nuvocig v. 510 comparison

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The nuvocig was the first e-cig I actually saw, first hand. There is a kiosk in a local mall selling them, and the salesperson there allowed me to sample one (sent the cartridge home with me, of course), and I did not proceed with a purchase at that time. This is the only retail outlet locally that has e-cigs.
A week a later a friend of mine appeared with a 510 purchased from madvapes.com (great site), and I finally dove in. This was a little over a month ago.

A week after purchasing the 510s, I also returned to the mall and purchased a nuvocig kit, just to try it, and I'm glad I did.
The nuvocig comes with an auto battery, larger than the 510, longer lasting, a larger vaporizer, and 5 prefilled carts.
I have to say, the nuvocig prefilled carts are disgusting. Seriously.
And there is not mention on their site (nuvocig.com) of eliquids, juice, etc.
Apparently, they expect all users to continue to purchase their prefilled carts, at a cost of roughly $2.00/cartridge. I would not recommend their prefilled cartridges.
But, if you refill them with some good juice, you're good to go!

Here are the nuvocig pros (then cons):
Larger, longer lasting battery than a 510, lasts up to 10 hours, in my experience.
Smooth full hits (don't know if this is due to larger size, or what).
Aluto battery (this is my preference, especially when driving (no hands!), no button to get stuck, or inadvertently pressed in your pocket, etc.
Durable, long lasting vaporizer/atomizer unit.

Cons:
Nasty, nasty prefilled carts. Yuck.
The cartridges don't hold a lot of fluid (about half what my 510 carts hold).
Auto battery (con for those who drip or prefer manual).

I did drip into one of these, and lost the battery.

When driving, especially, and also for sheer convenience (no button, unit fits nicely in pocket), I like the nuvocig.
So, it's the hardware I like. Also, the local retailer is a pretty cool guy (while the company pushes their carts, last I saw this guy, to buy another kit, he filled my cartridge up with some peanutbutter juice. Tasty!). The company, itself, it seems, is simply bent on a profit by selling their nauseating prefilled carts, which doesn't speak much for service or respect of the customer, but, I like the hardware.
For all I know, there may be comparable hardware elsewhere. I don't know.

A month after having both products, the 510 kit and the nuvocig, my 510 atomizers have quit on me, but the nuvocig continues to function great (with the exception of the one battery I killed dripping).
As for the kits, the nuvocig kit, at $29, came with only 1 battery and atomizer, plus 5 carts, and either a car/usb charger OR and ac charger. (This is why I purchased 2 kits, to have both chargers, and 2ea. battery and atomizer).
For only a few dollars more, madvapes has the 510 kits with two batteries, two atomizers, and 5 carts, and an ac/usb charger combo thingy, which allowed me to charge in the car as well as at home.

tony
 

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Hey Tony, I thought I would chime in since I'm a 510 guy (atty's anyway, I have long since graduated from the stock batteries) and I also picked up a one batt nuvocig kit just to see what it was about. To say I was surprised by the nuvocig would be an understatement.

My first experience with ecigs was a smoking everywhere RN4081 and it sucked the fat one. Since the nuvocig looks very much like a 4081 I thought I was in for a crappy experience but boy was I wrong. I personally have to disagree with you on the cartridge taste, I actually really like the menthol, but as we all know, taste is subjective. The battery did last longer than a regular 510 battery does, but the best thing about it was the vapor production and throat hit. Wow, I was shocked at how well it did. It easily compares to a 510 for vapor, and the throat hit isn't as harsh but it is still there. I actually got a kit that had one battery, a usb charger and 2 carts for $15 I think. For someone just looking to see what ecigs are all about, this is a great way to go, seeing as how I spent about $120 for a smoking everywhere kit that was only about 1/10th as good.

As far as I know their business model is a carts only deal, but from what I understand that is because they want to keep it as simple as possible for the consumer. Of course the profit from the carts isn't bad for them I'm sure, but I really do think they are trying to offer an inexpensive product for the masses. Needless to say I refilled the carts myself with my own juice so I'm not spending money on that, and I actually enjoy the nuvocig as a break from the 510 every once in a while. It's very smooth and still has good vapor production. They are kind of a no brainer ecig, but that's what some people need. Just thought I would add my experience to yours. Happy vaping!
 
The whole no-brainer thing is precisely why I recommended the nuvocig to my uncle. I do think it's a decent product.
Also, since writing the above, I have to say that I've given their menthol another change, and do like it.
One thing, though, after a week or two, the nuvocig doesn't seem to produce as much vapor, unless I suck on the darned thing like a hoover vacuum machine. Cleaning the vaporizer/atty with alcohol doesn't seem to make a difference. My first nuvocig atty, over a month old now, still produces, so, it has not deteriorated, but both, that one and the one I got only a couple of weeks ago require herculean pulls to get a good cloud out of them. Sometimes they produce well in the morning, after being left all night, but after a few pulls, they become difficult again (and adding juice to the cart, etc., doesn't seem to be the issue). The batteries continue to last all day, etc., and I continue to prefer the autobats while driving.
I'm still relatively new to all of this, not quite 2 months in (but over 6 weeks without a tobacco cigarette!), so it may simply be that I'm doing something wrong for lack of know-how?
Thanks for your input.
 
Oh, and, the first carts I got were small, and I would refill them every few hours. But when I bought their kit with the usb charger, it came with a longer cart, that holds a 3 times longer chamber for polyfill+juice, which can last nearly all day. I don't know why they have different sized carts, but the longer one is better, IMHO, if you can get them.
 

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Hey Tony, I'm not familiar with the different sizes of carts, but the larger size sounds better. Glad to hear you like the menthol as well, I was hoping it wasn't just me :) I Actually refill with Mojito from Tasty Vapor and its very similar. As far as making the pull easier, try 2 things. Unscrew the atomizer just a little bit, this allows more air flow into the bottom of the atty. Also, take something small and sharp and pull the wadding out of the cart and run it under water. Squeeze it dry, put it back in, add more liquid and see how that does. This should help. Let me know how it does!
 
I'm using the vaporizer from a nuvo-cig with a 510 passthrough I purchased at madvapes, right now.
I find their vaporizers work great, but their batteries are too easily killed (especially if you overfill a cart or drip, because juice gets in the battery). Their vaporizers don't work with most 510 batteries, though, but with the passthrough, works great! They are powerful, durable vaporizers.
 
I'm using the vaporizer from a nuvo-cig with a 510 passthrough I purchased at madvapes, right now.
I find their vaporizers work great, but their batteries are too easily killed (especially if you overfill a cart or drip, because juice gets in the battery). Their vaporizers don't work with most 510 batteries, though, but with the passthrough, works great! They are powerful, durable vaporizers.
 

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tonybaldwin - that's interesting. I'm not into USB PTs yet, but that was real interesting. It's odd that the 510 batts won't work, yet the USB PT does. I was hoping to maybe find out what kind - like since it's not a 510, or a RN 4081, etc. what the model number is. I have identified my NJOY NPRO and the GreenSmoke, and the cheapie (now dead, except for batt) Exhale0 2 model numbers, but the NuvoCig is one elusive e-cig to identify!!
 
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