Review of OBS Alter Pod Kit

Vapers who follow the market development can observe an interesting trend – the first ego devices were successfully replaced by powerful box mods, which lost their positions after the appearance of POD and AIO systems. But even POD systems are not liked by all vapers because they are mostly very simple in terms of functionality, have weak batteries and are quite expensive to maintain (you need to buy cartridges). So it is not surprising that AIO systems, which have a board, work on interchangeable vaporizers or are equipped with RBA base and work from powerful batteries, became in demand. OBS also decided to release its own variant of such a POD system – Alter Pod Kit, which at first glance looks more like a small box mod. But at the same time it is functional, works with removable cartridges on interchangeable vaporizers and has a significant autonomy. We can say for sure that OBS Alter Pod Kit will interest a lot of vapers because the company’s experts have solved the questions and complaints of vapers to ordinary POD-systems in a new way.

General Info

The OBS Alter Pod Kit is a hybrid of a POD system and a medium sized box mod that has a powerful battery and a powerful and functional chipset that runs on interchangeable vaporizers of different types and resistance. australian vape shop The design of the device at first glance is quite simple and not particularly distinguished among similar devices of this class. The chipset installed in the device allows you to use it in varivatt mode, and the presence of monochrome display allows you to monitor and control the work of POD-box. The removable cartridge works with interchangeable vaporizers, and the manufacturer provides a wide choice for organic and salt nicotine liquids. You can buy the OBS Alter Pod Kit in five colors black with pattern, black, yellow, red and blue.

Kit

The OBS Alter Pod Kit is not exactly a POD system, so the manufacturer bundles the device much better than a thermometer or felt-tip vape. Therefore, the vaper will get:

Alter Mod battery pack;

Alter Pod cartridge;

Two interchangeable vaporizers;

USB Type-C cable for charging;

Warranty card;

User’s Manual.

Alter Mod Battery Pack

The trend of POD systems with powerful battery, chipset and screen is not just a tribute to fashion, but a necessity as vapers become more and more demanding to the devices. The Alter Mod battery pack is the result of the work of the OBS developers, who took into account the wishes and requirements of vapers as to what POD box option is optimal for them.

At the first glance OBS Alter Pod Kit looks quite simple and strictly classic rectangle with a small drip-tip displaced to the edge. As much as we don’t want to forget about the Orion from Lost Vape, the radio form factor is quite in demand. It is hard to call this device miniature, but taking into account the battery used and the design features it is justified.

The OBS Alter Pod Kit runs on a built-in 2500 mAh battery, which is a very high value for a POD system and allows the vaper to get a considerable autonomy. To charge the battery you can use the standard connector micro-USB Type-C, located on the side panel, current of 1.6A, so a full charge the battery takes about an hour.

An important feature of the OBS Alter Pod Kit is that it is equipped with a chipset that allows you not only to get all the necessary protection for safe use, but also to use the device in Varivatt mode. Vaper can independently regulate the power within the range of 5-70 watts, so it is hard to call the device a classic POD-system, and the minimum vaporizer resistance is 0.15 ohms. In order to monitor and control the parameters of the chipset, it is equipped with a fairly large monochrome display, which can find a lot of data on the work of the battery level, power, resistance, number and time of puffs.

Cartridge, vaporizers and usage features

The OBS Alter Pod Kit uses a removable cartridge that is held in the battery pack by a magnetic connector. This technical solution is very practical because the cartridge can be easily removed to change the vaporizer or adjust the draw.

The manufacturer paid a lot of attention not only to the chipset, but also to the vaporizers. OBS offers two options for the vaporizer installation: a submerged vaporizer and a salt nicotine/cigarette puff vaporizer. Depending on the chosen base type you can pick up vaporizers, and there are plenty of them – M1 (0.2ohm), M3 (0.15ohm), SX (1.4ohm), NX (0.15ohm).

An important point is that depending on the chosen vaporizer and base the volume of the cartridge changes 3.5 ml or 5 ml respectively (when using the TPD version the volume is constant 2 ml).” Installing the vaporizer in the base is extremely simple just screw it into it. It is worth saying that it is the base that is the blowing adjustment ring, so the vaper can choose not only the optimal vaporizer for himself, but also the puff.

The manufacturer has also taken care to make the cartridge refilling process as easy as possible. For this purpose, on the top end there is a slider that can be opened to pour the liquid, and it is not necessary to remove the cartridge from the battery pack for refilling.

Conclusions and impressions

If a vaper is looking for a miniature POD system, the OBS Alter Pod Kit will not do. This device can hardly be called a POD-system, rather it is a full-fledged AIO-system that looks more like a box-mod with a built-in and modified atomizer. In this case the vaper will get a variety of vaporizers, a large tank and a lot of autonomy, but in any case it is up to him to choose.

Advantages and disadvantages

Disadvantages

It is necessary to remove the cartridge to adjust the airflow;

Lack of automatic adjustment of power depending on the resistance of the vaporizer (when you change it, you can just burn it).

Advantages

Strict ergonomic design;

High capacity battery;

Fast charging;

Large volume of cartridge;

Variability of vaporizers;

Adjustable blow-through;

Easy to refill;