Voopoo ArgusXT UForceL Kit - Honest User Review! Spolier, I do not recommend!
- By Slimk123
- Device Reviews
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Hi fellow Vapers,
I recently returned to vaping after a 3 year sebatacle in which I foolishly returned to smoking hand rolling tobacco. I still had my awesome Geekvape Legend 2 which I purchased from China 5 years ago but it is bulky for on the go vaping. I wanted something single battery, smaller and lighter in weight but good quality and reliable. After conducting weeks of researcha and reading reviews and getting ever increasingly bamboozled and confused I whittles it down to the Argus XT kit from a supplier named E-Cirette Ireland (I will speak very highly of these, awesome company & support).
Package was received 24 hours after order, and the unboxing was pleasurable and the mod did not dissappoint, nor did the tank.
I will start with the tank, the UForce L. This was my first experience of an 810 drip tip which took a little getting used to. I ordered the 0.8ohm PNP-R1 Coils on the advice of the retailer to get me started. I then switched to 0.8ohm PNP-TM2 Mesh coils to try them out. After initial leaking issues, I discovered that you need to close the air vent and allow the device to cool right down. However, the R1 coils still had a tendency to leak much more than the TM2. The air vents are on the ring just below the top and it is not possible to close completely, a minor design flaw. The flavour was awesome and it was the first time I got the proper flavour of an e-liquid. I previoulsy used the Nautilus 2 & 3 with 1.8ohm coils. Good tanks but lack of experience I was clearly not getting the best out of them. I digress. In a nutshell, the UForceL is a great tank.
Now the mod, the Argus XT! It started out great. The SMART mode is set by default but in the settings you can switch this of and select a user defined setting. The smart mode detects the appropriate coil wattage for the inserted coil. There is a 3 point switch just above the fire button to a) Lock device completely, b) allow you to change wattage and fire & c) lock the wattgae but allow you to fire. Brilliant and 1 of the features that drew me to the unit. It is IP68 rated which also drew me and it couls run on 18650 up to 21700, another selling point. It was sturdy, very well built and oozed quality. Everything worked fine for the first few days until the issues started.
Because I am a heavy vaper, I was using 2 tanks. The UforceL and my nautilus 2. I would rotate. 0.8ohm (12-18w) on the Uforce, 0.7 (15-30w) on the Nautilus. All went well for the first few days. It would auto set the wattage to 15w for the 0.8 and to 25w for the 0.7. Great, I did fiddle a little within the limits to see what was the best flavour profile but to be fair, it was bang on. The first issue started after a few days, it would occassionally not detect that I had changed from 1 to the other. Not a problem, I thought. Just a glitch with the chipset. After about a week, It started locking when I tried to fire while it was in position C (wattage lock but can fire). I tried flicking the lock switch and it seemed to work initially. When that stopped working, I then resorted to removing teh battery for 30 seconds and replacing and this seemed to work briefly. Over the coming days, the issue got worse. To the point where it was becoming unusable. I searched the auld interweb and discovered a few posts on this exact issue. The earliest about 9 months ago on Reddit. One of the recommended solutions was to switch the SMART mode off and go to the user defined setting which I did. Again, this seemed to fix the issue until......
After exactly 14 days, I awoke and tried to vape and the device would not fire no matter what I tried. I was more than a little annoyed. I went online in search of a fix and again returned to the Reddit thread and found that Voopoo were aware of the issue and, some months previously, had issued a firmware fix to disable the lock permanently. This was not something I was happy to do for a number fo reasons. This was an expensive mod. I've had devices brick on me before trying to update frimware and this fault did not instill confidence in me and their software/device. I decided I wanted to return the device for a refund. I contacted the supplier (E-cirette) and they were brilliant. Told me they were aware of this issue with the device and agreed to the return and refund.
I am unhappy with Voopoo. This was my first Voopoo device. I have previous experience with Aspire, Innokin and Geekvape. I have had no issues with any of them. They have been aware of this issue for the better part of a year and yet continue to retaIl this device with the known fault at the original retail price. Their repsonse is to issue a firmware update for which users would no doubt have to accept responsibility for if anything went wrong. The physical lock switch was mentioned and complimented on every review I watched and highlighted as 1 of the main selling points. It is inconvenient to have to go through the returns process as I now have to wait up to 14 days my refund.
