Electronic Cigarette Review – Premium Electronic Cigarette

The Premium Electronic Cigarette was a bit of an impulse buy on my part. I had read one or two brief reviews about them which seemed to suggest they were pretty good, and at that time I was really wanting to try a few more devices out to compare them, not only for myself but for the people who come and read this site.

I had a look through the Premium E Cigarettes website to see what starter kit I should go for, in the end I chose the pretty basic “On The Go E Cigarette Kit”. Basically all you get with this kit is one battery, a pack of 5 cartridges and a portable charging case. I honestly didn’t expect this E cigarette to be better than the others I already owned so didn’t want to spend too much money on it, so spending $50 on this kit was more than enough. Though I did buy a bunch of single cartridges of various flavors to try them out, because they had a massive range of weird and wonderful flavors on offer, I couldn’t resist.

When the kit arrived I was quite amazed and how basic it was, it didn’t come in a nice box or anything like that, just the charging case and battery wrapped in bubble wrap and the boxes of cartridges, but then it occurred to me that that’s all I had bought and it only cost me $50. I opted for a red carry case, which is pretty nice and of a decent quality, not the best, but not bad, inside it there is room of a single battery and 2 cartridges.

The battery looks much as you would expect, like a cigarette paper and it has got a nice paper feel to it, but it doesn’t feel like it’ll wash off in rain. The battery also seems to be quite light compared to some others, but after weighing it, it isn’t, but maybe the distribution is different. Anyway, it feels really nice in your hands and it really easy to hold between your index and middle fingers when taking a drag from it.

When I attached a cartridge and started to puff away I was a little disappointed with the vapor production, it seemed to be really low, in some cases almost non existent. I thought this was a little odd and unexpected. I used it for a while and when things didn’t improve I decided to plug it into the carry case to charge the battery up, but nothing happened, so I guess that it doesn’t come pre charged, nor does the battery – at least not fully charged. So I charge the case up then the battery and that really transformed things. The vapor production was many times better than before. Though I have to say some flavors produce more vapor than others, some of them still don’t produce all that much.

Flavors/Cartridges

The Premium Electronic Cigarette has got a whopping 19 different flavors to choose from, including strawberry, red energy, peach, watermelon and many others along with the usual tobacco, menthol and clove. I ordered 11 of these flavors and I was really excited to try them out when they arrived. Too be honest they aren’t all that bad, some are pretty good and some are OK, but on the whole they aren’t bad at all. Out of the ones I tried I think watermelon and apple were the pick of the bunch.

Tobacco flavored smokeless cigarettes can be really hit or miss for me, some are great and some are not too hot, in this case the Premium E Cigarettes tobacco flavor isn’t all that great. Sometimes it can have a bit of an odd taste to and sometimes its OK. But it really has got nothing on either the Classic Tobacco flavor offered by Safe Cigs, or the Red Tobacco that V2 Cigs offers. So if you are looking for a genuine tobacco smoking experience these might be one for you to miss. If you are looking for more interesting flavors then this could be right up your street, as some of fruity flavors are pretty good.

One thing I didn’t like about the cartridges overall was that they provide quite a harsh throat hit. Normally with higher nicotine content you get a roughly feeling in the throat, but these cartridges are only 16mg, but they really feel like more than that. I’m not sure why this is.

Prices

The prices for refill cartridges is pretty much on par with most of the other big brands. $12.50 will get you 5 refill cartridges, but as usual you are able to save money if you buy more cartridges at one time. You can in fact safe up to $3 off of each pack if you buy 20 packs or more at one time, that’s quite a good deal.

Battery Life And Charging

Because the tobacco flavor isn’t that great with the Premium E Cig I really haven’t been using it as much as I would have liked for reviewing purposes and when I have I’ve been sticking it in the charging case to charge up between uses and I’ve been plugging the case into my computer when ever possible, so I’m not totally sure how long the batteries last, but I guess with this style of kit that’s what you are supposed to do. You will certainly get a good few days of use if you keep your battery topped up with charge from the case. One thing that the case could do with is a LCD display like the V2 Cig has, so that you know how much charge is left in the case and so you know when you plug it back into your computer.

Improvements

As I mentioned above I wasn’t too keen on the really rough feeling in the throat when you take a drag, the 16mg cartridges give you a feeling of smoking a much stronger nicotine cartridge. Personally I would like to see this made to be a little smoother.

I would also like their tobacco flavor to be a bit better, but, I have just been on the Premium E Cigarettes website and I have noticed that they have got another tobacco flavor available to buy called “Premium Tobacco” so perhaps this will suit my taste buds a little more than their regular tobacco refill.

Overall the Premium Electronic Cigarette is pretty good, I’m not going to tell you that its the best device on the market because there are better E cigarettes out there, but it is certainly far, very far, from being the worst. And at $80 for a normal starter kit and $50 for the “On The Go” kit that I bought they are really cheap. If they improve the feel given off by the cartridges on the throat and improve the flavors are little bit I think they could be a real contender. But for the time being The Safe Cig, the V2 Cig and GreenSmoke are still way ahead of them.

If you want to have a close look at the Premium Electronic Cigarette then you can visit their site by Clicking Here.

Other reviews you may be interested in –

• Safe Cigs Review
• Green Smoke Review
• Safe Cigs Review – A good review written by E Cigarettes Buy, just until I get time to write my own.