Initial IKV Premium vs Standard vs Boge Review

[o4_srt]

I received my package in the mail about 30 minutes ago. I ordered 5 standard SLB cartos, and 5 SLB premiums.

I have been using the Boge's for the past 2 months, and was satisfied with them.

Capacity: I filled a standard and premium side-by-side, counting drops. Both leaked out the battery connector at 50, whereas I could only put 25-30 in the Boge.

Vapor: The premium definitely produce more than the standard. Not a whole lot more, but more nonetheless. They both produce more than the Boge.

Flavor: Flavor is better on the premiums. In fact, the first hit on my DIY menthol juice choked me a bit because of how strong the menthol was. The standard is a little less than the premium, on par with the Boge.

Draw: Both very light. Lighter than Boge.

Throat hit: Cannot comment on this, because I hate throat hit, so I make my liquid so that it has none. I can imagine though, that the premium would have more because of the decreased resistance.

The only problem I have with any of them is that the standard hard tip catromizer's tip falls off very easily. It's happened twice in the past 30 mins.

Technical Jargon:
IKV Premium: 2.9 ohms
IKV Standard: 3.0 ohms
Boge: 3.2 ohms.

At 5v, IKV Premium: 8.62 watts
IKV Standard: 8.33 watts
Boge: 7.81 watts

At 3.7v IKV Premium: 4.7 watts
IKV Standard: 4.56 watts
Boge: 4.2 watts

If you vape at standard voltage, these should DEFINITELY be your go-to cartos. 500 mW difference between the Boge and IKV premiums is a noticeable difference.


I use a DIY 5v box mod, and am very impressed with the premiums.

If you haven't tried these out yet, what are you waiting for? At $1.75 each, they are hardly more expensive than the other cartos on the market, and well worth the price.

Thanks Isaac! You have made yourself a repeat customer

 

[doots]

good report and good to know o4.

 

[Vaporologist]

Nice review o4.

Unlike you, I am a TH junky. I've been using these Premium cartos since yesterday noon when they arrived and they perform very nicely at 3.7V. The standard ones work beautifully at 5V, as you know.

 

[Switched]

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[WitchWay]

Great review!!! Everybody here already knows I love the SLB cartos I can not notice a tremendous difference in the premium over the regular SLBs, but there is some. I think longevity might be a bigger difference in the premiums but only time will tell that. I tested 5 of the 20 I purchased and 3 of them tested at 2.7 ohms, 1 at 2.6 ohms and 1 at 2.8 ohms. So far when I am ready, which will be a long time to purchase more cartos, it will be the premiums over the regulars.


Happy Vaping!!!

 

[aspen]

Great info o4, the capacity is just an amazing amount. Easy draw on these which I like. I would imagine if you want some resistance to the draw a simple toothpick end in one of the holes of the cartomiser would accomplish it.
Thanks o4

 

[Iken]

Beautiful review O4! and Thank you for the great words!
The tips falling off is very concerning though. It sounds like the luck of the draw but still concerning. Would you shoot me an email so that next time you order, I can add a few in there for you as replacements. Even though they are operating, this still feels like a defect with the one's you have and should be remedied. How many are having this problem?

 

[Katya]

Isaac, is there any difference, internally, between the hard and the soft-capped cartos? I'm looking for the lowest ohm rating I can find for my Riva, and WW tested some and they measured 2.6-2.8Ω, which is better for me. WW, did you get the soft or the hard caps?

 

[o4_srt]

Beautiful review O4! and Thank you for the great words!
The tips falling off is very concerning though. It sounds like the luck of the draw but still concerning. Would you shoot me an email so that next time you order, I can add a few in there for you as replacements. Even though they are operating, this still feels like a defect with the one's you have and should be remedied. How many are having this problem?

This problem is fixed by pushing in the tip with more pressure. If you push it in like a soft tip, it usually falls out, but if, after inserting it, you put some pressure on it, it stays in place. I only have one that is doing this, as I have only used one so far, but a coworker of mine has the same problem.

 

[Iken]

Isaac, is there any difference, internally, between the hard and the soft-capped cartos? I'm looking for the lowest ohm rating I can find for my Riva, and WW tested some and they measured 2.6-2.8Ω, which is better for me. WW, did you get the soft or the hard caps?

Hi Kat, not one single difference between the two, not counting the tips themselves. it's actually very common to have slightly different resistances when having any atomizers and cartys produced. There's always a +/-2Ω(means give or take) This is what we can do, if you would like to put in order to try them, mark a memo for me and I'll go through our batches and select the 2.6Ω. Hmmm you may of just inadvertently given me a Great idea!

