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10 Best E-Cigs and Vapes for Beginners

1 - Dragon RPM80

With the RPM80 Pro, Smok presents a stylish and powerful pod mod kit, which consists of the regulated RPM80 Pro battery mod and two different pods with pre-installed interchangeable coils. With dimensions of 118 x 26 x 31.5 mm and a net weight of 97.3 g, the RPM80 Pro Kit is still very compact for a device in its class and, with its rounded edges, lies comfortably in the hand.

Regulated 18650 battery with max. 80 watt output and 0.96 "TFT color display

Powered by a 18650 battery cell and equipped with the IQ-80 chip, the RPM80 Pro battery works in VW mode with a maximum output power of 80 watts and fires resistors in a range from 0.13 to 2.5 ohms. The device is operated using a classic three-button control with a fire button and the two setting buttons. This is supported by a 0.96 inch TFT color display, which provides reliable information at all times about all relevant operational parameters such as battery level, selected output power, current resistance, voltage or the number of moves made. The IQ-80 chip has built in all the important protective circuits that ensure safe and stable operation: intelligent coil detection, a 10-second draw time limit, protection against short circuits and overheating, a warning when the battery is low and a puff control . The RPM80 Pro can also be recharged internally with a maximum of 1.3A via the micro-USB port, which is built into the front panel together with the controls.

RPM and RGC pods with 5ml tank | RGC Pod with Airflow Control
The Smok RPM80 Pro comes with two different pods with pre-installed interchangeable prefabricated heads: an RPM80 RPM pod and an RPM80 RGC pod. The refillable pods each have a capacity of 5 milliliters and are conveniently filled with fresh liquid using a top filling system. Since both pods are transparent, you can keep an eye on the liquid level at all times. The RPM80 RPM Pod comes with a pre-installed 0.4 Ohm Mesh Head, the RPM80 RGC Pod with a pre-installed RGC Conical Mesh Head with 0.17 Ohm. In contrast to the RPM80 RPM Pod, the RPM80 RGC Pod has an adjustable airflow system.

Wide range of interchangeable prefabricated heads
The RPM80 RPM Pod is suitable for all coils of the RPM series, all coils of the RGC series fit into the RPM80 RGC Pod. For all do-it-yourselfers, a corresponding RBA head is optionally available for each pod. Regardless of whether you prefer moderate vaping from mouth to lungs (MTL) or sub-ohm vaping with direct lung inhalation (DL) or prefer to build your own coil - with the wide range of atomizer heads, every vaper should find a suitable setting.

Key features of the RPM80 Pro battery

    Dimensions (including pod): 118 x 26 x 31.5 (H / W / D)
    Weight: 97.3 g
    Output mode: Variable wattage
    Output power: 1 - 80 watts
    Input voltage: 3.3 - 4.2 volts
    Output voltage: 0.8 - 4.0 volts
    Resistance range: 0.13 - 2.5ohm
    IQ-80 chip with multi-protection (intelligent coil detection, 10-second train time limit, protection against short circuits and overheating, warning when the battery is low and puff control)
    0.96 "TFT color display
    2 different pods (RPM and RGC) with a wide range of prefabricated heads and RBA
    Airflow Control (only with the RGC Pod)
    Three-button control
    Internal charging via micro USB port: max.1.3A
    Required battery cell: 1x 18650

Key features RPM80 RPM Pod

    RPM 0.4 Ohm Mesh Head (pre-installed)
    Recommended power range: 25 watts
    Tank volume: 5 ml
    Top filling
    Housing made of plastic
    magnetic pod connection
    Suitable coils: Smok RPM coils
    RPM-RBA head available
    Plug & Pull Heads
    for DL ​​and MTL (depending on the coil used)

Key features of RPM80 RGC Pod

    RGC Conical Mesh 0.17 Ohm Head (pre-installed)
    Recommended power range: 40 - 80 watts
    Tank volume: 5 ml
    Top filling
    Housing made of plastic
    magnetic pod connection
    Suitable coils: Smok RGC coils
    RGC-RBA head available
    Plug & Pull Heads
    Bottom airflow control
    for DL ​​and MTL (depending on the coil used)

scope of delivery

    1x RPM80 Pro battery carrier
    1x RPM80 RPM Pod (RPM Mesh Head 0.4 Ohm pre-installed)
    1x RPM80 RGC Pod (RGC Conical Mesh Head 0.17 Ohm pre-installed)
    1x micro USB cable
    1x instruction manual

18650 battery cell (s) not included!

Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod

First impression

The Vinci Mod Pod is a pod system with refillable pods and exchangeable atomizer heads.

Two atomizer heads are included. One with 0.3Ω for DTL, and one with 0.8 Ohm for MTL, although I see it more with DTL, more about this in the section steam test ...

The Vinci is relatively large for a pod system, although it is slightly narrower than the recently tested Aegis Boost, and if you take into account the tank size of 5.1 ml (5.5 officially), and also the battery capacity, then you can really not complain - a fine guitar, uh, little steam.

The pod is held with 4 magnets, quite strong, so it should stay inside, unless you take part in a dragster race, are an astronaut, or have other hobbies with excessive gravitational acceleration. ?

I really like the contact pins in the battery, which are not rounded at the top, and thus offer a lot more contact surface to the pod than with other systems. 40 watts could actually be possible here without the contacts burning up sooner or later.

The packaging smells of chemicals, as usual, and so does the product. ? I let the pod air out for a few days because I had other things to do anyway, then I couldn't smell anything. Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod: Front left

Update: After doing the vapor test, based on the factory taste, I recommend ...to bathe the atomizer heads generously in PG (AM | EB), or to boil them in a tip-top clean pot. ... to clean the pod with gel (AM | EB): Vaporizer cleaning: Instructions

The workmanship is impeccable. Users with chills can complain that the fire button can be heard a little when you shake the battery wildly.

The fire button works precisely (no loss of contact before the mechanical "release click").

The battery arrived with 68% charge, good.

Service

When placing a pod with the 0.3Ω atomizer head, 35 watts are always set, with the 0.8Ω head it is 12 watts. Could be annoying if you had set something else and changed pods frequently. But you can't accidentally crush the 0.8 head. The 0.3 is, because 35 watts are pretty borderline for him, see steam test ...

• Switching on / off: 5x fire
• Set power: plus / minus
• The step size is 1 watt
• Toggle mode: 3x fire
• Auto: Fire automatically with a draft switch.
• P: Firing only with the fire button
• A & P: Firing by button or draft switch
• (Un) lock all buttons: Hold down Fire & Plus.

Only useful for automatic mode, as the fire button is also blocked.

Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod:

Display, puff counter history Show train counter chart: Hold plus & minus pressed.

The bar chart shows the last 2 weeks. With plus / minus you can select the days, and the respective number of trains is displayed

• Exit: Hold down fire or wait.
• Clear the move counter: Hold down fire & minus.
• Clears the current day. Past days are retained.
• Set the time: Hold down Fire & Plus & Minus.
• Switch between H (hour) and M (minute) with fire, set with plus / minus.
• Exit: Hold down fire or wait.

Display

Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod: DisplayThe vertical 0.96 "color display shows:

Battery level as a bar (5 segments = 20% per segment).

• Accuracy of the display:
• 80% are real 69%
• 60% are real 48%
• 20% (red) are real 14%
• Power watt)
• Key lock (lock)
• Daily train counter (pouf)
• Duration of the last move (Time)
• Mode (P, A&P, Auto)
• Resistance (Ohm, R)
• Output voltage (volts, V)

The values ​​are easy to read, with a small restriction of resistance and voltage, the font is too bold in relation to the size. To see the tension has no practical value anyway, you could have given Mr. Ohm more space instead.

The brightness of the display is good.

There is no stealth mode.

The display shows meaningful / understandable things, such as "Check Atomizer", and there are graphics for this. In this case, the Vinci is represented with a red pod that carries a question mark. Even without English you get an idea where to look for a problem if necessary.

Steam test

Voopoo PnP VM1 and R1 Coils Voopoo PnP VM1 and R1 Coils, above
PnP-R1 0.8 ohm coil, "12-18 watt"

