30-Second Verdict
The Mighty+ wins — 8.7 to 8.3 — and it wins for the same reason it wins everything: extraction quality that's been the benchmark for two decades. The solid metal heater, the oversized cooling unit and the bigger battery deliver vapour the Veazy's mesh heater can only get 85-90% of the way towards. But the Veazy takes ease of use, cleaning and portability off it cleanly, costs less, and passed a usability test the Mighty+ failed in my own kitchen: my mum. If you want the best S&B session vapour under the Venty, buy the Mighty+. If you want the S&B that everyone in the house can actually use, buy the Veazy.
Veazy: 8.3/10
Mighty+: 8.7/10
Buy the Veazy if:
- Simplicity is the feature: one button, one light, three temps
- You need it to leave the house — it's the most pocketable S&B ever made
- You're sharing with beginners, or buying for someone with dexterity issues
- You'd like a vaporiser in an actual colour
Buy the Mighty+ if:
- Vapour quality and thorough extraction are the whole point
- It's living on a counter, not in a pocket
- You want the registration-extended 3-year warranty and 20 years of ecosystem behind it
- You're a medical user who needs the same result every single bowl
Quick Specs Face-Off:
| Veazy | Mighty+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Heat-up | ~40s | ~60s |
| Battery | 7-8 sessions, sealed | 6-8 bowls, 2× 18650 sealed |
| Bowl | 0.25-0.3g | 0.25g (best at 0.15-0.2g) |
| Weight | 134g (134 × 37 × 35mm) | 227g (140 × 84 × 30mm) |
| Warranty | 2 years, no extension | 2 years, 3 with registration |
| Price | Check current price | Check current price |
The Hook
There are two gyms within walking distance of my house, and they explain this comparison better than any spec sheet.
The first is the friendly local one above the shops. Bright lights, decent machines, a smoothie fridge, staff who say hello. Nobody grunts. Nobody chalks up. You can walk in on day one, never having lifted anything heavier than a big shop, and be exercising within five minutes without anyone making you feel stupid. Will it turn you into a competitive athlete? No. Will you actually keep going? Yes — and that's the metric that matters, because the best gym is the one you use.
The second is the powerlifting gym under the arches. Chalk dust on everything. Bars that bend. A smell that is technically ventilation's problem. Everyone in there is serious, the equipment is magnificent, and the results — if you put the work in — are simply better. But there's an entry fee beyond the membership: you need to know what you're doing, you need to maintain your kit, and you will spend a non-trivial amount of your life cleaning up after it.
The Veazy is the friendly local. The Mighty+ is the arches. I called the Mighty+ the Land Rover Defender in its own review and the Veazy the Great British Bake Off in its, and both metaphors still hold — but put the two devices on the same counter and what you're really comparing is two philosophies of fitness from the same German franchise: one built to lower the barrier, one built to move the weight.
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Vapour Quality
Mighty+ 9.0, Veazy 8. The powerlifting gym gets results, and this is the results board.
The Mighty+ runs the solid metal hybrid heater that has been the industry's reference point for twenty years, breathing through an oversized cooling unit that makes 190°C draws feel gentler than they have any right to. Its vapour is the benchmark: smooth, consistent, the same bowl after bowl, no technique required. What keeps it off a 10 is that on-demand devices extract more initial flavour and the Venty moves more air — but nothing at all matches it for showing up identically every time.
The Veazy is recognisably from the same factory — fluffy, comfortable, proper S&B vapour — but it runs a stainless steel mesh heater rather than solid metal, and that puts it at about 85-90% of the flagship experience. The airflow is a standard S&B pull through a smaller cooling unit, so draws run slightly warmer and the top end of a terpene profile gets clipped sooner. In casual use most people won't notice. In a direct comparison — which is literally this article — you will.
Winner: Mighty+, decisively. The only question the rest of this piece answers is what that decisive win costs you in daily life.
The Strain Test, Side by Side
Same two jars, same grinder, both machines — the strain is the control. Both full tests live in the respective reviews; side by side, they read like a training montage.
Jack Herer is the fragile lift, and the Mighty+ moves it with better form at every stage. At 180°C the Mighty+ gives warm pine over legible lemon peel, the citrus still detectable at the fourth draw of five — softened by the big cooling unit, but present and ordered. The Veazy at 180°C gives you the same notes through a tea towel: real pine, real lemon, rounder still, and only just legible by its fourth draw. Then the gap opens. At 190°C the Mighty+ delivers properly defined black pepper over woody, incense-like haze — "where the hybrid heater stops apologising and starts working" — while the Veazy at 190°C has already lost the bright end entirely: not faded, gone, with pepper left as the best thing it does. At the top both go to earth and toasted herb, but the Mighty+ finishes with an even mid-brown chamber and twelve identical-to-last-Tuesday draws; the Veazy finishes at eleven draws sounding, in its own review's words, like a competent cover version. Neither device sparkles on Jack — that's Solo and TinyMight territory — but the Mighty+ sands the top off the terpinolene, and the Veazy sands off the top and a bit of the middle.
