Ooze Drought Vaporizer Review – All dried up

How it Works

The Ooze Drought operates via 3 buttons – the power button which turns the device on via 5 clicks and the two temperature control buttons. Your material loads in by pulling off the friction-held mouthpiece and loading it into the stainless steel oven.

After five minutes, the automatic shut-off time engages and the unit will have to be powered on again for longer sessions.

Temperature Flexibility

Adjustable by 1-degree increments, the Ooze Drought has a temperature range between 320 -410°F/160-120°C. This offers plenty of room to find your sweet spot when it comes to the specific botanical you have.

It would have been nice however for it to have a slightly higher maximum temperature since if you’d like to use cannabis extracts, 410° is a touch too low. Users that prefer higher flavours tend may want to look at devices with higher temperature ranges like the Focus V Pro which has a temperature range of 24o°C or 464°F.

Heat up times are quite normal ranging between 25-30 seconds on average, however, it’s recommended to wait for a few more seconds for your material within the chamber to fully reach that temperature as this is a conduction-based device.

Vapor Quality

Vapor quality is good. Not fantastic, yet not bad. There’s a relatively short vapor-path and the mouthpiece being plastic doesn’t give it a completely un-adultered and smooth hit as compared to the Utillian 722.

Draw resistance is about what would be considered completely average and while the flavour and smoothness isn’t quite top-notch, vapor production is quite solid!

It allows for good sized clouds however they’re a bit harsher than other vaporizers on the market.

Manufacturing Quality

For the price point, I would expect slightly better manufacturing quality – especially for the mouthpiece. The plastic feeling to it, a friction based rubber gasket seal, and no cooling path for the vapor to travel through leaves a lot to be desired.

The feel it has when taking a draw doesn’t give as pleasant of an experience compared to a glass or even wooden mouthpiece. Users who prefer units with a glass mouthpiece for a budget under $100 may want to look at devices like the Utillian 421.

Likewise, a removable 18650 battery would be much preferred and overall build quality is so-so. It certainly doesn’t feel like a premium product, and while the aluminum body is nice to hold, the plastic mouthpiece makes it feel much cheaper than it really is.

Battery Life

Included is a 1650MaH battery cell which is non-removable. From new, the unit will deliver roughly two hours on a single charge – however as many batteries do, over time it’ll degrade.

At the price, it’d be very nice either to have a stronger battery or a removable one. Units such as the Davinci IQC, has a removable 18650 included, and the Zeus Arc S Hub has an even longer battery life to it.

In short, 1650MaH isn’t quite impressive and without the option to swap it out on the fly, it also leaves a lot to be desired.

Portability

If there’s one redeeming factor – it’s in portability. Standing just over 4 inches tall, it almost completely disappears in the average sized hand.

This would’ve been impressive three years ago, however, the Zeus Arc GTS Hub is smaller and have better vapor quality, not to mention other features too.

But for the price difference, you can’t give the Ooze Drought too much grief. 

Ease of Use

The Ooze Drought is very easy to use. The loading area for material is oddly shaped and using a loading tool is much easier than with fingers.

A concavely shaped loading area like many other vaporizers like the Flowermate slick feature would be very nice to have.

Cleaning and maintenance are very straightforward and a complete beginner would get the hang of it easily! A cotton swab soaked in isopropyl alcohol to clean out the chamber and mouthpiece will work well in terms of route maintenance.

This device is certainly very easy to maintain for the complete beginner.

Discreetness

While the Ooze features a small form-factor, other devices on the market are certainly smaller or emulate the looks of a standard e-juice vape for additional stealth.

Scent is not bad with the unit during and after a session, although nothing superb and a cap over the mouthpiece would certainly make it a lot better for discreteness.

If being discreet is the highest priority, I would lean towards something that looks like a standard e-juice vaporizer such as the Linx Gaia. For what it is, it works great, however, it certainly isn’t the go-to for a stealthy choice.

Overall Experience

While the Ooze Drought is good for the price but do not expect anything special. There are no innovations, other vaporizers fit the small and discreet side much better, the build quality is average, and there’s really no wow factor. If you are looking to pick one up you can grab it from Oozelife.com.

As user-friendly as it is, there are plenty of other vaporizers which are similarly simple, yet as a package are much stronger. We recommend checking out the Utillian 722 which offers some of the best convection based vapor for the price.

If you have questions about our Ooze Drought Vaporizer 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’!