Buyer's sheet
Nectar collectors and straws: glass, silicone and kits
The table comes from each piece's listing. A blank cell means the listing doesn't give that detail.
Tip
The tip is the end piece. Listings here give quartz, titanium, ceramic and glass tips, and two kits use a screw-on tip. The silicone decal straws come as three listings, one for each tip: ceramic, quartz or titanium.
4.5" Silicone Decal Nectar Straw W/ Quartz Tip
$13.49
Fits your rig
4.5" Silicone Decal Nectar Straw w/ Titanium Tip
$13.99
Fits your rig
4.5" Silicone Decal Nectar Straw w/ Ceramic Tip
$13.49
Fits your rig
Joint
Three listings give a joint size: the 3.5 in sculpted hand straw and the 6.5 in kit at 10 mm, and the 4 in quartz straw at 14 mm. Those are the same 10 mm and 14 mm sizes that rig joints come in.
Length
From 3.5 in to 7 in. The longest here is the 7 in glass mushroom straw; the shortest are the 3.5 in sculpted hand straw and the 3.5 in Honeydrop kit.
Material
Glass straws, and silicone bodies with a separate tip. Smoke Cartel notes that most glass models are borosilicate, and two listings here say borosilicate: the color perc straw and the Flame Glass box set.
Kits
Two kits come with more than the straw. The 3.5" Honeydrop Screw On Tip Nectar Kit ($24.99) has a screw-on tip, and its listing gives glass and titanium as its materials. The Flame Glass Recycler Nectar w/ Screw on Tip Box Set ($44.99) comes in a box with a glass nectar recycler, a stainless steel screw-on tip, a stainless steel dab tool and a glass jar with a silicone lid.
The rest of the shop
Nectar collectors don't need a banger or a rig. For the pieces that do, start from your rig's joint in the Fit Index.
Questions people ask
What is a nectar collector?
A handheld straw with a tip on one end and a mouthpiece on the other, made of glass or silicone. Smoke Cartel describes it as a handheld piece "designed for direct-dip dabbing".
What is a dab straw?
Another name for a nectar collector. Shops use both names for the same piece, and listings here mostly say nectar straw.
Sources
- Smoke Cartel, How to use a nectar collector (definitions only) also called a dab straw; parts are the tip, body and mouthpiece; quartz, titanium and ceramic tips; glass models in borosilicate