Dab Temp Finder by concentrate, banger and e-rig

Pick what you're dabbing and how you heat it.

You get the surface range to aim for on a torch and banger, or the setting for a Puffco, a coil e-nail or a portable e-rig, and a link that opens the Dab Timer with the same numbers.

These are starting points, not measurements. Your torch, your banger and the room all move the real number, so rate a few dabs in the timer and it adjusts.

Puffco's Peak Pro manuals list Blue at 490°F, Green at 510°F and Red at 530°F. The Finder sets 520°F for an everyday badder or sauce dab, 10°F lower for rosin and live resin and 10°F higher for shatter. On a torch and quartz banger, aim for about 545 to 595°F at the surface.

What temperature should I dab at on a torch and quartz banger?

Estimated surface temperature on a quartz banger heated with a torch, by concentrate and goal. Starting points, not measurements.
Concentrate	Flavor	Balanced	Clouds
Rosin	470 to 530°F	535 to 585°F	590 to 640°F
Live resin	470 to 530°F	535 to 585°F	590 to 640°F
Badder	480 to 540°F	545 to 595°F	600 to 650°F
Sauce	480 to 540°F	545 to 595°F	600 to 650°F
Shatter	490 to 550°F	555 to 605°F	610 to 660°F

Higher dab temperatures increase thermal breakdown products, according to published lab research.

Quartz only glows far above any dab range. Never heat it until it glows.

For why the ranges sit where they do, read the full temperature guide.

What should I set my e-rig to?

E-rig settings by device type and concentrate. Puffco settings show the nearest Peak Pro preset.
Device and concentrate	Flavor	Balanced	Clouds
Puffco, rosin and live resin	480°F (Custom)	510°F (Green)	565°F (between Red and White)
Puffco, badder and sauce	490°F (Blue)	520°F (between Green and Red)	575°F (White)
Puffco, shatter	500°F (between Blue and Green)	530°F (Red)	585°F (Custom)
Coil e-nail, rosin and live resin	550°F	610°F	665°F
Coil e-nail, badder and sauce	560°F	620°F	675°F
Coil e-nail, shatter	570°F	630°F	685°F
Portable e-rig, rosin and live resin	530°F	590°F	645°F
Portable e-rig, badder and sauce	540°F	600°F	655°F
Portable e-rig, shatter	550°F	610°F	665°F

Preset names follow the Peak Pro 3DXL manual; check your app.

The number on an e-rig is the heater or chamber target, not the temperature of your concentrate.

How the numbers work

The Finder runs the Dab Timer's own model, so the two always agree. Each goal has a surface range. For badder and sauce that is 480 to 540°F for flavor, 545 to 595°F for balanced and 600 to 650°F for clouds. Rosin and live resin sit 10°F lower and shatter 10°F higher.

A Puffco follows Puffco's presets: 490°F for flavor, 520°F for balanced and 575°F for clouds, with the same nudges. A coil e-nail reads the coil, which runs hotter than the dish, so its setting sits 50°F above the middle of the surface range. Portable e-rigs read a little hot, so theirs sits 30°F above.

Torch and cool-down times come from the banger. Thicker walls, a wider bucket and a slurper, blender or thermal style all add time, and a pocket torch takes about half again as long to heat. The counts assume a banger that starts at room temperature and a steady flame, and the titanium and ceramic timings are modeled estimates.

Example: badder on a 2.5mm quartz flat-top with a 25mm bucket and a full torch aims for 545 to 595°F at the surface. Torch it for 35 seconds, let it cool for 45 seconds, then dab within 20 seconds.

Questions

What temperature should I dab rosin at?

On a torch and quartz banger, aim for about 470 to 530°F for flavor, 535 to 585°F for an everyday dab and 590 to 640°F for bigger clouds. Rosin and live resin like the cool end of the range, so their numbers sit 10°F under badder and sauce. On a Puffco, set 480°F, 510°F or 565°F.

What temperature should I dab shatter at?

About 490 to 550°F for flavor, 555 to 605°F balanced and 610 to 660°F for clouds. Shatter needs a little more heat to melt all the way, so its ranges sit 10°F above badder and sauce.

What are the Puffco Peak Pro temperature settings?

Puffco's Peak Pro manuals list Blue 490°F, Green 510°F and Red 530°F. White is 575°F in the Peak Pro 3DXL manual and 545°F on the 2021 Peak Pro, so check your app if you've updated. The Finder sets 490°F for flavor, 520°F for balanced and 575°F for clouds, 10°F lower for rosin and live resin and 10°F higher for shatter.

Why is my e-rig setting higher than the temperature range?

The number on an e-rig is the heater or chamber target, not the temperature of your concentrate. A coil e-nail reads the coil, which runs hotter than the dish, so its setting sits 50°F above the middle of the range; portable e-rigs read a little hot, so theirs sits 30°F above. A Puffco follows its own presets.

Is 600°F too hot for a dab?

It's the hot end: clouds dabs run 600 to 650°F at the surface. Higher dab temperatures increase thermal breakdown products, according to published lab research, and hotter hits taste harsher. The everyday range for badder is 545 to 595°F.

Does an IR thermometer show my banger's real temperature?

It reads the outside of the glass, not the spot your dab lands on. Read the number as a repeatable index rather than the true temperature, and use it to repeat a setup that works.

Do carb caps let me dab cooler?

A cap traps heat over the bucket so a cooler dab still vaporizes, and a spinner cap directs airflow and spins the puddle.

For heat and cool times, read How Long to Heat a Banger and Let It Cool.

Gear that changes the result: carb caps, quartz bangers, torches and Puffco accessories. See the rest of our free tools.

Sources

Puffco, Peak Pro 3DXL instruction manual: Blue 490, Green 510, Red 530 and White 575°F.
Puffco, Peak Pro instruction manual, 2021 edition: White 545°F.
Meehan-Atrash J, Luo W, Strongin RM. Toxicant Formation in Dabbing: The Terpene Story. ACS Omega, 2017.
The Oil Slick Dab Timer timing model, updated July 18, 2026.

Last checked October 9, 2026.

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