![]() Half the time I end up just pulling the insert out and using it without the lighter shell.įrom a performance standpoint, I found the E-Zip to be about on par with a decent 808 automatic battery. It sort of just hangs off to the side of your mouth while vaping. The other problem is that the lighter lid kind of gets in the way. There’s just a mental disconnect there that sort of throws me off. My brain can’t quite get over its memories of lighters. That being said, it’s just plain weird sticking the end of a lighter in your mouth and puffing. If I did, I think it might be a fun prank to hand this thing to someone who asks for a light. I don’t really hang around in smoking areas much these days. It’s actually pretty handy having something to vape right there without having to think about carting up my ZMAX or something. Old habits die hard, and I’ve found I really like just keeping the device on my night stand where my lighter used to live. Not only that but you can leave it lying around and it looks like your every day lighter. It’s small, easily held in hand and has no lights. For me, the E-Zip is a great stealth device. I talked about this thing being a situational device, so I’ll jump into that part first. Still an interesting bonus feature if you have the right accessories laying about. I’m actually not sure what thread pattern that makes this, but I didn’t have an adapter to try it out. Of course with it being the charger, the threads are the opposite of an 808 battery. If you happen to have the right adapter or cartomizers, you can use the charger as a pass-through auto battery. Oddly enough, it is a pass through as well. Instead, the kit includes a charger that sort of looks like one of those USB pass-through e-cigarettes. As you might imagine, with a mid-body battery connector, a standard KR808 charger isn’t going to work here. The last bit of the kit is actually somewhat interesting. I’m running Smokeless Image cartos for this review, so I’ll not get into the included cartos beyond this paragraph. To be honest, I don’t like generic tobacco and 24mg is too high for me, so I just pitched the cartos. They’re only available in tobacco or menthol at 24mg/ml. Like the device itself, the included cartos are pretty nondescript. Incidentally, if you do have a beloved Zippo, you can buy just the insert part of the kit for $15. There’s no lights or fancy pass-through charging, this is a very basic device designed to give you something to do with your old lighter. I’ll go more into that in the next section.Įssentially, that’s all there is to the E-Zip. I’m not bothered by that as much as I originally thought because I’ve come to terms that this is not what I’d consider an everyday device. There is one drawback to the design: You’re basically going to have to stick to standard-sized e-cigarette cartomizers, nothing fancy here. This configuration shortens the length of the cartomizer so the lighter’s lid can close with the cartomizer attached. Instead of the battery connector sitting at one end of the battery like a traditional electronic cigarette, it is recessed about midway inside the battery. It is essentially a KR808D-1 automatic battery shaped to fit inside the lighter in place of the mechanics that normally live inside the lighter. The insert also features the spring latch for the lighter’s lid, just like the original lighter inserts. The actual e-cigarette part of this device is the insert that fits in the lighter’s shell. The kit comes with a generic version, or you can use your own if you still have one from your smoking days. There are two primary parts to the E-Zip, the first is a Zippo lighter shell. Thanks for reading, have a good day! Ok, so maybe a little more detail is warranted here. I suppose I should review the EZip and not just waxing nostalgic the whole post. Thanks to the new e-Zip ecig, I can relive the glory days of my misspent youth. I felt naked without a lighter in my pocket for the longest time. While I don’t miss most things about smoking like the smell, the coughing and so forth, I do miss the accessories. The E-Zip e-cigarette looks like a classic Zippo lighter and is handy for getting my nostalgia on.
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