Starting the new year with a bang!.....that's what I was waiting for....a very much anticipated device that was going to cater for a vast plethora of vapers and continue with the all too present need to squonk the remaining three hundred and sixty odd days of this newborn year away in a sweet fog filled Utopian bliss...
So I chose wisely.....'what would people really want right now' is the train of thought I was running with.....we need something that looks the shit.....that squonks...obviously...because that car aint runnin out of petrol any time soon (that's 'gas' to you guys over the pond....you knew that though....I'll be quiet now) .....it needs to have enough umph to satisfy the majority and for those less experienced that still wanna squeeze the breeze....it needs to be preferably regulated....hmmm....what to choose...
(Rummages frantically in ever growing box of goodies sent over christmas whilst lazily sat around doing close to fuck all other than eat and drink for a very long time)......nope not that.....hmm nice but no......ohh maybe.....nahhh.....DEFINITELY doing that one next...but not now......nope....nope.....definitely not and probably never.....nope.......
....Bingo!
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Welcome once more into a fresh new exciting year filled with....well...who the fuck knows really...no point in even thinking about it, but right now what I can tell you is that I have in my possession a veritable box of heavenly vaping goodness coming up for review over the coming weeks which seems to have hit me from all angles over the festive holidays while I was procrastinating wildly....but sometimes....the timing just seems right to pick one particular device for all the reasons I mentioned above.....this was needed....and on this occasion it was going to be up to IJOY to deliver the goods....would they be Ijoyfull and triumphant though.....let's find out...
Courtesy of my ever giving eastern chums from the...erm...east...? Heavengifts ...I thrust in your ever eager direction....The IJOY CAPO Squonk Kit....
The Lowdown
The IJOY CAPO Squonk Kit consists of a single engine 100w squonk box mod, Variable wattage only powered by an IWEPAL regulated chip and crowned with the IJOY COMBO Triangle RDA......not sure why IJOY always insist on the shouty capitals......I mean lets be honest....it's almost as if they have taken the Captain's name, constructed a small chunky good looking device to attach it to....and decided to make it into a cutesy nickname......."awww that lil 'capo'...bless it's lil cotton socks....
Shouting its name just slaps of angry little mod syndrome....how dare you call it simply 'Capo'...
But it is what it is....certainly isn't the worst name in recent vape history...at least it doesn't contain the word..... 'Poo' .
First up...the way the CAPO is presented definitely deserves a mention, a lot of people hold retail presence in very little regard but I however..am not one of them, to me personally ...being presented with something that's had a modecom of thought put into it only adds to the whole experience and excitement of receiving a new 'toy'....and IJOY nailed it with this one...
Slip off the very nicely designed cardboard sleeve and you are presented with a fliptop hard board wooden box covered in a carbon vinyl...open the lid and you will find your prize nestled in a custom foam insert..and under that...all your little extras (which...I admit..I enjoyed a little too much...I'm easily pleased)
BITS FOR DAYS!!!
Hat's off to IJOY...they know how to supply the extras....spare 'smoked' squonk bottle, usual bag of rings and screws, cotton, coils, USB lead, two screwdrivers AND a 20700 battery....everything you need but liquid, EXACTLY how a kit should be presented, you absolutely should be able to buy a kit, a bottle of your chosen liquid, then go home get set up and start vaping...THAT'S a kit....everything you need....a larger than average slice of kudos on their plate for that.
We're gonna start at the top on this occasion and look at the COMBO Triangle RDA...
The Top
I seem to remember the etching being of a slightly better quality on past renditions of the COMBO...?...not a fan...
Now....this rainbow fad that most manufacturers offer isn't my cup of your finest Earl Grey, not that there's anything wrong with adding a bit of colour to your life...and heaven knows some people could do with that....but it's just not me, I'm a simpler human being (cough dull cough) but in true IJOY style it is available in more colours than you can shake a shitty stick at...
Mine's not even on there.....that's how many....so I will overlook the colour scheme and just presume that some of you might dig it....
The COMBO Triangle RDA is a 25mm affair with dual side airflow (scooped upwards) an industry standard Ultem 810 drip tip and a relatively well machined build deck and dual post design shaped in a....well....a triangle....I genuinely think IJOY are running out of names for the vast amount of different decks they have pushed into the Combo...
And do you know what...it's alright.....not amazing but about as good as 80% of RDA's on the market...The holes are the wrong way round....the middle two post holes should really be lower than the outer two to keep the legs out of the way when you wick but....more are wrong than right these days with this kind of deck it would seem so....kind of expected. The airflow is a good effort with it's side vents being set super low and angled up but.....even though they are so low...the angle on the vent is too steep so you have to set your coils really high to get the air underneath them, which keeps your coils away from the liquid in the impressively deep juice well....making it a slightly inefficient squonker....
Building on it brings no surprises and the supplied fused claptons are of a high standard....big fan of the overly large post screws have to say...
Plenty of room for cotton and lots of space around the squonk pin for the splurge...all in all...not half bad....not groundbreaking....but....adequate....moving on...
The Bottom
First and foremost....I love the design of the IJOY CAPO Squonk mod, it's the perfect size for your palm and it's built really well, it almost looks like it's wearing a kind of futuristic armor and it's powered by either a 21700, 20700 (included) or with the supplied silicone sleeve... an 18650....versatile....some would say
It also has one of the best and easiest refill methods on the market.....
The front guard that holds the bottle in is held in place by a magnet underneath, simply pull it off and remove your bottle, fill it up...pop it back in and slap the guard back on, no muss no fuss......simples. The included 9ml squonk bottle is also rather unique, a hard exterior with a soft and squidgy centre.....much like myself....
