Vaporesso Armour G Pod Mod Kit

The 3000mAh battery is one of the Armour G's strongest points. It is far bigger than a small pod's, which is exactly what high-wattage vaping needs, and it comfortably lasts most people a full day even at higher power. It charges over USB-C at 5V/2A in around an hour to an hour and a half, and pass-through vaping means you are never stuck waiting. The screen shows the exact level, so there are no surprises.

The build punches above the price. A leather grip over an aluminium frame gives it a reassuring weight and a comfortable, grippy feel in the hand, and there are ten colours to choose from. At 113mm tall it is compact for an 80W device, sitting neatly between a pocket pod and a full-size mod. It is the kind of device you can settle in with as your main vape rather than a backup.

There is a little more to it than a plain pod, but the screen guides you. Fit a coil, fill the pod, let it soak, set the wattage and vape. The one habit worth keeping is giving a fresh coil a few minutes to wick before the first hard pull so you avoid a burnt taste, especially on the lower-resistance DTL coils.

The kit is £26.99, and after that you only buy coils and juice. GTX coils are cheap and widely sold, and last a good while before they tire, so the running cost stays low even with DTL vaping. Fill the pod from a 10ml nic salt for MTL, or a larger bottle of higher-VG juice for sub-ohm clouds, and the cost per vape is pennies, far below prefilled pods or disposables.

Against a disposable it is a different world: you buy the device once, then only pay for coils and juice, and you can vape any style you like. You also bin far less, just a small coil now and then. It is the same money-saving logic as any refillable pod kit, with the added flexibility of an 80W mod, which is why a pod mod like the Armour G suits anyone who has outgrown a basic pod.

The Armour G is reliable, helped by the leak-resistant SSS pod and the AXON chip. The few snags that come up trace to a coil that has not wicked, the wattage or airflow, or the lock.

The Armour G sits well above the simple pods in Vaporesso's range. Against a basic MTL pod it brings far more power, up to 80W, the versatile GTX coil platform and a much bigger 3000mAh battery, so it can do proper direct-lung clouds as well as a tight MTL draw. It shares the GTX coils with the GTX One Pro, so coils carry over. If you only want a simple, low-power MTL pod, those are lighter and cheaper; if you want the option of sub-ohm DTL vaping with a screen and real control, the Armour G is the one.

Against a disposable it is in a different league: cost, power, battery, the freedom to vape any style, and far less waste. It is more involved than a sealed bar, but it rewards that with real flexibility, and it recharges and refills instead of going in the bin. For anyone moving up from a basic pod to a do-it-all device, the Armour G is a strong compact pod mod, and it sits naturally alongside our wider sub-ohm vapes.