Apollo E Cigarette Review – Cheap, But Is It Cheerful?

Over the last few months I’ve been reading a lot about Apollo E cigarettes. I had heard mixed reviews, but on the whole the reviews had been pretty good. So I thought I would give them a try. At $65 the Standard Starter Kit wasn’t going to break the bank.

When my starter kit arrived I was pretty impressed, I looks like it should cost much more than $65. Inside the really nice box there is 2 batteries, a USB charger, 5 cartridges and a portable charging case. I would expect to pay quite a bit more for all of this. Kudos to Apollo.

Using The Apollo

Once you get everything out the box and ready to go you kinda of see why the kit costs what it does. When you take your first drag you will be greeted with a really effortless drag, a really good throat hit, and when you exhale a decent amount of vapor, but sadly the tobacco flavor refills are not that great. Initially the taste is OK, but after I inhaled and exhaled I did notice that there was a bit of a strange after taste, I cant put my finger on what it tastes like but it isn’t great, it’s not foul at all but it just isn’t great.

Cartridges

As I mentioned above the taste given off by the cartridges isn’t all that good, I only tried the tobacco variety, Apollo do offer a few different flavors, these are – Tobacco, Menthol, Coffee, Cherry and Vanilla. I’ve heard a few mixed opinions about the other flavors too, some people like them, some people find that they also have strange after-tastes.

I persevered with the Apollo for the sake of this E cigarette review, and out of a full cartridge I managed to get about 250 puffs, or there abouts, this equates to about 20 regular cigarettes, this is pretty good duration.

Cost

A pack of 5 refills will cost you $12.50, so it will cost you $2.50 for the same amount of smoking time you would get from a pack of regular cigarettes. This price is about average.

Vapor

Vapor production is about average as well, I wouldn’t go as far as saying that it was thick vapor, it’s actually pretty thin. It certainly isn’t going to worry the guys over at The Safe Cig or Green Smoke, that’s for sure. These days vapor production is one of the most important aspects of an E cigarette, so if other things are not up to scratch the vapor has got to be.

Batteries

One of the plus points of the Apollo E Cigarette is their batteries, they do last pretty well, I managed to get about 350 puffs out of a fully charged battery, so its more than enough for some one who smokes 1 to 1.5 packs/cartridges a day. The Standard starter kit comes with two of these batteries, so even the heaviest smokers will have enough battery power to see them through the day.

Another really good thing about the Apollo is the Portable Charging Case (PCC) that comes with the kit. It has been designed to look like a regular pack of cigarettes to make you feel even more at home when using your E cigarette. Inside the case there is enough space for you to keep 2 batteries and 5 cartridges. So if you are heading away for the weekend then you probably wont need much more than this case filled with carts and batteries. The case charges your batteries one at a time, screw the battery into the case and hold down the button on the front on the case and your battery will be fully charged in an hour or so. You should be able to charge up you batteries 5 times at least before you will need to plug the case in your computers USB port to charge it back up.

The only downside the this case is that it is quite big, there are other PCCs on the market that have a much lower profile so fit in my pocket a little more comfortably, but it does look great, so that makes up for it in some way.

As you can see the Apollo E cigarette has got a few flaws, things that mean I would recommend that you don’t buy these smokeless cigarettes. I strongly suggest that you look at The Safe Cig or Green Smoke instead. If Apollo can make their cartridges to taste better and produce a thicker vapor then I think the platform is there for it to be one of the best electronic cigarettes.

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