• Voopoo PnP R1 0.8 Ohm Coil: Winding Horizontal winding with a diameter of approx. 1.9 mm. 4 liquid holes. 0.2 ml of buffer fit into the evaporator head.
• When taken out of the package, the head does not smell neutral, but rather something like "new" / "factory".
• It doesn't really matter whether you turn the AFC around or not. The draw resistance is 97.6451% determined by the evaporator head itself, and it is very light.
• The automatic mode (draft switch) is rather useless for MTL because you have to pull very hard, and it also kicks in late - you have half your mouth full of air before you start.
• As always, 45/45/10 base without aroma, but today with 3mg of nicotine, which I also otherwise vape.
• I steam it in the 2ml pod (the "TPD2 version").
• I vape MTL.
• Minimally new taste, and clearly sweet / mellow taste (maybe part of the new taste?).
• 8 watts: Yo, steams, but rather fissile, but you could steam it. If I do three puffs in a row, I have to cough - the steam is hotter than what I'm used to from the do-it-yourself machine.
• 10 watts: not really different. Cool steam.
• 12 watts: Not really different, but a little sharper. Just before running warm.
• 14 watts: amount of steam ok, lukewarm.
• Move 44: New taste mostly gone.
• 16 watts: amount of steam ok. Lukewarm.
• Move 67: New taste even more gone.
• Briefly steamed DTL. Aha. Steam no longer sharp because the air flow is better.
• 18 watts: a little more steam. Slightly warm steam.
• Constant sucking: no problems whatsoever.
• 20 watts: Doesn't work: "Max Power" appears on the display. Foolproof against scrap atomizer head, and too rapid wear and tear by inexperienced lead foot users.

Slight coconut note when there are approx. 0.5 ml left in the tank. If the tank is too empty, the liquid can no longer slosh into the liquid holes in the atomizer head.

Conclusion:

Voopoo PnP R1 0.8 Ohm Coil: Side This is not a nice MTL for me, the head lets too much air through. I see him more for restrictive DTL.

The cloud at 18W is okay, but with a self-winding machine I get even more, even with "only" 12W, MTL like DTL.

The taste is basically very good, but it never really gets rid of that strange "lovely factory flavor with a slight chemical touch". It disappears when you draw in secondary air, which is not for everyone, and is not the point of exercise. Workaround

All in all, he gets MTL a 4 and DTL a 3 from me.

My recommendation: 14-16 watts

PnP-VM1 0.3 ohm coil, "32-40 watt"

Voopoo PnP VM1 0.3 Ohm Coil: Winding Horizontal winding, "Mesh", with a diameter of approx. 3.7 mm. 4 liquid holes. 0.3 ml of buffer fit into the evaporator head.

• When taken out of the package, the head does not smell neutral, but rather something like "new" / "factory".
• The pull resistance is even lower than that of the Fetch Mini with RMP mesh head, but still in the "medium DTL" range, with a tendency to "light".
• MTL: At least it doesn't taste bad, but the vapor is rather fiddly, not really a hit.
• I'm vaping in a 5.5ml pod, with P mode, and DTL.
• The automatic mode kicks in quite late, but could be used for long trains.
• Clearly new taste, somewhat "chemically lovely". First I blow a few times instead of pulling ...
• 10 watts: very slightly sluggish. Very soft & cool steam, amount of steam ok. You can do it. You can hear the voltage converter working a bit, the coil "hums" (that's not exactly true, but it is difficult to describe). It's not annoying.
• 15 watts: starts immediately. Lukewarm to warm, depending on the length of the train, otherwise not much different.
• Move 30: New taste significantly less.
• 20 watts: amount of steam better, but not that much different either, and for 20W not great.
• Oh, well - I'd better open the AFC all the way up ... ? And all over again:
• 10 watts: Yo, cloud maker, amount of steam very good!
• 5 watts ?: Significantly less steam, but could also be steamed depending on personal taste. But the taste is too bad for me.
• 15 watts: Slightly more steam than 10. Warm.
• 20 watts: a little more steam. A little more intense in taste.
• 25 watts: a little more steam. Flavor decreases a bit, especially if the drag is longer than 2 seconds.
• 30 watts: 1.5 seconds of puffs still work, but then it gets very warm ...
• 35 watts: If the pull doesn't last longer than 1 second, ok, but not nice either. There is also a slight coconut note very quickly. I let it be good here ...
• Post-flow, constant sucking: no problem (tested at up to 20 watts).
• He doesn't like being filled to the brim. Either leave a small air bubble in there, or steam the first puffs with enough breaks between puffs, otherwise the taste will be a bit ugly.

AFC

Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod: AFC, PodThe AFC is of the simple type, it has two positions. The pod can be turned by 180 °, which means that less / more air passes through (as with the Eleaf Tance, for example).

The draw resistance is therefore determined by the position of the pod and by the evaporator head, which may limit the matter beforehand.

