For the long weekend back in January 2019 we ran an Australia Day sale, and this page is the record of it. None of it is live anymore. We’ve kept the post because people still search for it, and because it’s a fair snapshot of what a good weekend looked like when the shop was busy.
So read this as history, not a deal. If you want to know when the next one lands, the email panel below is the only place we’ll announce it.
What was on
The sale ran the Friday through to the Monday public holiday. Storz and Bickel led it, as they usually did. The Mighty came down a fair chunk, and the Crafty and Volcano Classic both had money off too. Those three were the ones the phone rang about.
Past the headline brands, a handful of mid-range portables got marked down, plus the bits people forget to budget for. Grinders, spare screens, replacement cooling-unit seals, that sort of thing. We bundled a few of those in with device purchases because a new vaporiser without a decent grinder is half a setup.
Free shipping went on across the order for the weekend, which for a lot of folks was the actual draw. Postage to regional addresses adds up, so taking it off the table moved more gear than another five per cent ever would.
What people actually grabbed
The Mighty was the standout, no surprise. It was the device everyone already knew the name of, and a sale gave the people who’d been sitting on the fence a reason to commit. Big even clouds, a battery that lasts most of a day, and that long cooling unit that keeps the draw smooth even up around 200°C. Set it to 180°C for taste, push it to 195-205°C when you want density.
The Crafty moved well too, mostly to people who wanted the Storz and Bickel vapour in something pocketable and didn’t mind running it off the phone app. And a quiet run of grinders and screens went out the door, because that’s what happens when you knock the price off the boring stuff people have been meaning to replace.
The PAX 3 had a good weekend on the portable side. Discreet, quick to heat, easy to carry. It was the one people bought when they wanted something that didn’t announce itself.
Why we ran it
Honestly, the Australia Day weekend is just a good time for it. People are home, they’ve got a spare day, and a vaporiser is the kind of considered buy that suits a slow Sunday of reading reviews rather than a rushed lunch break.
It also let us shift the previous season’s stock to make room, which is the unglamorous truth behind most sales. Better that gear goes to someone who’ll use it than sits in the back. We tried to keep the discounts honest, real money off real prices, not a sticker bumped up the week before so it could be slashed. That stuff annoys us as buyers, so we didn’t do it as sellers.
A note for anyone reading this now
There’s no sale running. The shop’s paused, the cart’s off, and this page exists purely as a record. If a sale like this comes round again, we’ll say so by email and nowhere else first, so that’s the spot to keep an eye on.
If you’re here researching gear rather than chasing a deal, that part still holds up. Have a look through the vaporizers range for where things sit. Our rundown of the vapes Australians actually bought in 2019 gives you the honest pecking order from that year, and if you’re working to a budget, the five best portables under $300 breaks down where the money goes and where the corners get cut.