Hey Bloogers,
Just received my Bloog Trifecta an hour ago and have been testing it out. This is my first Bloog product, so I thought I'd share my initial impression about it.
Obviously, from my signature, I'm a V4L fan. They're what got me off analogs and have been great to me ever since I started vaping over a year ago. What brought my attention to Bloog, was of course Leaford. He used to work for V4L and did some tremendous things there...can't thank him enough!
My reasoning for getting the Trifecta is a two parter: I wanted to try one of the Bloog products and the Trifecta is supposedly (stated by Leaford) what was once supposed to be V4L's new battery, the VK-1. Talk of the VK-1 has died down over the past few months and who knows if it will ever come into existance. Leaford stated in a video about the Trifecta, that the VK-1 got put on hold (possibly permanently) but he still wanted to finish it and was given the chance here at Bloog.
So, on to my impressions! I have mixed feelings about the Trifecta, not because I'm a V4L fanboy, but there's always the good and the bad right? I think its a very sexy and comfortable battery! I love the overall looks of it (very high techy) and has a good feel in my hand. The auto sensor performs much like V4L's standard batteries. Sorry, I can only compare it to V4L batteries since that's all I have. I know it doesn't have the MaxxFusion auto sensor in it, but I have no complaints about that. The manual side of it performs just as expected and I'm happy about that since I love manuals. Its just a really cool battery haha!
Edit: I forgot to mention...it has a 10 second cutoff too HURRAY!!!
So...it works good, but there's always room for improvement, right? So onto the cons: Well, as stated by a few other people, the usb connection to the battery end fits crooked. I just bent the prong slightly and it looks better. The cord is very short compared to other PTs I've used...over a foot shorter than my V4L PT (even without stretching out the coiled part of my V4L PT.) Would be nice if it were a bit longer. My second con would be the switch. Its not so bad, but a little loose (it jiggles). Its much like the switches on older style manual batteries. Its alot bigger than V4L's and much less flush with the battery. That's really the only things I can find wrong with it.
Now, I did order a pack of menthol cartomizers. How could I truly test it otherwise lol? I like the vapor output on them, especially for them using straight PG. The TH was very lacking though and I got the 16mg level, so I know its not because of that. From experience, menthol usually have alot of TH, but in my opinion that's not the case here. I normally use 18mg nic level, so the 16mg should be comparable, but no luck I didn't care for the menthol flavor either. Its not the worst I've had, but its far far from the best. To me, it has a bad chemical taste. To best describe, it tastes exactly like Vick's chest rub smells. It also tastes a little burnt...I know it can't be because its a brand new cart and upon inspection under the end cap, it was plenty saturated. It's probably just the bad tasting menthol that's making me think that. I think the rubber end caps are awesome though! I haven't refilled one yet..again, only had it an hour thus far. But I certainly like the idea! Very easy to remove too without a tool, if you like to replace them with drip tips.
So, there are my impressions. Take them as you will. But, I'd like to say that just because I came from V4L, I am in no way trying to be bias. I like the Trifecta and who knows, I might try the MaxxFusion sometime. I don't like autos, but if they come in manual with a better button than the Trifecta...there's a possibility of me getting one .
Thanks everyone for listening!! =~-^=
Just received my Bloog Trifecta an hour ago and have been testing it out. This is my first Bloog product, so I thought I'd share my initial impression about it.
Obviously, from my signature, I'm a V4L fan. They're what got me off analogs and have been great to me ever since I started vaping over a year ago. What brought my attention to Bloog, was of course Leaford. He used to work for V4L and did some tremendous things there...can't thank him enough!
My reasoning for getting the Trifecta is a two parter: I wanted to try one of the Bloog products and the Trifecta is supposedly (stated by Leaford) what was once supposed to be V4L's new battery, the VK-1. Talk of the VK-1 has died down over the past few months and who knows if it will ever come into existance. Leaford stated in a video about the Trifecta, that the VK-1 got put on hold (possibly permanently) but he still wanted to finish it and was given the chance here at Bloog.
So, on to my impressions! I have mixed feelings about the Trifecta, not because I'm a V4L fanboy, but there's always the good and the bad right? I think its a very sexy and comfortable battery! I love the overall looks of it (very high techy) and has a good feel in my hand. The auto sensor performs much like V4L's standard batteries. Sorry, I can only compare it to V4L batteries since that's all I have. I know it doesn't have the MaxxFusion auto sensor in it, but I have no complaints about that. The manual side of it performs just as expected and I'm happy about that since I love manuals. Its just a really cool battery haha!
Edit: I forgot to mention...it has a 10 second cutoff too HURRAY!!!
So...it works good, but there's always room for improvement, right? So onto the cons: Well, as stated by a few other people, the usb connection to the battery end fits crooked. I just bent the prong slightly and it looks better. The cord is very short compared to other PTs I've used...over a foot shorter than my V4L PT (even without stretching out the coiled part of my V4L PT.) Would be nice if it were a bit longer. My second con would be the switch. Its not so bad, but a little loose (it jiggles). Its much like the switches on older style manual batteries. Its alot bigger than V4L's and much less flush with the battery. That's really the only things I can find wrong with it.
Now, I did order a pack of menthol cartomizers. How could I truly test it otherwise lol? I like the vapor output on them, especially for them using straight PG. The TH was very lacking though and I got the 16mg level, so I know its not because of that. From experience, menthol usually have alot of TH, but in my opinion that's not the case here. I normally use 18mg nic level, so the 16mg should be comparable, but no luck
I didn't care for the menthol flavor either. Its not the worst I've had, but its far far from the best. To me, it has a bad chemical taste. To best describe, it tastes exactly like Vick's chest rub smells. It also tastes a little burnt...I know it can't be because its a brand new cart and upon inspection under the end cap, it was plenty saturated. It's probably just the bad tasting menthol that's making me think that. I think the rubber end caps are awesome though! I haven't refilled one yet..again, only had it an hour thus far. But I certainly like the idea! Very easy to remove too without a tool, if you like to replace them with drip tips.So, there are my impressions. Take them as you will. But, I'd like to say that just because I came from V4L, I am in no way trying to be bias. I like the Trifecta and who knows, I might try the MaxxFusion sometime. I don't like autos, but if they come in manual with a better button than the Trifecta...there's a possibility of me getting one .
Thanks everyone for listening!! =~-^=
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