Voopoo Vmate E2 Pod Kit

The E2 takes VooPoo's refillable VMATE pods, built with iCOSM Code mesh coils for a clean, steady flavour and a long pod life. Each pod holds 2ml and refills from the top through a silicone stopper: lift it, drip your juice in and close it, with no prising the pod out or changing a coil. The kit comes with a 0.4ohm and a 0.7ohm pod, covering both a looser and a tighter draw, and the magnetic dust cap keeps the mouthpiece clean between sessions.

Because it takes the wider VMATE pod range from 0.4 to 1.2ohm, you can tune the vape to taste: a higher-resistance pod gives a tight, cigarette-like MTL draw on stronger salts, while a 0.4ohm pod opens it up for a warmer, vapier restricted lung hit with the wattage up. A stepless airflow slider fine-tunes the draw further, with no fixed clicks, so you can dial in exactly the resistance you like. Fill it with any nic salt for MTL, or a higher-VG juice on the low-resistance pod for more cloud.

There is very little to it. Fill the pod, let it soak, set the airflow and wattage, and vape. The one habit worth keeping is giving a fresh pod a couple of minutes before the first hard pull so the coil wicks and you avoid a burnt taste.

The kit is £23.99, and after that you only buy pods and juice. VMATE pods are cheap, and the iCOSM coil is built to last a good while before it tires, so the running cost is very low. Fill it from a 10ml nic salt for a couple of pounds and a pod-full costs pennies, far below prefilled pods or disposables. The maths against a bar-a-day habit is stark: the saving over a month runs into tens of pounds.

Against a disposable it is no contest: you buy the device once, then only pay for pods and juice, where a bar gets binned every couple of days. You bin far less too, just a small pod now and then. It is the same money-saving logic as any refillable pod kit, only here you also get a leather-clad body, adjustable power and a light bar that the cheaper pods leave out.

The E2 is reliable and well behaved, helped by the iCOSM coil. The few snags that come up trace to a pod that has not soaked, the wattage or airflow, or the lock.

Within VooPoo's range the E2 is the style-led choice. Against the tiny auto-draw Argus G3 Mini it adds adjustable wattage, dual activation, a bigger battery and the leather finish; against the screen-led Argus Matrix it swaps the curved display for a simpler light bar and a more classic, dressed-up look. They all share VooPoo's clean iCOSM flavour, so the choice comes down to whether you want pure simplicity, a big screen, or the E2's leather-and-light-bar style.

Against a disposable the E2 wins on every count that matters: cost, control, battery and waste. It is more involved than a sealed bar, but it gives you far more in return and recharges and refills instead of going in the bin. For anyone who wants a refillable that feels like a premium little object, the VMATE E2 is a strong pick, and it sits alongside our wider sub-ohm vapes for those who want a looser, cloudier style.