Wedding Cake is the lift both were built for, and the difference here is resolution, not enjoyment. Both open at 180°C with thick vanilla and sweet cream, dough underneath, cherry on the exhale — the strain flattering each machine exactly as designed. The exam comes at 190°C: the Mighty+ passes with distinction, holding vanilla, butter, baked cake and pepper as four separate nameable things; the Veazy fails the same question honestly, butter and pepper present but vanilla and dough merged into one warm sweetness by the third draw. And at the very top, the decisive fact from each review: on the Mighty+ at 200°C, Jack and Wedding Cake still read as two obviously different plants — leather and fuel versus caramelised sugar. On the Veazy at 200°C, they'd converged into the same brown warmth.
The call: the Mighty+ is a flavour device with all the corners filed off; the Veazy is a delivery device with good manners. One is a filed-down 9. The other is a well-mannered 8. The gap is real and it's exactly what the price difference buys.
Design & Build
Mighty+ 9, Veazy 7.5. Squat rack versus smoothie fridge.
The Mighty+ is 227g of medical-grade PEEK that has survived two years of my daily use, a tumble off the kitchen counter onto tile (elbow, kettle, slow motion — it's in the review), and the general entropy of my household without a functional scratch. The buttons haven't gone mushy, the OLED hasn't faded, the cooling unit latch still snaps like day one. It looks like something a nurse would hand you, which is to say it looks like what it is.
The Veazy is PEEK as well, and it survives drops — but it's honest to say the plastic is thinner and more flexible, the fit-and-finish sits a notch below, and the logo is enormous. What it offers instead is the thing no S&B has ever offered: it's pleasant to look at. Four colours. A slim profile. A device a normal person might choose rather than tolerate.
Which brings us to the emotional centre of this entire comparison, already on record in the Veazy review: my mum — 67, arthritis, adversarial relationship with technology — worked the Veazy out in thirty seconds, unprompted, and delivered the verdict this article cannot improve on: "Oh, that one's cute. Much better than the brick." The brick being the Mighty+, a nickname Sarah coined and my mother independently ratified. Five thousand pounds of collection, and her favourite is the Veazy. The Mighty+ wins this category on engineering. It loses it at Sunday lunch.
Winner: Mighty+ — on build. The Veazy wins on design, and don't let the scores tell you those are the same thing.
Battery & Charging
Both score 8/10, and it's genuinely close.
The raw numbers: Mighty+ does 6-8 bowls per charge at sensible temperatures (4-5 if you hammer it at 210°C); the Veazy does 7-8 sessions, around 42 minutes of continuous runtime. Call it a wash on stamina, with the Veazy fractionally ahead per charge and the Mighty+ ahead per session-size, given its bowl works best at 0.15-0.2g of thorough extraction.
Charging splits them more interestingly. Both are USB-C, both sealed, neither offers reliable pass-through. The Mighty+ with the S&B Supercharger (sold separately, which remains a cheek) hits 80% in about 40 minutes — but on a standard phone brick it's a four-hour slog. The Veazy wants a 5V/3A brick (not included) and does 80% in about 40 minutes, full in 60-80 — no Supercharger acceleration available, but no Supercharger dependency either.
Heat-up: Veazy 40 seconds, Mighty+ 60. Twenty seconds doesn't sound like much until you're standing in a kitchen waiting for it, twice a day, for two years.
The Veazy's asterisk is cold weather: a 36W ceiling means below 10°C it heats slower and drains faster. When I mentioned to Dave — a man who owns a Mighty+ and actually cleans it properly, which I remain in awe of — that the Veazy was beating his on heat-up, his text back was: "Does it do a cold garage in January? No? Then it's a spin class, not a gym." Harsh. Not entirely wrong.
Winner: draw — Veazy indoors, Mighty+ anywhere with weather.
Ease of Use
Both 9/10, but read the small print.
The Mighty+ is famously idiot-proof: two buttons, a big readable screen, a vibration when it's ready. It's the vape I hand to first-timers, and its review says it's the one I'd give my mum for her arthritis. Then the Veazy arrived and ran the experiment for real — and the Veazy won it in thirty seconds. One button, one light, three presets. No screen to interpret, no stepping to learn. The only trap is temperature reversion — it falls back to 180°C after 90 seconds unless you enable Permanent Boost in the web app, a one-time 30-second fix.
