E Smoke offers several different starter kits. They’re all basically the same product with more or fewer accessories included, depending upon the price. The Sensation kits include options that range from $50 to $100. The Pro kits include the same cigarette designs with more and more accessories and range all the way up to $250 in price. This make it pretty simple to shop at the E Smoke retail site and finding the right kit just comes down to finding the right mix of accessories for your lifestyle.

The Vaping Experience

E smoke designs are very in line with the industry standards that you’ll find at other stores out there. They have 2-piece design that is reliable and solid. The feel of the product is very similar to that of a tobacco cigarette. These are pressure switch activated designs; there is no push button option. There is no separate atomizer option with these e-cigs, either.

The vaping experience is very good overall. Vapor production is thick when the batteries are fresh and diminishes as they discharge, as is expected for most e-cigarettes. E Smoke offers an incredible variety of flavors and that is, perhaps, the greatest strength of their product. You can get plenty of tobacco variations as well as a lot of exotic flavors. If you like your e-smoke to taste like strawberries, this is one of the places to go. There is also plenty of fluid on sale from this vendor. They make good quality e-juice and are a company to consider for refills.

Pros

• Low price
• Plenty of options for kits
• Familiar and time-tested design
• Excellent selection of flavors
• Plenty of different adapters

Cons

• Few cartridges included with starter kits
• Product is not very unique
• No separate atomizer option
• No push-button battery option

The E Smoke really does have some great qualities. The company offers enough e-juice to keep anyone busy and you can most certainly get it without nicotine if you want.

The E Smoke has a great price point, as well; among the best that you’ll find anywhere. It’s a quality design that isn’t going to surprise you with new features or accessories. That being said, you’re also not getting something from this company that’s going to be incompatible with everything else on the market, which is a nice benefit. A selection of mods are available for this product—such as different tips and so forth—that make them fun to customize. For the low price that E Smoke charges, they manage to offer a solid product that should appeal to a great many vaping fans out there.

The Blu e-cig starter kit comes with multiple batteries and refills. The choice between the different versions is based on whether you want a standard sized battery or a mini battery. There is also a color choice. You can go with a very traditional looking white with a tan cartomizer or an edgier design that features black cartomizers and batteries. Blu includes a charging case that looks like a flip-top pack of cigarettes, one of its most distinctive features.

The Vaping Experience

Blu e-cigs have good vapor production. The cartomizers should last you slightly longer than a pack of cigarettes, depending upon how hard and how often you draw. There is a delay before you get a hit off the e-cig; these are pressure switch activated e-cigarettes.

Blu e-cigs are well known for their trademark blue LEDs. If you like to enjoy an e-cig in a club or a bar, you’ll appreciate the fact that the blue LED will make it less likely that an irritated bouncer is going to come up to your table to try to explain the club’s non-smoking policy to you. With the black versions of these e-cigs, such confusion is even less likely to happen.

The cartomizer attachments do have their advantages. One of the things that Blu really deserves credit for is keeping their older batteries compatible with their newer cartridges. If you still have some Blu cigarette atomizers to burn, you’ll likely find that they fit fine on the new batteries. Again, this is one of the advantages of going with a company that has been around for a long time.

Pros

• Established company with good customer service
• Well-designed product, very sturdy
• Cigarette charger case is a nice touch
• Multiple flavors
• Basic, but elegant, battery designs

Cons

• Only two colors available
• Only cartomizers available
• Additional accessories limited
• Only pressure switch batteries available

Blu cigs have been around for a long enough time to have established themselves as a good brand. Most people recognize them when they see the blue LED lights flashing and the distinctive case. The company’s name being emblazoned on the case, of course, is a nice bit of branding on their part.

Blu is a good product. They don’t have anything particularly innovative or different among their selections. There aren’t any products that take vaping to a new level but, overall, they really do offer a good quality e-cig that should last quite a while. The principal advantage of this brand is that they can boast longevity that is uncommon in the world of e-cigs, which is important for warranties and other concerns.

The Ultimate Kit comes with 1 battery and a USB pass-through. For $89.99, you can get the Pro Kit, which comes with 2 batteries instead of the USB pass-through. Either of the kits comes with cartomizers—10 in the Pro Kit and 5 in the Ultimate Kit—and a USB charger. The cigarettes are white and the cartomizers come in different colors, depending upon what type of flavor you’re using. The LED on Green Smoke e-cigs is red.

