The Blu Disposable Electronic Cigarette

During a routine visit to my local Hess gas station, I stumbled upon the Blu Disposable Electronic Cigarette - Classic Tobacco flavor. Back when I started vaping, these were what got me started. While I was there the Lorrilard Tobacco rep was there, and gave me a free Blu Disposable. I decided to take this opportunity to throw a fresh review from a veteran vaper up here.

After opening, the first thing I noticed was the size of the cartomizer and battery had grown from when I experienced them a ways back. I also noticed that Blu now has their juice made by Johnson Creek. I had had Johnson Creek when I first started and hated it, and thought "This should be interesting...".

When I took my first drag, I was quite surprised. The flavor wasn't all that bad for a tobacco flavor, and the vapor was pretty decent. At that point I whipped out my phone, and grabbed up a click counter app, and started to count away the drags, with each drag to the cut off of the device, which was 6 seconds. I puffed away on the Blu until the vapor was starting to taste burned, which was in total about 3 hours. In those 3 hours, I was able to cram in 72 puffs.

Battery and Cartomizer Sleeve, and innards.

After those 72 puffs, I still had battery life left, but not much in the way of e-liquid. So, being the curious tinkerer that I am, I decided to rip apart this Blu e-cigarette. The tear down started with ripping the battery sticker wrapper off to reveal a single metal sleeve. Once unwrapped, I proceeded to pop off the fake cherry that lights up blue when a drag is taken to find a small circuit board that houses the blue light and sensor for the automatic battery. I was able to use a small flat head screwdriver to pry out the innards that revealed a 1.00 Wh battery and the cheap plastic that contained the coil assembly and wick material for the juice.

At this point that you see in the photo, I fully expected to open the wicking material up and see a standard vertical coil, or a horizontal coil at the bottom of the tube. Upon opening I did find a horizontal coil, but it was in a different position than the traditional horizontal coils, it was well.. in the middle of the air tube, surrounded by a wrap of silica wick, and the wicking material.

Yes, that is the coil in the middle of the air tube.

I won't bore you all with more tear down photos, but will conclude with this: The Blu Disposable Electronic Cigarette is over priced a bit considering the make up of parts at $9.99 for 72 puffs. I will give it credit for battery life, e-liquid flavor, and vapor! This may be the gateway for many vapers, but my advice is this: If you are a smoker, and are interested in harm reduction, please go to CASSA.org , and explore the options of harm reduction. In my experience, electronic cigarettes are NOT a smoking cessation method, but a healthier alternative. Do your research, get a good kit, and get support from the many e-cigarette forums on the web.

That's all for now from NH... Live Free and Vape!

My History

A former tobacco smoker converted e-cigarette user. I'm here to write, research, and review products like hardware, accessories, and e-liquid. Being a seasoned veteran in the world of vaping, I thought it was time to write about my experiences in the hopes of helping people who are smokers aware of the harm reduction technique that is an electronic cigarette.

A former smoker of 11 years, I've converted myself to vaping aka use of an electronic cigarette. I'm excited about starting this blog and am looking forward to engaging with anyone who sees this. More to follow in the coming days.