INTRODUCTION
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Hello Everyone and welcome to Pizza Dave’s Vape Reviews. Today I will be going over the Ironclad kit by Vaptio. This device is a simple, straight wattage device, which works on the same principle of several stick style devices out there. It features a 2600mah battery, 50w max output, and tri-color LEDS for battery and other misc. notifications. Let’s get right to it and look at the functions, the included Frogman C tank, and as always, I will give my final thoughts down at the bottom.
Disclaimer: This device was sent to me by Vaptio for review.
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WHAT YOU GET
- Available in black, gray, green, red, orange, and blue.
STOCK SHOT
PACKAGING
UNBOXED
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MOD OVERVIEW
When I first got my hands on this device. I was surprised at how solid it felt. The small shape, the finish, and overall design made me feel like they put some time into this. The shape fits right in the hand perfect for me, and the ONE button (fire) has no rattles and has a nice click to it. On the sides of the device near the fire button, you’ll see a black triangle. This is where the LEDs are. These indication battery level and other fault conditions. They can also be illuminated all the time if you choose to run it that way. This device has a 2600mah built-in battery and supports 1A charging. I found that mine took a hair over an hour from dead to fully charged. This kit also includes the new Frogman C tank. It doesn’t resemble the old Frogman in any way, so I have no clue why they rehashed the name, but either way, this offers 6ml of capacity, matches the device perfectly, and comes with two different types of mesh coils.
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OPERATION
Vaptio elected to go simple on this one, and it is a breath of fresh hair from a company who has been pumping out comic book themed devices for a while now. To get started, press the fire button 5 times. At this point, you will see the LEDs go through a cycle of colors. If you want these LEDs to be on all the time (cycling colors), press the fire button 3 times. To have them only fire when using, press the fire button 3 times again. These LEDs will illuminate during a vape to show the battery level as well.
BLUE – 70-100%
GREEN – 30-69%
RED – 1-29%
Once it gets down to red, it is basically time to get to a charger. I was able to get a handful of vapes out of it with a red led on, but not much longer. At times, it would go green, red, dead. That’s about all you need to know about operation.
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HOW IT VAPES
Let’s see, where do I start? To start off, the size of this device makes it pocket friendly and easy to carry everywhere. It is ergonomic and easy to use as well. I found that the battery, when paired with the Frogman C tank got me right to the end of a work day but didn’t have the battery to get me home. I would have liked to see them make this device just a hair taller and squeeze a few more mah into the battery. I have an office job, so charging this part way through the day was no big deal, so that’s what I ended up doing. I felt like the battery indication was OK but could be a little better. It seems like it sat on BLUE (70-100%) forever, then hit green (30-70) for a short while, then boom, red…. time to charge. I don’t know how they do their power calculation with the included .20-ohm coils, but it seems to have a similar feel throughout the battery. I didn’t feel a noticeable drop off until it was close to red. I tested this with the included tank only, so let’s go over that next.
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FROGMAN C TANK REVIEW
This is the latest entry into Vaptio’s Frogman series of tanks. It uses a whole new coil system, screw off top refill, 6ml capacity, and has two different mesh coil options that come in this kit. I tested both coils and found their performance to be similar. I felt like I got a little better flavor off the mesh instead of the strips, but I couldn’t do a side by side to get an exact feel for them. I do believe this is the best flavor I have gotten from a Vaptio tank. This blows the previous Frogman tanks out of the water and provides a great vape. I think a big factor in the flavor aspect is their mesh coils are a bit on the spitty side. It brings me back to the Cleito days where flavor was good, but only because it mists some liquid particles along with the vapor. Regardless, it tastes good, so I can’t really fault it for that and many usually like a feeling like this. Like the other Frogman tanks before it, these coils are baby beast compatible, so that provides a ton of coil options out there. The air flow is plentiful for these coils and I found myself closing it down part way to get a little tighter draw. I like how this air flow feels, and it isn’t overly loud or turbulent. One of the faults I have found with the baby beast sized coils is life. I have never had this type of coil last if other mesh coils on the market, and this is the case here as well. Once I got to 30ml, I started to get some leaking out the bottom. If I let it sit for a couple of days, it would leak really bad and I would have to pour juice out of the air flow before I started vaping it. I still ran the coil to roughly 40ml before it was burnt tasting, but it was tough to want to use it with the leaking going on. One small con is that this tank uses a proprietary drip tip just like they did on the other Frogman tanks. It has a black Delrin material that slides over the top of a metal chimney. Other than the leaking though, the tank is dang good. I like the flavor it provides, love how it looks on this mod, and the 6ml capacity pushes refill times out a ways.
TANK PROS
TANK CONS
PHOTO GALLERY
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Hello Everyone and welcome to Pizza Dave’s Vape Reviews. Today I will be going over the Ironclad kit by Vaptio. This device is a simple, straight wattage device, which works on the same principle of several stick style devices out there. It features a 2600mah battery, 50w max output, and tri-color LEDS for battery and other misc. notifications. Let’s get right to it and look at the functions, the included Frogman C tank, and as always, I will give my final thoughts down at the bottom.
