simonsays
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Bought this with my own pocket money, all views/opinions are my own.
This was a bit of an impulsive purchase from a B&M. Paid slightly over the odds for it.
The box included the device, a charging cable and an ego adaptor.
I'm not going to go into the devices technical specs, there's plenty of info online if that's what you're looking for. I'm just giving some observations on day to day usage.
It's tiny. No, really tiny. If you're used to an MVP or hana sized box then you'll be amazed by how small this is. 22mm attys look stupid on it, in fact any atty bigger than about 17mm looks top heavy on it.
The supplied ego adaptor doesnt work at all. The pin is too recessed to make a connection with any of the half dozen or do assorted ego threaded atty's that I have in my box of vaping memories. Not a problem for me but bloody annoying for anyone who had planned on firing up an evod.
It's been widely reported that the istick provides more wattage to the atty than the readout would suggest. This is absolutely the case. I only use two tanks that use premade coils (reserved for nights out/outdoor activities) and even turned *all the way down* my istick managed to burn out coils in both of them after a few minutes of use. They were nautilus mini BVC's on 50/50 juice and there was no way they could keep up.
Soooo... That's a bit of a disappointment.
Where it shines for me is using it to power a small dripper. It looks good and works well with the likes of an A7 or Octopus mini. Coiled at about 2 ohms and set to 10 watts the istick makes a lot of sense and is really floating my boat.
The battery life is superb. I can get 2 whole working days of use (or one whole weekend day when I vape more) from each charge. That's about 6mls of juice.
Would I recommend this as a first device or even a first upgrade. No. New users are going to have too much trouble using it with stock coils and ego threaded devices.
For a vaper with a few miles on the clock though who can work around the isticks little idiosyncrasies, it can be a nice little powerhouse of a device.
This was a bit of an impulsive purchase from a B&M. Paid slightly over the odds for it.
The box included the device, a charging cable and an ego adaptor.
I'm not going to go into the devices technical specs, there's plenty of info online if that's what you're looking for. I'm just giving some observations on day to day usage.
It's tiny. No, really tiny. If you're used to an MVP or hana sized box then you'll be amazed by how small this is. 22mm attys look stupid on it, in fact any atty bigger than about 17mm looks top heavy on it.
The supplied ego adaptor doesnt work at all. The pin is too recessed to make a connection with any of the half dozen or do assorted ego threaded atty's that I have in my box of vaping memories. Not a problem for me but bloody annoying for anyone who had planned on firing up an evod.
It's been widely reported that the istick provides more wattage to the atty than the readout would suggest. This is absolutely the case. I only use two tanks that use premade coils (reserved for nights out/outdoor activities) and even turned *all the way down* my istick managed to burn out coils in both of them after a few minutes of use. They were nautilus mini BVC's on 50/50 juice and there was no way they could keep up.
Soooo... That's a bit of a disappointment.
Where it shines for me is using it to power a small dripper. It looks good and works well with the likes of an A7 or Octopus mini. Coiled at about 2 ohms and set to 10 watts the istick makes a lot of sense and is really floating my boat.
The battery life is superb. I can get 2 whole working days of use (or one whole weekend day when I vape more) from each charge. That's about 6mls of juice.
Would I recommend this as a first device or even a first upgrade. No. New users are going to have too much trouble using it with stock coils and ego threaded devices.
For a vaper with a few miles on the clock though who can work around the isticks little idiosyncrasies, it can be a nice little powerhouse of a device.
