Storz & Bickel Plenty Review: The Marmite of Vaporisers

The Hook: Marmite

Marmite. You either love it or hate it. That's not marketing fluff — it's genuinely their slogan, because they know. They know that the salty, yeasty, aggressively brown paste in that weird bulbous jar is going to split any room right down the middle. Some people spread it on everything. Some people gag at the smell. There's no middle ground. There's no 'it's alright, I suppose.' You're in or you're out.

The Plenty is exactly that.

Half the vaporiser community has written it off as an ugly, herb-eating novelty that belongs in a skip. The other half — the ones who actually own it — are out there screaming 'I will die on top of this hill' into the void while the haters scroll past.

We stock the Plenty at HerbVape.co.uk — details and pricing below.

I've owned mine for two years. I'm on the hill. Let me explain why.

Vapour Quality 9.5/10

I loaded some GMO — Garlic, Mushroom, Onion, the kind of pungent, funky strain that separates serious vaporisers from toys. Dialled the Plenty to about 6.5 on the temperature wheel. Took a draw.

It doesn't hit you once and stop. It just keeps producing vapour until you tap out.

The first draw is thick. The second draw is thick. The tenth draw is still thick. I've done sessions where I genuinely lost count of how many pulls I took before the bowl was done. The chamber is massive — easily 0.5g, more if you pack it (same capacity as my Volcano) — and the heater just keeps cycling, pumping out clouds like it's got something to prove.

Flavour: Classic S&B. Clean, neutral, no plastic weirdness. The GMO came through properly funky on the first few draws, then settled into fuller-bodied mid-session territory. By the end, you're extracting rather than tasting, but that's true of everything.

The Plenty isn't trying to be efficient. It's trying to be abundant.

— Dennis M.

If you want careful microdoses and precisely weighed bowls, this isn't your device. If you want to sit down, pack a stupid amount of herb, and have vapour on tap for the next twenty minutes, nothing else comes close. Marmite — you love it or you don't.

The Strain Test

Two strains that test opposite ends of the Plenty's capabilities. A funky, pungent indica hybrid that demands power, and a clean, balanced classic that tests whether the Plenty can do subtle as well as overwhelming.

GMO (Indica Hybrid) — Garlic, Mushroom, Onion

The Flower: GMO — pungent indica-dominant hybrid, ~25% THC. Dominant terpenes: caryophyllene (peppery), limonene (citrus), myrcene (earthy). The kind of strain that separates serious vaporisers from toys. If your device can't handle GMO, it can't handle anything. Funky, garlicky, aggressively aromatic.

The Pack: 0.4g, medium grind, packed into the full chamber. This is what the Plenty was built for — big loads, big sessions.

Dial Position 5 (~175°C): First draw through the cooling coil. Garlic-diesel funk fills the mouth immediately. The Plenty's hybrid heating warms the chamber evenly — no weak starter puffs. The cooling coil does its job: smooth, cool vapour despite the volume. Three draws in and the room smells like a garlic farm.

Dial Position 6.5 (~190°C): This is the sweet spot. Thick, rich clouds. The caryophyllene spice dominates, the limonene gives it a bright edge underneath. Effects are heavy — body-first, settling, quieting. The Plenty at this temperature is relentless. Draw after draw after draw, each one as thick as the last.

Dial Position 7 (~202°C): Full extraction territory. Dense, earthy, the garlic funk fading into something darker and more resinous. Fifteen draws before the bowl was spent. Fifteen. From a portable-adjacent corded device. That's Plenty energy.

The Verdict: GMO proved what the Plenty does best — abundance. Fifteen draws from a 0.4g pack, each one thick, each one flavourful until the final few. If you're a heavy user who wants to pack once and vape for twenty minutes, this is your device.

White Widow (Balanced Hybrid)

The Flower: White Widow — Brazilian Sativa × South Indian Indica, true 50/50 hybrid, ~20% THC. Dominant terpenes: myrcene, caryophyllene, limonene, pinene. Clean, earthy, pine, sweet floral notes. A Dutch coffeeshop classic that every UK stoner has tried. The opposite of GMO's funky aggression.

The Pack: 0.3g, medium grind, lightly packed with the reducer pad to test whether the Plenty can handle smaller loads.

Dial Position 5 (~175°C): Earthy pine opening — clean, almost medicinal. Sweet floral notes underneath. Much more subtle than the GMO. The Plenty handles the quieter strain surprisingly well — the reduced chamber with the pad produces even extraction without hot spots.

Dial Position 6 (~185°C): The woody notes emerge. Myrcene warmth settles in. Effects are balanced — head and body, energising enough to stay functional but relaxed enough to feel medicinal. This is White Widow doing what it's done since the 90s — being reliably good.

Dial Position 7 (~202°C): Thicker clouds, earthier finish. The pine is gone, replaced by that roasted end-of-bowl character. Nine draws from the 0.3g pack — fewer than the GMO but still impressive for a reduced chamber.

