Spring Refresh: Best Ways to Upgrade Your Gear

Spring Refresh: Best Ways to Upgrade Your Gear

by Jacee Niblett - May 23, 2025

Is it time for an upgrade?

This time of year always feels like a reset—longer days, warmer nights, and more time spent outside. It’s the perfect season for refreshing your smoke gear and giving your collection a little spring cleaning. Whether you're planning backyard hangs, beach trips, or solo evening sessions on the porch, having the right gear can make all the difference.

Let’s be honest—our tools and accessories get a lot of use. Build ups happen, pieces get a little dingy, and before you know it, your go-to gear just doesn’t hit the same. Every so often, it’s worth reevaluating what you’re working with and considering if it’s time to retire a piece or two in favor of something new. A small upgrade can elevate your sessions, improve your experience, and even open you up to new ways of enjoying your smoke.

So this week, let’s explore some easy, satisfying swaps you can make in your collection—out with the old, in with the fresh.

Hand Pipe To Bubbler

You’ll know when it’s time to replace your well-loved hand pipe. While it’s an easy and convenient method of smoking, as with anything, there are also downsides. Why not make the swap to a bubbler?

With a bubbler, you get lots of the same benefits as your handpipe. Portability, convenience, and simplicity. The main difference is the added water filtration, which can elevate your experience exponentially. The Rain by Grav is a perfect example of this elevation. Its curved design encourages expert cooling from the water, and yet it fits beautifully in the hand.

Bubblers exist somewhere in-between hand pipes and water pipes, and offer an excellent swap for your old handpipe.

Shop the GRAV Rain 6.5" Curved Bubbler

Simple Water Pipe To Percolator

On the other hand, if you’re looking to upgrade your well-used water pipe, you might want to consider getting one with added features.

Simple water pipes give you a cooling effect every time, but added percolation can take that filtration experience to the next level. We love the Ooze Glyco for this very reason. This water pipe’s glass is partially filled with liquid glycerin, which freezes and gives you the cooling effect of ice without the mess. Plus, it features a small percolator to give you that added filtration.

With cooling and filtration, this upgrade takes you from simple bubbles to elegant smooth hits - every time.

Shop the Ooze Glyco Glycerin Freezable Glass Water Pipe

Nectar Collector To Concentrate Rig

Moving on to concentrate tools - are you still using a glass nectar collector? While these offer unbeatable simplicity and portability, they don’t always provide a smooth and efficient smoking experience. For that, you might want to upgrade to a full rig set-up.

The Eyce Rig 2.0 is an excellent choice - and you don’t even have to sacrifice the portability that you love from your nectar collector. Its silicone body is virtually indestructible, but you get the added benefits of water filtration, a titanium nail, and a bent neck to keep your face safe from the heat.

Upgrade your simple tool to a full blow set-up, and you probably won’t look back!

Shop the Eyce Rig 2.0 Silicone Dab Rig

Whether you're making a small switch or doing a full-blown refresh, these simple upgrades can really change the game. A bubbler for smoother hits on the go, a percolator for a cleaner, cooler pull, or a nectar collector for easier concentrate sessions—each swap brings a little extra something to your routine. It doesn’t have to be fancy or complicated; it just has to work for you. So if you’ve been feeling like your current setup is a little stale, take this as your sign to switch it up. Get it ready for a season full of good vibes and great smoke!