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Anthony Vapes: Voopoo Vinci Pod Kit Tech Review

SirRichardRear

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

Introduction:
The Voopoo Vinco Pod kit is the latest Pod Kit frompopular vape manufacturer Voopoo. They burst onto the vape scene a few years back with the drag mod and were instantly popular and praised for it as it was a little ahead of its time but since then they have been a bit downhill. They had a couple of decent mods for power more recently like the alpha zip and voopoo too as well as a really good RDA in the pericles but mostly a lot of disappointments like the drag 2 and some bad pod systems. We’ll see if the vinci can turn that around. The Vinci is a simple rectangle styled AIO Pod with refillable pods and a built in 1500mah battery and inhale or press button to fire. It’s available in 10 colors Aurora, Dazzling Green, Space Grey, Carbon Fiber, Peacock, Scarlet, Ink, Opal, Hill Yellow, and Jade Green. Looking around online I see it in stock at element vape in the US for 39.95 for the kit.

Manufacturer's Specs:
  • Intelligent GENE Pod Chip
  • Dimensions - 104mm by 25.3mm by 25.3mm
  • Integrated 1500mAh Rechargeable Battery
  • Wattage Output Range: 5-40W
  • Voltage Output Range: 3.2-4.2V
  • Resistance Range: 0.1-3.0ohm
  • Auto Mode
  • Manual Mode
  • Puff Curve Mode
  • 2 Week Usage Memory Log
  • Aluminium-Alloy & Plastic Chassis Construction
  • Draw-Activated Firing Mechanism
  • Two Adjustment Buttons
  • Juice Viewing Window - Check Fill Level
  • 0.96"" TFT Color Screen
  • Refillable Pod - Replaceable Coil
  • 5.5mL Refillable Pod Capacity
  • Voopoo PnP Coil Series
  • Plug 'n' Play Coil Installation
  • Intelligent Coil Protection
  • Dry Burn Protection
  • MicroUSB Port
Coil Options
  • 0.3ohm PnP-VM1 Mesh Coil - rated for 32-40W (DL) (included)
  • 0.45ohm PnP-M1 Single Coil - rated for 28-35W (DL)
  • 0.6ohm PnP-M2 Single Coil - rated for 20-28W (DL)
  • 0.8ohm PnP-R1 Dual Coil - rated for 12-18W (MTL) (included)
  • 1.2ohm PnP-C1 Ceramic Coil - rated for 10-15W (MTL)
  • compatible with Drag Baby Trio Coils
Included in box:
  • 1 Voopoo VINCI 40W Device
  • 1 5.5mL Voopoo Vinci Replacement Pod
  • 1 0.3ohm PnP-MV1 Mesh Coil - rated for 32-40W
  • 1 0.8ohm PnP-R1 Dual Coil - rated for 12-18W
  • 1 User Manual
  • 1 USB Cable
  • 1 GENE Chip Card
  • 1 Warranty Card
Picture Album
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Voopoo Vinco Mod basic Rundown
The Vinci is a rectangle style AIO (all in one) Pod kit, meaning there isn’t a separate mod or tank that can be used with anything else. It does have replaceable pods so you can carry spares, but those are sold separately and the coils are replaceable and you can reuse the pod like the Breeze 2, nautilus AIO or Nord. Design wise it’s very unique, it’s like a half pod half mod type of device. It’s larger than most other pods but for good reason. There is semi adjustable air in which you can flip the pod 180 degrees to go from MTL to DTL. realistically though in practice it barely makes a difference and both settings are restricted DTL vapes. Nothing MTL about this device at all. Cool idea, but poorly executed. It has a massive capacity of 5.5ml which is larger than most pod systems. The battery is listed at 1500mah. It features built in USB charging with a listed rate of 1A and a listed charge time of 90 mins. I tested this 1 time with an inline USB meter and for the charge rate it charges at 1.01A max so good rating there. It charges full in about 90 minutes so charges fast enough and good rating there as well. Battery size wise i got 1509mah so again good rating there. It also has passthrough vaping as well (keeps charging) so you can vape it while charging. No Drip tip, the mouthpiece is part of the pod itself.

