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IQOS is crap, it failed from the start and this is just a face-saving act. If anyone is interested, it could never have had enough battery for a decent puff.

by lstodd 7y ago

IQOS is crap, it failed from the start and this is just a face-saving act. If anyone is interested, it could never have had enough battery for a decent puff. A half-hearted attempt at beating ecigs. It could not have succeded.

CydeWeys 7y ago
Not enough for one puff? Why not? Batteries can hold a substantial amount of energy in them. It seems you are being hyperbolic; what I'm seeing is that they run for 5-6 minutes on a full battery, which is substantially more than one puff.
- lstodd 7y ago
  Believe me, I've tried it. Or don't and try it yourself, but smoke a couple years at least before that, to really feel the edge. You just can't pack enough battery and a heater in the same form factor to beat combustion energy output, even if you cut the "cig" length in two as they did. edit: besides, their heater design sucks.
  - mellowhype 7y ago
    You're wrong, the smoking pen holds about 5-6 mins pers cigarette (Heets), and the device holds around 20 or more pen recharges. I've been smoking it since March 2017. I'm on my 2nd device. I've been smoking regular cigarettes since 2010 before IQOS.
    - lstodd 7y ago
      No I'm not. It's just depends on a person's smoking style. It was not delivering a satisfactory puff for me when it still had a charge, then just fell flat because the dimunitive battery couldn't take more. I also never achieved anywhere close to 20 recharges of the pen. More like 7-9. This was not acceptable, especially as the tobacco itself was pipe-grade, much better than the usual nitro paper one finds in cigarettes. In fact I extracted all the unused tobacco and smoked it in my old pipes. After that, I'm mixing my own ecig juice and that's much healthier and nicotine doses are much more controllable. Also: to hell with Philip Morris.
      - mellowhype 7y ago
        A device that recharges the pen only 7-9 times is broken and can be changed under warranty for no charge. Either that, or your device was a replica, seriously. I highly doubt someone's smoking style affects the battery power of the smoking pen, because, if you smoke from it like a train engine, it's just got nothing to burn anymore and shuts off - like a normal cigarette. There's nothing related to the battery itself.

by lstodd 7y ago

CydeWeys 7y ago

Not enough for one puff? Why not? Batteries can hold a substantial amount of energy in them. It seems you are being hyperbolic; what I'm seeing is that they run for 5-6 minutes on a full battery, which is substantially more than one puff.

lstodd 7y ago
Believe me, I've tried it. Or don't and try it yourself, but smoke a couple years at least before that, to really feel the edge. You just can't pack enough battery and a heater in the same form factor to beat combustion energy output, even if you cut the "cig" length in two as they did. edit: besides, their heater design sucks.
- mellowhype 7y ago
  You're wrong, the smoking pen holds about 5-6 mins pers cigarette (Heets), and the device holds around 20 or more pen recharges. I've been smoking it since March 2017. I'm on my 2nd device. I've been smoking regular cigarettes since 2010 before IQOS.
  - lstodd 7y ago
    No I'm not. It's just depends on a person's smoking style. It was not delivering a satisfactory puff for me when it still had a charge, then just fell flat because the dimunitive battery couldn't take more. I also never achieved anywhere close to 20 recharges of the pen. More like 7-9. This was not acceptable, especially as the tobacco itself was pipe-grade, much better than the usual nitro paper one finds in cigarettes. In fact I extracted all the unused tobacco and smoked it in my old pipes. After that, I'm mixing my own ecig juice and that's much healthier and nicotine doses are much more controllable. Also: to hell with Philip Morris.
    - mellowhype 7y ago
      A device that recharges the pen only 7-9 times is broken and can be changed under warranty for no charge. Either that, or your device was a replica, seriously. I highly doubt someone's smoking style affects the battery power of the smoking pen, because, if you smoke from it like a train engine, it's just got nothing to burn anymore and shuts off - like a normal cigarette. There's nothing related to the battery itself.