By Luke Sumpter


If you’re into dabbing, you’ve probably perfected the process to the point where it’s second nature. Your muscle memory makes swift and easy work of firing up your blowtorch and lowering your dabbing tool into a hot banger. This routine has served you well, and it provides a reliable and powerful high every single time. So why change it?

Well, by simply changing the order of events leading up to a hit (and going a little easier on the temperature you use), you’ll improve the flavours of your concentrates, reduce their harshness, and even preserve those valuable cannabinoids and terpenes. Find out everything you need to know about cold start dabbing below, including a step-by-step guide.

What Is Cold Start or Reverse Dabbing?

Cold start dabbing, also called reverse dabbing, refers to exposing cannabis extracts to lower temperatures than you would with conventional dabbing. Typically, dabbing involves first heating a banger or nail to an extremely high temperature before placing an extract onto the searing surface.

Cold start dabbing flips this order on its head—it's dabbing backwards. By placing the extract into the banger first, and then applying heat, users can take a hit just as the cannabinoids and terpenes start to vaporize, without using unnecessarily high temperatures to get the job done. Put simply: cold start dabbing uses lower temps to preserve terps and cannabinoids.

What Are the Benefits of Low-Temp Dabs?

Should you make the switch to cold start dabbing? Many dabbers have, and they cite several key advantages to defend their choice. Here are some of the benefits of cold start dabbing:

  • You’ll preserve precious phytochemicals: Extracts are loaded with cannabinoids and terpenes, the constituents that make dabbing so enjoyable in the first place. However, these constituents are relatively volatile, particularly terpenes. Using lower temperatures while dabbing will enable you to get the most out of them and minimise waste.
  • You’ll enjoy smoother hits: Typical dabbing temperatures can reach up to around 500°C. Such heat causes chemical reactions that lead to the increased release of carcinogenic compounds and other toxins.
  • It’s less taxing on your gear: Most dabbers agree that cold start dabbing takes place within the temperature range of 190–215°C. Exposing your bangers to lower temperatures means you’ll extend their lifespan; several materials, including borosilicate glass, are notorious for breaking and cracking when exposed to the high temps of dabbing over time.
  • It saves time: This technique comes to the fore when you need to rush out of the door and don’t have time to roast your banger to absurd temperatures with a blowtorch.
What Are the Benefits of Low-Temp Dabs?

How To Cold Start Dab

Now that you know the benefits of cold dabbing, you’re probably thinking about giving it a go. Below, you’ll find out the necessary equipment for the job, and the step-by-step process involved.

Equipment

Thankfully, you don’t need any additional gear apart from your standard dabbing rig and accompanying tools. Make sure you have the following:

  • Dabbing rig
  • Banger
  • Blowtorch
  • Dabbing tool
  • Concentrate of choice

You’ll notice we recommend a banger instead of a nail. The cup shape of a banger works much better when cold start dabbing, and allows users to heat the sides evenly to distribute the heat.

Cold Dabbing: Step by Step

You’ve got everything you need; it’s time to start cold start dabbing! Follow the steps below for some of the tastiest and smoothest hits you’ll ever experience.

Step 1: Make Sure Your Banger Is Squeaky Clean

Before taking your first cold start dab, you need to get your banger nice and clean. Any residual oil clinging to the inside will burn up alongside your fresh extract and tarnish the nice terpy taste. Use some rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip to wipe down the inside. Then, rinse with water and dry out with a paper towel.

How To Cold Start Dab

Step 2: Load Up Your Extract

Next, you need to load your extract into the banger. You have an array of concentrates to choose from, including wax, crumble, and budder. Whatever you opt for, use your dabbing tool to fill up your banger with the desired amount.

How To Cold Start Dab

Step 3: Apply Some Heat

Now for the important part: you need to apply some heat! But not too much. Fire up your blowtorch and hover the flame around the sides of the banger, moving it around to avoid concentrating too much heat on one particular spot. As a rule of thumb, you should apply the flame for a maximum of eight seconds during a cold start dab.

How To Cold Start Dab

Step 4: Inhale

During this brief period of heating, you should see your concentrate melt into oil and turn into vapor. As soon as you see vapor appear, place your carb cap over your banger, plug the carb hole on the cap with your finger, rotate the cap, and inhale.

How To Cold Start Dab

Can You Reverse Dab With an E-Nail?

