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Rincoe Manto AIO Pro

Bargain alert! Rincoe have released a cheap as chips Dot tank compatible AIO, so naturally Antony wanted to test it out

by Antony Lord
Jul 18, 2024

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I’ve avoided Rincoe products up until this point mainly because they don’t publish which coil material they use in their kits, however they recently released a couple of kits under their Manto series which are Boro and Dot tank compatible which piqued my interest. Stephen managed to get his hands on the Manto AIO Ultra which is the Boro version whilst I was able to get my hands on the DOT AIO variant, the Manto AIO Pro, courtesy of our friends over at Sourcemore.

Specifications

82 x 49 x 27.6 mm (excluding drip tip)
98 grams
Single 18650 battery
Output 1~80 watts
Resistance 0.08~3 Ohms
3.5ml stock coil tank

The Manto AIO Pro comes in seven different colours, and Sourcemore sent over the “Aqua Green” variant for review. This is a pale green that kind of reminds me of a mint, my personal choice would probably be the red or yellow ones as those look quite stunning. Inside the box you’ll find the Manto AIO Pro with a sub ohm tank and coil fitted, a spare coil plus, some documentation.

The Manto AIO Pro is very lightweight thanks to its PC and ABS construction, and even with a battery and the tank fitted, it weighs just 143 grams. There is a little flex in the frame, particularly around the battery compartment, although it does still manage to feel relatively solid so I’m not overly concerned about this breaking in the long term.

The chassis and one side panel have large cutouts which help reduce the weight but also provide adequate airflow to the tank section in particular. It’s all too easy with many DOT/BORO style mods to accidentally block the airflow with your fingers but that definitely isn’t the case here.

Up top we have a standard 510 drip tip connection. The supplied drip tip is perfectly good but it’s nice to have the option to use one of your own if this isn’t to your liking.

The control panel sports a lightly textured metal power button in the top left corner which is perfectly positioned to fall under your thumb when held in your right hand. You can of course also use this left handed, but it doesn’t feel quite as natural this way. This is surrounded by a bright LED ring when you press the button.

Under this is a 0.96 inch colour screen which is bright with clearly laid out information and seven colour “themes’ so you can match your mood, or in my case I changed this to the green theme to match my kit. The screen on my particular unit seems to be offset slightly with the upper edge of the screen being cut off, I can see the screen properly if I tilt the mod away from myself and really this is nitpicking in the extreme.

Under this there are up/down controls in a contrasting colour (yellow in this case) which can be locked against accidental adjustment, and a USB-C charge port. Whilst on board charging is handy in a pinch when you’re away from home, I’d always recommend using an external charger whenever possible. The buttons all have a nice tactile click to them and there’s no button rattle present.

You have wattage and temperature control options available on the board with a simple to use menu system. Two wattage modes are available, “power” is the default setting and this will try to match the wattage to your coil when you first insert a tank, “RBA” mode would be your traditional wattage mode. Power delivery seems to be fairly consistent so I’m happy enough with the performance on offer here along with the 80 watt output.

Both of the side panels are removable and held in place by magnets. There is a tiny bit of play in the panels whilst they are in place, but this is fairly minor and not uncommon with this kind of design. My main concern here would be how well those panels will hold up to daily abuse, will the corners crack leading to the magnets falling out which is something I experienced with the Pulse AIO kits?

With the side panels removed, you can see a clearly marked battery bay with a spring loaded contact at the base. The best way to remove the battery once you need to charge it is to remove both panels and poke it out from the back side of the chassis.

The tank aperture is also on the same side as the battery and sports a DOT style spring loaded contact at the base. The supplied 3.5ml stock coil tank uses Manto AIO Coils which screw into an airflow control ring, and this whole assembly is then push-fit into the tank from the base.

The two supplied coils sport a modern mesh coil design with quite a wide bore and are squarely aimed towards a direct lung vape. As I mentioned in the intro blurb, Rincoe don’t mention what coil material this is beyond a rather unhelpful “mesh”. The coils I would say are good but not class leading with fairly average flavour, it’s not terrible but it won’t blow your socks off either.

After a day's use, I started to develop a couple of mouth ulcers which I’ve come to recognise as a symptom of my nickel sensitivity, I am prone to mouth ulcers anyway but with this in mind I pulled the coil apart for a closer inspection. The mesh isn’t magnetic so it’s not kanthal and given that it took a full day for me to notice any effects I would say this is most likely to be some grade of stainless steel (probably SS316) with a nichrome coil the effects would have become noticeable with just few hours of use.

One of the primary reasons that I was attracted to the Manto AIO Pro was the possibility of using my DOT tanks here. This does work but DOT tanks are actually a little slimmer front to back than the stock coil tank and this results in DOT tanks sitting a bit far back in the recess making them difficult to remove often requiring the use of a screwdriver.

One thing I had noticed watching a couple of YouTube reviews where presentation kits had been sent out, was that a small silicone grommet was included in the package which no one seemed to realize what it was for… it’s a shim designed to sit behind DOT tanks to allow proper alignment of the tank. Sadly this isn’t included in the retail packaging, I did find that a small piece of card served the same purpose though and made it much easier to remove the tank as well so yes, this is DOT compatible… well sort of!

Conclusion

At just $26.79, this is a bit of a steal for a DOT compatible starter kit. Whilst the minty green version wouldn’t have been my first choice, this has in fact grown on me and you have six other colour options to pick from as well. The supplied stock coil option is reasonably decent to boot, just proceed with caution if you’re nickel sensitive as the coil material isn’t stated (I suspect it’s stainless steel) or stick with a dot compatible tank and use a shim.

Many thanks to Sourcemore for sending the Rincoe Manto AIO Pro kit over for review.

Pros

Cheap DOT compatible AIO
Lightweight

Cons

Needs a shim to use DOT tanks properly
Screen slightly misaligned on my unit
Coil material not stated (possibly SS316)

Antony Lord

Reviewer at POTV

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I was a twenty a day smoker for 25 years and like most smokers I was always going to quit "next week". Having hit my mid forties and having the usual smokers cough and difficulty with anything more than moderate exercise it was obviously time to give up the cancer sticks. I bought my first e-cigarette in 2013 when they were expensive, difficult to find and quite frankly... crap. I used it for about a week then went back to the roll ups, mark up another failed quit attempt. The fact that I had just changed jobs and was under quite a lot of stress probably didn't help. Move on to 2016 and whilst I was browsing eBay I noticed that one of the suggested items that would occasionally pop up was for a cheap e-cigarette. It looked similar to the one I'd bought 3 years earlier but it was only £5 (about 8 times cheaper than before) so I decided to give it another go on a whim. Once the kit arrived I managed to gradually replace the cigarettes with my new kit over a two month period and got into watching YouTube reviews for newer kit. My cheap and cheerful kit was replaced by a more upmarket affair, and being a noob I made a mistake once it arrived... I put in the supplied direct lung coil, this was of course a complete revelation and I haven't touched a cigarette since. Oh and I no longer spend the first five minutes of every day having a coughing fit either.