The Mighty+ pays you back for its (slightly) higher ceiling of complexity with an on-device screen and full 40-210°C control, no phone required — which the Veazy can only match through the web app. For temperature steppers, that's the difference between adjusting mid-session and planning ahead.
Both take dosing capsules; both are ecosystem citizens.
Winner: Veazy, by a nose — settled by a 67-year-old with arthritis.
Cleaning & Maintenance
Veazy 8, Mighty+ 5. No contest, and the powerlifting gym's chalk gets everywhere.
The Mighty+ cooling unit is a gunk magnet — a sticky brown maze demanding a full teardown every 20-30 bowls, guarded by O-rings with a documented enthusiasm for my sink drain. It is the worst thing about the best S&B under the Venty, and its review scored it accordingly. The hot Q-tip method and a second cooling unit in rotation make it bearable. Nothing makes it fun.
The Veazy's smaller three-piece unit has fewer parts, fewer O-rings and less surface area: 90 seconds of brushing after a session, a 10-minute proper clean, an ISO soak every few weeks. Easiest S&B portable to maintain, and it isn't close.
Winner: Veazy, emphatically.
Portability
Veazy 8.5, Mighty+ 6.5. One of these goes to the gym; the other is the gym.
The Mighty+ is 227g and shaped like its nickname. Jacket pocket at best, zero stealth, vapour that announces itself. For a counter device — which is what it is — none of that matters. For anything else, all of it does.
The Veazy is 134g, slimmer than anything S&B has made, and it disappears into front jeans pockets. In blue or pink it reads as a generic gadget to civilians. Commutes, travel, festivals in months without an R in them: Veazy, every time.
Winner: Veazy, in a walkover.
Value for Money
Veazy 9, Mighty+ 8 — and this is the friendly local's membership deal doing the talking.
The Veazy delivers 85-90% of the Mighty+'s vapour for less money, with better portability, easier cleaning and a battery that matches it. On pure pounds-per-experience, the Veazy wins, and its review called that maths "hard to argue against."
But the Mighty+'s 8 is built on things the Veazy can't buy at any price: twenty years of Storz & Bickel reputation, a mature ecosystem, resale value that holds, and — crucially — the registration warranty: three years against the Veazy's flat two, because the Veazy is excluded from the extension. Dave has been through five Mighty+ units in two years — error-code lottery, every one replaced under warranty within a week — and he's still using a Mighty+. That's what the extra money partly buys: not a promise nothing goes wrong, but two decades of infrastructure for when it does.
Winner: Veazy on value; Mighty+ on what the money protects.
Score Comparison
| Category | Veazy | Mighty+ |
|---|---|---|
| Vapour Quality | 8/10 | 9.0/10 |
| Design & Build | 7.5/10 | 9/10 |
| Battery & Charging | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Cleaning & Maintenance | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Portability | 8.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Value for Money | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Overall | 8.3/10 | 8.7/10 |
The Mighty+ wins the comparison by winning the two categories S&B builds its reputation on. The Veazy wins more categories. Both facts are true, and which one matters is precisely the question of who you are.
Who Should Buy Which
The Mighty+ buyer is buying the benchmark, and should feel no shame about paying benchmark money for it. If your vaporiser lives on a counter, if you session at home most nights, if you're a medical user who needs the identical result at 8pm that you got at 8pm yesterday, if "thorough extraction" is a phrase that means something to you — the Mighty+ is the answer, the way it's been the answer since before half the market existed. Its review still calls it the device I recommend first, and this comparison doesn't change that.
The Veazy buyer is buying entry, and entry is underrated. First serious vaporiser. A shared device in a mixed household. A gift for a parent managing arthritis. A pocket S&B for someone who found the brick intimidating — and people do; I've watched it happen on my own sofa. If the Mighty+ is the device everyone's measured against, the Veazy is the device that doesn't make anyone feel measured. For less money, with the same capsules and the same German support behind it, that's not a consolation prize. That's a different, equally legitimate answer.
And if you want the Mighty+'s extraction and the Veazy's pocketability and can't have both — you're describing the Venty, and the Veazy vs Venty piece is next door.
How I Actually Choose
The Mighty+ has lived on my kitchen counter for two years and accounts for about 30% of everything I vape — it was 60% before the Solo 3 v2 arrived, which tells you how sticky the habit is. Evenings, pain management, the 8pm load-up: Mighty+. It's the device that gets used when it matters.
