{"id":2362,"date":"2011-05-12T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T16:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=2362"},"modified":"2011-08-02T20:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:51:00","slug":"ikenvapes-801-fusion-cartomizer-wowsa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/breaking-news\/ikenvapes-801-fusion-cartomizer-wowsa\/","title":{"rendered":"
IkenVape’s 801 Fusion Cartomizer: Wowsa!<\/CENTER>"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 11, 2011, reported by DonDaBoomVape<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NOTE: Unlike most of the products I’ve reviewed, I actually paid for this with my own soft-earned money, so no caveat is needed. [‘soft-earned’: social security + pension + book royalties + Vaping Guides ad revenue, i.e., all the hard work was in the past.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Although I began my vaping career with the cartomizer-based Kr8<\/acronym>, I quickly abandoned cartos because of their disconcerting undertaste and mediocre vapor production. I’ve spent the bulk of the past two years direct dripping with 801 atomizers.<\/p>\n

Recently, however, I discovered (along with thousands of other vapers) that cartomizers have really<\/strong> improved. What first seduced me back into the carto world was the Bloog MaxX Fusion<\/a>, which I reviewed<\/a> in February. Both its supermini-sized battery and revamped carto are quite wonderful. And it made me aware how tired of dripping I had become.<\/p>\n

Then Kent C gifted me with the eGo-T. Although the tanks designed for it are merely OK for my personal vaping, I’ve been trying other <\/em>attys and cartos on it. My favorite 510 carto is the Smok Tech dual coil. Very impressive! [You heard it here…last.\"\"] I got mine ($2 ea) from Hoosier E-Cig Supply<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At around the same period of time, I tried out a couple different cartomizers from IkenVape, including the 801 Fusion<\/strong><\/a>.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

\u266a<\/span>\u266b <\/span><\/span>Love is lovelier the second time around…<\/em><\/span>\u266a<\/span>\u266b
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The deep, rich taste of the best penstyle atomizers (e.g., EastMall’s DSE801, Joye302, and Leo) and the convenience of a mega cartomizer! And, yes, it is kind of mega … at least relative to a standard Kr8<\/acronym> or 510 carto, although not as large as the dual coil (or certainly the Go-Go). Frankly, I’m not sure of its precise ml capacity. It’s not shown on the IkenVape site and I neglected to count the number of drops I put in the first time. [After a couple weeks (during which I’ve also vaped other cartos), I’m still on my first cartomizer, topping off about 10 drops at a time.]<\/p>\n

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With a small 510-to-801 adapter (e.g., $1 from Good Prophets<\/a>), it fits a 510-based fat batt like the eGo perfectly, even with the cone \u2013 sticking out about as far as a dual coil without adapter. [NOTE: IkenVape<\/a> also sells adapters (for $2.25), but they are larger.] In addition to the black shown above, it also is available in silver (the appearance of which is not accurately reflected in the photo below). This looks fantastic with a steel\/aluminum drip tip (510\/901-sized) on a chrome fat batt.<\/p>\n

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The 801 Fusion is rated 2.5 ohms, which is “LR” for an 801. It performs well on a 3.2V eGo, although I prefer it at 3.7V (e.g., on my 1100 mAh KGO from Hoosier<\/a>). 5.5 watts may not sound impressive, but it hits great<\/strong>: massive vapor, strong TH<\/acronym>, and…well I already mentioned the taste.<\/p>\n

Isaac sells them for a buck eighty apiece ($1.70, if you order five of them). Even if you consider yourself a 510 vaper, I urge you strongly to give it a try. Highly recommended!\"\"<\/p>\n

Now the bad <\/strong>news: IkenVape currently is out of stock (on both the black and silver).\"\" [I don’t like being a tease (well, at least, not in this case). I just had to get this review out of my system … and if it stimulates others to nag Isaac to bring it back in stock, so much the better.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 11, 2011, reported by DonDaBoomVape NOTE: Unlike most of the products I’ve reviewed, I actually paid for this with my own soft-earned money, so no caveat is needed. [‘soft-earned’: social security + pension + book royalties + Vaping Guides ad revenue, i.e., all the hard work was in the past.] Although I began my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1174,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2362"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2362\/revisions\/2748"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}