I've been using my PureSmoker Prodigy V3 with the LiteCigUSA 801 BOGE SOFT CAP Blank Cartomizers now for almost five months and figure its high time to write a review. I would have been lost without this awesome forum so maybe its time to contribute my own findings.
THE PRODIGY V3
I highly recommend the Prodigy V3 electric cigarette from puresmoker.com. Get the powerful 6 Volt option with the DSE801 adapter so you can use the best cartomizers. Don't bother with the small e-cigs that look like a real cigarette, they look good but are weak and have no smoke.
Instead of going on and on about how great the Prodigy is, I'll just say one thing... I was smoking a half a pack of Winston 100 analogs every day and a pack each Saturday night. I tried everything to quit over the last 10 years and failed, I just enjoyed smoking too much and since my Prodigy V3 arrived over four months ago I have not touched a single analog Cigarette. No Joke!
One thing to mention is how PureSmoker stands behind their product. I had one KR808 cart which would not fit the Prodigy adapter threads and emailed them and they answered literally a few hours later, and consistently read all my emails over the next couple weeks until we determined that it was a problem with the threading in the other unit, not their product.
CARTOMIZERS
So you've got a Prodigy, now what? Since the Prodigy adapters will fit any cart, there's so many options for a cartomizer it can be daunting. I've tried literally almost all the atomizers and cartomizers I could find (I have boxes of them), Several KR808-D1, Numerous 510 atoms and carts, DSE801, 901 both atoms and carts.
By far the best cartomizers are the 801 BOGE SOFT CAP Blank Cartomizers from Litecigusa.net. Nothing compares. They smoke like a real cigarette, have a perfect draw, are incredibly well made, and you can fill them with any e-juice. And they fit the Prodigy perfectly, and above all can handle the Prodigy's powerful 6 Volts without burning out. A box of these puppies is only about five bucks and a single one will last a week of constant vaping if you keep the caps on it when you aren't using it and don't let it run dry.
Its actually misleading to call these BOGE carts DSE801 because the only thing they have in common with other 801's is the attachment threading. The technology itself is completely different. When you pop off the cap you can tell. The absorbing fiber is circular and perfectly formed to the interior of the cart. The air channel goes directly through the center of the fiber through the entire length of the cart from atomizer to mouth piece, not along the side, which I'm guessing is why they always create a ton of vapor and flavor and never leak, backwash or burn.
The BOGE 801 draw together with the Prodigy V3's Power creates smooth hot smoke just like an analog cigarette but with a cleaner flavor.
To give you an idea, a friend of mine who smokes lite analogs tried it and they loved the flavor, but they could not smoke it, it was too strong for them, at least with the juice I was using.
Incidentally as you can tell, one huge bonus with the Prodigy V3, other than the high power and plumes of vapor, its its versatility. The Prodigy with its different adapters allows you to literally try everything, including almost every atom and cart in existence (which is what I did). Some carts can not handle the 6 volts, so I also ordered PureSmoker's 3.7 volt battery which fits the same unit to try the the wimpier carts.
An honorable mention goes to the 510 BOGE SOFT CAP Blank Cartomizers, also by LiteCigUSA, which (no surprise) is exactly the same technology as the 801 softcaps but with the 510 threads. The air channel is slightly wider so it has a lighter draw and does not hold quit as much juice as the BOGE 801 Soft Caps. One silly but useful difference is that the BOGE 801 carts have wider threads at the base so you can stand them up on your table to refill them, and the 510's are too thin at the bottom to do this. Other than that they are the same.
I found generally that separate atomizers and fiber cartridges are a waste of time. I tried at least 10 of them and failed to find one which performs anywhere near as well as the BOGE 801 Softcap Carts in terms of wick-ing (the ability to draw juice from the fiber to the atomizer without burning or leaking). The BOGE cartomizer technology is simply better.
No, I don't work for any of these companies, or own any stock. I'm saying this after months of experience and many mouthfuls of e-juice backwash and burned smoke from two another e-cigs before I got my Prodigy. I also like the 801 BOGE SOFT CAP carts because it is literally impossible to over-fill them since the fiber absorbs until it is perfectly full and any excess juice just comes out the small hole on the bottom before you put it back on the main unit.
E-JUICE
Even the best e-cig and cart in the world is no good without some good juice, so where to start?. I've tried a lot, but the best e-Juice in my opinion is made by four companies: Freedom Smoke USA, Ms. T's Bakery, Pure Smoker, and Halo: (freedomsmokeusa, puresmoker, mstsbakery, halocigs).
I've tried several other sites for e-juice when ordering hardware, but these four juicers listed above are the only vineyards that consistently have high quality and create what I would call tuned flavors...meaning that they must actually smoke their own recipes and select and tune the ratio of ingredients, like a good cook or winery.
Freedom Smokes are particularly subtle and nuanced and Halo focuses on creating only a few super high quality all-day options. Both Ms T's Bakery and PureSmoker also create consistently smokable high quality recipes in a ton of fun flavors to try. If you like a lot of flavor PureSmoker Tonic is good since the one's I've tried tend to be bold, but very smooth and smokable. I've also been impressed with Ms T's Bakery because of the consistency, they have about a thousand flavors and they are all good. There does not seem to be a danger of getting a bad one. By comparison I tried a sample pack from another site that also has a lot of options, but one or two flavors were good and the rest were unsmokable.
