Black Widow Vaporizer Review – Weaving the Web

Updated: October 6, 2023

The Black Widow is a budget conduction vaporizer that can be tossed around without the worry of it breaking easily. The metal alloy casing and durable mouthpiece make this vaporizer tough competition in the low-end vape category. The Black Widow is optimized for cannabis but can also work with wax concentrates. Also, if this is your first vaporizer, you can learn the ins and outs of vaporizing cannabis by following our article.

If you are on a budget and are looking for the best vaporizer for the price, check out our list of what we think are the Best Budget Vaporizers on the market today, a great way to start your vaporizer journey.

Editor’s Note: After our initial review we decided to break open the Black Widow vaporizer to see what makes it tick, what we found was a non-isolated airpath with a heat insulator that contains fiberglass. Because the air path is not isolated, those fiberglass particles can eventually make their way into your lungs. Because of this we strongly recommend reconsidering purchasing this device. We strongly recommend checking out devices where the air path is completely isolated like the Utillian 420. A budget shouldn’t mean you compromise safety.

Review: Black Widow Vaporizer

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Black Widow vaporizer heating coils

How it Works

Not too many bells and whistles went into this vaporizer. If you’re looking for a straightforward unit that you can buy on a budget that simply gets the job does, the Black Widow fits the profile.

You can vaporizer wax concentrates by inserting the wax insert – to do so you will want to use one of the higher heat settings. Wax requires more extensive heat to vape properly than cannabis. For cannabis , you can play with the heat settings a bit more and use the lower 3 of the 5 to get more flavour out of your cannabis.

The Black Widow uses a one-button design and has a standby mode. Once you click it on it will begin heating whatever is in the oven. To turn it on and off you click 5 times, to change temp you hold the button for three seconds.

 

Black Widow vaporizer duo

Black Widow vaporizer power control

Temperature Flexibility

The Black Widow has five preset temperatures to choose from. Low is set at 356F, Medium Low is set to 374F, Medium is at 392F, Medium High 410F, and finally, the Highest is 428F.

This is range is a bit out of line with what we recommend for cannabis, the low setting is too low and the high is too high, meaning realistically you will be using only 3 temperatures.

To switch between these five temperatures the Widow uses the standard one button design. Users looking for a complete temperature control usually tend to prefer units like the Crafty plus.

Black Widow vaporizer mouth piece

Vapor Quality

The Black Widow uses conduction heating just like the Davinci IQC to vape dry herb materials. Vapor production with the Black Widow is not at the same level as many of the mid-class to upper-class vaporizers, but that was expected. The Widow makes use of a ceramic heating chamber which is pretty deep and narrow. The narrowness of this oven chamber makes it generate a slight bit of convection heating since the heat rises in a more restricted space from the heated element.

The Black Widow oven stores about a half gram of material which is about average. Something I was personally unaware of actually when first looking into this budget device is that it also comes with a concentrate insert for waxes.

The metal mouthpiece is something that meets in the middle in terms of flavour. It’s a bit better than plastic, and not quite as good as glass. It is more durable than both but also conducts heat more so than glass. So this is something that will be a more personal preference.

Black Widow vaporizer front profile

Manufacturing Quality

For a budget vape, this thing is pretty durable. The outer finish of the Black Widow vaporizer is made of a quality aluminum alloy. This makes it strong and light to carry around with you. Inside the standard kit, you will find the device itself, cleaning tools, packing tool, USB cable and wall adapter, two mesh screens and the manual to learn addition safety and the operation procedures.

I have mixed feelings about the mouthpiece on the Black Widow. The mouthpiece is a step in the right direction as it is not made of flimsy plastic. However, it is also not made of glass either like the LITL 1, which helps to deliver the best flavour while also cooling down your hit even if it is only ever so slightly. The Widow’s mouthpiece is metal with a rubber stopper that sits in place using a magnetic connection.

 

Black Widow vaporizer available colors

Black Widow vaporizer usb slotBattery Life

For a budget device, I will have to say that the battery that comes with this unit is pretty good. An internal 2200mAh built-in battery is what powers the metal alloy conduction vaporizer. This battery is strong enough and lasts long enough to vape both cannabis and cannabis extracts thoroughly. The overall design being all metal does get pretty hot though. Users usually tend to prefer units with the all-glass aroma tubes like the one provided by devices like the Arizer Solo 2 that cools the vapors down before hitting the lips.

Black Widow vaporizer with armour case

Portability

Any portable device that rocks a 2200mAh battery is designed to be portable. However, the dimensions of the Black Widow make it a bit large when compared to some of the ultra small portable devices.

The Zeus Arc GTS Hub is much more pocket-friendly than this one. The Black Widow has a weight of 190 grams and is 128mm tall, 44 mm wide, and 26 mm in depth.

Black Widow vaporizer in hand

Ease of Use

As mentioned earlier the Black Widow uses a 1 button design. The fact that there are only two ways to use this button either by clicking it 5 times to turn on and off or by holding it for 3 seconds for temperature, this device is rated very easy to use like the Utillian 722.

Black Widow vaporizer in another hand

Discreetness

This particular dry herb portable device is not the most discrete unit such as the Davinci Miqro. There are no special features that make it attempt to be discrete.

Some devices such as the PAX 3 have special modes that allow you to change the vapor profile for certain situations. This device, however, just has the 5 preset temperatures, and conduction heating.

The smell that comes off this is sheer potent smelling, and if you have this unit set to one of the higher temperatures than it will also potentially be giving off a burnt smell. The best you can do is keep it on one of the lowest heat settings and take quick light hits if you want to be discrete.

The size although bulky does fit into your pocket, the shiney casing and red black widow symbol might make it stand out a bit more than some of the other devices.

Black Widow vaporizer full kitOverall Experience

My overall opinion on this unit is that it is a solid contender in the lower budget vape category. But ultimately we would still recommend checking out the Utillian 420 which does a better job at meeting our needs on a budget.

If you have questions about our Black Widow 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’!

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Alex is a cannabis enthusiast, long time vaporizer lover, writer and filmmaker. He is also a board and video game nerd with a penchant for hosting a weekly board game night. Partygoers have been heard saying things like “is anyone else going to show up?” and “I don’t think I can make it next week”. He strives to make people laugh at every opportunity and sees cannabis as a helpful tool in doing so.

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