Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the voopoo drag Mini. Please see bottom for disclaimers and links. Note: This is marked as a sample.
Introduction:
The Voopoo Drag Mini is one of the latest mods from Voopoo along with the Drag 2 both releasing at around the same time. I did my drag 2 review a couple of weeks ago and was a little disappointed in it so let's see if they can bounce back with the drag mini. Voopoo is a company that doesn't need much of an introduction these days. They came onto the vape scene with the original drag which was hugely popular albeit IMO a bit overrated but still a great budget mod for the time it came out, and since then have mostly done a good job with the mojo, too, and pericles, but kinda whiffed on the pod thing with the panda. The Voopoo Drag mini is an internal battery mod rated at 117 watts and has a resin side panel. It’s available in 8 colors all with a black frame and the color choices are just the design and color of the resin panel which are Atrovirens, Rhodonite, Coral, Prussian Blue, Lava, Phthalo, Purple, and Lime. Looking around online i see it mostly in the kit version and priced from 40-60USD
Manufacturer's Specs:
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this mod it was what i expected. I’ve had the original drag and the drag 2 which arrived the same time as this so it was basically a smaller internal battery version of the drag 2. Still not a fan of the giant drag but i do really like the resin panel. They do use a nice resin. Outside of that though it’s pretty much exactly a drag 2 but slightly smaller and without replaceable batteries.
Watt Mode Performance (chart and spreadsheet in picture album)
Now let’s get into some data. I ran my normal testing. I used the internal battery for the testing. Testing resistances were done at .12, .16, .2, and .63 ohms. wattage points were max (117), 100, 80 60, 40 and 20. At .12 ohms it maxed out at 113 watts and 31 amps. For the rest of the testing it pretty good. 6 watts low at 100 and 4 watts high at 20 but outside of that only 1-2 watts off. At .16 it maxed out at 111 watts. The rest of the testing a little on the low side 2-5 watts at 60 or more but on point at 40 or less. For the .2 test it maxed out at 127 watts. The rest of the testing pretty solid but a little high 2-4 watts mostly.. For the .63 testing it maxed out at 94 watts and 7.679 volts. For the rest of the testing it hit 3-9 watts high. The volts shows there is no boost circuit in this mod and instead it has 2 cells in series internally but no issue with the volt limit personally and matches most dual battery mods.
Overall I felt the performance of this mod was really good. It mostly hits a little low under .2 ohms and a little high over .2 ohms but pretty accurate. I was able to get 127 watts max, so I consider it to be accurately rated at 117 watts even a little underrated. The 7.679 volt limit shows there is no boost circuit but instead 2 batteries in series internally. They list the volt limit at 7.5V so it exceeds that as well. I could not find any amp limit listed so I wish they would list all 3 personally. On this mod and the most amps i got was 31 with a .12 ohm coil which is a little above average for an internal battery mod (average is 25-30 these days). They list soft cell cutoff at 6.4V.
Simplified TLDR Power Performance summary
Mod performance is really good. Accurately rated for watts (127), no boost circuit but instead 2 batteries in series internally, above average amp limit of 31. Accurate rated for volts as well (listed 7.5 tested 7.679)
Fit Mode and Software
The new mode they added to this mod from the original is fit mode which has 3 options labeled 1, 2, and 3. So what is fit mode? I like to keep things simple personally when explaining it so basically it’s a mode where it reads the resistance of the coil and then puts out a pre-programmed wattage amount based on that and was designed to be used with their uforce coils. Basically it’s power mode with a lack of settings. I Already tested this on the drag 2 for my review and found it to be underwhelming and pointless. Overall it’s a decent idea for a kit to make life simpler for vapers however poorly executed and a useless mode
They also have their voopoo software, I was disappointed with the Vmate when the software didn’t work for it during my review and was wondering if they were decided against continuing to offer that. Thankfully the drag 2 had no issue connecting to the software as it’s been updated to work with the drag 2 already. I was able to connect no issue and remove the Ti and Ni options for TC mode and it worked great with no issues. The software is pretty basic though, but does allow you to remove modes you don’t need or want and also allows you to change the theme and to program the power curve and temp curve memories so it’s a decent software and a nice bonus so hard to complain there as most companies don’t have software to allow mod adjustments.
