Okay, I've had my VTube for just over a week now and it's time to review it. This is a cut and paste of my review from Apollo's subforum, but wanted to get it out where more people might see it. This is my first real long written out review of anything on here, so go easy on me. 
Since this turned out to be a bit of a longer review than I thought it would be, I will go ahead and post my rating at the top as well as the bottom. I'm saying 8.5 out of 10
Let's start with Apollo. Their customer service is great. While I haven't had to contact the company direct regarding anything, they maintain a strong presence on ECF now and sunny responds fairly quickly to anything brought up in the thread. Of course running big prize contests doesn't hurt.
I had been looking at the VTube for some time as a nice mid-level APV and would have been purchasing one soon; however, I won my VTube in the 2nd running of their big contest, so in the end I didn't have to purchase one. However, I won't let that cloud my review.
Packaging is quite nice. Everything fit into a smaller mailer than I would have imagined, but that happens a lot in the PV/APV world it seems.
What the website says you get:
What I got:
(I did delete some extra text regarding the mini since this review is on the standard, as well as the extra text after the atomizer, just because it wasn't beneficial to the review)
So there was no drip tip, but 2 atomizers. Okay they look the same in the baggie, so no big deal. I have plenty of drip tips lying around, but if it had been the other way around; I can see where someone would be upset here.
Now let's move onto the device itself. It's the black one, so the body is made of aluminum. It has a very sturdy feel to it and I would imagine it could handle drops and falls pretty well. I won't intentionally subject mine to this, but based on how it feels. I'm reminded of Maglite brand flashlights when I hold it. The end caps are plastic covered, but at least for the bottom cap, it is plastic over aluminum so it is pretty solid. The black paint has a bit of a texture to it. Nothing grippy, but it's not totally glossy either. I like it in that aspect. The 510 connector appears to be I guess brass? Like almost every other 510 APV I've seen. It feels solid when I screw any 510 accessory into it, though once screwed in, it does appear mine is off center just a little. There's a slight angle to it. However, this doesn't affect the use of it at all, so I'm not too worried.
The fire button is very solid with a resounding click when pressed. The device has 3 smaller buttons that control power on/off, volts up, and volts down. These buttons have been discussed on here in the main Apollo thread and I feel could have been better done. They are loose inside the housing. They extend out and rattle when the device is moved around. The only time they are truly flush is when it is laying on its side with the buttons on top. Trivial to some I am sure and not a true deal breaker for me, but still something that could have been engineered a little better I think.
I have the standard sized VTube, so the battery that came with it is an 18650. This is your fairly standard battery that it seems most vendors include in kits. It's an IMR 18650 3.7v 1600mAh. I have found that with using my VTube at home in the evenings chain vaping on it, I get at least 2 to 2.5 nights worth of use out of it before it needs to be recharged. I purchased a 2nd 18650 locally so I don't have to worry about not having use of the device during battery charging.
Battery is easy to change, just unscrew the bottom end cap and swap out. I haven't tested it myself, but I believe this device has a polarity checker to make sure you don't put the battery in backwards.
The charger included is very simple and basic, but gets the job done. Outputs 4.2v at 600mAh.
The included instruction manual covers almost everything you need to know about the device and appears to have been initially written in English, not auto translated from another language like so many others. This is a very nice plus I feel, although there are a couple of small grammatical and punctuation errors in it. Trivial maybe, but still they stand out. I do have 2 major issues with the manual though. On the page discussing battery charging, it states that includes is "1x Battery charging station." "2 x 3.7v 18650 Lithium ion batteries and appropriate power cables." The website does state there is only 1 battery in the kit, but to have a manual that shows differently is a bit of a negative I think. Reading on the ECF I have learned that the device has a built in volt meter. If you click the red power button 7 times, the LCD will display the power left in the battery. Nowhere in the manual is this feature listed.
Okay, this is getting long and I will wrap it up now.
The overall picture is that this is a great device for the price point Apollo is selling it at. The overall construction is very solid with just a few minor things as I noted. This is a device I would have been very happy with if I had purchased it, and I will recommend it to others looking for a good mid-level APV device.
On a scale of 1 - 10, I'll give it a solid 8.5.
Now for some pretty pictures
Since this turned out to be a bit of a longer review than I thought it would be, I will go ahead and post my rating at the top as well as the bottom. I'm saying 8.5 out of 10
Let's start with Apollo. Their customer service is great. While I haven't had to contact the company direct regarding anything, they maintain a strong presence on ECF now and sunny responds fairly quickly to anything brought up in the thread. Of course running big prize contests doesn't hurt.
