Hi jgpippin, welcome to the board.
I'm going to use Leaford's template as we're trying to standardise the board
reviews. Unfortunately I don't have any video to put up, but you can see a supermini in action on Smokester's site. I won't post the link because I didn't
buy this
device from him, but he carries the same model and is an excellent supplier.
Name: RN4081
Category: Supermini
Website:
The Electronic Cigarette Company (UK) Ltd. | SHOP |
Items purchased and Price: super E.Cig Starter Kit - £34.99
Shipping, tax, etc. £4.95
Total Price: £39.94
Warranty/Guarantee: 30 day guarantee; 7 day right of return (from receipt)
Overall Rating: 3.125
Pros: good smoke volume; excellent smoke texture; convincing cigarette-like appearance; inexpensive.
Cons: short cartridge life; average battery life; hard, plasticky mouthpiece; 'whistles' on draw; slightly overbearing 'butterscotch-y 'taste.
Atomizer Performance: 3.5
1- Smoke; 4
2- Draw; 3
Battery Performance: 3
1- Switch; 3
2- Battery life; 3
Overall reliability and performance: 3
Appearance/Build Quality: 3
Customer Service Experience:
Sent off for it and it arrived within a couple of days. Mail notification of shipping. No info on exchange / refund.
Contents: 1 dummy mouthpiece (each cart has a new mouthpiece); 1 atomiser; 2 batteries; 1 charger; 1 EU power cord; 5 assorted strength carts.
Extras: None
Battery charging times: 8 hours initially; 1 hour thereafter (I do not drain batteries fully)
Atomizer interchangeability: Sedansa Nano2 SC500_v2
Battery interchangeability: Sedansa Nano2 SC500_v2
Charger interchangeability: Sedansa Nano2 SC500_v2
Cartridge interchangeability: Sedansa Nano2 SC500_v2
Note, I do not recommend using the Sedansa charger for the Super e-Cig, or vice-versa. Sedansa tailor their Diva battery to a new model charger and warn on their site that using another charger may destroy the battery and charger and invalidate the warranty. I have no reason to believe this is true of the Nano2 but I won't take the chance. The e-Cig battery screws into the Sedansa charger but I didn't plug it in.
Narrative review:
The Super e-Cig is a good, inexpensive, entry-level model. If, like me, you feel a bit weird about the form factor of the pen-styles and want to start off your vaping career with a model that will blend in, this one's for you. This model is virtually indistinguishable from a real cigarette and if you use it in a bar, it will draw attention and quite probably censure.
The cartridges are cheap, £37.99 for 100, and since they each come in their own mouthpiece this model is less fiddly than most Super-Minis. Note, quite a few of the cartridge mouthpieces are a tighter fit over the atomiser than the supplied dummy mouthpiece. Hold on to a couple that snap on easily, as the tight fitting ones adversely affect airflow.
The smoke volume is quite unique to this model, in my experience. It's hard to describe but it's almost greasy, very full in the mouth. Produces a nice, fat smoke ring. There is a butterscotch top note, which may not be to all tastes. I didn't like it initially but it grew on me quite quickly. Very little aftertaste, but I get very thirsty after medium use (however, I only use this cigarette in bars, so that might be another explanation for copious drinking). Cartridge life is relatively short, about three or four cigarettes worth. It does produce vapour beyond that point but it's noticeably thinner and I don't think there's much nicotine content once it thins out.
The draw is OK, no more. I'm certainly more aware of the effort with this model than any other of my e-cigs. There is a whistling noise and this is quite noticeable at home, but not anywhere with background ambient noise.
The battery life is adequate, but I have never tested to the limit because of the particular way I use this model. I bought two units and two spare atomisers, which allows me to assemble four complete units. All four fit snugly into the Super e-cig box and I carry it like a regular pack of cigarettes. I charge them all up, load them with cartridges and I'm set for the night. I have never gotten to the end of all four (batteries or cartridges) on any given night out, and that includes giving interested friends a go on the spares.
Switch is also OK, but requires priming from time to time. The cut-off period is ten flashes of the LED (about 9 seconds) but you really have to work to trigger the cut off (about twenty rapid draws). It's never an issue because I carry spares.
The appearance and build quality are, again, OK. That's pretty much the overall verdict on this model. The battery is white and the carts cigarette-filter coloured. The mouthpiece is plasticky as mentioned and feels hard in the mouth but you get used to that fairly quickly. In any case, it won't be around long enough to get chipped or mangled by chewing.
That's about all I have to say on the RN4081 Supermini. I have no hesitation in recommending this model as an entry-level device. The chances are that you will move on from it quite quickly, but by then it will have repaid your investment. I value it as an easy option for a night out, and if I lost one or dropped it in a beer, it wouldn't grieve me too badly.
Overall rating 3.125
I could still review the atomizer with a compatable non-KISS battery, but what would be the fun in that? 
