Flavour Purist · 9.2 / 10

Solo 3 V2

Marathon battery. Pure glass airpath. The remaster that fixes V1's software and keeps everything that made the original brilliant.

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The Experience

All-glass vapour. Dual mode. Twenty-second boot.

Session or on-demand, your choice. Pure glass stem — nothing between you and the terpenes. Twenty seconds and the chamber is ready. The Solo formula, perfected across three generations.

~20s
Heat-up
~3hr
Battery
The Technology

Hybrid heating. Stem ecosystem. Lifetime heater warranty.

Glass-on-glass vapour path. Hot air through 14mm and 18mm stems for bubbler pairing. Arizer's lifetime heater coverage. One device, a decade of afternoons.

HeatingHybrid
Temperature range50–220°C
BatterySealed · ~3 hours
Made inCanada · Lifetime heater
Why the Solo 3 V2

Joy Division became New Order. The Solo became this.

Vapour Path
All-Glass

Borosilicate from the oven to your lips.

No plastic. No steel cooling unit. No seals in the airflow to off-gas. Terpenes you didn't know your flower had — the pine under the limonene, the black pepper in a caryophyllene-heavy indica — show up in the first three draws.

Dual Mode

Session and on-demand. One device.

Session mode for a relaxed ten-minute sofa run. On-demand for micro-dosing between tasks — press, two draws, release, bowl survives. The only device in the shortlist that does both properly.

Battery
3 hours

12–15 bowls per charge.

Double the Mighty+'s per-charge count. USB-C PD fast-charges empty to full in ninety minutes. My Crafty+ gasps by bowl four. The Solo 3 V2 is still showing half battery at bowl ten.

Warranty
Lifetime

On the heating element. Nobody else does this.

Two years on the electronics. One year on the battery. Lifetime on the heater — the single most expensive component to replace. An institutional commitment to the part that, when it dies, turns your vape into a paperweight.

Heat-up
~20s

Haptic confirmation. No waiting blind.

Session mode hits temp in twenty seconds. On-demand fires in fifteen. Vibration lets you know the heater's ready without staring at a screen. Press, breathe, done.

Ecosystem

Every stem back to 2011.

Own a Solo, Air MAX or ArGo? Every glass stem carries over. No ecosystem tax. Two-pack spares are £15 — budget for breakages because tile floors don't care how much you paid.

Full Specs

The numbers. No marketing spin.

Heating typeHybrid (convection-dominant)
Vape styleSession + On-Demand
Heat-up time~20s session · ~15s on-demand
Temperature range50–220°C
Battery life~3 hours · 12–15 bowls / charge
ChargingUSB-C PD · ~90 min to full
Weight · dimensions260g · 118 × 51 × 51mm
Made in · WarrantyCanada · lifetime heater / 2yr / 1yr
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Glass Stem Detail · Macro Photography

Solo 3 V2 vs Mighty+ vs XMAX V3 Pro.

Flavour-first versus cloud-first. The Solo 3 V2 is the glass-purist pick.

Feature
Solo 3 V2
Mighty+
XMAX V3 Pro
Vapour path
All-glass
Steel + PEEK
Steel + plastic
Battery / charge
12–15 bowls
6–8 bowls
Swappable 18650
Session + On-demand
Session only
Both
Heater warranty
Lifetime
2 years
1 year
Dennis's score
9.2
9.0
8.1
Price
£217.99
£245
£79.99
You'll love it if
  • You think S&B vapes "mute the terps." Glass airway — you'll taste the difference from the first draw.
  • You want session and on-demand in one body. The only device in this shortlist that does both properly.
  • You already own a Solo 2 or Air MAX. Every stem you own carries over. No ecosystem tax.
  • You value battery life over heat-up speed. 12–15 bowls per charge is the longest-running portable here.
Skip it if
  • You want absolute simplicity. On-demand mode has a five-minute learning curve.
  • You need pass-through charging. Can't vape while plugged in. Air MAX is the Arizer answer.
  • You need true pocket portability. 260g chunky cylinder with a glass stem. Jacket and bag, not jeans.

"Arizer perfected the Solo formula. Marathon battery, glass flavour, zero gimmicks. The one I reach for mid-workday without losing the afternoon to a session."

Dennis M.
Senior Reviewer · 55 devices tested
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The flavour purist's default

4.8 / 5 average · 220+ verified reviews

"Switched from the Mighty+ after five years. I thought I knew what Lemon Haze tasted like. I didn't. The glass stem is the whole argument."

Priya K.
Verified · 5 months ago

"Battery lasts all day. On-demand mode replaced three other vapes. Lifetime heater warranty sold it — finally a brand that stands behind the part that matters."

Tom H.
Verified · 3 months ago

"Had the V1 and sold it because the software was a mess. V2 fixes every complaint. Lock screen off, presets custom, USB-C — Arizer listened."

Jordan C.
Verified · 2 months ago
Ready when you are

Solo 3 V2

The all-glass flavour purist's pick. Session when you need one, on-demand when you don't. Marathon battery either way.

£217.99
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