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The Snozberries taste like Snozberries!

No really! That’s what is really nice here are the flavors. Now, to be honest, I am not sure if part of this is because I am finally getting some of my taste buds functional again after 25 years of smoking, but either way, this stuff has been delicious!

777 sent me one of their Standard Starter Kits and one of their Ladies Signature Series Standard Starter Kits to check out. Like a lot of other companies, these come in a nicely packaged magnetic flap (gift) box. This is really a nice idea because everything fits in this and it makes it easy to keep everything together (along with looking nice and neat). Inside the kit was 2 batteries (a manual and an automatic in my kit), a USB charger, a mains to USB adapter, a car to USB adapter, an owners manual, and 2×5 packs of cartomizers. That’s a good bit of smoking, maybe up to 20 packs worth, for $60.

The batteriess themselves are 4.2 volt lithium ion batteries that, depending on the size you order, can last between 200 and 350 puffs (according to the website). What struck me right off the bat is the variety of colors here. For instance, one of my batteries, the manual one, came in camo, which I found very novel and quite neat. The other, an automatic is a nice dark maroon color. Both have crystal looking ends as opposed to the burning embers looking plastic ends that most companies batteries seem to be sporting. The Ladies batteries are going to be equally entertaining for them as they come in pretty glittering colors, which is smart because, lets face it, when is the last time you saw a hot chick smoking a camo colored e-cig. Wait, that’s a great marketing idea!

Anyhow, the batteries work well and get somewhere around the number of puffs they are supposed to. This, of course, is wholly subjective as some people puff a lot longer than others I am sure. I can tell you that I am a horrible chain vaper in the car and I have an hour (give or take 20 mins for traffic) commute each way to work. One battery is sufficient to last me that trip, however, I *MUST* charge it when I get to my destination. Thank goodness they sent 2!

I mentioned the flavors before. They sent me a couple flavors in my starter kit but also provided me a sampler kit with 16 various flavors in it. These are damn good. Once again, I really enjoyed the tobacco to start off with. To me it tastes like a sweet tobacco flavor. Not a heavy throat hit, which I personally do not like anyway, but they have good vapor production just as long as your battery is fully charged. If you are puffing along and you think your cartomizer is spent, do yourself a favor and swap batteries first before throwing it out, you may be surprised! Speaking of the cartomizers, all my cartomizers are colored black. I like this actually. I feel a little self conscious with a bright green or pink cartomizer and black just goes with everything, right? I also notices that they feel softer in my mouth than most others do, and I am not sure exactly why. Perhaps it is the wrapper they use. It’s more comfortable and less like a metal straw feeling. I also noted that the manual battery (my preference) has a more prominent button, which I like. It’s easy to find when you are not looking at it. That being said, the automatic battery performed really well for me too. Occasionally some of them will stick on or activate at inappropriate times due to motion, loud noises, motion or what have you. This one *never* did that. The only time it turned on was when it was in my mouth and it worked that way every time until the battery drained and needed a recharge. Very nice!

Lastly, they also sent a disposable. Now the disposables are convenient, however, they can suffer a serious problem, and that’s what happened here. You see, when you buy a disposable, they are *not* rechargible, and you really can not tell how good the charge is on them. It’s a poke and hope thing and generally you will be fine. In my case, I only got about 3/4 pack out of the disposable before the battery was just spent. Hey, it happens. That all said, it still was nice while it lasted. The taste was there, the vapor production was good and the build quality was good. Just remember, even at the risk of not getting the whole enchilada out of a disposable, there is something you are not getting that is really important, no smoke, no tar, no carcinogens. Still worth it if you ask me, and since you are here, I am assuming you want my opinion 🙂 As for the reusable kit, now that was just nice and even for a guy with some heavier gauge stuff at his disposal, it’s nice to have a small ultra convenient model in your pocket occasionally too!