First Impressions

The eSmoke starter kit comes in a sleek, modern-looking package. The design is a blue and black geometric pattern overlaid with the eSmoke logo in white and orange. The kit includes everything a beginner needs to start using e-cigarettes. The basic starter kit, which is the one I tried, comes with a lithium battery, a wall charger and a USB charger. It also has five tobacco cartridges as well as a how-to booklet and a membership card with the same design and logo as the box. The instructions claim that the kit is the equivalent of eight packs of cigarettes. The box is a little clumsy, but it is sturdy. It’s not something you could easily take with you, but it neatly stores all of the eSmoke components. The cigarettes themselves felt a little larger than real tobacco cigarettes, but I quickly got used to it and didn’t notice the difference. For overall appearance, I give eSmoke four points out of five.

Battery/Output

The thing I liked most about eSmoke’s battery is the simple fact that it came, as I mentioned before, with two kinds of chargers: one for a wall outlet and one that could be used with a USB port. This gave me the freedom to charge it at any ordinary outlet as well as through my computer. It was nice to be able to charge the eSmoke without having to leave my desk. Once charged, the batteries held their charge a decent length of time.

The vapor output was not quite as dense as with other brands. It was very fine, though, a result of eSmoke’s patent-pending atomizer. Very fine vapor goes a long way toward giving an e-cigarette a natural smoke feel. eSmoke is also made in America. I don’t know about you, but that’s a big plus for me. Products that are made in America always seem to be of a higher quality than those made in China. They seem to last longer, too.

For having two charging options, a reasonable amount of vapor and being made in America, eSmoke earns another four out of five.

Flavor

This is the category where eSmoke really shines. The rich, authentic cigarette flavor of its cartridges more than makes up for the slight lack of vapor. eSmoke’s flavor choices include vanilla, menthol, chocolate, coffee, apple, strawberry and, of course, tobacco. eSmoke even offers a sampler pack, so if you don’t know which one you’ll like, you can try them all. For strong, authentic flavors and a nice assortment of choices, eSmoke gets five out of five in the flavor category.

Overall

One thing I’d like to mention that doesn’t quite fit into any of the other categories is that eSmoke comes with a thirty-day guarantee. If you’re not happy with the eSmoke within that time frame, they’ll send you your money back. That’s pretty cool. They have a limited lifetime warranty on the product, as well, so you’re protected against manufacturing defects. That’s nice, too. So, overall, for dependability, battery options, nice flavor and being made in America, eSmoke gets a four out of five.