Blk Mamba Review

Introduction to the Blk Mamba

It’s a glorious sunny day here in the UK, and I’m sat outside in the garden under the shade of the gazebo. I have my Blk Mamba vape with me, and as it was warming up I thought I might write a quick review for it.

The Black Mamba is a dry herb, conduction vaporizer with precise and even heating. The unique shape and design of this vaporizer allow for a large ceramic chamber that can hold up to 0.65g of material. It has a food-grade glass mouthpiece and rapid heat-up time, it’s no wonder the Black Mamba is a bestseller in the affordable dry herb vaporizer niche.

I chose the Blk Mamba because it was affordable at around £40, and because it had good reviews on Amazon. I’ve had it for a couple of years now, and although I initially didn’t get on with it (I’ll explain in more depth later in the review), I am now quite a fan.

Initial impressions

Size and design

The Blk Mamba is quite well designed I think. It fits comfortably in one hand and isn’t too heavy at only 90 grams. It’s about six inches long, and has a softish rubbery texture.

It does get very hot, painful to touch even, around halfway up. Given the nature of the product, I guess this isn’t too surprising, but I felt I should say.

It has only one button on the side to turn it on and off and adjust the temperature settings.

The unit takes about 2 hours to charge, and will last for about 30 minutes use (6 x 5 minute sessions). Its been the only vape I’ve owned so I can’t really compare battery life.

Good things about the Blk Mamba

As I said earlier on, I didn’t necessarily get on with the Blk Mamba when I first got mine. I put this down to two things.

The first reason, was that I was a tobacco smoker. I committed the terrible act of mixing my green with tobacco to smoke it. Of course doing this, you also get a nicotine fix, which I wasn’t getting from the vape; so it left me without a feeling of satisfaction. Since I quite tobacco back in August 2021 (Almost two years ago now 🎉) I get a much better buzz from the vape.

The second reason was that the chamber only holds around 0.6g (according to the manual anyway, I’ve not actually weighed this to confirm. Either way, it is not as much as I used to put in a joint, certainly now that I only smoke green. I was perhaps being a little unfair on the poor vape.

It is really quick to turn on as well. It only takes around 30 seconds for the chamber to get up to temperature and start producing vape. The vapor doesn’t smell anywhere near as badly as smoking does. Which is another benefit.

And the bad things the Blk Mamba

The biggest problem I have with the Blk Mamba is the glass air paths. They are quite expensive to replace, and become fragile as they get older. It is not uncommon for the edge of an old glass bit to shatter when you take the mouth piece off the vape to refill the chamber.

Another slightly more minor complaint is that the charging port is the older Micro USB style. This is less common these days than it used to be. I would have preferred a USB C charging port, but it isn’t the end of the world.

Lastly, although the rounded end is great for holding in your hand. It’s not great for standing it up on a table for refilling. It’s not hard to refill it, but I definitely would have preferred to have it stood up to refill.

Conclusion

Changing from smoking to vaping certainly is a longer journey than I expected. Even now I tend to just vape through the day time, and enjoy a couple of joints in the evening time.

It’s certainly something I wouldn’t like to be without. And it I’d like to think that inhaling less smoke is doing my body some good.

I would defintely 100% buy another Mamba again. If you’re looking for a sleek and dependable vape, the Blk Mamba is definitely worth considering.