The Veazy took a job I didn't know was vacant: casual mornings. Quick session before work, 195°C, Permanent Boost, no stepping, no ceremony. It also comes out whenever non-enthusiast mates are round — and, monthly, when my mum visits, because handing her the brick would mean writing instructions and handing her the Veazy means putting the kettle on.
So the honest answer is that the powerlifting gym kept my membership and the friendly local got everyone else in the house. If I could only keep one, I'd keep the Mighty+, because the vapour is why we're all here. But I notice the Veazy gets picked up by more different hands than any device I own.
The Verdict (The Bookend)
Both gyms get you fit. That's the thing to hold onto.
The powerlifting gym under the arches gets you fitter — the Mighty+'s extraction, build and two-decade pedigree win this comparison 8.7 to 8.3, and the strain test shows exactly where the extra money goes: into a heater that keeps vanilla and butter apart when the Veazy has already stirred them together. If you're serious, go where the serious equipment is.
But the friendly local gym is full of people who'd never have joined the arches at all. My mum called the Mighty+ the brick and the Veazy cute, and she's not wrong on either count — she's just answering a different question than the score sheet asks. Buy the Mighty+ for the vapour. Buy the Veazy for the people. Both are S&B. Nobody's cancelling their membership.
FAQ
Veazy vs Mighty+ — which should I buy?
The Mighty+ if vapour quality is the priority and the device mostly stays home: better heater (9.0 vs 8), more thorough extraction, three-year registered warranty. The Veazy if simplicity and pocketability matter: 85-90% of the vapour, easier cleaning, most pocketable S&B ever, and cheaper.
Is the Veazy's vapour really 85-90% of the Mighty+?
Yes — that's the honest figure from testing both against the same jars. The Veazy's stainless steel mesh heater is the difference; the Mighty+'s solid metal heater holds terpene separation longer, especially mid-session. Most casual users won't notice. Direct comparison makes it obvious.
Which has the better battery?
Effectively a tie: 7-8 sessions (Veazy) vs 6-8 bowls (Mighty+), both sealed, both USB-C, neither with dependable pass-through. The Mighty+ fast-charges brilliantly with the Supercharger (sold separately) but crawls without it; the Veazy does 80% in ~40 minutes on any decent 5V/3A brick. The Veazy struggles below 10°C; the Mighty+ doesn't care.
Which is easier to clean?
The Veazy, by a distance. Ten-minute cleans on a small three-piece cooling unit versus the Mighty+'s 20-30 bowl teardown cycle and its eight-O-ring gauntlet.
Do they use the same dosing capsules?
Yes — full S&B ecosystem compatibility across Veazy, Mighty+, Crafty+, Venty and the Volcano capsule adapters. Pre-load a caddy and both devices get easier to live with.
Can I use either with a bong or water piece?
Neither ships with a water piece adapter, and neither is built for it. Third-party glass adapters exist for the Mighty family's cooling unit if you insist, but if that's your main use case, look at devices designed for glass from the start.
What about the warranty difference?
It's real: the Mighty+ gets 2 years plus a third with registration inside four weeks. The Veazy is excluded from the extension — a flat 2 years regardless. Over a five-year ownership window, that difference has teeth.
About Dennis M.
Dennis M. has been vaping daily for the best part of a decade — since an original Mighty in 2018 — and has tested 50+ devices for this site. He works in IT, has ADHD, and uses cannabis for chronic pain management. He lives in Manchester with his partner Sarah, who named the Mighty+ 'the brick' years ago and has watched Dennis's own mother adopt the term with quiet satisfaction.
Dennis has now watched his mum, his partner and several first-timers each reach past the benchmark S&B for the cute one, and he has stopped taking it personally. Mostly. Ask him which one he reaches for at 8pm and the answer is still the brick.
A note on spelling: 'vaporizer' is the de facto international spelling, but I've stuck with the British 'vaporiser' throughout this blog.
Questions, corrections, or a device you want tested? dennis@herbvape.co.uk
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Last updated: 25 September 2026.
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Strains Used: Jack Herer — sativa (Haze × Northern Lights #5 × Shiva Skunk), ~20% THC, terpinolene/caryophyllene/pinene-dominant, pine-citrus-pepper profile with fragile top notes. Wedding Cake — indica-leaning hybrid (Triangle Kush × Animal Mints, via Triangle Mints #23), ~24% THC, caryophyllene/limonene/myrcene-dominant, vanilla-cream-dough dessert profile over peppery earth. Same two strains, same jars, across every vaporiser reviewed on this site — the strain is the control, the device is the variable. Strain effects vary by individual, batch and consumption method.
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