E-Cig Review: Designated Vaping
Designated Vaping Smoktech Ego Mega Carto Kit
The Smoktech Ego Mega Carto Kit ($55) comes with everything you might need to get into intermediate vaping with serious style. It has 2 900mAh eGo-ish style batteries, a USB charger, a USB mains adapter, 3 (yes three) 1.5 Ohm Dual Coil Mega Cartomizers, and a really nice e-cig carry case. Literally, the only thing you need here is a bottle of e-juice and you are ready to vape, and, boy, do these vape!
Honestly, when I started getting into the intermediate stuff lately, I have sort of been turned off by cartomizers. I mean, they don’t hold much fluid, they get hot, you sometimes get filler taste, etc.. Just not my favorite thing in the world anymore, especially since I discovered how nice clearomizers work. Well, the cartomizers that are included with this kit changed my mind. These are Mega Cartomizers, with a heavy emphasis on the Mega part. Imagine a cigarette, and the filter portion is equivalent to a normal cartomizer in an ecig. Pretty tiny. These, however, are the size of my thumb (no lie). Filling these is a trip. I dropped 120 drops of 100%vg e-juice into one of these and it still wasn’t full. I would have kept going to see how many would really fit but I actually got tired 🙂 If you look around on the net you’ll see people saying that these will hold between 4 and 5ml of fluid with ease. That’s a LOT of juice. For reference, most of the sample juice sizes I have seen come in 3ml bottles 🙂 If you filled up all three of these cartomizers I bet you could vape for a month before you had to refill. It’s just incredible. I am not sure how long it really takes to get the juice all wicked where it should be because I usually fill mine at night and let them sit while I sleep, but for sure, I would give 15 mins to half an hour at least for everything to settle after filling before you use them.
The cartomizers they sent me are black, which I think I would prefer, however, they offer a clear version too, which could be nice, so you can see exactly how much e-juice you have left. The one thing about the design I wasn’t sure I would like was the tip, which is a flat rubber thing, similar in style to a whistle. It seems a little strange at first, but after a minute or two you easily get used to it.
I mentioned before how I don’t like that filler taste in cartomizers. Well, I am happy to report that I haven’t noticed any of that here at all. Honestly, my assumption here is that this thing holds so much juice that the weight of the liquid itself will keep it settled enough so that that just doesn’t happen. It sort of pools inside the wicking material keeping everything nice and moist. Then there is the vapor. You can get a fairly decent vape on a standard cartomizer as long as it is full enough to keep the liquid next to the atomizer. Since this does not appear to be a problem here you can imagine that the vapor production here is gigantic, huge, enormous, thick and luxurious. The thing smokes like a chimney 🙂 I don’t know about you folks, but I *really* like that!
Lastly, I wanted to mention something about the case. It’s a standard eGo case, one of their (I believe) XL versions. This is the *perfect* size case for me to get my misc vaping gear back and fourth to wherever I am going. It easily holds the two batteries they give you, with cartomizers, an extra, a bottle of e-juice and the misc charging bits you may need. And if you are crafty about it, you can sneak a stick-style ecig or two in there as well. Good stuff and well worth a separate purchase even if you already have your own intermediate kit.
If you are in the market for an intermediate vaping kit, or simply wanting to have a fantastic different vaping travel companion, you should really give this a look. I quite like it! Click on over to Designated Vaping and tell them Linc sent ya!