Ceramic Coils and Clogging: How Loot Bar Hardware Is Built
Loot Bar Team · August 6, 2026
A clogged cart or a dry hit is the most common complaint with any vape hardware, so it's worth understanding what actually causes it and how Loot Bar's hardware is built to avoid it.
Why ceramic instead of metal coils
Loot Bar uses a full ceramic heating element across every device and cartridge, rather than a metal coil. Ceramic heats more evenly, which means less scorched residue building up in one spot — the most common cause of a clog — and no metallic aftertaste cutting into the flavor of the extract.
Airflow matters as much as the coil
Engineered airflow — the shape and size of the intake path — controls how oil feeds the coil as you draw. Devices with poor airflow design tend to flood the coil unevenly, which is often what causes gurgling or a burnt taste rather than the oil itself being the problem.
Simple habits that help any device last
Store your device upright, not on its side, so oil doesn't pool near the mouthpiece.
Keep it out of direct heat — a hot car is the fastest way to thin out extract and cause leaking.
Take slow, steady draws rather than short rapid pulls, which give the coil time to fully vaporize the oil instead of flooding it.
If you do get a weak hit, a few seconds of rest between draws is usually enough for the coil to reheat evenly.