The Vaping Experience

Green Smoke has a reputation for making quality products and, over the years, they’ve managed to live up to it. The USB pass-through and battery e-cigs both produce a good amount of vapor.

The white batteries give more of a traditional cigarette look to the Green Smoke product. Green Smoke doesn’t offer the kind of variety that a lot of other producers offer in terms of design, however, so those who want a flashy looking e-cig may find the very cigarette-looking Green Smoke product rather dull.

Green Smoke is practically synonymous with the cartomizer and their products do not disappoint in this regard. Having a fresh atomizer every time you puff on your e-cig is certainly an advantage for some e-smokers. The throat hit and vapor quality is satisfying. There are five different nicotine strengths available for Green Smoke cartomizers. There is also a version of their cartomizers that’s designed to give denser vapor and to last longer.

Pros:

• Very established brand
• Comfortable feel in hand
• Excellent warranty on product
• Several different strengths for cartomizers
• “Lovebirds” kit is designed for two e-smokers

Cons:

• Limited variety in looks
• Only cartomizers available, not dripping friendly
• Higher price than competitors
• Disposables available

The Green Smoke e-cigarette has a pressure-activated switch, which means that you have to draw for a second before you get a hit. If you’re used to e-cigs, this won’t be a problem for you. If you’re accustomed to regular cigarettes, this might be a bit distracting. The pressure activated switches can sometimes activate in windy conditions or when you’re driving with your car windows open, so be aware of that potential.

Green Smoke is a very good design. It would be hard to say otherwise. They’ve been around for a long time for a reason. If you’re looking for something flashy, you might want to take a look at brands that offer different battery colors and so forth. You might also want to look elsewhere if cartomizers are not acceptable to you. If you just want a reliable, satisfying e-cig, however, Green Smoker is a very good choice.

The Nucig is a battery and cartomizer unit that features what the manufacturer calls a “soft filter” design. This mimics the feel of a cigarette more closely than a standard, hard cartomizer. The Nucig also includes a charger for your car and computer. The kits can also be purchased in smaller starter and value versions. These include the very basic elements that you’ll need to get e-smoking, but they don’t include some of the extra chargers and other accessories. The Ultimate is a much larger version of the Nucig that is probably better terms a vaporizer than an e-cigarette. There is no effort to emulate the look or feel of a cigarette with this device.

The Vaping Experience

Nucig has plenty of different flavors available. Their flavors come in cartomizers and in bottles of fluid, so you can refill if you want, which is a nice touch. Their flavors are designed to taste different from one another, of course, but they are also designed to give different throat hits or, at least, they’re advertised as having more or less of this property.

Nucig gives a good throat hit, in any case. They have a good battery and the pressure switch is responsive. As is the case with all pressure switch triggered designs, this one does have a delay between the start of your drag and getting a hit of vapor. The vapor hit is definitely up to the standards of other manufacturers. The e-juice is VG based, so those who find PG-based e-juice irritating won’t have to worry about that with these products.

The Ultimate is in a class by itself. This is a heavy-duty vaporizer for those who just want to vape and who don’t really care about the experience being cigarette like. The massive battery can keep going for 8 hours and the vapor production is very impressive. If you’re bored of the average e-cig, the Ultimate may be the thing for you.

Pros:

• The Ultimate provides a compelling option
• Good quality batteries
• Plenty of flavors and good cartomizers
• Different kits at different price points

Cons:

• High cost
• UK location inconvenient for some users
• No atomizer option
• Color selections limited

The Nucig is a good product. If you’re not having fun with e-cigarettes anymore, you may want to try the Ultimate. This definitely marks a transition from e-cigarettes trying to mimic regular cigarettes to them becoming their own devices. The Ultimate will certainly draw comments and the massive quantities of vapor are very nice for those who live the experience of a good vape.

Despite the prices at Nucig, the variety of starter kits helps to offset the expense a bit, making the product affordable for those just trying vaping.