So I chose wisely.....'what would people really want right now' is the train of thought I was running with.....we need something that looks the shit.....that squonks...obviously...because that car aint runnin out of petrol any time soon (that's 'gas' to you guys over the pond....you knew that though....I'll be quiet now) .....it needs to have enough umph to satisfy the majority and for those less experienced that still wanna squeeze the breeze....it needs to be preferably regulated....hmmm....what to choose...
(Rummages frantically in ever growing box of goodies sent over christmas whilst lazily sat around doing close to fuck all other than eat and drink for a very long time)......nope not that.....hmm nice but no......ohh maybe.....nahhh.....DEFINITELY doing that one next...but not now......nope....nope.....definitely not and probably never.....nope.......
....Bingo!
.........................................................................................................................
Welcome once more into a fresh new exciting year filled with....well...who the fuck knows really...no point in even thinking about it, but right now what I can tell you is that I have in my possession a veritable box of heavenly vaping goodness coming up for review over the coming weeks which seems to have hit me from all angles over the festive holidays while I was procrastinating wildly....but sometimes....the timing just seems right to pick one particular device for all the reasons I mentioned above.....this was needed....and on this occasion it was going to be up to IJOY to deliver the goods....would they be Ijoyfull and triumphant though.....let's find out...
Courtesy of my ever giving eastern chums from the...erm...east...? Heavengifts ...I thrust in your ever eager direction....The IJOY CAPO Squonk Kit....
The Lowdown
The IJOY CAPO Squonk Kit consists of a single engine 100w squonk box mod, Variable wattage only powered by an IWEPAL regulated chip and crowned with the IJOY COMBO Triangle RDA......not sure why IJOY always insist on the shouty capitals......I mean lets be honest....it's almost as if they have taken the Captain's name, constructed a small chunky good looking device to attach it to....and decided to make it into a cutesy nickname......."awww that lil 'capo'...bless it's lil cotton socks....
Shouting its name just slaps of angry little mod syndrome....how dare you call it simply 'Capo'...
But it is what it is....certainly isn't the worst name in recent vape history...at least it doesn't contain the word..... 'Poo' .
First up...the way the CAPO is presented definitely deserves a mention, a lot of people hold retail presence in very little regard but I however..am not one of them, to me personally ...being presented with something that's had a modecom of thought put into it only adds to the whole experience and excitement of receiving a new 'toy'....and IJOY nailed it with this one...
Slip off the very nicely designed cardboard sleeve and you are presented with a fliptop hard board wooden box covered in a carbon vinyl...open the lid and you will find your prize nestled in a custom foam insert..and under that...all your little extras (which...I admit..I enjoyed a little too much...I'm easily pleased)
BITS FOR DAYS!!!
Hat's off to IJOY...they know how to supply the extras....spare 'smoked' squonk bottle, usual bag of rings and screws, cotton, coils, USB lead, two screwdrivers AND a 20700 battery....everything you need but liquid, EXACTLY how a kit should be presented, you absolutely should be able to buy a kit, a bottle of your chosen liquid, then go home get set up and start vaping...THAT'S a kit....everything you need....a larger than average slice of kudos on their plate for that.
We're gonna start at the top on this occasion and look at the COMBO Triangle RDA...
The Top
I seem to remember the etching being of a slightly better quality on past renditions of the COMBO...?...not a fan...
Now....this rainbow fad that most manufacturers offer isn't my cup of your finest Earl Grey, not that there's anything wrong with adding a bit of colour to your life...and heaven knows some people could do with that....but it's just not me, I'm a simpler human being (cough dull cough) but in true IJOY style it is available in more colours than you can shake a shitty stick at...
Mine's not even on there.....that's how many....so I will overlook the colour scheme and just presume that some of you might dig it....
The COMBO Triangle RDA is a 25mm affair with dual side airflow (scooped upwards) an industry standard Ultem 810 drip tip and a relatively well machined build deck and dual post design shaped in a....well....a triangle....I genuinely think IJOY are running out of names for the vast amount of different decks they have pushed into the Combo...
And do you know what...it's alright.....not amazing but about as good as 80% of RDA's on the market...The holes are the wrong way round....the middle two post holes should really be lower than the outer two to keep the legs out of the way when you wick but....more are wrong than right these days with this kind of deck it would seem so....kind of expected. The airflow is a good effort with it's side vents being set super low and angled up but.....even though they are so low...the angle on the vent is too steep so you have to set your coils really high to get the air underneath them, which keeps your coils away from the liquid in the impressively deep juice well....making it a slightly inefficient squonker....
Building on it brings no surprises and the supplied fused claptons are of a high standard....big fan of the overly large post screws have to say...
Plenty of room for cotton and lots of space around the squonk pin for the splurge...all in all...not half bad....not groundbreaking....but....adequate....moving on...
The Bottom
First and foremost....I love the design of the IJOY CAPO Squonk mod, it's the perfect size for your palm and it's built really well, it almost looks like it's wearing a kind of futuristic armor and it's powered by either a 21700, 20700 (included) or with the supplied silicone sleeve... an 18650....versatile....some would say
It also has one of the best and easiest refill methods on the market.....
The front guard that holds the bottle in is held in place by a magnet underneath, simply pull it off and remove your bottle, fill it up...pop it back in and slap the guard back on, no muss no fuss......simples. The included 9ml squonk bottle is also rather unique, a hard exterior with a soft and squidgy centre.....much like myself....