Most dabbers are happy with the simplicity of blowtorches. However, the more technologically inclined venture out to experiment with more exotic options, including e-nails. These devices feature a nail connected to a controller box that allows users to select the desired temperature.

To cold start dab with e-nails, start by loading up your nail with your concentrate of choice. Next, set your device to a temperature between 190–215°C. Keep an eye on your extract as the device heats up, and get ready to take a hit as soon as you see vapor start to form. The initial hit will contain mostly terpenes. As the device continues to heat up, your hits will increase in cannabinoid concentration.

Bonus Tips for Low-Temp Dabbing

You’re now ready to take your first low-temp dab. But before you start, these additional tips will help you take the method to a whole new level:

  • Let it cool: After switching off your blowtorch and placing on the carb cap, wait a little bit. If you can muster enough patience to wait 10–20 seconds before inhaling, you’ll experience even less harshness, which will emphasise those tasty terps further.
  • Get a friend to help: Now, this tip isn’t for everyone. But if you’re particularly nerdy and have some cash to spare, invest in a handheld infrared thermometer. Pass the device to your friend, and instruct them to let you know when you’ve reached your target temperature inside the banger.

Cold Start Dabbing vs Traditional Dabbing: Which Should You Choose?

Low-temp dabbing offers several advantages over traditional dabbing. It produces smoother hits, preserves those tasty terpenes, and creates fewer detrimental carcinogens and other undesirable chemical byproducts. However, it doesn’t produce thick vapor clouds or provide that harshness that some dabbers love. Still, the cold start method enables you to experience another side to this potent practice. Even if you don’t fully switch to cold start dabbing, it’s always there as an option when you fancy tastier and quicker hits.

DisclaimerExtracts, concentrates, and oils used for dabbing are among the strongest cannabis products available. Proceed with caution when using substances high in THC. Start with low doses and slowly increase over time to build up a tolerance to the compound.

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COMPANY NAME: SNORKEL SPAIN, SL (hereinafter ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS)

C/ Vilar d'Abdelà, 5 (nave 1) CP: 08170 de Montornès del Vallès

+34 937 379 846

support@royalqueenseeds.com


The present Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we will treat personal data at ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS; this includes any personal data collected through our website https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/ as well as any other data we process in the course of our business activities.

ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS collects the following personal data for the purposes listed below:

SECTION 1 – PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1.1 Account purchases

Account purchases can only be made if you are in possession of a personal account. When you create an account or purchase something from our shop, as part of the buying and selling process we collect the following personal information that you provide to us:

This information is required for delivery. In addition, when you browse our shop, we automatically receive the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. Based on this information, we can optimise your online experience and at the same time protect our online environment.

Purpose of data collection

We collect and store account-related data for the following purposes:

(a) to carry out obligations arising from any contracts between you and us, and to provide you with information, products and services that you may request from us;

(b) to set up, manage and communicate with you about your account and your orders;

(c) to conduct market research and analysis;

(d) to confirm your age and identity, and to detect and prevent fraud.

1.2 Newsletters

With your explicit permission, we may send you newsletters about our shop, new products and other updates. We send newsletters based on your explicit consent. In the event that you purchase a product, and in accordance with current regulations, we may send you commercial communications in accordance with the legitimate interest of our company, always about products or services similar to those you have purchased or contracted. In any case, you may exercise your right of opposition through the channels announced in this Privacy Policy. The following information is collected in relation to the newsletter:

We do not need to know the sex of the person in order to send the newsletter (data minimisation: by law we must ask for data that is strictly necessary to provide the service, and in this case knowing the sex is not necessary to send the newsletter).

Purpose of data collection

The data collected is used to:

(a) personalise our emails, including your name and gender;

(b) provide gender-specific content.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the link provided in the newsletter or the contact information provided in section 2.

1.3 Customer service and contact form

In order to provide appropriate support, our customer service employees have access to information related to the account. Consequently, their support will be highly effective and friendly. The data provided in our contact form is used by our CRM provider, SuperOffice. We will only use your details to respond to your message.

SECTION 2 – LEGITIMATE INTEREST

If you have purchased any of our products, please note that we may process your personal data for promotional purposes, based on Royal Queen Seeds' legitimate interest only to offer you products or services from our company and about products or services similar to those you have purchased. You may exercise your right to opt out of future messages by the means set out in this Privacy Policy or through any notification you receive.

