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Anthony Vapes: GVT (General Vape Tech) C9 Pod Kit/Pompvape Tetris Pod Kit Review

SirRichardRear

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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the GVT C9 Pod Kit, please see the bottom for disclaimers and links. Note this is not marked as a sample version.

NOTE:
I was also contacted by Pompvape to review their Tetris Pod system. It’s the same system as this one and I'm not sure which company is the OEM and which is rebranded, but this review covers both devices as they are the same.

Manufacturer's Specs:
  • Size: 69 x 38.8 x 8mm
  • Pod Capacity: 0.5ml
  • Battery Capacity: 400mAh
  • Output: 3-17.5W
  • Coil Resistance: 1.5ohm
  • Charging Current: 5V/500mA
Included in box:
  • 1x C9 Device
  • 1x C9 Pod
  • 1x USB Charging Cable
  • 1x Manual
Picture Album
album



Kit Review
OK so i’m going to do this a little different as to not waste my time or yours, but to allow the company to get good feedback on fixing their product as well as serve as a warning to people looking to buy. I’m just going to go over all the issues I’ve encountered with this device. STarting with the device itself, it’s not bad and I didn’t get to test anything but it suffered from 1 pretty big issue and that is that it uses a little touch button to set it that doesn't work well. So the manual states tap it 5 times to turn on or off. That works well enough. Now here is the funny part. It says tap the screen twice in 1 second to enter preheat mode which basically cooks the coil and used for CBD or whatnot. Not really my thing so don’t care about that, but then it says tap 3 times in 1.5 seconds to adjust the power output lol. Well sadly sometimes trying to tap to change the power leads to it going into preheat mode which you have to tap again to cancel which works sometimes and other times not so much so i’d yank the pod to keep it from burning. They should have made the tap more consistent and spaced it out like maybe 1 tap to change power and 3 taps to pre-heat. Either way doesn't really work well but that’s not my biggest issue here.

Now onto the coils which is my biggest issue. It only comes with 1 but they sent me a 4 pack of extra so I used 4 in total and the 5th one i used to disassemble for pics after the first 4 were bad. The pods have an odd design to them in that they are only .5ml and aren't made to be refilled. That alone is pretty bad in the first place. Mind you, you can use a little flathead screwdriver to unlock it and refill anyway but again weird design but not the biggest issue. Now in my 4 pods I used, here are some of the challenges iv’e faced. 1 pod wouldn’t only fire if I bit down and pushed it in while inhaling. The other 3 worked fine as far as the inhale to fire. 1 pod the mouthpiece wouldn’t fit over it right and lock into place. None of the pods even lasted a full .5ml fill. And none of the pods had any sort of decent flavor. They ranged from unvpeable to barely vapeable. 1 of the pods had major spit back while the other 3 didn’t. SO basically all 4 pods were bad and all had their own issues on top of that. After disassembling the new unused pod this is what I found as well. The coils have a ceramic wick and that wick is surrounded by cotton. The cotton is packed way too tight which could be some of the issues. The ceramic itself, while not nearly as fragile as the one from my stan review was still pretty easy to break apart without a lot of force. I have pics of it taken apart in the album above. Overall the coils on this are just awful in so many ways.

Conclusion
I won’t be adding this to my spreadsheet of recs which is linked below. Feel free to check that out if you are in the market for anything new as i keep it up to date with the latest and greatest products I've reviewed.

This is Anthony Vapes just keeping it honest, hopefully you all can say the same and I'll catch you on my next review.

Product Disclaimer
This product was sent to me from General Vape Tech (GVT)

Review Disclaimer
Due to possible QC difference your experience may vary.

Reviewer Disclaimer
I’ve been doing vape reviews since late 2016 and have done over 400 reviews to date. I enjoy helping vapers on forums as well and helping contribute to the great vape community. I’m not an “out of the box” reviewer. I do my best to be thorough at all times and have enough experience with many products to tell what’s good and what’s not. All mods get tested with an oscilloscope and stress tested and results are posted in my reviews.

Recommendations and Past Review Links
written reviews list here

Spreadsheet of Recommendations here

Best of 2018 list here

Best of 2017 list here
 

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