Got my eGo-C today. I have been vaping on it all evening and am on my second tank of my favorite juice - Boba's Bounty. Here are some initial impressions.
I was interested in a tank system but was concerned about the fiddling factor I had heard some eGo T users talk about. Leaking tanks, adjusting the wick and the relatively expensive ongoing costs of the replacement atty. The eGo C seems to solve these issues and is pretty much plug and play. I also like the fact that there is no poly fill or fiber material to burn. Just juice in the tank feeding the atty.
The kit includes two complete setups with two batteries, two atty bases, two cones and a charger (USB and wall plug). It came with the 5 atomizers in what I guess is the standard resistance at 2.2 ohms. It also came with 5 tanks - 2 blue and 3 white. I asked Ovale USA to include some VG juice since my wife is PG intolerant. They wrote a note on the packing slip indicating that all their juice was PG or PG/VG blended so they threw in a free eGo lanyard instead of the freebie juice bottle. Nice!
How does it vape? Well it was pretty easy to get started. I took out an atty, blew the primer out, placed it on the atty base and screwed in the cone. The tank was fairly easy to fill. The cap comes off the tank easier if you pry from the flat side btw. I filled it up with Boba's, popped it into the cone, let it sit for a minute and started puffing.
The vapor production was actually a bit surprising. I was expecting the all VG juice to produce nice clouds but it was massive clouds! It only took a few puffs to get it going and there was not really any nasty primer taste.
The flavor I get from the eGo-C is unique and different from my standard eGo with the SR atty or LR carto. I just got some Boge LR cartos and have not been happy with them in terms of flavor. They are harsh to me masking some of the flavor and the TH from the Boge LR is actually a bit rough on my throat. This is simply not the case with the eGo-C. The flavor is nice and I get virtually zero burnt flavors and the TH is just right, not too much and not too little. Boba's Bounty has a more mellow character with more chocolate/graham cracker tones coming through on the eGo-C. Gorilla Juice is also mellowed with more banana in the flavor. I likey!
The eGo-C base/atty/cone assembly fits my standard eGo batteries no problem. I have not run the eGo-C battery down far enough yet to see how the new LED battery indicator works. I guess it will change two colors (blue at 40% and orange at 10% or something) as the charge depletes? The 5-click on/off feature is also nice for storage and apparently helps to extend the battery life a bit. The look and feel of the unit is quite nice with the black finish. It is silky smooth in the hand. Everything fits together nicely with good threading like on other eGo units.
The only negative(s) I have experienced so far is I overfilled the tank on the second re-fill. This seems to make it vacuum lock and I got a dry hit or two. I had to take it apart and siphon out some juice to get it to start feeding again. Out of the 1.2ml capacity I am thinking 1ml is just about right. The new unit also has a freshly manufactured smell/odor on the battery and cone that I also got from my standard eGo kit. This will probably go away after a few days like it did on my other eGo kit. I think for some, the more mellow flavor and TH may also be a negative but it isn't for me. I hear Ovale is getting in the new LR 1.8 ohm atty soon so that may give a stronger hit that some may prefer.
The eGo-C get a thumbs up from me!
Nice review! I'm about 40 tanks into using the "C" now, and so far, satisfied with the kit. Your two negatives should be noted as inherent in any tank setup. Let the tank run completely dry, nothing to wick, yielding a burnt taste. No juice = Yuck! The other, overfilling, it's been noted by several that leaving a small air pocket in the tank, helps wicking. I'm not a physics major, but I'm sure the air pocket helps gravitional flow of the juice to the wick. Glad it's working for you!
