**REVIEW** SMOK Stick 80W (vape pen)

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I hate to keep harping on it, but I am still upset with Voopoo. You might want to skip this little side rant here:

 (That freaking Caliber that I so loved failed me not once but twice. The center pins on those things are too weak and they sink to the point of being useless. Both Calibers I had become unusable because of sunken center pins and Voopoo admitted that they don't recommend the usual fix of using tweezers to lift the pin. Oh, and they had the nerve to tell me that a different tank - from a competitor - might work. My Smok tanks have better-made connections and are now the only thing I have that work with my Caliber. My question to Voopoo is why don't they just make better pins?)

Rant over.

Anyway, why bother getting a Voopoo to use Smok tanks with? Why not just stick to Smok all the way around? That's what I am doing from now on. I'm still using the Caliber battery with my Smok tanks but the vape I have now - battery, body, and tank - is all Smok. This is the boxed Smok Stick 80W:

                                  

       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

2 years old and still rocking

I prefer pen-style vapes over the boxy types. I still love the crap out of my Veneno but it's a box.


 I love the Stick 80W the way I once loved the Caliber.

Note that the Caliber is a bit smaller in 

height and diameter - and, apparently, quality.

The kit comes with the tank, 2 coils, spare parts (gaskets, etc), user cable and manual. Electric Tobacconist - one of my favorite shops - had it on a color sale for $28.99 (Merry Christmas to me) and the 3-pack replacement coils were $8.24 (and a Happy New Year).

 Here are some highlights:

PROS:

• Easily adjustable wattage (from 5 to 80W) and adjustable airflow
• Almost everything about the new Smok TF tank which has it's own multiple positives. (links to a Wendy Vape's video) Best tank feature, IMO, it locks.
• Holds 6ml of juice which is plenty for most vapers.
• Comes in nice colors but, as usual, I went with my favorite of Rainbow.
• Has a nice large firing button that doesn't stick out awkwardly

CONS: 

• Battery lasts me (a moderate use vaper) all day and some but not so for my friend who chain-vapes. The Caliber beats the Stick 80W on this feature
• As with most taller stick devices, this one is prone to tipping over. I am careful to use a rubberized tank band.
• The Stick 80W kit did not come with an extra tank glass. The included glass is that bulb/bowl shape that I only like some of the time
• The coils are specifically made for drop-in replacements. This means you can't use other random Smok coils. (Still, I do love the drop-in coil feature!)
• The numbers on the wattage dial are hard to read. They should have done a black font on a white background. The dial is pretty but squint-causing.

Probably the biggest negative.
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For me, the positives outweigh the negatives. I had looked at the FreeMax Twister when it went on sale a while back, but I guess I am just a true Smok-a-holic. The Stick looks better, in my opinion, and it certainly seems to price better everywhere I looked. Plus, I feel comfortable with the quality of the Smok brand and have never used anything from FreeMax. From other reviews I glanced through, there was more attention to detail in making the Stick 80 than with the Twister- like the locking lid vs the loose-lidded Twister.

That's my take on the Smok Stick80W. I'm really glad I got it. My family was asking what they could get me for Christmas and I am thinking of telling them about the beautiful Smok Morph - and, yes, it's a box mod but I am in love.

$37 at VaporRange now

So that's all for now. I do have the quarterly Walmart Beauty Box on the way so I will be back to review that soon.

Peace

-Free