Innokin Coolfire PZPulse Kit
Innokin have made some of the toughest, most rugged kits around, and they are back with another one, the Innokin Coolfire PZPulse
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Innokin sent over some of these new Coolfire PZPulse pod kits to test out, and they’re right up my alley as they’re for RDL/DTL.
I’ve said before that Innokin are the daddies of the starter kit, and it’s true because they are. I speak to so many vapers whose first kits were Innokin ones, and they all speak fondly of them. I know others that still only buy Innokin and I don’t blame them, the kits are very good, as are the coils for their tanks and pods. I’ve had a few over the years and they can’t be beat for easy to use vapes.
The Coolfire PZPulse is a pod kit for DTL vaping with a 2400mAh internal battery in it. It goes up to 80W and takes the new PZP Max coils which range from 0.2ohm to 0.6ohm so it’s very much aimed at those who like a nice RDL/DTL vape. There’s a 0.96” TFT screen on it which is nice and clear as it looks as if it’s behind a magnifying plastic cover. Innokin are marketing it as a full-curved TFT screen.
There’s a USB Type C Port at the bottom of the screen and adjustment buttons so it’s straightforward to charge standing up. The marketing also tells me that the device has IP68 water and dust resistance, whilst also being shockproof too. Innokin have also included a handy slide to lock button on the side, I do love those.
In the box you get:
- 1 CoolFire PZPulse Pod System (2400mAh, 2ml/0.4Ω Pod and RDL Mouthpiece Pre-installed)
- 1 Spare PZP Max Coil 0.2Ω
- 1 Type-C Charging Cable
- 1 Quick Start Guide
- 1 Warning Booklet
It's got a similar style to other kits that are shock, dust, and waterproof. There's the leather insert at the back, and the whole thing’s made with strong alloy to absorb the shock from drops. The pod sits at the top and, unfortunately, has a plug in it to make it TPD compliant at 2ml capacity and it takes up most of the pod so you can’t really see the juice level. There is a wee bit at the back of the pod where you can see the juice level, so it’s not totally obscured, but I do prefer a clear pod myself, perhaps just a personal gripe. I’ve already mentioned the screen, and I do like that. There’s a clear plastic covering over it that just looks clean and it seems to magnify things a little. The drip tip is removeable. I’ve not tried to replace it with one of my own yet, but it does the job well so I’m not sure I have to, even though I can. Plus, the airflow ring moves smoothly, and you can cut it off to restrict things nicely.
It's a simple kit so there isn’t much to adjust function wise. That’s something I like about Innokin, everything just works well enough, so you don’t need to tinker. Three clicks on the fire button will turn the device on and off. If you hold the two adjustment buttons together, you can adjust the timing of the firing cutoff and the time that the screen stays on after taking a toot. If you hold the fire and + button together, you get a wee information display that tells you the ohms of the coil you have in and the voltage the coil is at, and you can reset the puff counter. That’s it.
I took the installed 0.4ohm coil out and started off on the 0.2ohm one to see how it was for power, and once I’d let the juice soak in, I had a nice puff at 60W to start off with. Even at 60W, the flavour was good, and you get a decent plume of vapour. 70W gave more vapour and it was warmed up a bit. The flavour came through even more, it left my juice tasting fresh and bright. 80W was cloud city and it was a touch warmer still. I personally prefer a cooler vape so the 65W area is where I ended up on the 0.2ohm coil. It also used my juice up quickly due to the daft TPD limit, so I had to fill up a few times over an evening with this coil in.
The 0.4ohm coil is a different beast altogether. I set the airflow tightish for a more restricted draw at 40W, and again the flavour was good at the lower limit of the wattage range. At 50W I found my sweet spot and the flavour was even better, along with a nice amount of vapour. At 60W it was getting a bit warm again, so I popped it back down to 50W. I did find that the airflow ring doesn’t restrict it too much until you’re going reasonably tight, an issue I have with most of these pod designs so it’s not a problem with anything Innokin have done. The 0.4ohm coil is definitely my favourite out of the two you get in the bundle; I just prefer the slightly restricted draw, and I felt the flavour was a tiny bit deeper rather than bright like the 0.2ohm.
Conclusion
The Coolfire PZPulse is aimed at people like me who like a DTL/RDL draw. You do have to close off the airflow quite tightly to get a more restricted draw, but that’s the same for all of the same style of pods I’ve found. I personally prefer the 0.4ohm coil as it runs at about the same level I vape at usually, but the 0.2ohm is good if you want a cloudier time, and the flavour is as good as the more sedate 0.4ohm coil.
While the design is like other devices that have the same IP rating, Innokin have put their own stamp on it, literally as there’s an inscribed Innokin on one side and they’ve branded PZPulse into the leather insert at the back.
The slide switch for the lock is also a good addition. I’ve been seeing it more often and I do look for it for my own mods now as I hate things going off in my pocket. The screen is clean and clear, and I like how it looks like it’s set back from the cover that is on the front. The whole thing is comfortable to hold and is reasonably small for an 80W device.
Thanks again to Innokin for sending the Coolfire PZPulse kits over for review. These will be hitting store shelves very soon
- Slide to lock button for the win
- Smart clear screen
- Good flavour from the PZP Max coils
- Solid kit with an IP68 rating
- Just the small juice window on the pod
Stephen Gitsham
Reviewer at POTVI was a very militant smoker for many years…why would I stop doing the only thing I had left that I liked doing? Then I fell into vaping in 2017. My wife bought a cheap kit off from Amazon that stopped working and I took it to a local vape shop to see what they could do with it. An hour later and full of new knowledge about watts, ohms, and juice strength, I headed home with a new nautilus mini tank for her and raved to her about the helpful guy in the shop. I must have bored her with all my new found information. I tried her vape that night, and a week later bought my own kit. Then I found POTV and the amazingly helpful and generous people on it. A month later I was making my own (disgusting) vape juice, and a month after that I was winding coils for my new RDA. Six years on and I'm much better at making juice, and I now have no money but lots of shiny mods and tanks
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