Temperature Control Performance
Using SS316 wire in SS mode, I tested 6 builds. 2 simple round single coil, 1 simple round dual Coil, 2 large fancy single coils builds, and 1 large fancy dual coil builds. The mod is again limited to 80 watts sadly which is something that needs to be addressed and most of the time won’t give 80 watts anyway. It’s dependant on resistance and the lower you go the less of that 80 watts you can get. This makes it unusable for large dual coil builds as it stands and really limits the ramp up ability on anything but a single coil build which is disappointing. Also it felt quite pulsey as well i don’t remember the original being as pulsey as this one but maybe based on the time my standards were lower with not many affordable TC options. As far as accuracy goes it does hit a bit weak and it could be adjusted and I would have played around with it more if it worked better to dial in it but as it stands their TC is behind the curve now and not really worth messing with these days. With that said, unlike the Drag 2, this is competing in a different market being a smaller, lower watt, internal battery mod so the limit isn’t that big of a deal like it is for the drag 2. Still It’s not one of the better ones out there, but it is at least passable on this mod. Not something i’d outright recommend for TC but not something i’d completely avoid either.
Other Usage Notes
The mod uses a standard 5 click of the fire button to turn on and off. There isn’t a true menu system per se. You use 3 clicks to cycle the modes. There is power, TC, and Fit. When selecting TC it’ll give you a choice of SS, Ti or Ni. You can enable TCR mode which i didn’t as you can adjust TCR anyway and I also removed Ni and Ti from my mod via the software so now when it cycles it just goes right to SS mode for TC. There is a sub menu for TC and power mode where holding up and down enters the sub menu. I wish they would use a true menu system personally like many mods these days. Down and fire flips the screen and up and fire locks the device. You can’t fire when device is locked. There is no way to lock just the adjustment buttons. Modes are power (no preheat option), Watt curve, Temp Curve Fit, and TC for Ni, Ti, and SS and TCR mode (TCR has to be enabled manually).
The Voopoo Drag Mini adjusts by 1 watt increments which i love personally but doesn't round robin and scrolls kind of slowly when held. The mod itself build quality wise is a mixed bag. There is no button rattle, They list a charge rate of 1.8A charging. I did some basic testing with an inline USB meter and the most i got was 1.6A so i’d consider it accurately rated. They list the battery at 4400mah which likely means it’s 2 2200mah cells which we know are series. I didn’t have any way to test that but in normal usage the battery life on this is one of the best i’ve gotten from an internal battery mod. It also has a off charging cycle where it turns on and off all the time kind of like a pulse charging compared with the consistent charging of most mods. I assume this was done to protect the batteries and allow a higher charge rate and isn’t any big deal but worth a mention.
Their paint on the mod has held up better for me then the drag 2. Like the Drag 2 all color options have a black frame. I did get some normal wear on the bottom but didn’t get the chipping and scratching I had with the drag 2. Not sure why this one has held up better personally. The resin is nice and beautiful. I wish they used a resin door as well on the other side instead of the giant drag logo door. The fire button is good size concave circle and nice and clicky. It works well and It never gets stuck or anything though which is as it should be. The 510 pin gave me no issues and every atomizer i used on it and is nicely done and built however it’s slightly raised and doesn't sit flush so all atomizers appear to have a gap. The mod handles a 24mm atomizer flush with the beveled edges. The 510 is not centered for some reason it’s almost centered but still more towards the front then the back. The screen is a small black and white screen like the original drag. It’s also oddly dim. I even turned it up all the way via the software and it’s still kind of dim. The screen is disappointing for sure. I would have liked a nicer screen. Also no crooked screen on this one like my drag 2 had. Also for branding the mod itself there is the massive drag logo on the battery door so not a fan of that at all. It should have been a resin panel to match the other side.
