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.

Recycler or incycler: how the two rigs differ

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. In both, Thick Ass Glass says, the chambers are "designed to continuously pull water vapor from one to the other".

A recycler and an incycler side by side.
	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

Simplified. The recycler's second chamber stands beside the first; the incycler's sits inside it.

What the second chamber does

It keeps the water moving. MJ Arsenal says the second chamber "gives the vapor and water more space to swirl around" and "prevents vapor from standing still in the rig". Thick Ass Glass adds that with "the constant motion of the water, pretty much every internal surface of a recycler rig remains wet", and that both kinds "function essentially the same", which leaves size and looks as the real difference.

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 8, 2026.
Rig	Type	Height	Joint	Price
10 in Monark Seed of Life Incycler	Incycler	10 in	14 mm female, 90°	$111.99
7.5 in Encore Infinity Loop Recycler	Recycler	7.5 in		$63.99
7.5 in Color Accent Double Uptake Recycler	Recycler	7.5 in	14 mm female, 90°	$62.99
8 in Color Fume Double Uptake Wheel Recycler	Recycler	8 in	14 mm female, 45°	$102.99
8 in Two-Tone 5 Tube Dewar Recycler	Recycler	8 in	14 mm female, 90°	$77.99
9.5 in Pillar Recycler	Recycler	9.5 in	14 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 those, and the Fit Index has the rest.