Sorry for the delay on the Pods Ranked video. Here we are all the way in Sept 2022. Many are leaving, some are staying but just barely. I’m adding another pod to the HALL OF FAME on GrimmGreen.com
So yeah I stand by everything I said in the video.
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You might think the title says Turned me on… but it doesn’t. The Smok Solus 2 got off to as strong as a start as I had ever seen. Crispy, nice flavor. Open MTL airflow and an ok 700mah battery.
After the first week the flavor kinda went away a little bit, then it kinda just never recovered. Which is a shame because the Smok Solus 2 is HANDS-FREE.
Take it for what it’s worth, but the SMOK NORD 5 kinda rules. Kinda rules and hasn’t leaked on me at all. Only cloudy, flavorful performance. You can run these coils and much lower wattages and still get sub-tank like performance from them.
Make this Smok Nord 5 an autodraw and it would probably be a perfect cloud pod.
Having never used the original MAG devices from Smok, I totally see the appeal of them. The Smok MAG 18 fits in my hand like it was made for it. Super comfy experience. The TFV18 tank is good, but kinda just good. It’s my least favorite part of this kit. If I could get the MAG 18 with the TFV18 mini tank, then we would really have something.
Had some altitude-related leaking, but not any still in my day-to-day normal use. Everything on this device held up wonderfully, even the coil head lasted a few weeks.
As I said in the video. My only experience with SMOK is with the newest SMOK products. So far in my experience, the quality seems better. Non / less leaky coil heads… SO FAR.
The display and interface on the G-Priv 4 rules. The hand-feel rules too. I wish it could fire lower but it’s being safe so I understand, but it still bums me out.
This SMOK RPM 5 kit really got off to a strong start. Filling it with a 120ml bottle is kind of a pain but not a deal-breaker. The thing vapes EXCELLENT. Truly very good. The vape never feels gurgly or sloppy in any way, but the bottom of the pod / tank will be moist. Almost always and occasionally it gets so bad it comes out the airflow and I kinda can’t stand that.
The form factor is nice, the square pod is nice, the slide fill on top is nice. I don’t love the battery and honestly, I’m not really loving internal battery mods these days. Still better than smoking.
It’s a SMOK pod so… you can probably guess my excitement level. The Pozz Pro ticks almost every box for me. Almost. I get the feeling that the Pozz Pro could tick a lot more boxes for a lot more people.
The hand feel is legit good and these coil heads have been… really very good. I know it’s a controversial thing to say about SMOK, but I can only speak to my experience, your mileage on the Pozz Pro coil heads might vary. Weak ass airflow control too.
After having used some good and some less than good Smok products, it was a little difficult to get excited for this Smok Novo 2s and I guess kinda for good reason. It ends up being a little underwhelming, especially in a world of really top-notch pods.
The Novo 2s is cheap and bare-bones, it might work for a year, it might work for a few days. The airflow switch might be great, or it might be awful. There are workarounds to it but… honestly… shouldn’t be necessary. I’ve had disposables that vape WORLDS better than this and were honestly more reliable than this. Kind of a shame.
Here’s the thing, the Nord PRO is fine. The restricted lung vapes fine, not blowing me away with quality, but completely and totally fine. Same with the MTL. If you like an open MTL, the Nord Pro has a completely fine -open- MTL vape.
The auto-switch like I said in the video just won’t fire with the MTL coil unless you cover up the lung hole. Flavor on these NORD PRO coil heads is surprisingly radical. Everything else is just kinda fine. Also, there is a coil head lock on the bottom of the pods.
Well hello and welcome! Time for some hot vape VLOG DAY action. I’m without my main computer today, so this VAPE VLOG livestream is going to be a little bit on the janky side hahaha. No computer means no programs like Photoshop, or Final Cut, or ECAMM. I can’t use my stream deck or my up-close camera. It’s a mess, but of course, we are going to stream.
Many regular segments this week! MAIL!! I might have a PULSE AIO in there, and I think I see another package from Facemeat?! Fingers crossed for more dry oatmeal.