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I’ve been testing this Utillian 850 for a little over a week now. This is easily the best Utillian dry herb vape I’ve ever tested, and I have at least 4 or 5 other Utillian herb vapes in my collection. Tvape has been sending me Utillian vaporizers for years.
It’s an interesting vape. It’s hybrid heating with a convection-first heating profile, high quality materials, and a huge bowl.
Utillian 850 Vaporizer Ranking
The Utillian 850 has a preliminary ranking of 3.9 out of 5.
That puts it at #12 on my list of Best Portable Vapes. That’s extremely respectable, and the first time a Utillian vape has ranked this high on my list. This list is always in motion as new vapes are tested and compared.
| Vaporizer Ranking | 3.9 out of 5 |
| Average Ranking | 3.6 |
| Vapor Punch | 3.5 |
| Vapor Flavor | 3.6 |
| Vapor Comfort | 3.8 |
| Portability | 4. |
| Battery | 4 |
| Build Quality | 3.5 |
| Usability | 4 |
| Packaging | 4 |
| Warranty & Brand Reputation | 3 |
| Maintenance | 3 |
Simple Interface. Simple Vaporizer
The Utillian 850 is a straightforward portable dry herb vaporizer that focuses more on simplicity and solid performance than fancy features. It’s a simple session vape. There’s no on-demand heating or Bluetooth app connectivity.
The top pops off and snaps back on with magnets. Bowl access and user interface are extremely important to me. A good vape needs to be easy to open and quick to reload.
The Utillian 850 top is one of the easiest to remove. No twisting or tugging required. It’s even easier than the Venty, just not as nice. Magnets keep it in place, which provides a satisfying snap when putting the cooling unit back onto the vape.
The swiveling mouthpiece has two distinct lock points – straight out and perfectly closed. This is a nice touch.
Easy Load Bowl of Gold
The bowl is large and the easiest loading bowl I’ve tested. It’s coated in actual gold.
This vape has a large spoon-shaped funnel leading right into the bowl. It’s the perfect loading size, too. Fill the bowl and the funnel area and tamp it all down into the bowl to achieve the perfect pack. It holds .36g of fine grind.
The gold chamber isn’t just for looks. Gold is extremely thermally conductive. It transfers heat faster than stainless steel, and it’s flavor neutral. Users with metal sensitive palates may appreciate the extra effort here.
I love the big funnel-shaped bowl. It’s designed with speed and ease of use in mind.
There’s also no crevices for herb or AVB to get stuck in.
The bowl can hold as much as .36g or as little as .15g. Many smokers may prefer this bowl size as they’re used to larger doses. Dedicated vaporists often prefer smaller doses with maximum efficiency.
Build & Design
The Utillian 850 feels rigid and durable. The vape’s body is plastic, but there is no flexibility. It doesn’t feel cheap.
Its cooling unit is made of carbon reinforced PEEK and black ceramic zirconia. It snaps onto the body of the vape with strong magnets.
The bottom of the vape has a built in poke, stir, and tamp tool. It stores away neatly and its heat fits perfectly in the bowl.
There’s a sliding valve to close the air intake while not in use. This will keep dust and lint out of the convection heater.
Utillian 850 has a USB-C port on the bottom and it supports every fast charging plug I’ve tried.
What I don’t Like
There’s nothing revolutionary about the Utillian 850. It’s a jack of all trades and master of none.
The gold and black ceramic zirconia are high end materials chosen for flavor purity, but the vapor still has a hint of silicone “new shoes” flavor for the first few days or weeks of use.
My vapor tasted bad for the first 5 or 8 bowls. After replacing little red gasket, the flavor of the Utillian 850 is quite nice.
I complained to TVape about the flavor issues caused by this gasket and they promised that they’re working on it. I will update this review if/when they make product changes.
Hey Troy i bought this about 3 weeks ago and i also have a problem with the flavor not as good as frolic and venty what did you use to replace that gasket if you could post it i would appreciate it i bought it on sale its not all that bad of vape better than my pax. Flow\four gets me more stonier feeling
Thanks for the comment Jason! Does the flavor get better if you take out the red gasket and plop another screen there to hold the weed in?
The flavor improved a lot for me when I took that out
Thank you for the reply and the advice i’m going to try pushing flat gold screen in first without gasket i’m also going to try pushing domed screen in there also hoping domed screen gets less material stuck to it i will give you update when i try it thank you again kind sir
I totally agree with you on removing the gasket flavor tastes more clean the domed basket screen failed miserably stucked more material into the cooling unit also fine mesh screen restricted airflow i found the flat coarse screen to work best
Thank you for the help really improved the vape in my experience
Great to hear! Every time I think the flavor of the red gasket has gone away, I get another taste of it :(
I have been using same weed for 3 days now with this device switching between no gasket and gasket attached every bowl i smoke tasted different here’s what pisses me off is tvape has it rated 9.6 venty 9.2 frolic 8.9 i know it’s tvapes business and i wouldn’t tell anyone how to run their business but these numbers are way off in my opinion stop trying to blow smoke up everybody’s ass sorry for the profantity it looks like no gt4 for me 9.1 rating my ass at least this was cheaper than that gold plated one it does look pretty i don’t need anymore paper weights today
You’re not wrong. Their marketing has always been biased towards their own brands. They’re getting better about it, but it’s still happening.