The Verdict: White Widow through the reducer pad proved the Plenty can handle smaller loads and subtler strains. It's not a one-trick pony — the 'weed-guzzler' reputation comes from people who only pack full chambers. Use the reducer pad and you've got a versatile device that does both abundance and restraint.

Design & Build 8.0/10

I get it. The Plenty looks like B&Q threw up. It's got a coiled cable, a pistol grip, a spiral cooling arm, and a mouthpiece that looks like Dr Seuss designed a snorkel. It weighs over 680g. It does not look like something you'd use to consume cannabis. It looks like something you'd use to drill into drywall.

She's not wrong. I paid £167.99 for something that could've come from my dad's toolbox.

The Build Quality:

But it's built like a tank. Two years of regular use and mine's still going strong. The construction is solid German engineering wrapped in a completely mental form factor. No glass to break, no electronics to fail. Medical-grade materials throughout. Designed and manufactured in Germany.

The only failure stories I've found are after years of heavy use — one person had a loose cable connection, another needed to wiggle the cord. That's it for a corded device that gets genuinely hot.

The Cooling Coil:

That exposed metal spiral isn't just for aesthetics. The vapour bounces around the ridged, coiled metal, transferring heat outward and cooling rapidly. It produces some of the coolest vapour of any device I own. Just be aware: the metal itself gets hot to touch after extended sessions. Cools down quickly though.

It looks stupid. It works brilliantly. Marmite energy — you accept the aesthetics or you don't.

Ease of Use 7.5/10

The Plenty has a learning curve. Not steep, but it's there.

The Process:

1. Plug it in
2. Turn the dial to your desired temperature (1-7 scale, ~130-202°C)
3. Squeeze the orange trigger to start heating
4. Wait about three minutes
5. Light goes from red to green
6. Pack your bowl
7. Draw

The Dead Man's Switch:

Every time you squeeze the trigger, the Plenty heats towards its target. After a short time without engagement, the heat starts to drop. Squeezing re-engages the heating element.

This is actually brilliant for certain situations — watching a film where you might hit it every few minutes, or by the bed where you can let it cool down when done. But it can frustrate if you forget, because you have to wait for it to come back up.

Temperature Control:

Simple dial, no digital display, no app, no precision. Numbers 1-7 translating to roughly 130-202°C. Most people live around 6-6.5 for regular sessions, bumping to 7 for extraction.

The Packing Problem:

The chamber is where people get confused. It's huge — and herbs need to cover the entire screen, otherwise hot air passes by without vaporising properly. You need to either fill it completely (0.5g+) or use the included steel wool reducer pad for smaller loads. Pack it wrong, get weak draws, think it's defective. It's not defective. It just needs proper loading.

Draw Technique:

Slow, steady pulls. Don't hammer it. The cooling coil needs time. Rush it and you'll feel the heat. Respect it and you get smooth, thick clouds. One nice feature: if you draw too fast, the cooling unit makes a slight whistling noise telling you to slow down. Built-in technique feedback.

Cleaning & Maintenance 6.0/10

The Plenty gets gunky. There's no getting around it.

That spiral cooling arm? It's a resin trap. The chamber screen? Clogs up. The mouthpiece assembly? Needs regular attention.

Cleaning Timeline:

• After 5-10 sessions: Light residue, still functional
• After 15-20 sessions: Noticeably gunky, airflow tightening
• After 25+ sessions: Proper teardown required

The Process:

1. Disassemble the cooling arm and mouthpiece
2. Soak in isopropyl alcohol (warm for stubborn buildup)
3. Use pipe cleaners and cotton swabs for the spiral sections
4. Clean or replace the chamber screen
5. Dry completely before reassembling

The Upside: Everything comes apart fairly easily, and there are no fiddly O-rings to lose (unlike the Mighty+ cooling unit — I'm looking at you, 8 O-rings).

The Downside: It's a 20-30 minute job when you do it properly, and the spiral arm is annoying to fully clean.

How I Actually Use This

Default Setup: Dial at 6.5, full chamber pack of 0.4-0.5g for group sessions, reducer pad with 0.2-0.3g for solo sessions. Slow, steady draws through the cooling coil.

When I Reach For It: Group sessions — this is THE group session device. When mates come over, I pull out the Plenty because it produces vapour for 20+ minutes without needing to reload. When I want to be properly flattened after a long week. When my chronic pain is at its worst and I need something that hits harder and longer than the portables.

When I Don't: Solo microdose sessions — the Mighty+ or Crafty+ are better for precision dosing. When I want something discreet (the Plenty looks like you're doing DIY). When I can't be bothered with the cleaning schedule.

Honest Cleaning Reality: The spiral cooling arm is a pain. I budget 20-30 minutes every 20-25 sessions for a proper teardown. Between deep cleans, I brush out the chamber screen after sessions. The no-O-rings advantage is real though — compared to my Mighty+ and Venty CU maintenance, it's actually simpler, just more time-consuming per clean.