The Vinci is very nicely built and feels really solid and not heavy either. Paint wise I have the peacock which is a shiny metallic gunmetal color mostly on the frame like all the colors and the color options are for the 2 side panels. The peacock one is kind of black/blue-ish and really looks a little dull and hard to see. The panels on this one should be nicer. It looks nowhere near as bright and vibrant as the pictures online. The pods attach to the battery via a magnet system. They fit nice in the battery. The magnets are nice and strong and grab the pod when close. To replace the coils they just pop into place and are held in by o-rings like the nord instead of the screw in style of the breeze 2. You just remove the pod and then pull the coil out of the bottom to replace. The filling is pretty basic. Just a simple rubber plug which is on the side of the pod so the pod needs to be removed in order to fill. Then you just pop open the rubber plug and fill. Fill hole is a good size so no complaints there. The pod is fully exposed so no need for a juice window. It’s also very slightly tinted so really easy to see your juice level. Well done there for sure.

How to use
Usage is pretty easy. It’s a lot more feature rich than other pods so this will be a little longer than usual. I’ll start off by saying the manual is completely wrong with what buttons do what outside of the basics so I just had to play with the key combinations to see what they do. 5 clicks of fire turns the device on or off. The device also goes into a sleep mode when not used and you need to click fire to wake it up. There are 3 modes on this device. Auto, Power, and Both. Auto means it only fires on inhale, Power means it only fires with the fire button and both (A & P) lets you use either. I used it all 3 ways and they all work good but personally I prefer the auto. It is nice to have both options and be able to choose which you want so well done there. Clicking fire 3 times lets you cycle which mode you want.

Holding up and down takes you to the puff menu which shows you how many puffs by day for the last 2 weeks you took. There is also a puff counter on the main screen but it reset every day so it’s only your puffs for that day. No option for a lifetime puff counter or to reset it when you switch coils. It’s cool that it has a puff counter, but wish there was more control over it. Again good idea, poorly executed, even though personally I don’t care about puff counters. Holding fire and down clears out your puffs. Holding up and fire locks the device so it won't fire and you can’t adjust anything until unlocked. Cool idea but again it shouldn’t have locked the auto fire. You should be able to lock the buttons and still inhale to fire. Lasty to change the clock hold all 3 (plus, minus and fire).

It does have a nice large color screen which is great complete with a full battery meter. If you plug it in it tells you the battery percent as well. I do love the screen on this device. It’s fully adjustable from 5 watts to 40 watts in 1 watt increments again pretty great. They have their “dry burn protection” but it’s nonsense. All it is is that it auto sets wattage whenever you attach the pod based on the coil resistance. It also does this if the device is left off or in sleep mode for a while (example like when you are sleeping). That means if you pull your pod out or it falls out and you put it back in the wattage changes. Or in the morning when you wake up from not having sued it while sleeping the wattage changes. Worse off the default for the .3 ohm coil is 35 watts which is too much for that coil so in reality, their device will automatically burn your coil if you aren’t paying attention. Again good idea, poorly executed.
 