This problem is fixed by pushing in the tip with more pressure. If you push it in like a soft tip, it usually falls out, but if, after inserting it, you put some pressure on it, it stays in place. I only have one that is doing this, as I have only used one so far, but a coworker of mine has the same problem.

Ahh so these have are happening with your soft tip. When you say that you have to apply pressure to push it in. Is this causing the tip to sit recessed from the top of the barrel?

 

[Iken]

Great info o4, the capacity is just an amazing amount. Easy draw on these which I like. I would imagine if you want some resistance to the draw a simple toothpick end in one of the holes of the cartomiser would accomplish it.
Thanks o4

Great tip Aspen! Quick, easy and effective modification good buddy!

 

[o4_srt]

Hi Kat, not one single difference between the two, not counting the tips themselves. it's actually very common to have slightly different resistances when having any atomizers and cartys produced. There's always a +/-2Ω(means give or take) This is what we can do, if you would like to put in order to try them, mark a memo for me and I'll go through our batches and select the 2.6Ω. Hmmm you may of just inadvertently given me a Great idea!
Ahh so these have are happening with your soft tip. When you say that you have to apply pressure to push it in. Is this causing the tip to sit recessed from the top of the barrel?

no it's just the hard tip. When you push the SOFT tip in, it ends up going the whole way into the carto (lip recessed) if you apply too much pressure, which is normal.

If you use the same amount of pressure for the hard tip (as I was originally doing) as you do for the soft tip, the hard tip falls off. Hence, after putting the hard tip in the carto, and giving it a good push, it stays in place.

It was just user error, no big deal. Everything works fine now

 

[Vaporologist]

Hey Isaac, remember our conversation on how you don't need a tool to remove the tip on hardtops and that you can remove them with just a fingernail? With some hardtop cartos the tip actually stays in the condom when taking it off the carto. I haven't seen any problems with the softtop ones.

 

[Katya]

Hi Kat, not one single difference between the two, not counting the tips themselves. it's actually very common to have slightly different resistances when having any atomizers and cartys produced. There's always a +/-2Ω(means give or take) This is what we can do, if you would like to put in order to try them, mark a memo for me and I'll go through our batches and select the 2.6Ω. Hmmm you may of just inadvertently given me a Great idea!

Thank you, Sir. I'll do that.

Hmmm, what's the great idea?

 

[WitchWay]

Better late than never... Kat I ordered the hard tips, but I think he was still putting up the soft tip ones when I ordered because the hard tips were the only ones up. Since I don't use either tips, I would have gotten the hard tips anyway to save his stock of soft tips for people that prefer them. I take off the tops and replace with a drip tip. I have a bowl of all the tops

The two I've been using since Friday are still going strong, no flavor or vapor loss yet. These ARE SLBs afterall, I didn't expect anything less


Happy Vaping!!!

 

[o4_srt]

Update: After a day or 2 of use, I'm noticing what I thought was a burnt taste when using the SLB's, premium and standard.

Took apart a carto, no burning. Juice just tastes different using the SLB's compared to the Boge's.

 

[WitchWay]

Update: After a day or 2 of use, I'm noticing what I thought was a burnt taste when using the SLB's, premium and standard.

Took apart a carto, no burning. Juice just tastes different using the SLB's compared to the Boge's.

That may be a result of the different ohms between the two cartos. It all boils down to the watts, or heat produced. Some juices taste very different with different amounts of heat. There are so many varibles that can cause the different it is hard to say though.


Happy Vaping!!

 

[Vaporologist]

Update: After a day or 2 of use, I'm noticing what I thought was a burnt taste when using the SLB's, premium and standard.

Took apart a carto, no burning. Juice just tastes different using the SLB's compared to the Boge's.

I noticed that before editing your post you mentioned that you use 100% VG juice. Maybe VG doesn't wick as well with the type of filler used in Isaac's cartos causing the taste to change after 1-2 days. If you dilute your juices 4-1 or 5-1 bringing them to the consistency of PG juices, I think they would wick better and provide more consistent longer lasting good flavor. Just a thought.

 

[Switched]

FWIW I am on week 3 with my Strawberry Menthol carto. 80/20 mix. My reg menthol has gone musty on me. But hey, it is 3 weeks old as well. Time for a clean I guess. All in all I definitely have no problems with them and extend a thanks to WWay for introducing me to them.

 

[Vaporologist]

Where did the monkey go?