Now this is e-smoking!
INTRODUCTION
I ordered a Sedansa at the start of the week and received it on Thursday. It arrived in perfect condition, properly packaged and delivered by UPS.
In the package was:
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The build quality of the Sedansa is streets ahead of my previous e-ciggie (from e-cig.com). The finish is durable and scratch resistant and the engineering is far more precise the cartridges clip in to place neatly and satisfyingly and the plastic moulding of the mouthpiece and the LED end-piece is of far greater quality.
All in all, this looks and feels like a proper bit of high-end modern technology.
The unit ships with a European-style plug fitting, so be sure to pick up an adapter - usually only a couple of $s or £s from electrical suppliers.
THE SMOKE
Eager to give it a go, I popped open a "Turkish blend" cartridge from its container, tightened the battery up and clicked the cartridge into place.
The first thing I noticed is what a light draw the Sedansa has. It is much more similar to a cigarette than my e-cig was. Sort of like the difference between a cigarette and a roll-up. Also the LED is far brighter and turns on and off in a much punchier fashion.
As soon as the vapors hit my lungs I thought Oh yeah, this is it. This is e-smoking! The sensations were so similar to inhaling cigarette smoke I was almost shocked.
On exhaling, a large cloud of dense mist billowed out. I was able to blow rings that lingered just like smoke rings!
I hadnt smoked or ingested any nicotine that day, and the hit I got was very powerful. After four or five lung-fulls, I felt Id had my fix. I ordered the strong (16mg) cartridges, which I now kind of regret, since the act of e-smoking with the Sedansa is so pleasant, but I didnt want to over-do things.
The great thing about e-smoking is just how clean the process is. You have a smoke, get your fix, but then you dont have any lingering odours on your person or in your environment. Your taste-buds are unaffected and your breath doesnt stink.
I really dont feel I am exaggerating when I say that, after trying my Sedansa, there is absolutely no point in smoking tobacco any more.
OUT AND ABOUT
So, resolved to be an exclusive e-smoker, I charged my other battery up and headed out to see a couple of friends.
Both these guys had had a go on my e-cig before, but had been relatively unimpressed, despite my evangelism! Things were far different this time round both agreed that they could see themselves being e-smokers in the not-too-distant future and that the Sedansa is a perfect substitute. Their only concern was the price.
That really was a turn-around. My friends had both been absolutely adamant that the e-cig would not take off and that people would more likely quit than change to e-smoking. I now had one friend constantly taking the thing off me rather than go outside to have a cigarette!
You might say that my Sedansa took a bit of punishment. We were passing it round to each other and constantly drawing on it so I did get a bit worried that we might break it, but it lasted absolutely perfectly. In fact, that first battery lasted pretty much the whole evening, out of the box! And the great thing is that when the battery did run out, rather than slowly giving up the ghost and petering out, the LED started flashing at me so I knew to change it.
That alone is a radical departure my e-cig battery had to be changed at least twice of an evening.
THE FLAVOURS
We had a little testing session of the various flavours that I had ordered. Here are our observations:
CONCLUSIONS
Well as I said earlier, this is it for me. Where I had doubts with my e-cig, the Sedansa has removed them for me. The technology can only get better from here on in we will see improvements in battery technology resulting in far lighter and compact versions, and the flavors will be further developed to be more authentic or just more appealing.
The price issue will put some off. With an outlay of 120 ($175 / £89) it is an expensive thing to get started doing, but some simple mathematics shows that the payback comes within a couple of months for most smokers. Cost-wise, e-smoking is actually a no-brainer.
The health implications I have discussed elsewhere, but whatever your views, e-smoking is far less dangerous than smoking in every way.
There really is no reason to smoke tobacco any more. Its as simple as that.
INTRODUCTION
I ordered a Sedansa at the start of the week and received it on Thursday. It arrived in perfect condition, properly packaged and delivered by UPS.
In the package was:
- The e-cigarette, [/*:m:1gz5h2zc]
- Two batteries,[/*:m:1gz5h2zc]
- Standard charger and in-car charger,[/*:m:1gz5h2zc]
- Velvet protective bag for the e-cigarette,[/*:m:1gz5h2zc]
- Seven packets of five cartridges, one of each flavor mint, tobacco, Marlboro, Turkish blend, apple, cherry and coffee.[/*:m:1gz5h2zc]
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The build quality of the Sedansa is streets ahead of my previous e-ciggie (from e-cig.com). The finish is durable and scratch resistant and the engineering is far more precise the cartridges clip in to place neatly and satisfyingly and the plastic moulding of the mouthpiece and the LED end-piece is of far greater quality.
All in all, this looks and feels like a proper bit of high-end modern technology.
The unit ships with a European-style plug fitting, so be sure to pick up an adapter - usually only a couple of $s or £s from electrical suppliers.
THE SMOKE
Eager to give it a go, I popped open a "Turkish blend" cartridge from its container, tightened the battery up and clicked the cartridge into place.
