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Vaporesso Gen Kit
Jesus Christ I go away for a month and look at the fucking state of the place! I thought I was supposed to be the slightly unhinged, irresponsible and unpredictable one, but the US government?.....Fuck my life, they make me look......well....almost normal?..
Now, I'm not gonna joke about the current state of affairs as 7 people losing their lives is no laughing matter, and let's be honest, it's got nothing to do with what I am reviewing today anyway, but I can't simply not mention it when the outcome has been so unfathomably catastrophic to the vaping industry. After all, the flavoured e-liquid ban in the US is just the tip of a very volatile and cascading iceberg....even after 24hrs India have already followed suit and who knows what's to follow....do you make hardware?....Well guess what, no e-liquids equals no hardware sales, no hardware sales means no business..and then people start to fall off the wagon and get back on the cancer sticks...yes...it's that serious....EVERYTHING we have worked towards for the last 10 or so years is at risk of crumbling around our ankles...B&M's have already announced closures, online businesses are forced to push liquidation sales and after that?....Black market, dirty mixing labs and under the counter filthy liquids being vaped in private to an unknowing and gullible audience, desperate not to start smoking again, and who benefits?.....Big Tobacco and Big Pharma...
Funny huh.......people who make billions from keeping people addicted to tobacco and then trying to cure them once they get sick...which they will...have tickled the nutsack of the US government whilst whispering into its ear...."Vaping is dangerous...think of the children..." and the government themselves who have been losing money hand over fist with the decline of cigarette sales....surprisingly...listened.
Shock horror.
You couldn't write this shit...I mean you could...in fact I just did, but this has been coming for a long, long time. Those that knew there was a young audience loaded the gun with their money grabbing business models of making liquid look like enticing candy, or getting well known junior vloggers to openly promote their products to susceptible adolescents...the people that fought against these underhanded cockwombles coupled with the general public on social media...although with the best intentions...unknowingly drew everyones attention to it and created a huge audience, painting a massive target on simple innocent people who just wanted to live healthier lives. Back room politicians and corrupt governments knew exactly where to aim.....and then those undeniable fucktards who tried to make a quick buck by selling homemade THC carts cut with vitamin E acetate to people that just wanted to get high...pulled the trigger and shot the heart out of the vaping industry, and all the while Big Tobacco and Big Pharma were stood in the wings...mop and bucket in hand....with one simple message..."Don't worry my old friends...we'll clean this mess up.....we got you".
And the really frustrating thing?....They know we know, and there's fuck all we can do about it...well...not nothing, but ultimately the decisions are made by corrupt politicians with not so hidden agendas...it all boils down to one thing, money talks, and cow excrement strolls on its merry way.
SO....even though I'm from the UK, and this doesn't directly affect me, I mean shit...we open vape shops in hospitals and put advocacy posters up in doctors waiting rooms, the fall out will hit every single corner of the industry. People will stop vaping, sales will tumble, manufacturers will ultimately be unable to survive, and devices like the one I am reviewing today ....will become fewer and fewer. Which is by no means the worst thing about all of this, it clearly gets 'Trumped'....if you'll pardon the pun, by people getting sick for profit and the countless number of families whose livelihoods have been destroyed overnight....but still, from a reviewers point of view, it still sucks a big fat sack....SO....now that I have suitably depressed you all with my incoherent ranting...I should probably get on with my fucking job eh....
Not sure I'm really in the mood now to be honest.....some welcome back this has turned out to be....jeez...shall we? I mean we don't have to.....but we probably should....(sigh)
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Welcome back my lovely - and more than likely utterly miserable by now - mist magicians....tis a sad day indeed, and the fact that I have to deal with all this AND a bad case of the holiday blues?......Worst return to work ever. But that's all I'm going to say about it now, I'm really not the person you come to for political rants and serious talks about......well....anything, so.....I'm just gonna kick up my skirt, puff out my manly chest.....(manly?)....and crack the fuck on...
Grrrr.....
Now then...today's offering comes from one of my all-time favourite manufacturers, but still, even for them, you'd be hard pressed to find a bad review for it from the top tier of reviewers. Yes....I broke the cardinal reviewing rule, I couldn't help myself. Nonetheless, it won't taint my unbiased opinion...in fact, after watching a few it has just left me with one burning statement front and foremost in my mind...
"I'll be the fucking judge of that"
From my good friends over at Vaporesso , I present to you....the Vaporesso Gen Kit...
Not the ugliest thing you'll see today...that's fo dame sho...in fact, seeing as I had no idea what this thing did..or how...it's safe to say that it was appearance alone that made me break my own rules. By having a squizz at what the top dogs were chattering about - this dimpled sinister looking demon.....me likey....me likey a lot.
The Lowdown
The Vaporesso Gen kit consists of the easily pronounced and aptly named SKRR-S sub ohm tank, which in case you were wondering...stands for Strawberry Kettle Rip Roarer - Special.....or something - more on that later - and of course, the dual 18650 Gen mod which is capable of pushing 220 of your most violent wattages through whichever top is unfortunate enough to be screwed onto it. All this is kept in check by the all new, all singing, all dancing Axon Chip - a chip that in true Vaporesso fashion, has around ninety twelve different modes to choose from...I swear...Vaporesso must have a board of people that sit in a room whose sole job is to think up new modes, because as well as all the usual suspects, VW, VV, TC and Bypass...you also have ..
Pulse mode which will please those PWM fans amongst you....*cough-me-cough*
Smart TC mode for those who want to try temperature control but have no idea what they're doing.
DIY mode for those that know exactly what they're doing and probably iron their shoelaces whilst playing Warcraft.
Variable voltage mode for those old enough to hate variable wattage mode.
Super player mode for those that like to vape on their Swarovski encrusted mods whilst driving a convertible Mercedes.
Eco mode for those that only vape liquids made from sustainable rainforests.
And Super Douche Mode for those that normally vape JUUL devices, but have picked up their friends Gen mod without permission to 'see what it's like' ...which fires a single bullet through the back of their mouth.....ok I may have made that last one up....but it doesn't mean I'd be opposed to it..
The body is made from a very lightweight alloy, coming in at only 107 grams. Now, 107 grams might sound like a really good night out, but in vape terms that's as light as a fart on the moon, which was quite surprising to me to be honest, because when I first saw pictures of the mod it looked really big and cumbersome. However, the truth is that the Gen is actually not big at all, probably about half an inch taller than the Revenger, and although this makes for a comfortable hand grip...it's not just the size which makes the Gen one of the nicest things you'll hold in your hand since the last time you were left alone with a laptop and working internet...no....that accolade would belong to the finish...
Dimpled, golf ball, rubberized, satin 'skin'....I can't think of any other way to describe it. Whatever it is, it feels amazing. It doesn't get cold like metal or feel cheap like plastic, it's soft and grippy like rubber, yet feels solid and of high quality. It's actually hard to describe in words just how nice the Gen feels....but...
Nailed it.
always a pleasure man 
mate as always.
