offered in two colours: inexperienced and grey. At $280, it’s a little bit of an announcement piece.

Inexperienced: A Discipline Information to Marijuana

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Inexperienced: A Discipline Information to Marijuana is a beautiful espresso desk guide stuffed with lovely photos of basic strains. It’s marketed as a go-to information, however for me, it’s an exquisite guide to flip by throughout a chill smoking session. You’ll be taught concerning the lineage, taste, and results produced by 170 marijuana strains. And the pictures is phenomenal!

For the aspiring weed grower in your life, go for this guide as an alternative. Written by Ed Rosenthal (he’s a giant deal), the Marijuana Grower’s Handbook is an all-in-one supply for turning a seed right into a bountiful harvest.

Storz & Bickel Mighty+

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That is the most effective vaporizer out there. It’s dependable, can cook dinner a number of herb, and produces a number of the finest vapor from any machine. Positive, there are drawbacks — together with its giant measurement and $399 worth — however it’s price it.

Storz & Bickel launched the unique in 2014 and launched an up to date model in October 2021. The brand new Mighty+ options faster heat-up time, USB-C recharging and a ceramic filling chamber that’s a lot simpler to maintain clear than the chamber within the authentic.

A fast tip: The Mighty+ options orange arrow buttons, whereas the unique’s are grey. You need the brand new one.

Markus Storz began engaged on a natural vaporizer in 1996, and in 2002 Jürgen Bickel joined the board, forming Storz & Bickel. The corporate nonetheless sells its authentic, groundbreaking machine, the Volcano, and a number of other inexpensive merchandise. The corporate is predicated in Germany, the place its vaporizers carry medical machine certifications. In 2018, Canadian hashish big Cover Development acquired Storz & Bickel. Jürgen Bickel stays on the firm and runs the day-to-day operations.

Need one thing smaller? The Artful+ is cheaper and smaller however nonetheless packs a lot of the identical energy because the Mighty+.

Storage Containers

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It’s 2022. Don’t retailer your bud in a plastic baggie. A correct container will higher protect your inexperienced, and also you’ve obtained numerous choices.

The Libbey BudShield isn’t delicate however contains a good-looking exterior and an-all glass development: $35 for 3.

The Staze contains a distinctive design with a smell-proof design and a built-in hermetic vacuum sealer: $18.

The Increased Requirements Mason Jar is, nicely, an upgraded mason jar. The 8 oz jar is child-resistant, made in America, and contains a Increased Requirements-branded koozie produced from 100% silicone that wraps the jar: $30.

Jonathan Adler sells fashionable home items; in 2022 few merchandise are extra fashionable than weed. The houseware firm has a line of storage containers which can be clearly designed to be displayed, together with this pretty porcelain canister with an enormous, hand-painted Weed label: $30.

Want to cover your stash? There are numerous diversion storage containers on Amazon and Etsy. This Barbasol model is my favourite: $18.99.

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(Pretend) Pot Plant

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Give a Pot Plant this vacation. However not an actual one. These are pretend crops designed to be displayed. They arrive in a wide range of sizes and fake strains. The Clone (smallest possibility) stands 10 inches tall and prices $30. It’s delicate as a result of, like an precise clone, the plastic plant is feigning to be in a state that doesn’t function any buds but.

The Teen plant is 16 inches tall and options a few small buds. The Grownup is 22 inches with a number of faux-growing buds on its essential cola. The $165, 36-inch tall Mom Pot Plant is a monster pretend plant with frosty buds rising all through the plant.