There are 6 holes on both sides for the supply air. If you fire with your middle finger, the air holes can be closed a little, but not completely. Fired with the index finger or thumb, they always remain free.

• Is it useful to adjust ?: Depending on the head. With the PnP-R1 0.8Ω it is almost irrelevant how the pod sits. With the PnP-VM1 you clearly notice a difference - about half as easy a pull to "open".
• Stepless ?: No.
• Accidentally adjustable ?: No.
• Sharp hissing noises ?: No, dull noise.
• Whistle ?: No.
• Siffen: zero
• Volume at a distance of 10cm:
• 56/57 dBA, with PnP-R1 coil, 16 watt, AFC open.
• 50 dBA with "closed" AFC. Recommended because the pulling resistance is practically identical.
• 58 dBA, with PnP-VM1 coil, 20 watts, AFC open.

Drip tip

The drip tip is flat, relatively large, and firmly attached to the pod. The position is predetermined, the pod cannot be inserted into the battery at an angle of 90 °. It is long enough so that the lips / mucous membranes do not come in contact with hot steam.

Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod: Drip Tip Connection: Permanently connected

• Material: Plastic
• Height: 12 mm (lip area)
• Width: 22mm
• Thickness: 11.5mm, up to 6.5mm at the top
• Air tube: Approx. 4 mm, opening upwards (Anti-Siff).

Refueling

When?

When about 0.5 ml remains, you need to refuel. There is no clear brand, you have to judge it from experience. If there is a slight coconut note, you have missed the point. ?

By which?

As with almost all pod systems, a syringe or bottle with a thin tip is recommended, preferably needle bottles: AM | EB | FT | GB. The tank hole is 4x6 mm.

How?

Remove the pod. The silicone tank cap is then easily accessible on the side of the pod. The tab for lifting is very short - having short fingernails is an advantage.

Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod Refueling: Closure Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod Refueling: Closure open

Siphon free?

With the silicone tank cap you will get a little glue finger, although with a little skill it is also possible completely dry, because the cap is quite easy to "handle" and it does not tend to squeeze liquid out / past when closing.
The atomizer heads did not smoke while refueling, only occasionally bubbled a little afterwards, which evaporated itself again.

How much?

Officially, 5.5 / 2.0 ml (TPD version) fit into the pod - I get 5.1 ml (with 0.3Ω atomizer head) in it, and with the 2 ml pod it is 2.2 ml (with 0.8Ω Evaporator head). This is a little bit because the heads have different diameters.

Battery: charging & security

Test setup

• Supplied micro USB cable (0.26 Ohm).
• USB monitor: AM | EB | GB | FT
• Anker 40 watt USB charging station with 2.4A USB ports: AM | EB
• Also tested on the QC 3.0 charger: AM | EB

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Voopoo Vinci Mod Pod: Display, Charging The battery is empty when "Check Battery" is displayed with a red battery.

The loading is indicated by an animated bar and a percentage.

The battery is 90% full when "100%" is shown in the display. Huh? ?

This is because after 1:20 hours the slow CV loading phase begins, and Voopoo decided that it would take too long. ? Because in the following 24 minutes only 0.6 Wh of energy flow into the battery (around 10% of the total capacity). So you can "save" 24% of the loading time, and tell something about "quick charge" on the product page ? (there is more slightly misleading stuff being told ...)

I'm not a fan of this approach, but you can credit the user IF he interrupts charging before the real 100%, conserves the battery, and extends its lifespan - that of the battery, not the user. ? ? Rechargeable battery: the correct use of Li-Ion

Whether the battery is really full can only be seen with a USB monitor or the charging current limiter (AM) (whether charging current is still flowing).

Behavior

• Charging time: 1:44 hours
• Passthrough: Yes
• Maximum charging current at a 2.4A port: 1.02A, at 5.2 watts.
• Correct loading according to the CC / CV method: Yes
• Battery capacity: Energy consumed during charging: 7.84 Wh. If you subtract 20% (estimated, but not unrealistic) losses for the voltage conversion, it is 6.27 Wh / 3.6V = 1742 mAh battery capacity. The promised 1500 mAh are definitely there ...
• Heat development: + 13 ° C difference to room temperature. The Vinci Mod Pod lies with the display to the side on a smooth piece of fabric. Sensor 1 above, in the middle. Sensor 2 under the Vinci, in the middle. The battery cell in the device actually has a higher temperature.