SirRichardRear

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Coil Performance and details
The Vinci Pod Kit comes with 1 Pod but 2 coils which is great. All kits should always include 2 coils/pods. There are 5 coil options for this kit in total and the 2 included are a .3 ohm mesh coil and a .8 ohm regular coil. This uses the same coils as their drag baby trio kit as well, but that kit came with the .6 ohm mesh and the 1.2 ohm ceramic. When I reviewed that one the 1.2 ohm was just ok but the .6 ohm one was great. Now i got to try the .8 ohm which was available at the time of the baby trio and the .3 ohm which is new. I started with the .8 ohm and sadly didn’t even make it 1 tank before i got massive flooding and leaking. Even after getting everything cleaned up and clearing out the leak, it came right back. Had to give up on that coil. Maybe I got a dud maybe not but can only review what’s in my hand so no good there. Then onto the .3 ohm coil. I started with a 50/50 20mg nic salt juice. I set the mod to 23 watts becuase 30 was just too much for that high mg for me personally. It worked ok. Flavor was ok. I vaped a full 5.5ml tank on that with no issues. Then i filled up a tank of 70/30 3mg juice which is what they say is the intent of that coil. I found it best at max 28-30 watts. It’s overrated and the 35 default will burn it out. It’s rated 32-40 which is too high. With that said it’s just ok at 30 watts. And doesn't wick well with the 70/30 at all and wouldn’t make it through the rest of that tank. It worked it’s best underpowered with a 50/50 high nic juice for me but still overall doesn't do what it’s supposed to and nothing impressive elsewhere. This device would probably be best with the .6 ohm coils form the baby trio kit and with 50/50 juices. As it comes in the kit though, no good.

Pros:
  • color options (10 total)
  • massive 5.5ml capacity
  • Good build quality on battery
  • good size for easy portability all things considered
  • good ratings for charge rate, battery size and charge time
  • charges fast enough (about 1 hour and 30 mins)
  • coils are easy to install in pods
  • reusable pod (just replace coil)
  • easy to fill
  • good battery life
  • comes with 2 coils
  • Passthrough Vaping
  • fully adjustable output (5-40 watts)
  • nice bright color screen
  • inhale, push button, or both to fire options and all 3 work great
  • puff counter and 2 week puff history
  • easy to see juice level (pod fully exposed and barely tinted)
Cons:
  • Manual is incorrect on a lot of options
  • .8 ohm coil was a dud completely
  • .3 ohm coil is overrated in wattage and can’t handle 70/30 juices
  • Mod resets power whenever a pod is removed (aka their dry burn protection is counter productive)
  • default power setting for .3 ohm coil is too high (35 watts)
  • Air adjustment doesn't do anything meaningful. No MTL option as advertised
  • panels are dull and ugly and nothing at all like the bright vibrant pics online (see comparison in picture album at the bottom)
  • Voopoo’s unrealistic expectation of how long it takes to do a review (seriously reviews take weeks not days)
Conclusion
So with all that said, do I recommend this POD kit or not? I don’t like to do a hard yes or no, but this one leans towards the no pretty easily. There are a lot of cool ideas and features on this device but sadly many are poorly executed and only make the device worse. Not only that but the coils aren’t good either. It may be an ok device with the .6 ohm coil form the baby trio depending on what the “dry burn protection” sets the watts at but for the most part I'd simply just avoid this device until the make the V2 with hopefully the features fixed. Doesn't help that the panels are way duller and uglier than the pictures either. On top of that I had to get the eventual email of

  • voopoo - “May I know how is your schedule of making review? I know you need some time to test the device and I respect your review habit. But if it is okay, I would sincerely hope that you could send me the review asap for my boss just keeps asking me about the review schedule.”
  • Me - “it should be ready some time next week. Let your boss know i said anyone who makes a review in less then a week isn't doing a real review”
  • Voopoo - “We all agree on the point you have proposed. But since it is about one week passed so I wonder about the review schedule. Anyway, it is great to have your feedback. If you don't mind, it is much more appreciated that you could give me a specific review date :) Good day!”
It’s pretty ridiculous and I don’t blame the reps it’s the higher ups who seem really out of touch there at voopoo with vapers and vaping in general. It seems more and more the drag mod was just dumb luck and they had no idea how to build on that as a company and this is why their reputation has gone downhill. I only hope when they read this it makes them “get it” because otherwise voopoo is heading in a bad direction still with no end in site.

Anyway, 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.

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 Voopoo

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

Youtube Channel here

Spreadsheet of Recommendations here

Best of 2019 so far list here

Best of 2018 list here

Best of 2017 list here
 

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