The PR111 the PR110—differentiated only by physical size—are both available in kit form. The most expensive kits come with a wall and USB charger and six refill cartridges. They can also be purchased with custom batteries, which allows you to choose from a variety of designs. The cartridges vary in color depending upon what flavor and strength you get. There is a 90-day replacement warranty with all Premium e-cig products. These are all US made products and the colors are painted on rather than being the adhesive skins preferred by some manufacturers.

The Vaping Experience

Premium e-cig products produce vapor comparable to others of similar designs. If you want a more consistent experience, you get one of their mobile charging devices. These allow you to charge up the case with a USB and to take it on the road with you.

Premium offers a good variety of flavors. These are cartomizer products, so there isn’t any chance of dripping directing onto the atomizer with these. That being said, it’s still possible to refill any cartomizer with the flavor liquid of your choice. Premium’s cartomizers last about as long as a pack or a pack and a half of cigarettes. They come in a range of nicotine strengths, from 0 to 24mg. This gives you the approximate range of everything from a light cigarette to an unfiltered cigarette.

The Premium batteries are pressure switch activated. If you like a button activated battery, you’ll have to look elsewhere. The batteries are well-made, however, and their finishes being of a very high quality will likely make them more interesting to those who like their vaping experience to be customized.

Pros:

• Very high-quality finishes
• Made in USA
• Lot of flavor options for cartomizers
• Multiple kit selections
• Good vapor production

Cons:

• No separate atomizer option
• Kits don’t include options with case chargers
• Rather limited designs
• Standard price point, not particularly competitive

If it means something to you to buy a product made in the US, the Premium e-smoke is one of your best options. The batteries are particularly sturdy and the color selections are very broad. Even though this is the case, however, Premium doesn’t offer any products among its e-cigs that are truly innovative. The pipes and e-cigars, however, do provide some alternate options for those who want something a bit different than the standard e-cig.

Premium is a good brand. Their products are solid, they stand behind them and there isn’t anything glaringly poor about their quality. They’re not innovating, but they’re certainly making a reliable product that’s worth the money.

Smoke Tip advertises its low prices very prominently on its site. One of their starter kits is generally available for less than $60. Their basic starter kit comes with six flavor cartridges, two batteries, a USB charger, a wall adapter, and an instruction card. The design is very simple: a pressure switch activated battery topped by an all-in-one optimizer and cartridge design.

The Vaping Experience

Smoke Tip produces a good volume of vapor and the flavors are enjoyable. This particular manufacturer also makes a great deal out of the number of flavors that they have available. In this regard, they aren’t exaggerating. Not only do they have a good selection of flavors, they also have several different selections that are designed to mimic the taste of various popular cigarette brands and selections that are designed to taste nothing at all like tobacco. Nicotine levels from 0 to 16 milligrams are available.

The exotic flavor selections make this an attractive product. For some of the higher priced manufacturers, it might be hard to compete with products such as the Smoke Tip e-cig, which comes in at nearly $50 cheaper than some of the starter packs offered by rivals. If you’re looking for an e-cig that will give you a good idea of what vaping is about without requiring you to make a very large investment to learn, you’ll appreciate this manufacturer’s offerings.

Pros:

• Excellent price
• Great flavor selection
• Different nicotine levels
• Comparable to many more expensive options

Cons:

• Similar to many other products
• No separate atomizer design
• No bottled flavor available
• Look may be too similar to a real cigarette for some users

Smoke Tip offers a very good value for the money that you spend. If your e-cig hobby has become too expensive of late, you may want to give this manufacturer a try. If you’re familiar enough with pressure activated switches and you just want a kit that will keep you happy and give you a good product for vaping, Smoke Tip is likely a good decision.

While Smoke Tip does have some great price point advantages to it, their site does lack the variety of products that you find on some others. If you’re looking for something particularly advanced and that has some unique features to it that differentiate it from other manufacturers, this may not be the best option for you. For a workhorse e-cigarette that keeps things affordable, however, you couldn’t do much better. This company offers free shipping, on top of everything else, and there is a lifetime warranty and money back guarantee with all of their products.

The prices at South Beach Smoke are exceptionally competitive. This company gives you a car charger, carrying case, 5 flavor cartridges, a wall charger, a USB charger and two batteries for just over $100. The Deluxe Plus is their largest cartomizer starter kit. If you want to go with a separate atomizer, you can get their Premium Plus kit with the battery, atomizer, cartridge setup for less than $75. This company backs up its products. It’s a newer company, however, so it’s got an uphill battle with some of the more established e-cig makers out there.