That is my honest review and I hope it helps someone in their decision making process.
I recently returned to vaping after a 3 year sebatacle in which I foolishly returned to smoking hand rolling tobacco. I still had my awesome Geekvape Legend 2 which I purchased from China 5 years ago but it is bulky for on the go vaping. I wanted something single battery, smaller and lighter in weight but good quality and reliable. After conducting weeks of researcha and reading reviews and getting ever increasingly bamboozled and confused I whittles it down to the Argus XT kit from a supplier named E-Cirette Ireland (I will speak very highly of these, awesome company & support).
Package was received 24 hours after order, and the unboxing was pleasurable and the mod did not dissappoint, nor did the tank.
I will start with the tank, the UForce L. This was my first experience of an 810 drip tip which took a little getting used to. I ordered the 0.8ohm PNP-R1 Coils on the advice of the retailer to get me started. I then switched to 0.8ohm PNP-TM2 Mesh coils to try them out. After initial leaking issues, I discovered that you need to close the air vent and allow the device to cool right down. However, the R1 coils still had a tendency to leak much more than the TM2. The air vents are on the ring just below the top and it is not possible to close completely, a minor design flaw. The flavour was awesome and it was the first time I got the proper flavour of an e-liquid. I previoulsy used the Nautilus 2 & 3 with 1.8ohm coils. Good tanks but lack of experience I was clearly not getting the best out of them. I digress. In a nutshell, the UForceL is a great tank.
Now the mod, the Argus XT! It started out great. The SMART mode is set by default but in the settings you can switch this of and select a user defined setting. The smart mode detects the appropriate coil wattage for the inserted coil. There is a 3 point switch just above the fire button to a) Lock device completely, b) allow you to change wattage and fire & c) lock the wattgae but allow you to fire. Brilliant and 1 of the features that drew me to the unit. It is IP68 rated which also drew me and it couls run on 18650 up to 21700, another selling point. It was sturdy, very well built and oozed quality. Everything worked fine for the first few days until the issues started.
Because I am a heavy vaper, I was using 2 tanks. The UforceL and my nautilus 2. I would rotate. 0.8ohm (12-18w) on the Uforce, 0.7 (15-30w) on the Nautilus. All went well for the first few days. It would auto set the wattage to 15w for the 0.8 and to 25w for the 0.7. Great, I did fiddle a little within the limits to see what was the best flavour profile but to be fair, it was bang on. The first issue started after a few days, it would occassionally not detect that I had changed from 1 to the other. Not a problem, I thought. Just a glitch with the chipset. After about a week, It started locking when I tried to fire while it was in position C (wattage lock but can fire). I tried flicking the lock switch and it seemed to work initially. When that stopped working, I then resorted to removing teh battery for 30 seconds and replacing and this seemed to work briefly. Over the coming days, the issue got worse. To the point where it was becoming unusable. I searched the auld interweb and discovered a few posts on this exact issue. The earliest about 9 months ago on Reddit. One of the recommended solutions was to switch the SMART mode off and go to the user defined setting which I did. Again, this seemed to fix the issue until......
After exactly 14 days, I awoke and tried to vape and the device would not fire no matter what I tried. I was more than a little annoyed. I went online in search of a fix and again returned to the Reddit thread and found that Voopoo were aware of the issue and, some months previously, had issued a firmware fix to disable the lock permanently. This was not something I was happy to do for a number fo reasons. This was an expensive mod. I've had devices brick on me before trying to update frimware and this fault did not instill confidence in me and their software/device. I decided I wanted to return the device for a refund. I contacted the supplier (E-cirette) and they were brilliant. Told me they were aware of this issue with the device and agreed to the return and refund.
I am unhappy with Voopoo. This was my first Voopoo device. I have previous experience with Aspire, Innokin and Geekvape. I have had no issues with any of them. They have been aware of this issue for the better part of a year and yet continue to retaIl this device with the known fault at the original retail price. Their repsonse is to issue a firmware update for which users would no doubt have to accept responsibility for if anything went wrong. The physical lock switch was mentioned and complimented on every review I watched and highlighted as 1 of the main selling points. It is inconvenient to have to go through the returns process as I now have to wait up to 14 days my refund.
That is my honest review and I hope it helps someone in their decision making process.
