Advken Potento Pod System Review

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The Potento Pod System by Advken was sent from HealthCabin for the purpose of review.

Advken Potento Pod System Kit is a new pod kit with a voltage adjustable knob. Rotate the bottom potentiometer control knob to adjust voltage from 3.2V to 4.2V for most flawless flavor and effortless vapor. Advken Potento Pod kit is powered by internal 580mAh battery to support vaping. Advken Potento pod, made of PCTG, comes with 2.5ml capacity with side filling design. Lets see how it vapes in this review.

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Design & Quality

The Potento comes in cardboard packaging with a picture of the device in the colour of choice on the front. I received the Silver Blue version which starts Dark Blue at it’s base and gradually fuses into a Silver that dominates the top of the device. The colour options are Obsidian Black, Silver Blue, Ruby Red or Slate Grey, on both the front and back of the device on the upper area we have an indented dimpled effect which is the main aesthetic feature.

Towards the top on both sides we have a small hole for airflow and towards the bottom one side we have printed safety stamps and a Type C USB port, on the opposite side we have a on/off button and LED. Moving to the base and central we have a potentiometer dial with a protruding leg either side to allow the device to stand up. Most of the dark tinted pod protrudes from the device allowing visibility of your e-liquid level in good light but too dark to be fully practical.

The form factor isn’t a million miles different to the Caliburn just larger but the Potento actually feels lighter and is nice and comfortable in the hand!

The Pod

The POD for the Potento is an all-in-one, a true POD, you cannot remove the coil and you’ll need to throw the entire POD away in one piece when your coil is spent. A lot of people have issues with these, due to their fully disposable nature, but they serve a purpose for new vapers wanting to keep things as simple as possible. Personally, I would have liked to have seen replaceable coils considering how well built these PODs are!

Made out of PCTG plastic, these are strong, and able to withstand some pretty rough treatment. PCTG is known to be quite a durable plastic.
The PODs are tinted, a little too dark for my liking, but you can make out your e-liquid levels easily enough when holding up to the light.

The mouthpiece of the POD tapers off slightly, offering up quite a smooth and comfortable tip for MTL draws.

Your fill port is on the side of the POD, hidden by a silicone plug, this plug is actually great, there’s plenty of silicone to grab hold of to lift, and sits quite deeply in the fill port, ensuring no e-liquid escapes.

You’ll get 2 PODs in the box, both are 1.2ohms in resistance and will hold up to 2.5mls of e-liquid. While not the largest capacity, considering that you are running only up to 3.5 Amps at about 14 Watts, that e-liquid is going to last quite a while, as will the 580mAh battery.

The Device

The Potento is a draw activated Pod System but does have an On/Off button that can also be used to check the limited battery status indication. To turn the device On/Off is five quick presses of the button, off is confirmed by 3 white flashes of the LED while switching the device on is confirmed by one flash.

On the base we have a potentiometer dial which is numbered 1 to 4 in Roman Numerals but also you can have it set between Numerals. It adjust from 3.2v up to 4.2v although you go by feel as there is no way of knowing exactly what voltage you have set unless at it’s lowest or highest points!

As mentioned earlier, the Potento comes with a 580mAh internal battery, which is plenty to support the 1.2ohm coils, and should give you a good day of battery life.

The provided USB Type-C charging port (which also has pass-through) will get you a full charge in about 45 minutes.
While charging, the white LED will pulse, and when complete, will stay on constantly.

The LED also acts as a battery level indicator. From 30% > 100% it will shine white when you draw, and turn red when you get to under 30% battery. I think a few extra levels would have been useful here. I’m finding that by the time it switches to ‘red’, there is not a lot of vaping time left, and need to get to a charger pretty quickly. An intermediate colour between 30% and 50% would have been helpful, to notify a little earlier.

Performance

The draw activation is as good as on any device that i have tried and it didn’t once fail to activate giving a reliable vape every time. Also the potentiometer dial works great, as you turn it and take vapes you can detect the increase in power and vaper as well as the warmth of the vape increase. At the lowest point (3.2v) it still gives a decent vape but is on the cool side so just turn the dial until you hit your sweet spot.

The two tier battery status is better than nothing but really i would expect 3 tiers minimum although i do like how easy it is to check the status and the fact despite being draw activated only it has an On/Off button so the device can be switched off.

For it’s size and having a potentiometer a 580mAh battery is as big as is possible which isn’t great but in conjunction with the 1.2ohm pod doesn’t give bad life but it does vary depending on how high you set the dial. Having Type C USB is great and 45 minutes to charge while supporting pass-through i am also very happy with as i am that the device can be stood up even while charging.

Pros

• Nice looking well made device
• Lightweight
• On/Off button
• Potentiometer variable voltage dial
• Nice medium loose MTL draw
• Good flavour
• No leaking experienced
• Supports pass-through

Cons

• Only 2 tier battery status indication
• Dark Pod
• Need to remove pod to fill
• Whole pod needs replacing rather than just coil
• 1.2ohm pod only option
• No fire via button option (draw activation only)