Pros:
So with all that said, do I recommend this mod or not? I don’t like to do a hard yes or no but i have to lean towards the yes. While we are starting to see some more internal battery mods lately, they aren't very abundant these days so the competition is much less then it is for the drag 2 with dual 18650 mods. If you wanted a good featured, internal battery mod with good battery life for power mode this is a solid option to pick for sure. I’ll be adding the mod to my spreadsheet of recs linked down below.
This is Anthony Vapes just keeping it honest, hopefully you all can say the same and i’ll catch you on my next review.
Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from voopoo
Review Disclaimer
Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary.
Reviewer Disclaimer
I’ve been doing vape reviews since late 2016 and have done around 300 reviews to date. I enjoy helping vapers on forums as well and helping contribute to the great vape community. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times and have enough experience with many products to tell what’s good and what’s not. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested and results are posted in my reviews.
Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here
Youtube Channel here
Spreadsheet of Recommendations here
Best of 2018 so far list here
Best of 2017 list here
Introduction:
The Voopoo Drag Mini is one of the latest mods from Voopoo along with the Drag 2 both releasing at around the same time. I did my drag 2 review a couple of weeks ago and was a little disappointed in it so let's see if they can bounce back with the drag mini. Voopoo is a company that doesn't need much of an introduction these days. They came onto the vape scene with the original drag which was hugely popular albeit IMO a bit overrated but still a great budget mod for the time it came out, and since then have mostly done a good job with the mojo, too, and pericles, but kinda whiffed on the pod thing with the panda. The Voopoo Drag mini is an internal battery mod rated at 117 watts and has a resin side panel. It’s available in 8 colors all with a black frame and the color choices are just the design and color of the resin panel which are Atrovirens, Rhodonite, Coral, Prussian Blue, Lava, Phthalo, Purple, and Lime. Looking around online i see it mostly in the kit version and priced from 40-60USD
Manufacturer's Specs:
- Dimensions - 81.5mm by 48.5mm by 25.5mm
- Integrated 4400mAh Rechargeable Battery
- Highly Advanced GENE FIT Chip
- Wattage Output Range:
- Voltage Output Range:
- Resistance Range - Power Mode: 0.05-3.0ohms
- Resistance Range - TC Mode: 0.05-1.0ohms
- Temperature Range: 200°-600°F/100°-315°C
- Supports Ni200, Titanium, Stainless Steel Compatibility
- TCR Adjustments Mode
- Battery Set
- Flavor Ser
- Cloud Mode
- POWER Mode
- Superior Zinc Alloy Chassis Construction
- Visually Striking Resin Inlay Design
- Intuitive OLED Screen
- Large Firing Button
- Mode-Setting Button
- Two Adjustment Buttons
- Magnetized Battery Door Cover
- Over Temperature Protection
- Output Over-Current Protection
- Overcharge Protection
- Over Discharge Protection
- Short-Circuit Protection
- Switch Timeout Protection - 10 Seconds
- Brand Balance Battery Charging
- Micro USB Port
- Centered 510 Connection
- Available in Atrovirens, Rhodonite, Coral, Prussian Blue, Lava, Prussian, Purple, Lime
- 1 DRAG Mini 117W Mod
- 1 Instructional Manual
- 1 Warranty Card
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got this mod it was what i expected. I’ve had the original drag and the drag 2 which arrived the same time as this so it was basically a smaller internal battery version of the drag 2. Still not a fan of the giant drag but i do really like the resin panel. They do use a nice resin. Outside of that though it’s pretty much exactly a drag 2 but slightly smaller and without replaceable batteries.
Watt Mode Performance (chart and spreadsheet in picture album)
Now let’s get into some data. I ran my normal testing. I used the internal battery for the testing. Testing resistances were done at .12, .16, .2, and .63 ohms. wattage points were max (117), 100, 80 60, 40 and 20. At .12 ohms it maxed out at 113 watts and 31 amps. For the rest of the testing it pretty good. 6 watts low at 100 and 4 watts high at 20 but outside of that only 1-2 watts off. At .16 it maxed out at 111 watts. The rest of the testing a little on the low side 2-5 watts at 60 or more but on point at 40 or less. For the .2 test it maxed out at 127 watts. The rest of the testing pretty solid but a little high 2-4 watts mostly.. For the .63 testing it maxed out at 94 watts and 7.679 volts. For the rest of the testing it hit 3-9 watts high. The volts shows there is no boost circuit in this mod and instead it has 2 cells in series internally but no issue with the volt limit personally and matches most dual battery mods.
Overall I felt the performance of this mod was really good. It mostly hits a little low under .2 ohms and a little high over .2 ohms but pretty accurate. I was able to get 127 watts max, so I consider it to be accurately rated at 117 watts even a little underrated. The 7.679 volt limit shows there is no boost circuit but instead 2 batteries in series internally. They list the volt limit at 7.5V so it exceeds that as well. I could not find any amp limit listed so I wish they would list all 3 personally. On this mod and the most amps i got was 31 with a .12 ohm coil which is a little above average for an internal battery mod (average is 25-30 these days). They list soft cell cutoff at 6.4V.
Simplified TLDR Power Performance summary
Mod performance is really good. Accurately rated for watts (127), no boost circuit but instead 2 batteries in series internally, above average amp limit of 31. Accurate rated for volts as well (listed 7.5 tested 7.679)
Fit Mode and Software
The new mode they added to this mod from the original is fit mode which has 3 options labeled 1, 2, and 3. So what is fit mode? I like to keep things simple personally when explaining it so basically it’s a mode where it reads the resistance of the coil and then puts out a pre-programmed wattage amount based on that and was designed to be used with their uforce coils. Basically it’s power mode with a lack of settings. I Already tested this on the drag 2 for my review and found it to be underwhelming and pointless. Overall it’s a decent idea for a kit to make life simpler for vapers however poorly executed and a useless mode
They also have their voopoo software, I was disappointed with the Vmate when the software didn’t work for it during my review and was wondering if they were decided against continuing to offer that. Thankfully the drag 2 had no issue connecting to the software as it’s been updated to work with the drag 2 already. I was able to connect no issue and remove the Ti and Ni options for TC mode and it worked great with no issues. The software is pretty basic though, but does allow you to remove modes you don’t need or want and also allows you to change the theme and to program the power curve and temp curve memories so it’s a decent software and a nice bonus so hard to complain there as most companies don’t have software to allow mod adjustments.
Temperature Control Performance
Using SS316 wire in SS mode, I tested 6 builds. 2 simple round single coil, 1 simple round dual Coil, 2 large fancy single coils builds, and 1 large fancy dual coil builds. The mod is again limited to 80 watts sadly which is something that needs to be addressed and most of the time won’t give 80 watts anyway. It’s dependant on resistance and the lower you go the less of that 80 watts you can get. This makes it unusable for large dual coil builds as it stands and really limits the ramp up ability on anything but a single coil build which is disappointing. Also it felt quite pulsey as well i don’t remember the original being as pulsey as this one but maybe based on the time my standards were lower with not many affordable TC options. As far as accuracy goes it does hit a bit weak and it could be adjusted and I would have played around with it more if it worked better to dial in it but as it stands their TC is behind the curve now and not really worth messing with these days. With that said, unlike the Drag 2, this is competing in a different market being a smaller, lower watt, internal battery mod so the limit isn’t that big of a deal like it is for the drag 2. Still It’s not one of the better ones out there, but it is at least passable on this mod. Not something i’d outright recommend for TC but not something i’d completely avoid either.
Other Usage Notes
The mod uses a standard 5 click of the fire button to turn on and off. There isn’t a true menu system per se. You use 3 clicks to cycle the modes. There is power, TC, and Fit. When selecting TC it’ll give you a choice of SS, Ti or Ni. You can enable TCR mode which i didn’t as you can adjust TCR anyway and I also removed Ni and Ti from my mod via the software so now when it cycles it just goes right to SS mode for TC. There is a sub menu for TC and power mode where holding up and down enters the sub menu. I wish they would use a true menu system personally like many mods these days. Down and fire flips the screen and up and fire locks the device. You can’t fire when device is locked. There is no way to lock just the adjustment buttons. Modes are power (no preheat option), Watt curve, Temp Curve Fit, and TC for Ni, Ti, and SS and TCR mode (TCR has to be enabled manually).
The Voopoo Drag Mini adjusts by 1 watt increments which i love personally but doesn't round robin and scrolls kind of slowly when held. The mod itself build quality wise is a mixed bag. There is no button rattle, They list a charge rate of 1.8A charging. I did some basic testing with an inline USB meter and the most i got was 1.6A so i’d consider it accurately rated. They list the battery at 4400mah which likely means it’s 2 2200mah cells which we know are series. I didn’t have any way to test that but in normal usage the battery life on this is one of the best i’ve gotten from an internal battery mod. It also has a off charging cycle where it turns on and off all the time kind of like a pulse charging compared with the consistent charging of most mods. I assume this was done to protect the batteries and allow a higher charge rate and isn’t any big deal but worth a mention.
Their paint on the mod has held up better for me then the drag 2. Like the Drag 2 all color options have a black frame. I did get some normal wear on the bottom but didn’t get the chipping and scratching I had with the drag 2. Not sure why this one has held up better personally. The resin is nice and beautiful. I wish they used a resin door as well on the other side instead of the giant drag logo door. The fire button is good size concave circle and nice and clicky. It works well and It never gets stuck or anything though which is as it should be. The 510 pin gave me no issues and every atomizer i used on it and is nicely done and built however it’s slightly raised and doesn't sit flush so all atomizers appear to have a gap. The mod handles a 24mm atomizer flush with the beveled edges. The 510 is not centered for some reason it’s almost centered but still more towards the front then the back. The screen is a small black and white screen like the original drag. It’s also oddly dim. I even turned it up all the way via the software and it’s still kind of dim. The screen is disappointing for sure. I would have liked a nicer screen. Also no crooked screen on this one like my drag 2 had. Also for branding the mod itself there is the massive drag logo on the battery door so not a fan of that at all. It should have been a resin panel to match the other side.
Pros:
- Power mode performance great
- Accurately rated for watts (127)
- above average amp limit (31)
- accurately rated for volts (7.679)
- good battery life form internal batteries
- nice fire button
- handles 24mm atomizers without overhang
- full watt increment adjustments
- color options (8)
- Software to customize mod
- watt curve mode
- nice looking resin
- good charge rate
- good build quality
- outdated menu system
- TC performance could be better
- small dim screen
- 510 pin gap
- fit mode is poorly executed and complicates mod which was the opposite of the intent
- giant drag logo
So with all that said, do I recommend this mod or not? I don’t like to do a hard yes or no but i have to lean towards the yes. While we are starting to see some more internal battery mods lately, they aren't very abundant these days so the competition is much less then it is for the drag 2 with dual 18650 mods. If you wanted a good featured, internal battery mod with good battery life for power mode this is a solid option to pick for sure. I’ll be adding the mod to my spreadsheet of recs linked down below.
This is Anthony Vapes just keeping it honest, hopefully you all can say the same and i’ll catch you on my next review.
Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from voopoo
Review Disclaimer
Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary.
Reviewer Disclaimer
I’ve been doing vape reviews since late 2016 and have done around 300 reviews to date. I enjoy helping vapers on forums as well and helping contribute to the great vape community. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times and have enough experience with many products to tell what’s good and what’s not. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested and results are posted in my reviews.
Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here
Youtube Channel here
Spreadsheet of Recommendations here
Best of 2018 so far list here
Best of 2017 list here