Session Frequency: 2-3 times per week, primarily for group sessions and heavy pain management evenings.

Medical Use Notes

I'm not a doctor. I'm a bloke with chronic pain and ADHD who's been using cannabis medicinally for years now. This is my experience, not medical advice. If you're considering medical cannabis, talk to a prescribing clinic — I've linked some resources at the bottom of this review.

For Pain Management: The Plenty's strength for pain patients is abundance. When you need sustained, heavy extraction for breakthrough pain — the kind where a Crafty+ bowl isn't enough — the Plenty delivers. Pack the chamber, dial to 6.5, and have vapour on tap for twenty minutes. For evening pain management when you need to be properly medicated and aren't worrying about staying functional, nothing in my collection is more effective.

For ADHD/Focus: Not ideal. The Plenty is a heavy-extraction device that tends to produce stronger effects. For ADHD focus sessions, the Mighty+ or Crafty+ with precision temperature control are better suited. The Plenty is for when ADHD-related insomnia kicks in and you need something that knocks you down properly.

The Medical User's Concern: It's corded, which means it needs a power source. Useful for bedside use — plug it in, use it, let it cool. The dead man's switch means it won't stay hot if you fall asleep.

Session Timing: First draw to noticeable relief: 2-3 minutes (the hybrid heating means fast extraction). Duration of effects: 1.5-3 hours depending on chamber size and strain. Longer than most portable sessions due to the larger chamber capacity.

Value for Money 8.0/10

£167.99 for a corded desktop with unconventional ergonomics. On paper, that sounds mental.

You could buy a Volcano Classic for about £79 more and get bags. You could buy an Extreme Q desktop for less and get something that actually looks like furniture.

But here's what you're actually paying for: Vapour production that nothing else in this price range matches.

The 'Weed-Guzzler' Criticism:

Valid if you're packing full bowls for solo sessions. Use the reducer pad. Pack smaller amounts. The device is flexible enough to accommodate.

Less valid if you're using it for what it's actually good at: group sessions, heavy users, people who want abundance over efficiency.

Would I buy it again? Yes. Not because it's the sensible choice — it absolutely isn't — but because nothing else I own hits quite like this. That's worth £167.99.

Score Breakdown

No Battery or Portability scores — this is a corded device, stationary by design.

Category average is 7.8. The 8.4 reflects that for the people who buy a Plenty, vapour production is the only category that matters — and the Plenty is a 9.5 on that. If cleaning and aesthetics mattered most, you'd never buy one. But you don't buy Marmite for the jar design.

Vs the Competition

Vs Volcano Classic (£266.99)

Different delivery methods. The Volcano Classic fills bags for controlled, shareable doses — precision, reproducibility, gentle. The Plenty is direct-draw for immediate, abundant vapour — raw, overwhelming, relentless. They use the same bowl size and similar hybrid heating. I own both; they serve different purposes. The Volcano is control. The Plenty is abundance.

Vs Volcano Hybrid (£407.99)

The Hybrid adds whip capability to the Volcano platform. The whip mode gets closer to the Plenty's direct-draw experience, but the Plenty still hits harder per draw. The Hybrid costs £220 more. If you want bags and whip versatility, the Hybrid. If you want the most intense direct-draw experience S&B makes, the Plenty at less than half the price.

Vs Mighty+ (£255.99)

The Mighty+ is portable, precise, and efficient. The Plenty is corded, approximate, and abundant. The Mighty+ extracts more from less herb. The Plenty produces more vapour from more herb. Different tools for different needs. For home use when you want to be overwhelmed, the Plenty. For everything else, the Mighty+.

Vs Arizer Extreme Q (£108.99)

The Extreme Q does bags and whip for less money. But the Plenty's direct-draw vapour is in a different class of intensity. The Extreme Q is a proper desktop with versatility. The Plenty is a one-trick pony that does its trick better than anything else.

Comparison Table

The Verdict: Die on This Hill

The Marmite bookend.

Two years in, I still reach for the Plenty when I want to be absolutely flattened. Not because it's practical. Not because it's efficient. Not because it looks like something a grown adult should own.

But because when my mate Jake — the same one who said 'what the hell is that?' — finished his first Plenty session, he was Googling prices before he left my house. Ordered one three days later.

That's the Convert the Sceptic Test. And the Plenty passes it every time.

Marmite is never getting discontinued. Neither is the Plenty. Because the people who love it refuse to let it die. We're out here, on our hill, producing clouds thick enough to hot-box a conservatory with our ugly German engineering, and we're not coming down.

The internet can keep calling it ugly. The efficiency nerds can keep complaining about bowl size. The people who've never used one can keep scrolling past.

Meanwhile, I'll be here, dialling to 6.5, taking slow draws from my Dr Seuss snorkel, and wondering why I ever bothered with polite vapes.

— Dennis M.