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Hi All, Anthony Vapes back here with my review of the Voopoo Vmate. Please see bottom for disclaimers and links. Note: This is a retail version and not marked as a sample
Introduction:
The Voopoo Vmate is the latest mod from popular manufacturer Voopoo and the first mod they made in quite a while. They made the Mojo earlier this year which was an internal battery mod and pretty nice and prior to that it’s been almost a year when they released the voopoo too, their last dual 18650 mod. The Vmate is a dual 18650 battery mod rated at 200 watts and is styled to be a symmetrical style box mod with a centered 510 pin. Looking around online i see them priced in the 45-55 USD range from china or 55-65 USD from USA. It’s available in 12 colors. 2 frame colors silver or pewter and several battery door color options for each including things like wood, green, black, camo etc.
Manufacturer's Specs: Mod
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got to see this mod it was at ECC they were showing it off and it looked pretty cool. The screen reminds me of the geekvape ones like the aegis legend and nova but in black and white and they went with the symmetrical design that I love with a centered 510 pin. The unique part about the design of this mod is the buttons and battery doors. The batteries go on opposite sides of the mod like the voopoo too but you can't do a single battery mode like the too does. The buttons are on the top with a fire button on one side and the plus minus on the other. Really comfy to use in both hands. Overall I really liked the design from the start.
Watt Mode Performance (chart and spreadsheet in picture album)
Now let’s get into some data. I ran my normal testing. I used Sony VTC5A batteries for the testing. Testing resistances were done at .12, .16, .21, and .64 ohms. wattage points were max (200), 150, 100, 75, 50 and 25. At .12 ohms it maxed out at 148 watts and 35 amps. For the rest of the testing it was a little on the low side 1-6 watts. Slight struggle but on par with most mods. At .16 it maxed out at 194 watts. The rest were pretty good 3-5 watts low or on point with the 25 watt test. For the .21 test it maxed out at 196 watts. Again really good but a little on the low side 2-3 watts mostly except the 25 test which was on point and the 50 test which was 1 watt high. For the .64 testing it maxed out at 92 watts and 7.679 volts. For the rest of the testing a bit high 1-5 watts which is common. The volts shows there is no boost circuit in this mod like most dual battery mods.
Overall I felt the performance of this mod was really good. It barely struggled with the .12 ohm build which is common for most mods at that resistance to struggle a bit. It mostly hits slightly low. I was able to get 196 watts max, so I consider it to be accurately rated at 200 watts. The 7.679 volt limit shows there is no boost circuit. Their manual lists the max Volts at 7.5V so it exceeds that so good rating as well. They don’t list an amp limit on this mod. The most i got was 35 with a .12 ohm coil which is on the lower end for a dual battery mod as most are around 40 these days. Personally If i was listing the specs I’d call the mod 200 watts, 7.5V and 35A. So overall good ratings from Voopoo. The mod never got hot when stressing it at all, however it did get a little warm and when stressing at max wattage went into high temp protection. I have no issue with that personally as I like the safety feature of it and I don’t recommend vaping over 150 on a dual battery mod anyway and always use good 20A or high CDR batteries as rated by mooch. There is no noticeable fire delay on this mod and the watt curve mode works great as well. They also got rid of the love and super mode nonsense and the mod fires as it should now at high wattages unlike the alpha one.
Simplified TLDR Power Performance summary
Mod performance is really good. Mostly hits just a few watts off on the low side. Accurately rated for watts (196), No boost circuit, low amp limit of 35. Volts tested at 7.679 so exceeds the listed spec of 7.5V. Watt curve works as it should.
Temperature Control Performance
Using SS316 wire in SS mode, I tested 6 builds. 2 simple round single coil, 2 simple round dual Coil, 1 large fancy single coil build, and 1 large fancy dual coil build. Like all voopoo mods the mod is limited to 80 watts in TC mode and even at that you rarely get the full 80. It performed like all the voopoo mods in the past. It does a good job with a single coil round build and smaller dual coil round builds but can’t really power fancy coil builds. Using a 50-60 watt single coil around .15 ohms the mod can barely put out over 40 watts to power it. So like all voopoo mods, it’s good but very limited and something I wish they would fix. It’s the same as the drag, too alpha, etc. In today's day with many good affordable mods doing a good TC i feel it’s not up to par due to the limitations so overall i’m going to give it a fail but say that if you just use simple round single coil builds it will work well for that.
Introduction:
The Voopoo Vmate is the latest mod from popular manufacturer Voopoo and the first mod they made in quite a while. They made the Mojo earlier this year which was an internal battery mod and pretty nice and prior to that it’s been almost a year when they released the voopoo too, their last dual 18650 mod. The Vmate is a dual 18650 battery mod rated at 200 watts and is styled to be a symmetrical style box mod with a centered 510 pin. Looking around online i see them priced in the 45-55 USD range from china or 55-65 USD from USA. It’s available in 12 colors. 2 frame colors silver or pewter and several battery door color options for each including things like wood, green, black, camo etc.
