First of all, I'm not entirely happy with how ePuffer has handled my order, but I posted about that in the "Products and suppliers consumers should be warned about" thread, so I won't rehash that here.
I received my EAZE Magnum about a week ago and it is my first e-cig, so this review will be from that perspective. I chose it after a weekend of very extensive research, based on it's reported vapor output and the fact that I liked the automizer in the cartridge concept based on all the automizer problems I read about. Also, I wanted an e-cig that looked like a real cigarette.
I chose the EAZE Magnum over the other similar versions (Loongtotem / Smoke51) based on Leaford's recommendation of them having the best batteries.
My first very first impression was that it was heavier than I expected it to be... it can't really be held comfortably like a regular cigarette would be (which I guess explains why Leaford and RatInDaHat hold them they way they do in their videos, which I thought was strange). The shorter battery makes this a little easier than the longer battery, but still heavy. Also, a bit wider than I had expected.
So far, I have had no problems with them operationally. You have to take a primer puff to heat them up, then they do produce what I consider to be alot of vapor.
My main problem with them so far, having used an 8mg vanilla cart and a 16mg tobacco cart, is they don't have much flavor and even the 16mg doesn't seem that strong. Using Belowme's directions on Loongtotem cartridge refilling (elsewhere on this forum), I refilled one of the carts with Puresmoker 24mg Cash Cola juice (actually, I don't think I understood the directions quite well, because I seem to have overfilled it and considerably stained the battery end of the cart, but I blew it out in reverse as directed). With this juice, I love it... great taste and the strength statisfies my urge to smoke.
One thing I ABSOLUTELY cannot understand about the LoongTotem/Smoke51/EAZE Magnum which I haven't seen anyone mention is that it is supposed to look like a real cigarette but depending on the flavor of cartridge, you get a different color cartridge. A menthol cartridge is green... I have never seen a real cigarette with a green filter! I mean, obviously this is a way to tell them apart, but if they want it to look like a real cigarette there has to be a better way. This has limited me to buying vanilla (white) and tobacco (gold) cartridges. I guess you can choose your cart color from e-cig.com, but I hear lots of bad things about ordering from them.
So, my main problem with the EAZE Magnum now is that I don't want to have to use the stock carts up before I can refill them. Probably alot of knowledgeable users here will say I told you so... so I think this is an important point for newbies to think about.
I just ordered a black Pilot from Puresmoker, and if it works like I hope it will, I might return the EAZE Magnum and possibly get a white M401 from absolutelyecigs for use when I want the "real thing" look.
just to see how the batteries holds up! I wish some seller in the UK would get these wacky exotic Loong Totem style ecigs and cartridges!
