Ruby Twist Pro Review: What the Pro Actually Changes

I've been running the Ruby Twist Pro from Crossing Tech, and there's really one change that matters. I'll get to the clouds, but let's start with why the Pro is worth caring about.

The Pro vs the standard Ruby Twist

On the standard Ruby Twist, the twist cyclone insert stays put. On the Pro, you can pull it out. That's it, that's the upgrade, and it's bigger than it sounds. Take the insert out and you free up real estate in the head, which means you can pack more ball media in there. The Pro also comes with a titanium microdose bowl for the days you want a smaller session.

More ball media means more thermal mass sitting in the head. More thermal mass means more stored energy, and more stored energy means bigger sessions and more consistent draws. Your second and third pull don't fall off a cliff the way they can on a lighter setup.

How it heats

The Ruby Twist is an injector ball vape, so it's heating your herb with convection. Hot air moving through the load, not a hot surface pressed against it. The bowls are titanium though, so if you heat soak them you pick up a little conduction and diffusion on top of the convection. Call it a pseudo-hybrid. You don't have to run it that way, but the option is there and it's a nice trick to have in your pocket.

The balls I ran

The Ruby Twist Pro ships with 2.5mm rubies, and 2.5mm is the size you actually want in here. I ran 3mm silicon carbide instead, purely because that's what I had in the drawer. Bigger than ideal, and it still ripped.

Swap ruby for silicon carbide, give it a gentle priming hit first, and the clouds are ridiculous. You can see them in the video. SiC moves heat differently than ruby, and paired with the extra thermal mass in this head, it delivers.

A word on performance mode

Performance mode gives you more, and more is exactly the problem. When the device makes it this easy to take a bigger hit, it's just as easy to keep taking bigger hits, and that's how your tolerance creeps up on you. Nothing wrong with going big, just know that's the trade. Ease into it.

What I paired it with

I ran it into my Blaze Glass Recycler. If you want to see that piece on its own, I did a full review here. The track playing in the background is one of mine, "I Wanna Be Happy," out September 28.

If you already run ball vapes and you want one that hits bigger without dying off between pulls, the removable insert alone makes the Pro the one to grab.