Incidentally, a couple minor details on Freedom Smokes. They allow you to choose any PG/VG ratio you like in any flavor. I found that a 50/50 ratio is perfect. Also, not that its critical, but their deliveries always seem to arrive a day or two ahead of the others. Freedom Smokes also has a great habit of always slipping you a small free sample of something you would never have thought of trying, but will become a favorite.
Out of almost a hundred flavors I've tried here are my favorites:
FreedomSmokes's subtle and nuanced tobacco flavors: RY4 Tobacco, Desert Ship Tobacco, Wyatt Earp.
Ms T's straight-ahead fun and smokable flavors: Irish Cream Coffee, Cappuccino, Hazelnut Coffee, Root Beer.
PureSmoker' full-bodied, smooth and smokable TONIC: Manchester, Curtis Coffee, Silver Leaf Tobacco and Karma Scotch. Their ChocoMint is a masterpiece.
A special mention must go to Halo for the magic formula in Halo Purity Freedom. They must have hired a team chemical engineers to make this stuff. It is a very mild flavor on its own but strong and smooth lung hit like nothing else. I find myself always mixing anything 50/50 with Halo Purity since it seems to enhance the flavor of anything it is mixed with. I go through about three bottles of Halo for everything else.
A good one to start with is FreedomSmoke's RY4 Tobacco. It tastes like a high quality British Dunhill cigarette with a hint of butterscotch. Yummy!
Ms T does particularly well with the coffee and cola flavors. You would think that the cola flavors would always be good anywhere, but they seem to be a stumbling block for many juicers. I tried coke and cola from places other than the four I list here and they were horrible. Ms T on the other hand gets the cola flavors right, which apparently is not easy, and her Rootbeer is particularly good. Both Ms T and PureSmoker make a great Cherry Cola.
I'm not going to mention other juice makers by name but many of them make a lot of flavors that are labeled differently, and all taste the same: either like crushed flower pedals or burning cardboard.
One final word of opinion. As a previous smoker of a strong analog (Winston 100) I initially thought I needed high potency nicotine juice such as High 36 mg or 3.2 percent. This turned out not to be the case. I found that the 18 mg e-juice is usually about the same nicotine as an analog.
I also found that the quality of the hardware has a huge impact on the flavor of the juice. Juice which tasted horrible to me using a smaller e-cig or seperate 801 atomizer and cartridge tasted great using the Prodigy V3 with 801 BOGE SOFT CAPs.
THE PRODIGY V3
I highly recommend the Prodigy V3 electric cigarette from puresmoker.com. Get the powerful 6 Volt option with the DSE801 adapter so you can use the best cartomizers. Don't bother with the small e-cigs that look like a real cigarette, they look good but are weak and have no smoke.
Instead of going on and on about how great the Prodigy is, I'll just say one thing... I was smoking a half a pack of Winston 100 analogs every day and a pack each Saturday night. I tried everything to quit over the last 10 years and failed, I just enjoyed smoking too much and since my Prodigy V3 arrived over four months ago I have not touched a single analog Cigarette. No Joke!
One thing to mention is how PureSmoker stands behind their product. I had one KR808 cart which would not fit the Prodigy adapter threads and emailed them and they answered literally a few hours later, and consistently read all my emails over the next couple weeks until we determined that it was a problem with the threading in the other unit, not their product.
CARTOMIZERS
So you've got a Prodigy, now what? Since the Prodigy adapters will fit any cart, there's so many options for a cartomizer it can be daunting. I've tried literally almost all the atomizers and cartomizers I could find (I have boxes of them), Several KR808-D1, Numerous 510 atoms and carts, DSE801, 901 both atoms and carts.
By far the best cartomizers are the 801 BOGE SOFT CAP Blank Cartomizers from Litecigusa.net. Nothing compares. They smoke like a real cigarette, have a perfect draw, are incredibly well made, and you can fill them with any e-juice. And they fit the Prodigy perfectly, and above all can handle the Prodigy's powerful 6 Volts without burning out. A box of these puppies is only about five bucks and a single one will last a week of constant vaping if you keep the caps on it when you aren't using it and don't let it run dry.
Its actually misleading to call these BOGE carts DSE801 because the only thing they have in common with other 801's is the attachment threading. The technology itself is completely different. When you pop off the cap you can tell. The absorbing fiber is circular and perfectly formed to the interior of the cart. The air channel goes directly through the center of the fiber through the entire length of the cart from atomizer to mouth piece, not along the side, which I'm guessing is why they always create a ton of vapor and flavor and never leak, backwash or burn.
The BOGE 801 draw together with the Prodigy V3's Power creates smooth hot smoke just like an analog cigarette but with a cleaner flavor.
To give you an idea, a friend of mine who smokes lite analogs tried it and they loved the flavor, but they could not smoke it, it was too strong for them, at least with the juice I was using.