Disclaimer: This device was sent to me by Vaptio for review.
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WHAT YOU GET
- 1 – Ironclad 2600mah battery
- 1 – Frogman C tank (w/ 6ml bubble glass)
- 1 - .2-ohm mesh coil
- 1 - .2-ohm strip coil
- 1 – Spare
- 1 – Spare 6ml bubble glass)
- 1 – USB charging cable
- Paperwork
- Available in black, gray, green, red, orange, and blue.
STOCK SHOT
PACKAGING
UNBOXED
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MOD OVERVIEW
When I first got my hands on this device. I was surprised at how solid it felt. The small shape, the finish, and overall design made me feel like they put some time into this. The shape fits right in the hand perfect for me, and the ONE button (fire) has no rattles and has a nice click to it. On the sides of the device near the fire button, you’ll see a black triangle. This is where the LEDs are. These indication battery level and other fault conditions. They can also be illuminated all the time if you choose to run it that way. This device has a 2600mah built-in battery and supports 1A charging. I found that mine took a hair over an hour from dead to fully charged. This kit also includes the new Frogman C tank. It doesn’t resemble the old Frogman in any way, so I have no clue why they rehashed the name, but either way, this offers 6ml of capacity, matches the device perfectly, and comes with two different types of mesh coils.
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OPERATION
Vaptio elected to go simple on this one, and it is a breath of fresh hair from a company who has been pumping out comic book themed devices for a while now. To get started, press the fire button 5 times. At this point, you will see the LEDs go through a cycle of colors. If you want these LEDs to be on all the time (cycling colors), press the fire button 3 times. To have them only fire when using, press the fire button 3 times again. These LEDs will illuminate during a vape to show the battery level as well.
BLUE – 70-100%
GREEN – 30-69%
RED – 1-29%
Once it gets down to red, it is basically time to get to a charger. I was able to get a handful of vapes out of it with a red led on, but not much longer. At times, it would go green, red, dead. That’s about all you need to know about operation.
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HOW IT VAPES
Let’s see, where do I start? To start off, the size of this device makes it pocket friendly and easy to carry everywhere. It is ergonomic and easy to use as well. I found that the battery, when paired with the Frogman C tank got me right to the end of a work day but didn’t have the battery to get me home. I would have liked to see them make this device just a hair taller and squeeze a few more mah into the battery. I have an office job, so charging this part way through the day was no big deal, so that’s what I ended up doing. I felt like the battery indication was OK but could be a little better. It seems like it sat on BLUE (70-100%) forever, then hit green (30-70) for a short while, then boom, red…. time to charge. I don’t know how they do their power calculation with the included .20-ohm coils, but it seems to have a similar feel throughout the battery. I didn’t feel a noticeable drop off until it was close to red. I tested this with the included tank only, so let’s go over that next.
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FROGMAN C TANK REVIEW
This is the latest entry into Vaptio’s Frogman series of tanks. It uses a whole new coil system, screw off top refill, 6ml capacity, and has two different mesh coil options that come in this kit. I tested both coils and found their performance to be similar. I felt like I got a little better flavor off the mesh instead of the strips, but I couldn’t do a side by side to get an exact feel for them. I do believe this is the best flavor I have gotten from a Vaptio tank. This blows the previous Frogman tanks out of the water and provides a great vape. I think a big factor in the flavor aspect is their mesh coils are a bit on the spitty side. It brings me back to the Cleito days where flavor was good, but only because it mists some liquid particles along with the vapor. Regardless, it tastes good, so I can’t really fault it for that and many usually like a feeling like this. Like the other Frogman tanks before it, these coils are baby beast compatible, so that provides a ton of coil options out there. The air flow is plentiful for these coils and I found myself closing it down part way to get a little tighter draw. I like how this air flow feels, and it isn’t overly loud or turbulent. One of the faults I have found with the baby beast sized coils is life. I have never had this type of coil last if other mesh coils on the market, and this is the case here as well. Once I got to 30ml, I started to get some leaking out the bottom. If I let it sit for a couple of days, it would leak really bad and I would have to pour juice out of the air flow before I started vaping it. I still ran the coil to roughly 40ml before it was burnt tasting, but it was tough to want to use it with the leaking going on. One small con is that this tank uses a proprietary drip tip just like they did on the other Frogman tanks. It has a black Delrin material that slides over the top of a metal chimney. Other than the leaking though, the tank is dang good. I like the flavor it provides, love how it looks on this mod, and the 6ml capacity pushes refill times out a ways.
TANK PROS
- Good flavor
- Matches mod well
- Holds 6ml of liquid
- Baby beast compatible coils
TANK CONS
- Leaky coils after 30ml
- Proprietary drip tips only
PHOTO GALLERY