What’s up vapers!
SirRisc here with another gear review!
Todays menu consists of two kits that are reminiscent of the old days of vaping, the Smok Stick One Basic and the Smok Stick One Plus!
These Smok Stick One kits were sent to me for the purpose of this review by Smoktech.com!
Premise.
Sometimes simplicity is the best course, and that’s what Smok must have thought when they designed the Stick One kits.
They’re reminiscent of the old ego batteries, but with modern engineering applied to them.
This doesn’t mean they’re complicated mods that require you to learn the settings like most mods, they just have a bit more kick to it.
And simplicity works in this case, the Stick One kits are made to tailor to starters as well as more advanced vapers who require something small and simple.
So how do they perform?
Let’s have a look, shall we!
Specifications.
- eGo Cloud Plus battery
- 2000mAh
- 24.5mm diameter
- USB charging
- Micro TFV4 Plus tank (3.5ml capacity)
- Patented swivel topfill
- Operating voltage: 4.2V down to 3.4V
Specifications.
- eGo Cloud battery
- 2200mAh
- 19mm diameter
- USB charging
- Nano TFV4 tank (2ml capacity)
- Patented swivel topfill
- Operating voltage: 4.2V down to 3.4V
Packaging.
Both the kits come in similar packaging with the typical Smok styled white and grey wrap around a black box.
On the front you’ll find the respective mod depicted in full color, though not in the color included in the package.
On the back of the wrap is where you’ll be able to read the contents of the package and a brief introduction about the kit.
Opening the black box reveals the battery sitting in a foam insert on the left side, and the tank on the right side with a spare coil just below it.
The foam insert also lifts out to reveal a small box with the usermanual, a USB charging cable, a vapeband colormatched to the kit, a bag of spare o-rings and gaskets, and a tank cover.
The tank cover is basically a silicone condom of sorts to keep grime out of your tank when you carry it around.
It also has a handy latch on the top where you can attach a lanyard to carry the mod around your neck.
The Stick One Basic
The Stick One Plus
Performance.
The eGo Cloud and eGo Cloud Plus are both batteries without any settings.
The only setting is on or off, and that is achieved by the single button on the front of the battery.
On the bottom of the battery is a venthole, and on the opposite side of the firebutton is the USB charging port.
So how does it regulate the power? Very similar to a mechanical mod actually, but with the added safety of a regulated mod.
The power is set by real-time output voltage and resistance: power= Voltage² / resistance.
This means on a 0.3ohm coil and a fully charged battery you’ll get around 60W (58.8W to be exact), which should be plenty to offer a full and well-rounded vape.
I’ve found that the power stays even when the battery is close to empty, this is the advantage of regulated mods over mechanical mods.
Where a mechanical mod will slowly (or quickly depending on what coils you’re running) drop the power, the board inside of the eGo Cloud batteries does its work and keeps the voltage stable.
That’s pretty much all I can tell you about the batteries really, they’re kept very simple and there’s not much to explore about them.
But that also means that these are very suited for people who just want a simple device. No messing with settings, just “press button, receive vapor”.
Now to the tanks included in the kits.
The Stick One Plus kit comes with a TFV4 Micro, which is essentially a shorter version of the TFV4 that works with Micro coilheads.
I reviewed the Smok Nano One kit a few weeks back and spoke briefly about these coilheads, and I’ll give you the TL;DR about them again:
They’re awesome. Despite their small size they have an excellent longetivity and even better flavor than the full size coilheads we found in the TFV4.
The TFV4 Micro is only 51mm in height which means it has a very subtle profile.
This ties into the short and stumpy build of the eGo Cloud Plus battery and makes it a very portable setup.
The flavor from this tank is tremendous, unsurprisingly so because of the short distance the vapor has to travel through the chimney.
The driptip is the standard dual layered 510 driptip we’ve seen on earlier TFV4 variations, but is honestly better off replaced by your own 510 driptip.
The Stick One Basic kit is a bit different in its look, it resembles the old EGO setups and is sort of an ode to those.
It’s an equally simple kit and includes a different variety of the TFV4 I’ve come to love, the TFV4 Nano.
The TFV4 Nano uses the same Micro coilheads but only has a 19mm diameter and a capacity of 2ml.
While the 2ml capacity may scare some of you, I understand the idea behind it.
Firstly it’s closer to being compliant to the European TPD, which dictates a maximum capacity of 2ml for tanks.
Secondly it comes a lot closer to the tanks we used to put on EGO batteries, which varied between 1ml and 3ml if you were lucky enough to have deep pockets and spend some more for something like an Evod Glass.
And that’s where this kit fits into, it’s a modern take on the Ego Twist and Evod Glass combo. It just works a whole lot better.
In terms of size between the two kits, there is some difference.
The Plus kit is short and stumpy and feels more like a mechanical mod in the hand.
Measuring 123mm in total height it’s a setup that is easy to carry, easy to hold and easy to conceil.
The Basic kit however is made longer, thinner and more sleek.
Measuring 147mm in total height it resembles the old setups without losing style or comfort.
Aesthetics.
Both kits are obviously odes to the older setups, made to have modern day comfort and performance.
While the difference between the two is mainly in size and tanks, the features on both are pretty the same.
There’s only one button which serves as the firebutton and on/off switch, with a subtle white LED above them.
On the opposite side of the battery is a USB charging port, which means the mod can stand up while charging.
Near the bottom of the battery, in the same line as the button, you’ll see the Smok logo painted on.
On the bottom of the battery is a single ventinghole.
The Stick One Basic
The Stick One Plus
TFV4 Micro coilheads
Pros and Cons.
Pro.
- Simple!
- Easy!
- Good performance
- Excellent flavor
- Micro coilheads are better than the full sized ones
- An ode to 2007, before the TPD and the FDA tried to screw us all over.
Con.
- Batterylife isn’t great
- Tank cover is rather hard to remove
- No clear batterystatus
- White LED is hard to see in well lit conditions
- Dual layer driptip is best replaced with a simpler 510 driptip
In conclusion.
The Smok Stick One kits are a delightful ode to the olden days, when an Ego Twist was the best we could get without having to dish out hundreds of dollars.
If you’re used to regulated setups with temperature control and 200W of power and dickbutt screens, this may not be a setup you like.
Though it must be said that these setups weren’t really made to tailor that crowd. They’re intentionally kept simple and can be operated without having to fidget with settings.
I personally prefer the short and stumpy form of the Plus kit but both kits perform very similar.
Would I buy these if they weren’t sent to me for review? Probably not because I really really like fidgetting with settings.
But I’ve used them in between for several weeks and I’ve come to appreciate these kits for what they are. Overall it’s a very good buy.
In closing I would like to thank Smoktech.com for sending me the Smok Stick One kits for review!
Thanks for reading, join me next time as I take a look at the Cthulhumod Shuriken RDA! Fire up those big clapton builds, folks! 
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SirRisc disappears in a cloud of lemon pledge scented vapor (I spilled juice on my desk and now it’s all sticky…)