The Vaping Experience

It’s good. The design that the South Beach Smoke product uses has more or less become the standards for the vaping industry. What this company does do for you that others don’t, however, is offer you the option of having separate atomizer.

The cartomizers come in several different flavors, as do the cartridges. One of the things that South Beach Smoke does very well is make sure that the selection of flavors isn’t compromised simply because you choose atomizers over cartomizers or vice versa.

The design of this e-cigarette is a pressure-activated one, so there is a slight delay between when you start to draw and when you actually get vapor out of the device. The atomizer and cartomizers both use this design. The e-cigarette provides you with a good amount of vapor. It’s comparable to what you’d get from other brands. The atomizer will deliver a sharper throat hit when it’s new and gradually taper off as it gets used up. The cartomizers are nice choices if you want to keep things as tidy as possible with your setup.

Pros:

• Cartomizers and atomizers available
• Good price point
• Solid design, industry standard
• Accessories for both designs

Cons:

• Flavor selections somewhat limited
• No push-button activation option
• Few color options
• Included carrying case does not charge

South Beach smoke has a price advantage that cannot be dismissed. Their basic kits are around $20 less than what you’ll see at most places, making them attractive in terms of value for your dollar. The product they sell isn’t really innovative at all. It’s a basic electronic cigarette. The e-cig, however, has good vapor production and enough cartomizer and cartridge flavors to keep most people happy. It’s a good deal for the money, overall and should appeal to those who are new to e-cigs and want a sensible way to try them out and to those who have been vaping for a while and who just want a solid battery unit and accessories.

South Beach Smoke has done well in bringing prices down. A charging case in their starter kit could be nice, but they do give a lot for the money.

The Safe Cig comes in a pack. The pack looks like a flip-top cigarette box and allows you to carry just about everything you’ll need to keep on vaping. The case can accommodate the USB charger, several cartomizers and your battery. The packs come in different colors depending upon what type of Safe Cig flavor you buy. The Deluxe Kit from this manufacturer is the most expensive, coming in at slightly less than $140. The kit includes 3 batteries, several different chargers, refills and plenty of other accessories.

The Vaping Experience

The Safe Cig differentiates its flavors by nations. You can get the Madagascar kit or the Turkish kit, for example, which are obviously referencing different types of tobacco. The flavors are all tobacco flavors; you won’t find any Pina Colada or Vanilla around the Safe Cig online store. If you like your vaping experience to be close to the experience of a regular cigarette, this brand does give you plenty of options for finding your favorite brand among their selections of cartomizers. Different nicotine strengths, or no nicotine at all, is also available.

The Safe Cig is a breath-activated e-cigarette. The vapor production is good and the variety of different tobacco tastes should give those who are giving up regular smokes for e-smokes plenty of flexibility in terms of finding something that matches the experience very closely. There is also a BLINK product, which is a micro version of the Safe Cig battery. It has its own starter packs and accessories. A variety of them are available for around $60. The vapor production and smoking experience is largely the same, but the package is small and easy to carry

The Safe Cig is pressure-activated. This design is favored by some e-smokers because it eliminates the need for a button. Others prefer buttons because there is no delay between dragging and getting a hit.

Pros:

• Tremendous variety
• Tobacco flavor variation, great for ex-smokers
• Attractive package
• Good selection of accessories
• Successful, established company

Cons:

• No separate atomizers
• Only cigarette designs available, no pipes or cigars
• No exotic flavors

Safe Cig is a good quality product with a solid company behind it. The appeal of a company in the e-cig biz that’s been around for a while should not be underrated, as plenty come and go very quickly. This company has enough of a market presence that you shouldn’t have to worry about the company expiring before your warranty does, which his sometimes the case. The only drawback is the lack of products such as e-pipes, e-cigars and others. Given the very large variety of tobacco flavors offered by this company, it would seem good for them to add those to the lineup, as well.

