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Recycler or incycler: how the two rigs differ

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The difference is where the second chamber sits. A recycler's is built beside the main chamber and joined to it by tubes; an incycler's is housed inside the main chamber, which makes the rig more compact.

Recycler Incycler
Chambers two two
The second chamber beside the first, between the mouthpiece and the downstem chamber inside the first
Size takes more room more compact
Recycler and incycler, simplifiedTwo simplified rigs. On the recycler the second chamber is built beside the main chamber and joined to it by tubes. On the incycler the second chamber sits inside the first. recycler second chamber beside the first incycler second chamber inside the first
Simplified. The recycler's second chamber stands beside the first; the incycler's sits inside it.

When a recycler is the right pick

When you want the chambers and uptakes in view and have the room for them. Thick Ass Glass puts the main difference down to looks: a recycler has "the look of an awesome science experiment".

When an incycler is the right pick

When you want the same two-chamber idea in a smaller piece. Thick Ass Glass describes an incycler as giving "more of a fountain effect", and both makers call it the more compact of the two. MJ Arsenal adds that it's a little harder to clean.

The ones in stock

Recyclers and incyclers in stock. Updated November 9, 2026.
RigTypeHeightJointPrice
10" Monark Seed of Life IncyclerIncycler10 in14 mm female, 90°$111.99
7.5" Encore Infinity Loop RecyclerRecycler7.5 in$63.99
7.5" Color Accent Double Uptake RecyclerRecycler7.5 in14 mm female, 90°$62.99
8" Color Fume Double Uptake Wheel RecyclerRecycler8 in14 mm female, 45°$102.99
8" Two-Tone 5 Tube Dewar RecyclerRecycler8 in14 mm female, 90°$77.99
9.5" Pillar RecyclerRecycler9.5 in14 mm$74.99

Every recycler and incycler here ships with a free quartz banger. The ones whose listings give the full joint have a 14 mm female joint, at 90° except the wheel recycler at 45°, so a second banger for any of them is a 14 mm male at its rig's angle.

The joint page for 14 mm female 90° lists every banger and cap that goes with those rigs, and the Fit Index has the rest.

Questions people ask

What is a recycler dab rig?

A rig with two chambers instead of one. The second chamber is built beside the main one, between the mouthpiece and the downstem chamber, and joined to it by tubes called uptakes.

What is an incycler dab rig?

A kind of recycler whose second chamber is housed inside the first rather than beside it, which makes the rig more compact.

Sources

  1. Thick Ass Glass, Incyclers and recyclers two chambers; an incycler's second chamber is housed within the first; more compact; the main difference is the look
  2. MJ Arsenal, Simple vs complex designs where a recycler's second chamber sits; uptakes; an incycler is more compact and a little harder to clean