Incidentally as you can tell, one huge bonus with the Prodigy V3, other than the high power and plumes of vapor, its its versatility. The Prodigy with its different adapters allows you to literally try everything, including almost every atom and cart in existence (which is what I did). Some carts can not handle the 6 volts, so I also ordered PureSmoker's 3.7 volt battery which fits the same unit to try the the wimpier carts.
An honorable mention goes to the 510 BOGE SOFT CAP Blank Cartomizers, also by LiteCigUSA, which (no surprise) is exactly the same technology as the 801 softcaps but with the 510 threads. The air channel is slightly wider so it has a lighter draw and does not hold quit as much juice as the BOGE 801 Soft Caps. One silly but useful difference is that the BOGE 801 carts have wider threads at the base so you can stand them up on your table to refill them, and the 510's are too thin at the bottom to do this. Other than that they are the same.
I found generally that separate atomizers and fiber cartridges are a waste of time. I tried at least 10 of them and failed to find one which performs anywhere near as well as the BOGE 801 Softcap Carts in terms of wick-ing (the ability to draw juice from the fiber to the atomizer without burning or leaking). The BOGE cartomizer technology is simply better.
No, I don't work for any of these companies, or own any stock. I'm saying this after months of experience and many mouthfuls of e-juice backwash and burned smoke from two another e-cigs before I got my Prodigy. I also like the 801 BOGE SOFT CAP carts because it is literally impossible to over-fill them since the fiber absorbs until it is perfectly full and any excess juice just comes out the small hole on the bottom before you put it back on the main unit.
E-JUICE
Even the best e-cig and cart in the world is no good without some good juice, so where to start?. I've tried a lot, but the best e-Juice in my opinion is made by four companies: Freedom Smoke USA, Ms. T's Bakery, Pure Smoker, and Halo: (freedomsmokeusa, puresmoker, mstsbakery, halocigs).
I've tried several other sites for e-juice when ordering hardware, but these four juicers listed above are the only vineyards that consistently have high quality and create what I would call tuned flavors...meaning that they must actually smoke their own recipes and select and tune the ratio of ingredients, like a good cook or winery.
Freedom Smokes are particularly subtle and nuanced and Halo focuses on creating only a few super high quality all-day options. Both Ms T's Bakery and PureSmoker also create consistently smokable high quality recipes in a ton of fun flavors to try. If you like a lot of flavor PureSmoker Tonic is good since the one's I've tried tend to be bold, but very smooth and smokable. I've also been impressed with Ms T's Bakery because of the consistency, they have about a thousand flavors and they are all good. There does not seem to be a danger of getting a bad one. By comparison I tried a sample pack from another site that also has a lot of options, but one or two flavors were good and the rest were unsmokable.
Incidentally, a couple minor details on Freedom Smokes. They allow you to choose any PG/VG ratio you like in any flavor. I found that a 50/50 ratio is perfect. Also, not that its critical, but their deliveries always seem to arrive a day or two ahead of the others. Freedom Smokes also has a great habit of always slipping you a small free sample of something you would never have thought of trying, but will become a favorite.
Out of almost a hundred flavors I've tried here are my favorites:
FreedomSmokes's subtle and nuanced tobacco flavors: RY4 Tobacco, Desert Ship Tobacco, Wyatt Earp.
Ms T's straight-ahead fun and smokable flavors: Irish Cream Coffee, Cappuccino, Hazelnut Coffee, Root Beer.
PureSmoker' full-bodied, smooth and smokable TONIC: Manchester, Curtis Coffee, Silver Leaf Tobacco and Karma Scotch. Their ChocoMint is a masterpiece.
A special mention must go to Halo for the magic formula in Halo Purity Freedom. They must have hired a team chemical engineers to make this stuff. It is a very mild flavor on its own but strong and smooth lung hit like nothing else. I find myself always mixing anything 50/50 with Halo Purity since it seems to enhance the flavor of anything it is mixed with. I go through about three bottles of Halo for everything else.
A good one to start with is FreedomSmoke's RY4 Tobacco. It tastes like a high quality British Dunhill cigarette with a hint of butterscotch. Yummy!
Ms T does particularly well with the coffee and cola flavors. You would think that the cola flavors would always be good anywhere, but they seem to be a stumbling block for many juicers. I tried coke and cola from places other than the four I list here and they were horrible. Ms T on the other hand gets the cola flavors right, which apparently is not easy, and her Rootbeer is particularly good. Both Ms T and PureSmoker make a great Cherry Cola.
I'm not going to mention other juice makers by name but many of them make a lot of flavors that are labeled differently, and all taste the same: either like crushed flower pedals or burning cardboard.
One final word of opinion. As a previous smoker of a strong analog (Winston 100) I initially thought I needed high potency nicotine juice such as High 36 mg or 3.2 percent. This turned out not to be the case. I found that the 18 mg e-juice is usually about the same nicotine as an analog.
I also found that the quality of the hardware has a huge impact on the flavor of the juice. Juice which tasted horrible to me using a smaller e-cig or seperate 801 atomizer and cartridge tasted great using the Prodigy V3 with 801 BOGE SOFT CAPs.
