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The JSB VGO-801: A TH\/Vapor Machine<\/center>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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December 15, 2010, reported by DonDaBoomVape<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, Don at BreezEsmokes<\/a><\/strong> sent me the new VGO-801<\/a><\/strong> to put through its paces and review. [You know the caveats: I didn\u2019t pay for it, but my vaping review integrity remains intact.]<\/p>\n

Boy! Do I have mixed feelings about this one!
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There was a big PV<\/acronym>, who had a rhinestone light,<\/em>
\nRight in the middle of her body.<\/em>
\nWhere she was good, she was very, very good<\/strong>,<\/em>
\nBut where she was bad \u2026 mediocre<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[Apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]<\/p>\n

Lest you be turned off by that \u201cmediocre,\u201d let me hasten to clarify: If you care about throat hit and vapor, you must<\/strong> give consideration to this device. More about that in a moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cVGO\u201d is a name applied to PVs by more than one manufacturer, e.g., RoyalSmokers. This<\/em> VGO (as well as the other VGO models Don carries) is made by JSB<\/a><\/strong> (Jieshibao). It is the second fat batt to come out along the lines of the penstyle, e.g., 801. The first (just a few weeks ago) was the Leo, which has received several glowing reviews including my own<\/a>. Because of that, many of my comparisons will be to the Leo.<\/p>\n

Just the Facts, Ma\u2019am<\/h2>\n

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Like the Leo, the VGO-801<\/strong> uses a proprietary atomizer and battery, which are incompatible with anything else. [Despite the digits in the name, this is not a DSE801.]<\/p>\n

It is the same diameter as the eGO (a millimeter or two less than the Leo) and about 160<\/strong> mm in length. [The 132 mm specified on the JSB site<\/a> is way<\/em> off. In fact, the VGO-801 is a quarter inch longer than the 153 mm Leo.] The weight is approximately the same as the Leo (maybe even slightly less) and only a bit more than my Elegant (which is the same size as an eGO).<\/p>\n

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The 900 mAh battery looks very much like the mega eGO battery (although I don\u2019t have one to place up against it). The atomizer is the same length as any penstyle atty<\/acronym>, but is much wider at the base, giving it that cone shape. [There is no separate cone cover.] It takes a standard 801 cartridge \u2026 kind of (see further below).<\/p>\n

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Both the battery and atty<\/acronym> have subtle flame-shaped markings (influenced by the Inferno perhaps?): barely visible, at least on the black model.<\/p>\n

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The two features touted by JSB are, to me, the least important:<\/p>\n

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