Admittedly, everyone here at Spinfuel VAPE believed the whole "pod mod" explosion onto the community was destined to be short, a fad, an ill-fated gimmick. In the beginning, the first pod mods to make it to the vape community felt cheap, produced little vapor, and didn't deliver much flavor. Then along came newer and better [...]
I haven’t bothered to count, but it seems to me that there are way more AIO, ultra-portable pod mods coming out of China’s vaping industry than there are mid-to-high box mods and sub-ohm tanks. I’ve never been a fan of these tiny vape devices, what with their low vapor production and the need for nicotine [...]
If SMOK made TV shows, they would be like the “Real Housewives” series – endless variations on the same theme, with enough of the same stuff underneath to make you wonder why you’re still paying attention. Take, for example, the all-new SMOK NOVO Ultra Portable, or simply put, a pod mod starter kit. The NOVO [...]
The ultra-portable, ultra-fine-looking sleek and sexy SMOK X-Force AIO is the first mod of its kind that I use all the time. Not exclusively, but certainly many times a day. The X-Force is an inexpensive device for those of us that want in on the whole Ultra-Portable, AIO, Pod Mod segment of the industry, yet [...]
It seems like pod mods came out of nowhere, yet here we are, already reviewing the second editions of these erstwhile devices. (Although, in the vape industry, products come at a pretty rapid pace.) So, let’s dive in and take a closer look at the Wismec Motiv 2, the latest pod mod system to grace [...]
I’ve started to notice a lack of originality in pod mod system design. Yeah, I get it -- how many ways can you build a mousetrap? But when these designs start bordering on outright copying, it’s alarming. Take the Tesla Sliver pod mod system, which takes more than a few design cues from the Suorin [...]
In the ever-expanding vape marketplace, there are pod mods and AIOs, and then there are devices that take these simplified ideas and turn them into something else entirely. The Shanlaan Laan is in the latter – and might be the pod/AIO device that turns the competition on its ear.It’s not perfect, and the format still [...]
Now THIS is more like it! After months and months of reviewing an endless array of near-identical pod mods, I finally got to use something different – the Smokjoy OPS-1 Pod Mod system. Oh, it’s still a pod mod, but the OPS-1 manages to do what so many others have tried, bridging the gap between [...]
There isn’t a day that goes by where we don’t receive a new Pod Mod to review. We won’t review them all, we couldn’t possibly, so we try to select the pod mods that we can see people actually enjoy using. Such is the Rincoe CETO pod mod. Small, designed to be used (best) with [...]
Is it a Pod Mod? Is it an All-in-One (AIO) mod? Is it something else entirely? Not exactly an Ultra-Portable is it, but it's certainly not BIG. I’m going to answer this for you, just to save a little time – the Wismec Hiflask is all three. And for its size, it works remarkably well. [...]
How much further can vape companies go with the recent Pod Mod trend? These simplified devices are designed to help smokers transition away from cigarettes with devices that offer similar experiences. And the star of today’s show – the SMOK Infinix Pod Mod Kit – certainly does just that, with an authentic, satisfying experience throughout. But [...]