The ultimate kit comes with all the gadgetry that makes vaping fun. There is a USB charger, a wall charger and a car charger. There’s also a USB charger case included. The e-cigs are available in black, blue, white or stainless steel. Refills are included with the kit, to make it better, and there’s even a USB pass-through for when you don’t want to rely on battery power. The three included batteries are high quality and feel good in the hand. The red tips on the cartridges are eye-catching and, of course, if you’re vaping in a club or bar, it’ll make it apparent that you’re not smoking a cigarette.

The Vaping Experience

V2 Cigs produce good vapor. The USB pass-through device included with the starter kit, of course, has the most consistent performance due to the fact that there’s no battery to degrade as you hit off of it.

The batteries feel good in the hand and the color selections are basic, but attractive. This certainly isn’t the only company to include the black, stainless, blue and white color selections, but they’re all well done and should keep those e-smokers who like to make sure that their products look good very happy.

The cartridges for V2 Cigs are cartomizers, so you don’t have to deal with atomizers or the problems that usually go along with them. Of course, the cartomizer does mean that you can’t refill them as many times as you can a drip atomizer, which might be undesirable to some vapor enthusiasts. You can get multiple flavors and strengths included with the kit purchases.

Pros:

• Good vapor production
• Attractive product
• Plenty of accessories
• Multiple flavors available in kits

Cons:

• Limited flavor selection
• Design is very similar to competitors
• Full kit is pricey

One of the real advantages that V2 does offer to its customers is the availability of automatic or button-activated batteries. If you drive with the window down a lot, you’ll probably appreciate the value of the latter type! Some individuals prefer the more cigarette-like experience of just drawing and getting a hit, however, and the automatic versions of the V2 batteries satisfy that need nicely.

Overall, this is a decent product, though it’s not remarkably different than quite a few of the other options out there. The company does a good job with providing starter kits in different prices and with different accessories, but the vapor flavor selections are very limited, being restricted to those vapors that imitate the flavor of various cigarette brands, including menthol.

V2 Cigs offer a good product but if you’re looking for something off the beaten path as far as e-cigs go, theirs might be a bit too conventional for your tastes.

White Cloud is not a discount e-smoke. The Cirrus 3x kit—their most comprehensive—is priced at $349, enough to buy at least 2 kits from other manufacturers. White Cloud stays in business based on the quality of its batteries. Their batteries are all lithium ion and the batteries in the Cirrus 3x kit come with a 2-year warranty. The company doesn’t exaggerate their battery life claims. You can get less expensive kits from White Cloud—down to $150—but the batteries do not last as long. The batteries in the less expensive kits are more like the batteries you’ll find in most manufacturers while the batteries in the 3x kit last far longer.

The Vaping Experience

The first thing that’s notable about White Cloud’s products is how long you’ll be vaping off of one battery. They boast up to 600 puffs off of one battery. There are three batteries in every kit but, with that many puffs, you can probably get away with carrying only one around with you. The batteries also charge very fast.

Vapor production is excellent with White Cloud e-cigs. They produce a thick, tasty cloud of vapor that’s comparable to what an actual cigarette might produce. This makes them great for those who are thinking of replacing their regular cig with an e-cig. White Cloud is an all-in-one design as far as the atomizer and cartridge go. This cartomizer is long-lasting and high quality. The high price of White Cloud’s batteries is offset by their low prices on cartridges. Flavor selections include traditional tobacco, menthol, vanilla and more.

Pros:

• Very high-quality batteries
• Exceptional guarantee
• Accessories are also high quality
• Several different price points available

Cons:

• Very pricey
• Color options require purchasing a skin separately
• No button-activated option
• No separate atomizer option

If you need a long lasting battery without a fast drop off in power, the lithium ion batteries in the White Cloud e-cig are probably what you’re looking for. They’re incredibly long lasting and, unless you vape very heavily, you probably won’t drain one on in an average day.

The real issue with White Cloud, however, is the price. While there’s really no arguing that they’re putting out a product that is far beyond what discount e-cig retailers offer in terms of quality, the prices are likely to drive all but the most dedicated e-cig aficionados away. These e-cigarettes are comparable to others in the lowest-priced kit and far beyond most others in quality at the highest price. the real question will be whether that significant increase in price is worth it to the e-smoker. If it is, it would be hard to find a company that put as much thought into their batteries as did White Cloud.