Steep pricing given VERY limited 1000-3000 'puff' lifetime (Uwell pricng of course - no fault of 180 vape store)
Purchased my G3 with both the .60 and .90 pods included (and free bottle of eJuice!) and was very happy with the product. The accompanying data sheet gave 0 indication of the pod lifetime nor did sales staff indicate this (giving them a pass as it was a new product just hitting their shelves). When the liquid in the .60 pod started to get darker and a slight taste / hint of burnt liquid started, I also started looking up the 'issue' and came face to face with the approx $5 per pod price tag.
Most compainies when indicating 'puff' use a 1 second inhale as their 'puff metric' - 1000 puffs, 1000 seconds - but this is typically on disposable units so that really should be the eliquid it contains. As the G3 has a handly Oled screen, my 'puffs tend to be 2 seconds. All this is to ack the initial poster (also indicating 1k to 3k lifetime) but I will add that the uWell G3 tracks your puffs until you clear the memory (hopefully not inadvertently). so its not really guess work - you took 290 puffs - or 3000. The were 0.10 of a sec or up to 8 seconds where the G3 apparently self shuts off and gives you that error / warning (this thru research, not personally pulling an 8 sec inhale).
My .90 ohm pod with 200 ish puffs is fine. My 0.60 ohm pod discolours the eliquid and initially I was looking to see if they could be emptied (tougher than it seems - but they are 'leak resistant' and do well in that area. So with 220 puffs on the 0.60 cartridge, and darkenend liquid, I will replace the pod(s) and pay more attention to the power settins - This is quite a cool feature as you can select from 1 to 25 watts. Maybe a combnation of factors has shortened the lifespan (25 watts, to short a initial start up period / too short a tme to wet the wick so to speak - uWell does have an FAQ section on tips for managing the lifespan - but still does not indicated there is a 'lifespan' on pods...
Really should be two comments -one specfic to the potential of short lifespans - and the $5 price per pod. The second, its a great product - very flexible and wort the time reading up on, experiementing with its features as you go along. Really a 5 star product with 2-3 star pods maybe.
uWell
William m
Reviewed on September, 16 2024
Great value
I have tried the 0.9 and the 0.6 and the 0.6 lasts longer, over a week longer, but only gives off strong flavor for the first 1000 or so puffs. The 0.9 always gives off good flavor but starts to taste burnt after about 2000 - 3000 puffs.
River c
Reviewed on February, 5 2024