Manufacturer's Specs: Mod
- Dimensions - 89mm by 47mm by 30mm
- Weight - 102g
- Dual High-Amp 18650 Battery - Not Included
- Advanced 32-Digit GENE.Fan Chipset
- Wattage Output Range: 5-200W
- Output Voltage Range: 0-7.5V
- Resistance Range - Power Mode: 0.05-3.0ohms
- Resistance Range - TC Mode: 0.05-1.0ohms
- Temperature Range: 200°-600°F/100°-315°C
- Supports Ni200, Titanium, Stainless Steel Compatibility
- TCR Adjustments Mode
- POWER Mode
- Zinc-Alloy Chassis Construction
- Intuitive OLED Screen
- Split Battery Chamber - Located on Each Side
- Firing Button - Located Above Battery Bay
- Two Adjustment Buttons - Located Above 2nd Battery Bay
- Output Over-Current Protection
- Overcharge Protection
- Over Discharge Protection
- Short-Circuit Protection
- Brand Balance Battery Charging
- MicroUSB Port
- 510 Connection
- Available in Silver and Pewter
- S-Emerald Green, S-Camouflage Red, S-Waterfall, S-Red, S-Rock Black, S-Wood, S-Surf Blue, S-Camouflage Green
- P-Emerald Green, P-Camouflage Red, P-Waterfall, P-Red, P-Rock Black, P-Wood, P-Surf Blue, P-Camouflage Green
- 1 VOOPOO VMATE 200W Box Mod
- 1 User Manual
- 1 USB Cable
- 1 GENE Chip Card
- 1 Warranty Card
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Initial Impressions and features
When I first got to see this mod it was at ECC they were showing it off and it looked pretty cool. The screen reminds me of the geekvape ones like the aegis legend and nova but in black and white and they went with the symmetrical design that I love with a centered 510 pin. The unique part about the design of this mod is the buttons and battery doors. The batteries go on opposite sides of the mod like the voopoo too but you can't do a single battery mode like the too does. The buttons are on the top with a fire button on one side and the plus minus on the other. Really comfy to use in both hands. Overall I really liked the design from the start.
Watt Mode Performance (chart and spreadsheet in picture album)
Now let’s get into some data. I ran my normal testing. I used Sony VTC5A batteries for the testing. Testing resistances were done at .12, .16, .21, and .64 ohms. wattage points were max (200), 150, 100, 75, 50 and 25. At .12 ohms it maxed out at 148 watts and 35 amps. For the rest of the testing it was a little on the low side 1-6 watts. Slight struggle but on par with most mods. At .16 it maxed out at 194 watts. The rest were pretty good 3-5 watts low or on point with the 25 watt test. For the .21 test it maxed out at 196 watts. Again really good but a little on the low side 2-3 watts mostly except the 25 test which was on point and the 50 test which was 1 watt high. For the .64 testing it maxed out at 92 watts and 7.679 volts. For the rest of the testing a bit high 1-5 watts which is common. The volts shows there is no boost circuit in this mod like most dual battery mods.
Overall I felt the performance of this mod was really good. It barely struggled with the .12 ohm build which is common for most mods at that resistance to struggle a bit. It mostly hits slightly low. I was able to get 196 watts max, so I consider it to be accurately rated at 200 watts. The 7.679 volt limit shows there is no boost circuit. Their manual lists the max Volts at 7.5V so it exceeds that so good rating as well. They don’t list an amp limit on this mod. The most i got was 35 with a .12 ohm coil which is on the lower end for a dual battery mod as most are around 40 these days. Personally If i was listing the specs I’d call the mod 200 watts, 7.5V and 35A. So overall good ratings from Voopoo. The mod never got hot when stressing it at all, however it did get a little warm and when stressing at max wattage went into high temp protection. I have no issue with that personally as I like the safety feature of it and I don’t recommend vaping over 150 on a dual battery mod anyway and always use good 20A or high CDR batteries as rated by mooch. There is no noticeable fire delay on this mod and the watt curve mode works great as well. They also got rid of the love and super mode nonsense and the mod fires as it should now at high wattages unlike the alpha one.
Simplified TLDR Power Performance summary
Mod performance is really good. Mostly hits just a few watts off on the low side. Accurately rated for watts (196), No boost circuit, low amp limit of 35. Volts tested at 7.679 so exceeds the listed spec of 7.5V. Watt curve works as it should.
Temperature Control Performance
Using SS316 wire in SS mode, I tested 6 builds. 2 simple round single coil, 2 simple round dual Coil, 1 large fancy single coil build, and 1 large fancy dual coil build. Like all voopoo mods the mod is limited to 80 watts in TC mode and even at that you rarely get the full 80. It performed like all the voopoo mods in the past. It does a good job with a single coil round build and smaller dual coil round builds but can’t really power fancy coil builds. Using a 50-60 watt single coil around .15 ohms the mod can barely put out over 40 watts to power it. So like all voopoo mods, it’s good but very limited and something I wish they would fix. It’s the same as the drag, too alpha, etc. In today's day with many good affordable mods doing a good TC i feel it’s not up to par due to the limitations so overall i’m going to give it a fail but say that if you just use simple round single coil builds it will work well for that.