I had been looking at the VTube for some time as a nice mid-level APV and would have been purchasing one soon; however, I won my VTube in the 2nd running of their big contest, so in the end I didn't have to purchase one. However, I won't let that cloud my review.
Packaging is quite nice. Everything fit into a smaller mailer than I would have imagined, but that happens a lot in the PV/APV world it seems.
What the website says you get:
- 1 variable-voltage Regular (5 inches) or Mini VTube (3.75 inches)
- 1 black Apollo leather carry case
- 1 High capacity 18650 rechargeable battery for the Regular VTube
- 1 Battery charger
- 1 Drip tip
- 1 3.0-ohm high resistance 510 atomizer
What I got:
- 1 variable-voltage Regular (5 inches) or Mini VTube (3.75 inches)
- 1 black Apollo leather carry case
- 1 High capacity 18650 rechargeable battery for the Regular VTube
- 1 Battery charger
1 Drip tip
- 2 3.0-ohm high resistance 510 atomizer
(I did delete some extra text regarding the mini since this review is on the standard, as well as the extra text after the atomizer, just because it wasn't beneficial to the review)
So there was no drip tip, but 2 atomizers. Okay they look the same in the baggie, so no big deal. I have plenty of drip tips lying around, but if it had been the other way around; I can see where someone would be upset here.
Now let's move onto the device itself. It's the black one, so the body is made of aluminum. It has a very sturdy feel to it and I would imagine it could handle drops and falls pretty well. I won't intentionally subject mine to this, but based on how it feels. I'm reminded of Maglite brand flashlights when I hold it. The end caps are plastic covered, but at least for the bottom cap, it is plastic over aluminum so it is pretty solid. The black paint has a bit of a texture to it. Nothing grippy, but it's not totally glossy either. I like it in that aspect. The 510 connector appears to be I guess brass? Like almost every other 510 APV I've seen. It feels solid when I screw any 510 accessory into it, though once screwed in, it does appear mine is off center just a little. There's a slight angle to it. However, this doesn't affect the use of it at all, so I'm not too worried.
The fire button is very solid with a resounding click when pressed. The device has 3 smaller buttons that control power on/off, volts up, and volts down. These buttons have been discussed on here in the main Apollo thread and I feel could have been better done. They are loose inside the housing. They extend out and rattle when the device is moved around. The only time they are truly flush is when it is laying on its side with the buttons on top. Trivial to some I am sure and not a true deal breaker for me, but still something that could have been engineered a little better I think.
I have the standard sized VTube, so the battery that came with it is an 18650. This is your fairly standard battery that it seems most vendors include in kits. It's an IMR 18650 3.7v 1600mAh. I have found that with using my VTube at home in the evenings chain vaping on it, I get at least 2 to 2.5 nights worth of use out of it before it needs to be recharged. I purchased a 2nd 18650 locally so I don't have to worry about not having use of the device during battery charging.
Battery is easy to change, just unscrew the bottom end cap and swap out. I haven't tested it myself, but I believe this device has a polarity checker to make sure you don't put the battery in backwards.
The charger included is very simple and basic, but gets the job done. Outputs 4.2v at 600mAh.
The included instruction manual covers almost everything you need to know about the device and appears to have been initially written in English, not auto translated from another language like so many others. This is a very nice plus I feel, although there are a couple of small grammatical and punctuation errors in it. Trivial maybe, but still they stand out. I do have 2 major issues with the manual though. On the page discussing battery charging, it states that includes is "1x Battery charging station." "2 x 3.7v 18650 Lithium ion batteries and appropriate power cables." The website does state there is only 1 battery in the kit, but to have a manual that shows differently is a bit of a negative I think. Reading on the ECF I have learned that the device has a built in volt meter. If you click the red power button 7 times, the LCD will display the power left in the battery. Nowhere in the manual is this feature listed.
Okay, this is getting long and I will wrap it up now.
The overall picture is that this is a great device for the price point Apollo is selling it at. The overall construction is very solid with just a few minor things as I noted. This is a device I would have been very happy with if I had purchased it, and I will recommend it to others looking for a good mid-level APV device.
On a scale of 1 - 10, I'll give it a solid 8.5.
Now for some pretty pictures
