Prof's Review of the eGo Booster

[prof beard]

My take on this is here:

The eGo Booster - UK Vapers

and here:

Prof Beards Blog Group The Ego Booster | VapersPlace | The Ego Booster

 

[tinstar15]

Hey Prof....

You wouldn't happen to have a pic of the ego booster on that SD of yours would ya?

Kinda wondering what it's going to look like when it finally gets here.

Thanks

 

[tinstar15]

Well, it got here. So now I know how it looks.

My wife said it looks like I'm playing a mini-clarinet without the horn shaped end.

 

[kingcobra]

I've been using ego-t lr attys and from what I've seen and read this doesn't make much of a difference. I'm wondering what people's experiences are using the booster with lr's.

 

[tinstar15]

In short....it shuts off. I thought I was using a regular resistance atty but everytime I pushed the button, it only lit for a second then started blinking. I was using a USB 650mah Joye eGo and a 900mah Janty eGo for testing. Pulled out the multimeter and the resistance measured at 2.1 ohms. I guess it was too low for the booster. It ran fine cranked all the way down, but turn it up and off with the blinking again. Maybe it's due to them being older eGo's or maybe they're finally starting to die off.

Couldn't get it to run much better on a high drain 18350 mod either. It's definitely doing something since I can hear the atty heating up faster and hotter. Just doesn't seem to "feel" all that different to me.

On the other hand, I put a 2.6 ohm Boge atty on and it worked like a charm. Same with regular resistance cartos.

It's very pretty and very well made. But for me, I don't see it getting too much use. I got it to see if the whole variable voltage thing was for me. Didn't really see much advantage over the standard LR attys. I still have yet to try it out on some other mod devices though. When I get back to my stash-o-vaping gear, I'll see if it improves with other devices, attys/cartos, and different flavors.

 

[kingcobra]

Thanks, I love my LR atties and am not about to throw them away, it sounds to me like going LR would be a much better and cheaper solution without having to go with a mod that makes your PV way too long

 

[prof beard]

On an eGo battery, i find the booster makes the LR atties perform like they do on my mods (and on my mods, make regular atties perform like LR ones) - that is a good thing, but I agree about ending up with a "long" e-cig

 

[fsroq]

Now I am confused. The link from the first post, says it even works with DC 1.6 Ohms on ego bats fine.

I thought it would work on anything within the 3Amp limit.

In short....it shuts off. I thought I was using a regular resistance atty but everytime I pushed the button, it only lit for a second then started blinking. I was using a USB 650mah Joye eGo and a 900mah Janty eGo for testing. Pulled out the multimeter and the resistance measured at 2.1 ohms. I guess it was too low for the booster. It ran fine cranked all the way down, but turn it up and off with the blinking again. Maybe it's due to them being older eGo's or maybe they're finally starting to die off.

Couldn't get it to run much better on a high drain 18350 mod either. It's definitely doing something since I can hear the atty heating up faster and hotter. Just doesn't seem to "feel" all that different to me.

On the other hand, I put a 2.6 ohm Boge atty on and it worked like a charm. Same with regular resistance cartos.

It's very pretty and very well made. But for me, I don't see it getting too much use. I got it to see if the whole variable voltage thing was for me. Didn't really see much advantage over the standard LR attys. I still have yet to try it out on some other mod devices though. When I get back to my stash-o-vaping gear, I'll see if it improves with other devices, attys/cartos, and different flavors.

 

[tinstar15]

I'm sort of confused myself. Never had an eGo battery just up and shut off on me before. It may be due to the resistance of the attys I'm using or it may just be the eGo batts are going wonky. I have no problems using them without the booster attached which makes me wonder if the booster (when set at a higher output range) is drawing more than the eGo can give.

I'll emphasize this part again though, these batts that I'm using are about a year old. They don't see much heavy use and still seem to have a sizable usage time (around 5-6 hours). It may just be that the older batts have some technological disadvantages to the newer ones.

I don't want anything I've posted so far to reflect badly on the Booster or the makers of the device. I haven't been able to try it out on any of my more suitable mods yet. With the stuff I've got with me for now, it seems a little lacking. Any device is going to have it's sweet spots. I only have a couple of different attys and one style of carto for now. When I get back, I'll have access to dozens of different types of attys, batts, cartos, and mods. I may find something that really shines with the booster.

I was only pointing out what I've experienced thus far with what I have on hand. Hopefully someone with some eGo technical skills can post a reason for the premature blinking on my stuff. I'd like to know.

 

[prof beard]

If it's any help ( I have no idea if it makes a difference or not) the eGo/Tornado battery I used in the article is from around October 2010

 

[fsroq]

And it worked fine with the booster. Lets hope it does, will get mine beginning of next week. Going to try it out on ego 900 bats, on a NoEgo 18650, and the 510N V2 mod. with both IMR bats and trustfire flames. Will report how it behaves with these.

If it's any help ( I have no idea if it makes a difference or not) the eGo/Tornado battery I used in the article is from around October 2010