Yocan Black Pocket: The Portable Dab Experience, Redefined

[twain55]

This is what happens when they receive it for free and are not honest like you and me. But in the case of our very own brothers here, I 100% trust their feedback especially from homies like @80Sixed who has had ALL of these devices. But i'm of course still cautiously optimistic. I'm waiting for another friend's feedback and if it's positive i'm definitely pulling the trigger now. Looks like an absolute Pivot killer.

@80Sixed how is it for back to back hits and heat? I didn't see any reports of overheating warning shutdowns from the manual or anyone, and this was an issue for me with the Pivot.

You keep wanting it to be a "killer". Not sure what that means exactly.

I don't have a Pivot but have read about it and looked in to it a bit more since I got the Pocket. One thing the Pocket won't emulate is the session aspect. As I understand it the Pivot has a set session time and can be extended with a double click. Pocket doesn't have the "boost". Ask me any more questions.

 

[biohacker]

No way is that how it should work. I have done a dozen sessions and had some slight splashing at most and I used some big dabs.

Thank you!! So it's TECHNIQUE and dab size!

You keep wanting it to be a "killer". Not sure what that means exactly.

It means it will be irrelevant to me after getting the Pocket. It means better. Way better.

One thing the Pocket won't emulate is the session aspect.

What do you mean? It has a heat up time, and has a session timer too. Seems like it heats up faster which is awesome!

Q: Can you increase temp during the session?

 

[twain55]

What do you mean? It has a heat up time, and has a session timer too. Seems like it heats up faster which is awesome!

Q: Can you increase temp during the session?

I mean it is set up different. As I understand it, Pivot has a set session time for all heat settings which can't be varied. But you can increase the time (boost). Pocket doesn't have this. Like all Yocans you set the session time. And once its done you can start it again.

As for it being a "killer", only you can decide that. I see myself using the Pocket pretty regularly but will use my Orbit occasionally too. Variety.

 

[mcscruffy]

I find the pocket to be better than the pivot , but not by much . It will deliver a good tasting dab, but you have to use small dabs. It splashes wax like crazy . With or without Terp pearls . You can do back to back dabs without overheating no problem,
Easy to clean. Here’s a couple of pics after 3 dabs, you can see the reclaim build up. I’m not sure if the temps are accurate ? It seems to run cooler than the pivot . I like it better than the pivot. Great flavor .

https://imgur.com/a/9jrnh5c

I was thinking this would be a potential issue like it is with the Pivot since you have to inhale softly depending on dab size to avoid the violent air movement splashing oil out the top. How hard do you draw, typically? I was hoping I could take stronger pulls from this (and larger dabs by association) so we shall see how that ends up but I feel like I only draw with about 20% force on the Pivot with small dabs to get the best out of it.

 

[80Sixed]

@biohacker i haven’t gotten a heat warning, but at most I’ve only done 2 back to back, although at 525f, so not NOT hot.

@bulllee sweet Jesus you must be terrible to share a milkshake with. I haven’t gotten any buildup there AT ALL let alone so much it’s pooling like that. I almost think you need to be doing several things wrong to get result like that. Maybe too much product, pulling too hard, and idk, tilting it real far? There’s a bit of wax coloring around the edge of the cup, that I hope maybe a sonic cleanse will remove, and then the occasional splatter up top, but again- nothing like that picture. That’s insane

 

[Numerous_Nothing]

Ordered one...

 

[80Sixed]

Basically a thick unboxing

 

[twain55]

I'm at 0145 on the puff counter on my Pocket. I've settled on 495F and 45 second session time. I easily can get 6 or more good hits out of a decent sized dab. I didn't understand the one video where the guy took three hits and swabbed it out. Must have wasted a lot of product. One video mentioned the air hole, so I sometimes "feather" the air hole in the mouthpiece a bit.

I do back to back 45 second sessions, because there is product left, and I have gotten the high temp warning. NBD as I am still learning how best to use this. Clean up is pretty easy, dry swab it out after each session. First time I must have messed up.

 

[biohacker]

I didn't understand the one video where the guy took three hits and swabbed it out. Must have wasted a lot of product.

So pooling/puddle isn't an issue? I don't want to use this for 6 hits on a dab. Would it be possible to rip a 0.05g-.1g in 1-2 rips at say 550f?

You got the high temp warning on back to back 495f's?

 

[80Sixed]

I haven’t even gone up quite that high with a little more than that and felt it was more than cooked

 

[biohacker]

I haven’t even gone up quite that high with a little more than that and felt it was more than cooked

That's because you're using Cricket sized BB's!

 

[80Sixed]

520f for 50sec

Some splatter, much more cooked, gonna mess with feathering the airflow and some different pearl sizes

 

[twain55]

At 495F after it reaches temp I do two nice hits. There might still be time left on the counter, so I either will do one more or manually stop the session. I'll wait a bit before starting again, so not back to back per se but maybe a minute or three. I can go three, four or more 45 second sessions (maybe stopping early occasionally) while still getting what I consider decent hits. The high temp warning probably is after six or seven sessions this way.

Am I going too far? I don't thinks so. I check the chamber and imo its not cooked. With my Orbit I get many hits as well. Maybe its my method, so others shouldn't try this at home .

 

[Numerous_Nothing]

I ordered one. Then I ordered another.

On the first order, I got cute with the age verification (junior varsity privacy move - don't give out your exact DOB). Order went thru but said it would not ship, and refund requires connecting to Yocan CS. (Still waiting to hear from them.) Attempts to cancel failed. So that order shipped today.

Thinking I could cancel order #1, and with some FOMO that the 30% coupons would expire, I ordered again (this time caving to the DOB request). Order #2 cleared and shipped shortly after the above shipped. Flounder. But a bit of karma based on my luck in another thread.

 

[twain55]

I went back to 15 second sessions as I realized the puff counter wasn't registering if I stopped the timer early. I got 11 hits on the puff counter from one dab. It was probably more like 15 easy. As for battery life, I do not let it go to a low warning. I tend to charge it at two bars (which may really be one). I will get two or three "sessions" this way, maybe more. Its how I've managed other devices and it works for me.

The Pocket is starting to get some attention. One already sold on the Ent Exchange, reddit posts, etc.

 

[80Sixed]

18 at 515-525f for 30-50 seconds

Once I started feathering the air hole, I got much more thorough extraction. So much so with one glass pearl that it was just short of chazzed when I went the full 50 seconds. Reduced it to 30, and with the feathering and no pearl, I’ll go the full time with roughly the same level of extraction as 525f for 50sec. With feathering the air hole AND the pearl, if I don’t put closer to .3 I have to cut it off early or else it just about burns/chases at 515f for 30 seconds

Gotta say, digging this product so far. The only downside in my opinion is the bit of splatter you get with a pearl. But seeing as how I get pretty great hits without, and even using a pearl it’s no more splatter than the pivot, way less than the cricket, I can look past. I can get more thorough extraction than the pivot and the aeris, although for the last mentioned I haven’t really cranked it up enough I think. But from another angle, this device is shorter than all of those, although thicker than most as well. All in all, I’d give it a solid 8/10 so far. I want to turn off the light. It’s pretty but I have to imagine it wastes battery