The first thing I noticed is what a light draw the Sedansa has. It is much more similar to a cigarette than my e-cig was. Sort of like the difference between a cigarette and a roll-up. Also the LED is far brighter and turns on and off in a much punchier fashion.
As soon as the vapors hit my lungs I thought Oh yeah, this is it. This is e-smoking! The sensations were so similar to inhaling cigarette smoke I was almost shocked.
On exhaling, a large cloud of dense mist billowed out. I was able to blow rings that lingered just like smoke rings!
I hadnt smoked or ingested any nicotine that day, and the hit I got was very powerful. After four or five lung-fulls, I felt Id had my fix. I ordered the strong (16mg) cartridges, which I now kind of regret, since the act of e-smoking with the Sedansa is so pleasant, but I didnt want to over-do things.
The great thing about e-smoking is just how clean the process is. You have a smoke, get your fix, but then you dont have any lingering odours on your person or in your environment. Your taste-buds are unaffected and your breath doesnt stink.
I really dont feel I am exaggerating when I say that, after trying my Sedansa, there is absolutely no point in smoking tobacco any more.
OUT AND ABOUT
So, resolved to be an exclusive e-smoker, I charged my other battery up and headed out to see a couple of friends.
Both these guys had had a go on my e-cig before, but had been relatively unimpressed, despite my evangelism! Things were far different this time round both agreed that they could see themselves being e-smokers in the not-too-distant future and that the Sedansa is a perfect substitute. Their only concern was the price.
That really was a turn-around. My friends had both been absolutely adamant that the e-cig would not take off and that people would more likely quit than change to e-smoking. I now had one friend constantly taking the thing off me rather than go outside to have a cigarette!
You might say that my Sedansa took a bit of punishment. We were passing it round to each other and constantly drawing on it so I did get a bit worried that we might break it, but it lasted absolutely perfectly. In fact, that first battery lasted pretty much the whole evening, out of the box! And the great thing is that when the battery did run out, rather than slowly giving up the ghost and petering out, the LED started flashing at me so I knew to change it.
That alone is a radical departure my e-cig battery had to be changed at least twice of an evening.
THE FLAVOURS
We had a little testing session of the various flavours that I had ordered. Here are our observations:
- Turkish blend: Unusual, sweet on the tongue, authentic taste.
[/*:m:1gz5h2zc] - Coffee taste: Very mild only the weakest hint of coffee quite pleasant but you wouldnt notice the flavour if you were, say, having a coffee!
[/*:m:1gz5h2zc] - Marlboro: Well, not being a Marlboro smoker I cant really offer an opinion either way as to whether it is authentic. It has a slightly toasted taste could that be it? Nice flavor anyway.
[/*:m:1gz5h2zc] - Apple: Yes its definitely apple! It is an aroma, not a taste on the tongue but the flavour is definitely there, particularly if you exhale through the nose.
[/*:m:1gz5h2zc] - Mint: Well this is a funny one because I always hated menthol cigarettes, but this is one of my favourites. It does have some of the cooling effect of menthol, but it is far less pronounced and mintier tasting you do also get a slight taste on the tongue with this. I suspect I find this much more agreeable because it is not mixed up with all the other tobacco flavours you get in a menthol cigarette.
[/*:m:1gz5h2zc] - Tobacco taste: Well, it doesnt. Not really. But thats a good thing, right? Tobacco really isnt a great taste but this is a sort of savory smoke. It has got a complex of tastes that add up to a full overall flavour. It is quite pleasant but I prefer the Marlboro flavor.
[/*:m:1gz5h2zc] - Cherry taste: Ok, this is my favorite. Again, I cant really say that it actually tastes of cherries. I mean does cherryade actually taste of cherries? But it doesnt matter because it is just really pleasant. Not a lot else to say really other than, if you like cherry and and cigarettes, youll love this![/*:m:1gz5h2zc]
CONCLUSIONS
Well as I said earlier, this is it for me. Where I had doubts with my e-cig, the Sedansa has removed them for me. The technology can only get better from here on in we will see improvements in battery technology resulting in far lighter and compact versions, and the flavors will be further developed to be more authentic or just more appealing.
The price issue will put some off. With an outlay of 120 ($175 / £89) it is an expensive thing to get started doing, but some simple mathematics shows that the payback comes within a couple of months for most smokers. Cost-wise, e-smoking is actually a no-brainer.
The health implications I have discussed elsewhere, but whatever your views, e-smoking is far less dangerous than smoking in every way.
There really is no reason to smoke tobacco any more. Its as simple as that.
I live in Toronto Canada which has very stringent no smoking policies in place. With the exception of your own home and car there is almost no indoor/sheltered location where you can light-up anymore -In fact a local mall has now prohibitted smoking anywhere on its property, including, in your own car while parked on its lot!
I still find the e-cigar the best option, even after trying the new mini, which is hopeless. Every inhalation puts liquid in my mouth and there is almost no taste and hardly any smoke. E-cig are going to replace it free of charge but I suspect it won't be much better. I'd like to find e-liquid with more kick though. My original njoy cartridges had more guts so this must be possible. All in all it beats being a smoker and it also beats being a non smoker.
