Intellicig evo hits America: Americans, "Holy .....!"

[Zach]

Hi, my name is Zach and i live in Detroit Michigan (USA). I got turned on to the intellicig evo through this forum, by user IGetcha, the local unpaid intellicig evangelist.

About me
I've been e-smoking for about a month and a half. I've smoked, in this order, an Njoy Npro, A dse901, Janty Yentl, Rn4072 pen style, and now the intellicig.

About the intellicig
The intellicig is an e-fogger tested and assembled in the UK from chinese parts. To the best of my knowledge it is not all made in the uk, anyone can correct me on this if they feel i am wrong.
It is a super mini style cigarette with similar dimensions to the Npro or Yentl devices. The style of the cigarette and cartridge are slightly different than usual, the atomizer has a funnel shape and the steel wool on the end is very sturdy and rigid. The carts hold about as much juice as a dse901 cart. It holds a lot of juice for such a small machine. I bought the usb kit with 5 cartridges and the old battery (larger battery).

Ordering
I ordered from the british website intellicig.com and not the american site intellicigs.com
The device arrived in about 8 days from uk (not bad). The website is easy to use. Please note the prices on the US website are much higher, even after conversion to the american dollar. If i buy another device i will probably get it from the uk. If i buy carts or spare parts i may buy it from the US instead for ease of shipping. The guys at intellicig are cool to deal with.
I received no extras, but every part of the kits works as intended. I have not had to deal with their customer service in the week i have owned the device.

Aesthetics
The intellicig comes with a shiny battery with lines on it, the atomizer is nice and seems very sturdy. I like the carts because they are a slightly rubber texture, and easy to hold in your mouth. You can actually hold this device in your mouth like a real cigarette and it's easy to grip in your teeth.
The device itself is very light.
The USB charger feels very solid.

Performance
At first i had some trouble getting used to the intellicig, but i realized after a day or two that, basically, the intellicig is designed to smoke like a real cigarette. It gives you all the flavor and vapor of an e-cig (and you get lot of vapor actually) but it smokes a lot more like an analog. There is no need for a warmup puff and puffs are decidedly much shorter than on my other cigs. I found that i reached the cutoff quite quickly but that i achieved acceptable vapor well before i reached it.
I don't use the intellicig as my main cig, but performance is overall, very good. Batteries last an inordinately long amount of time (5-7 hours for me) and take an extremely short time to charge via usb passthrough. I don't know how this is accomplished except that the chip inside and atomizer are tuned to run super efficiently.
Smoking the intellicig feels different than smoking other e-cigs. The draw is harder but it's very apparent when the battery is on or off. I have not had a single pressure switch malfunction (this part is very impressive) and the cig is very consistent once you know how to drag on it.
The cartridges wick extremely effectively. I've found i can use almost every last little bit of juice in them before they taste dry.
Overall, very satisfied.

Zach scores
finish: 4 (i want a black one and black carts desperately, only available in white!) shiny parts turn me off.
vapor: 4.9, could use just a touch more throat hit to match my pen-style.
performance: 4.5 supermini, everything you'd want from a super mini, but not as good as my pen style w/passthrough
overall: 4.5
An excellent score for a super-mini. It's a good cig, if you are looking for a mini that's actually dependable and well-built/tested, this is the one.

[breezy]

I love my evo, but of course it is the only e cig I have but I think I made a very good choice for my first one. DO NOT order from the us website intellicigs.com I ordered mine on Dec 29, I recieved part of my order two weeks later, yes i know i paid more for it but I wanted it quickly so I thought I would get it a lot faster from the US. Boy was I wrong, they only sent one battery and and the wrong end color. I am STILL trying to get my extra batteries that I ordered and paid for almost a month ago. I have 3 or 4 people wanting to order one and they are waiting to see if I EVER get my batteries. I told them pay the extra shipping it will pay for itself to get it from the uk.

[rejoice]

Great review Zach. I am looking forward to receving mine. Can the APC Power pack be used with it?

[bribri]

lol I love how efogger has now been adopted as a term... kind of like spinach.... everyone for years thought spinach was a protein powerhouse...which made popeye love it... all because some book from 1800's said spinach had so much per ounce.... and it really had a decimal point mislabeled and it took till just a decade or so ago for them to realize the blunder..

[Papa Lazarou]

For the price they are excellent, particularly in the UK. If I was to get rid of all bar two devices I'd probably keep a penstyle of some sort and one of these. Would like a black one though.

A good thing I am finding about it is it seems to bring out the e-liquid flavours more readily than some of my others. Don't know why. But it seems not to hold residual flavour for as long as the 901 for example. I can go from very strong mint, to something completely different, and I completely lose the mint taste after a few puffs.

[ed_bollix]

Mine should be here in the next couple of days; I ordered from the UK as well. Can't wait as I am being driven mad by 901 batteries and I don't really care for my pen or peewee. I'm in the Detroit area as well. Everything I read is good about the EVO. Thanks for the review!

[Zach]

Well, imo the best combination of cigs is a pen-style with a usb passthrough and an intellicig for when you need something more portable. Both are dependable and produce acceptable vapor, imo.
YMMV

and for rejoice: there is no passthrough battery for this device (yet) so you can't use it with your apc pack. The batteries are really great though, the best batteries i've used. They charged in about 45 mins-1 hour and last up to 8 hours? Really, and i mean you're smoking the cig in that time, not just letting it sit. Like i said mine last 5-7 hours.

[rejoice]

The one I ordered from ebay is suppose to have the usb. The seller just E-mail and said he has no USA plug and refund me for this. He said use the usb. The picture in the auction shows a usb.

[yvilla]

Rejoice, I think they are confusing you because there is a USB charger, but not a USB passthrough.

[LucKyPunk]

I really like me Evo too! Been switching back and fourth between Evo/Dura for the last couple days, the Evo is keeping pace maybe using it a little more because the battery lasts quite long.

I do hate the 5 sec cuttoff!

Also it feels dainty when I switch from my dura as its like 2mm thinner, but that's just me.

Love doing a single drip on the Evo's mesh, it gives like two amazing hits right after... makes me think of the first couple hits in the morning, when I was smoking analogs.