I posted my initial thoughts on this pod system sometime back (thread is closed for further comments?).
Since Freemax no longer has a vender in my area that sells their gear AND since most companies no longer can ship to Oregon, in efforts to get another 'kit' so I have an extra battery I resorted to 'slow boat from fasttech' and was able to pick up another one.
I'll try to break this down into the good, questionable and bad points.
First the 'good':
- fairly inexpensive pod system
- small and light weight
- pods hold +3ml of juice
- activated by ether button or drawing on the drip tip
- claimed 3 power levels
- fairly quick charging
- can last a few to handful of hours of light use
- TWO air flow settings: very tight (MTL) and restrictive DL
- POD's are refillable
- POD's AND coils are replaceable
While my first kit mostly sat on a shelf unused I grabbed it today to give it a few 'puffs' to refresh my memory as to why I may not be using it (or its 'sister') in my standard rotation. While the battery still had a charge on it I found that the coil portion kinda failed (still produced vapor) as it had leaked the POD's contents into the mod and out the USBC port on the bottom as well as fell apart when I pulled it out!
Here is where I found that the '0.5 ohm mesh' in reality is a itty-bitty-tiny ~1/8" coil inside a 'tube' of cotton inside a metal cage that is wrapped with cotton with yet another metal cage on the outside of it. I found this as the OUTSIDE cage stayed in the POD when I removed the coil leaving me with 'cotton with metal in it' in one hand and a metal cage/shell still in the POD. I dug out the remaining metal part, rinsed off/out the POD and installed a new coil and refilled the POD.
To Freemax's credit they do recommend NOT STORING THE PODS with the batteries.
I have a fair number of USBC devices that I have charge cables for so I unplugged one of them and plugged the Onnix in.
NOTHING HAPPENED!
In fact NO CABLE other than the one that comes with their KIT will charge the Onnix! (can you say FAIL? I knew you could)
So the USBC cables+chargers that I use to charge EVERYTHING from Laptops to Phones to Game systems to other small electronics won't work.
The Onnix was charged up so why not take a few puffs? As mentioned there are 2 air flow settings and 3 'power' settings. Red, Blue, Green relate to low, medium and high power. However when your puffing (no matter WHAT your setting) you will get a GREEN light. (I tried all THREE settings and oddly, there really was no difference!)
I had filled the POD with 7mg, 90%VG/10%H2O unflavored juice that is usually my 'goto juice' for around the house.
Sure, the Onnix did provide an OK amount of vapor production however it was OVERHEATED by that tiny coil. Possibly due to the short distance between the coil and the end of the drip tip, the vapor was HOT and I had to be careful as to its direction entering my mouth.
Ok sure fine, I've been spoiled by a near decade of vaping on only Temperature regulated mods.
However these points are why the Onnix sits on the shelf mostly collecting dust:
- ONLY IT'S cable can be used to charge it
- even on it's LOWEST POWER setting it overheats the juice
It may (or NOT!) be a viable backup/emergency device, I'll just have to store the pod not attached to the device and/or keep an empty pod with it along with a small bottle of juice and fill it when needed.
Disclaimer: my 'out and about' setups are ether a Target-Mini outfitted with a OBS Cirus or a Eleaf Pico outfitted with a KF V5.
g.
Since Freemax no longer has a vender in my area that sells their gear AND since most companies no longer can ship to Oregon, in efforts to get another 'kit' so I have an extra battery I resorted to 'slow boat from fasttech' and was able to pick up another one.
I'll try to break this down into the good, questionable and bad points.
First the 'good':
- fairly inexpensive pod system
- small and light weight
- pods hold +3ml of juice
- activated by ether button or drawing on the drip tip
- claimed 3 power levels
- fairly quick charging
- can last a few to handful of hours of light use
- TWO air flow settings: very tight (MTL) and restrictive DL
- POD's are refillable
- POD's AND coils are replaceable
While my first kit mostly sat on a shelf unused I grabbed it today to give it a few 'puffs' to refresh my memory as to why I may not be using it (or its 'sister') in my standard rotation. While the battery still had a charge on it I found that the coil portion kinda failed (still produced vapor) as it had leaked the POD's contents into the mod and out the USBC port on the bottom as well as fell apart when I pulled it out!
Here is where I found that the '0.5 ohm mesh' in reality is a itty-bitty-tiny ~1/8" coil inside a 'tube' of cotton inside a metal cage that is wrapped with cotton with yet another metal cage on the outside of it. I found this as the OUTSIDE cage stayed in the POD when I removed the coil leaving me with 'cotton with metal in it' in one hand and a metal cage/shell still in the POD. I dug out the remaining metal part, rinsed off/out the POD and installed a new coil and refilled the POD.
To Freemax's credit they do recommend NOT STORING THE PODS with the batteries.
I have a fair number of USBC devices that I have charge cables for so I unplugged one of them and plugged the Onnix in.
NOTHING HAPPENED!
In fact NO CABLE other than the one that comes with their KIT will charge the Onnix! (can you say FAIL? I knew you could)
So the USBC cables+chargers that I use to charge EVERYTHING from Laptops to Phones to Game systems to other small electronics won't work.
The Onnix was charged up so why not take a few puffs? As mentioned there are 2 air flow settings and 3 'power' settings. Red, Blue, Green relate to low, medium and high power. However when your puffing (no matter WHAT your setting) you will get a GREEN light. (I tried all THREE settings and oddly, there really was no difference!)
I had filled the POD with 7mg, 90%VG/10%H2O unflavored juice that is usually my 'goto juice' for around the house.
Sure, the Onnix did provide an OK amount of vapor production however it was OVERHEATED by that tiny coil. Possibly due to the short distance between the coil and the end of the drip tip, the vapor was HOT and I had to be careful as to its direction entering my mouth.
Ok sure fine, I've been spoiled by a near decade of vaping on only Temperature regulated mods.
However these points are why the Onnix sits on the shelf mostly collecting dust:
- ONLY IT'S cable can be used to charge it
- even on it's LOWEST POWER setting it overheats the juice
It may (or NOT!) be a viable backup/emergency device, I'll just have to store the pod not attached to the device and/or keep an empty pod with it along with a small bottle of juice and fill it when needed.
Disclaimer: my 'out and about' setups are ether a Target-Mini outfitted with a OBS Cirus or a Eleaf Pico outfitted with a KF V5.
g.
