The Puffco Peak Pro wins, scoring 8.2 overall against 7.8 for the Puffco Proxy. It leads on vapor quality, ease of use, value and build, thanks to its bigger 3DXL chamber and water-filtered glass. The Proxy is the better pick if you want a pocketable eRig for travel or a base that drops into a glass collection.
Key differences
- Price: $450 US list price for the Peak Pro, $280 for the Proxy.
- Chamber: the Peak Pro's 3DXL bowl is 78% larger than Puffco's standard 3D chamber. The Proxy's smaller 3D chamber suits rice-grain dabs.
- Glass: the Peak Pro ships with a percolator bubbler. The Proxy Pipe Kit comes with a dry Sherlock-style pipe.
- Size: a 510 g tabletop rig against a Proxy base that fits a jacket pocket.
- Battery: Puffco puts the Peak Pro at 30 to 40 dabs per charge and the Proxy at about 15.
- Charging: both charge over USB-C with pass-through, and the Peak Pro also charges on a Qi wireless pad.
Vapor and flavor: water makes the difference
The Peak Pro scores 9.2 for vapor quality against 7.8, its biggest category lead. Its Glass 2.0 bubbler runs every dab through water, and real-time regulation holds your set temperature through the whole draw. The 3DXL bowl handles small to medium loads comfortably, and its hottest factory preset reaches 302°C.
The Proxy's blue and green presets give clean terpene flavor on small dabs. Red and white get denser and warmer, and consecutive white hits run hot through the dry Sherlock glass. If you like high temperatures, drop the base into a water-filtered Proxy glass piece.
Portability and glass: the Proxy's home turf
The Proxy scores 8.0 for portability against 6.0, and it's the lighter eRig. Its base lifts out of the glass and slides into any Proxy-compatible bubbler, pipe or artist rig, carrying your custom presets along. Puffco's Proxy Core goes further, turning it into a glass-free, pocketable direct-draw setup. Puffco sells the Proxy two ways. The Pipe Kit comes with the Sherlock glass, and the Core Kit swaps it for an aluminum cup and silicone mouthpiece. Both use the same Bluetooth base, and the Core fits only the new base.
The Peak Pro takes replacement glass too, and Puffco's Peak Pro Link (sold separately) connects it to your own rig, but it stays a tabletop water rig. At 178 mm tall, it lives on a coffee table rather than in a pocket.
Weighing the Proxy against Puffco's pocket pen instead? Our Pivot vs Proxy comparison covers it.
Controls, app and battery
Both run Puffco Connect over Bluetooth for custom temperatures, session lengths and light colors. Both also work well without a phone, using four onboard presets and one button. The Peak Pro adds Intensity mode for dry hits and an XL Joystick carb cap for directional airflow. The Proxy ships with its own Joystick Cap.
Battery favors the Peak Pro, which Puffco's support page puts at about 30 heating cycles and its product page at an average of 40 dabs. Puffco rates the Proxy at about 15 dabs, so heavy users should plan on charging it nightly. Each one takes about two hours to fill over a USB-C cable.
Upkeep and value
Both ceramic chambers are consumables, and Puffco's warranty covers them for six months against two years for the base. At US list price, a replacement 3DXL chamber costs $100 and a New Proxy 3D chamber $50. Swab the chamber while it's warm after each session, then soak it in 90%+ isopropyl alcohol for deep cleans. Our eRig cleaning guide walks through both.
The Peak Pro costs $170 more at US list price and still scores higher for value, 7.5 against 7.0. It's the highest-ranked eRig in our concentrate vaporizer rankings, where the Proxy sits under Also Worth Considering.
Which should you buy?
- Daily home dabbers: the Peak Pro, for water-filtered vapor and the 3DXL chamber.
- Heavy users: the Peak Pro, with 30 to 40 dabs per charge by Puffco's figures.
- Travelers: the Proxy, with a base that fits a jacket pocket.
- Glass collectors: the Proxy, which drops into Proxy-compatible artist pieces.
- Budget home dabbers: the Puffco New Peak, our home-use pick over the Proxy at a lower list price.
