Review Details

Presentation :

The presentation is really good. I like the flip box, reminds everyone that sees it of a Zippo Lighter. Very nice little logo and it’s easy enough to tell them apart.

The Njoy website is nice and easy to navigate, but they don’t actually sell them online, you have to go to your local stores to get them… at least for now.

*UPDATE* They ARE selling them online now at NJoy’s site. You can buy 3 for $26.97 which comes out to 8.99 a piece with free shipping. That’s a dollar more than if you buy them locally. If you can, I’d recommend you buy them locally and save the extra dollar.

Delivery :

No contest really for delivery, they are available locally. There is no greater speed than being able to go to a local store and picking one up. Unfortunately, you have to check to be sure, 7-eleven was listed as a selling store, but had none as of the time of this writing, at least for me. But Hess had them just fine.

Quality :

The quality is pretty good as well. The carrying case is pretty sturdy, not enough to survive a hammer, but held together for the periods I’ve used it.

The actual unit is where there are the most changes. The “butt” area, the one you puff on, has the biggest change; it’s squishy. It’s really easy to hold between your teeth. Feels close to a real analog cigarette. The light weight helps out a lot also. Plus the size is just about the size of a normal analog cigarette as well. The “lite” end even has some fine work done on it to really try to resemble a regular analog cigarette. Good work to help new people switch over easier.

Battery :

So I have praise and discord with the battery. First, it really is responsive, doesn’t lag, heats up quick to vaporize during the entire pull. Great job for such a small battery. But it doesn’t last. To say this is the equivalent of two packs of cigarettes is just misleading. There may be the same amount of NICOTINE as two packs, but this battery will never last as long as two packs of cigarettes. It’s about 85-90 puffs at my rate, which is a 3/4 of a pack a day smoker during my day. Those 85 puffs did last me one full day though and about an hour into the morning, just not 2.

Now to test this a colleague and I went at these in a calculated manner. We only puffed 5 puffs at a time (with their nicotine level, that was more than enough, more on that in a second). After ever five puffs we made a mark on the side of the container with a sharpie. For me, 85 exactly. For him, 90 and done. I’m still testing, but that just annoys me. I can see how they can get past it with the “Equals 2 packs of cigarettes”, because there is a lot of nicotine left when the battery goes (My colleague opened one up, still pretty moist on the filament) but this battery will not last 2 packs of cigarettes worth at all. So, that can be really misleading.

Flavor :

I’m a big fan of flavor, and menthol was my bread and butter back in the analog cigarette days. So, I am pleased to say their menthol is reall menthol in flavor. Great job there.

Here is a break down of the flavors and nicotine:

• Traditional:
  • Gold (3.0% or 30ml of nicotine)
  • Bold (4.5% or 45ml of nicotine)
• Menthol:
  • Gold (3.0% or 30ml of nicotine)
  • Bold (4.5% or 45ml of nicotine)

That’s… a lot of nicotine. But, the nicotine as it hits the tongue… reminds me of analogs! The biting hit on the tongue really is the bite of an analog cigarette. And 5 puffs really does do the job for me. Wow.

Throat Hit :

With these levels of nicotine, throat hit is really good. Really a bite in the back of the throat. Really happy with that.

Vapor :

Even with the little battery, the vapor is really good, no matter how slow or fast your draw. Good job here as well.

Over All :

Over all I like it. I’ve given some to work buds already and plan to point beginners that way… until they get some e-cig legs going, then it’s off to the kits or advanced VV mods. I just hope they modify their instructions… this will not last as long as 2 packs of cigarettes, but it does give a good one day vape.