2.1 How do you withdraw consent?

If you change your mind, you can withdraw your consent for us to contact you for the purpose of collecting, using, or disclosing your data at any time by reaching out to us at: support@royalqueenseeds.com.

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or if you breach our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 – HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

At Royal Queen Seeds, we will not retain your data for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of data; however, the longest period we will normally hold any personal data is 10 years.

4.1 Account information

Data relating to the account remains relevant for as long as the consumer is in possession of an account. Therefore, the data remains documented for as long as the account exists. When our customers delete an account, the associated data will be deleted within a reasonable period of time. Requests regarding the inspection or correction of stored personal data or the deletion of an account can be sent to support@royalqueenseeds.com.

4.2 Newsletters

In the event that you give us your consent to inform you about our products or services, we will keep your data until you express your wish not to receive any further communications from us. However, we regularly (every month) carry out a relevance check. Registered customers (and their personal information) will be deleted whenever customers do not reply to our request. In addition, our newsletter mailing has an opt-out feature. Consumers can withdraw their consent by using this opt-out feature.

SECTION 5 – COOKIES

Cookies are small information files that notify your computer of previous interactions with our website. These cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our website. Essentially, when you use our website, your computer displays its cookies to us, informing our site that you have visited before. This allows our website to function more quickly and remember aspects related to your previous visits (such as your username), making your experience more convenient. At Royal Queen Seeds, we use two types of cookies: functional and analytical.

5.1 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies are used to enhance your online experience. Among other things, these cookies track what is added to your shopping cart. The use of these cookies does not require prior authorization.

5.2 Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are used for research and market analysis. The data collected with these analytical cookies is anonymous, making it unusable for third parties. The use of these cookies does not require prior authorization.

SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Third-party services are required to conduct transactions and provide our services. In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to enable them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies regarding the information we must provide to them for your transactions.

We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these providers so that you can understand how these providers will handle your personal information.

In particular, certain suppliers may be located or have facilities located in a different jurisdiction than yours or ours. Therefore, if you choose to proceed with a transaction involving the services of a third party, your information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service of our website.

Web analytics service (anonymous data)

On this website we have integrated an element of a web analytics service (with anonymisation functionality). Web analytics can be defined as the gathering, processing and analysis of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. An analytics service collects, among other things, data about which website a person came from (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages they visited or how often and for how long they visited a sub-page. Web analytics is mainly used for website optimisation and for a cost–benefit analysis of internet advertising.

Courier service

To complete deliveries we use a courier service. This courier service carries out the delivery between our company and the consumer's home. To complete these logistics, the company requires access to the consumer's name and address information.

Mailing service

Royal Queen Seeds uses a third-party mail service provider to send its newsletter. This provider has access to limited account information related to opt-in consent (e.g. email address).

Marketing services

Royal Queen Seeds has the support of a company that specialises in marketing and communication activities. Their access to personal information is very limited and mostly anonymous.

Payment services

At Royal Queen Seeds we use external payment services to handle our transactions (e.g. credit card payments).

SECTION 6 – SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry standard best practices to ensure that it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored using AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional industry standards that are commonly accepted. Information related to the account is protected with a hashing method. This method transforms the information into a generated hash. As a result, confidential information is protected and invisible, even to us. In addition, our databases are exceptionally protected against unauthorised access. For example, access to the database is only possible and permitted via approved IP addresses (e.g. from Royal Queen Seeds headquarters). Other attempts and addresses are rejected at all times.

Furthermore, data is anonymised as much as possible, so it cannot be directly linked to a specific consumer. With this data, however, we may be able to carry out market research and analysis. In addition, the third parties concerned (e.g. mailing service) are examined prior to our collaboration, comply with the GDPR from the EU and receive a processing agreement. Within Royal Queen Seeds, employees are assigned different access permissions. Specific permission provides access only to information that is strictly required to perform a task. Digital security measures are subject to change and must meet high requirements to ensure the safety of online customers. That is why, at Royal Queen Seeds, we appoint a security officer. Regular verification and improvement of security measures (where necessary) are part of the role.

SECTION 7 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please check back regularly. Changes and clarifications will be effective immediately upon being published on the Website. If we make substantial changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated so you will know what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

SECTION 8 – YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO: