Ok, got their cigar today to review, as soem of ya know, and, well, I'll just go down through a few categories and give my impressions
NIC HIT Pretty good- I got the high nic content which I beleive is 24mg, and the nic seems adequate- got a few sweat sessions goign throughout the day, so I'll give htis about a 4 but with a caveat- ya gotta keep taking drags to get to the sweats- 10 or so in a row just won't get ya htere, but 30 will
THROAT HIT OK- not great, but sufficiant. I had to mess with my cigar a bit because the vapor dropped off at one point- took the cartridge out, noticed that atomizer was bent, straightened it, and dropped cart back in and vapor took off nicely, and gave a much better throat hit, although it still isn't quite liek a Cigarette throat hit, I'll give htis abotu a 3 1/2
LUNG HIT Soemtimes good, sometimes light. Sometimes it feels just like a real cigg inhale, other times probably like an ultralight cigg inhale, but htis is due to draw which I'll briefly discuss below
VAPOR Vapor started off good, but dropped off, had to mess with the cigar (soemthign I've never had to do with the Ruyans), and vapor picked back up, however, after abotu 1/2 hour or so, it started dropping off again- took cartridge out, placed it back in, and it picked up again. I've tried 2 cigars now from BestEcig, and both are hte same way. I'm not sure what's goign on here. I do think though that the MAH or voltage in batteries shoudl be higher/stronger, as it's a bit harder to get good vapor than the Ruyan is. I've foudn ya really gotta work the BestEcig at times, and other times, for no apparent reason, it just gives good vapor for a coupel of drags, then back to hard to draw again- not sure if it is because of hte batteries, or hte battery set-up or what- but there ya go- 2 Cigars have performed exactly the same in this regard. Vapor isn't liek hte Ruyan- if you inhale, you will exhale the vapor.
TASTE I absolutely love the Marlboro taste- for you real cigg smokers who smoek Marlboro, I think this taste will come hte closest for you. I've been vaping hte cigar all day, and it's still tastign good- leaving a great Marlboro taste in mouth for abotu 15 minutes afterwards. Now, havign said that- when I exhale and then inhale hte vapor htrough the nose, there is a smell that I don't find very agreeable- I can't really describe the smell though, but it's not overpowering or anything, and I can't smell it just exhaling the vapor, but inhaling it htrough nose just isn't agreeable to me- but others may not mind it. I also got the 555 flavor cartridge for review, and I'm not real keen on the taste- to me it's sweeter, and has a taste similar to SmartFixx cartridges which while not terrible, was just a flavor I didn't care for too much, but others may liek the taste, and it does have a reminiscent flavor to tobacco- just not nearly as strong or pleasant as the Marlboro in my opinion
DRAW Sparodic at best- soemtimes nice and easy with a good amount of vapor, other times hard to draw and little vapor- not sure what's goign on here- Both my BestEcig cigars did this so it seems consistent amoung the cigars so far
BUILD Had to include htis category because compared to a Ruyan, the build isn't as good for a coupel of reasons. The battery set-up inside is kinda just taped together with what looks like Scotch tape holdign 3 3volt batteries together- The Ruyan has one whole covering wrapping their battery set-up, and I can forsee the batteries losing connection easily in the BestEcig if dropped or banged a bit. The paper on outside of the BestEcig cigar is kinda not so ok as it get mushy quickly. The Ruyan is not liek htis at all and holds up very well compared. However, the mushiness can be avoided by settign hte cigar down and lettign the paper dry between uses, but hten your vaping is dictated by drying times this way unfortunately.
BATTERY RUN TIME Can't comment on this yet as it's still going
CARTRIDGE LENGTH As soem of you know I did a puff coutn on the Ruyan- Not gonna happen this time though lol- too tedious, but I'll post how many days I get out of hte cigar with moderate to heavy vaping (About a pack worth of real ciggs worth of vaping per day, just for reference)
OVERALL RECOMMENDATION I'm goign to have to wait and see how much I have to fight with the draw before I recommend one way or the other, and also have to wait ot see how long hte cigar lasts. I'm not really put off by hte paper issue, but the sparodic draw/vapor issue might be a concern for some. However, we need to remember that these cigars are 1/3 the price of Ruyans, so we can't really expect the same build quality, but we'll see how the important issues like draw, nic, throat hit etc all play out in next couple of days. Is it a Ruyan? No- is it adequate for $15? Perhaps, we'll see.
NIC HIT Pretty good- I got the high nic content which I beleive is 24mg, and the nic seems adequate- got a few sweat sessions goign throughout the day, so I'll give htis about a 4 but with a caveat- ya gotta keep taking drags to get to the sweats- 10 or so in a row just won't get ya htere, but 30 will
THROAT HIT OK- not great, but sufficiant. I had to mess with my cigar a bit because the vapor dropped off at one point- took the cartridge out, noticed that atomizer was bent, straightened it, and dropped cart back in and vapor took off nicely, and gave a much better throat hit, although it still isn't quite liek a Cigarette throat hit, I'll give htis abotu a 3 1/2
LUNG HIT Soemtimes good, sometimes light. Sometimes it feels just like a real cigg inhale, other times probably like an ultralight cigg inhale, but htis is due to draw which I'll briefly discuss below
VAPOR Vapor started off good, but dropped off, had to mess with the cigar (soemthign I've never had to do with the Ruyans), and vapor picked back up, however, after abotu 1/2 hour or so, it started dropping off again- took cartridge out, placed it back in, and it picked up again. I've tried 2 cigars now from BestEcig, and both are hte same way. I'm not sure what's goign on here. I do think though that the MAH or voltage in batteries shoudl be higher/stronger, as it's a bit harder to get good vapor than the Ruyan is. I've foudn ya really gotta work the BestEcig at times, and other times, for no apparent reason, it just gives good vapor for a coupel of drags, then back to hard to draw again- not sure if it is because of hte batteries, or hte battery set-up or what- but there ya go- 2 Cigars have performed exactly the same in this regard. Vapor isn't liek hte Ruyan- if you inhale, you will exhale the vapor.
TASTE I absolutely love the Marlboro taste- for you real cigg smokers who smoek Marlboro, I think this taste will come hte closest for you. I've been vaping hte cigar all day, and it's still tastign good- leaving a great Marlboro taste in mouth for abotu 15 minutes afterwards. Now, havign said that- when I exhale and then inhale hte vapor htrough the nose, there is a smell that I don't find very agreeable- I can't really describe the smell though, but it's not overpowering or anything, and I can't smell it just exhaling the vapor, but inhaling it htrough nose just isn't agreeable to me- but others may not mind it. I also got the 555 flavor cartridge for review, and I'm not real keen on the taste- to me it's sweeter, and has a taste similar to SmartFixx cartridges which while not terrible, was just a flavor I didn't care for too much, but others may liek the taste, and it does have a reminiscent flavor to tobacco- just not nearly as strong or pleasant as the Marlboro in my opinion
DRAW Sparodic at best- soemtimes nice and easy with a good amount of vapor, other times hard to draw and little vapor- not sure what's goign on here- Both my BestEcig cigars did this so it seems consistent amoung the cigars so far
BUILD Had to include htis category because compared to a Ruyan, the build isn't as good for a coupel of reasons. The battery set-up inside is kinda just taped together with what looks like Scotch tape holdign 3 3volt batteries together- The Ruyan has one whole covering wrapping their battery set-up, and I can forsee the batteries losing connection easily in the BestEcig if dropped or banged a bit. The paper on outside of the BestEcig cigar is kinda not so ok as it get mushy quickly. The Ruyan is not liek htis at all and holds up very well compared. However, the mushiness can be avoided by settign hte cigar down and lettign the paper dry between uses, but hten your vaping is dictated by drying times this way unfortunately.
BATTERY RUN TIME Can't comment on this yet as it's still going
CARTRIDGE LENGTH As soem of you know I did a puff coutn on the Ruyan- Not gonna happen this time though lol- too tedious, but I'll post how many days I get out of hte cigar with moderate to heavy vaping (About a pack worth of real ciggs worth of vaping per day, just for reference)
OVERALL RECOMMENDATION I'm goign to have to wait and see how much I have to fight with the draw before I recommend one way or the other, and also have to wait ot see how long hte cigar lasts. I'm not really put off by hte paper issue, but the sparodic draw/vapor issue might be a concern for some. However, we need to remember that these cigars are 1/3 the price of Ruyans, so we can't really expect the same build quality, but we'll see how the important issues like draw, nic, throat hit etc all play out in next couple of days. Is it a Ruyan? No- is it adequate for $15? Perhaps, we'll see.
