Thanks to HealthCabin, I’m back with another test, the subject of which is none other than a new POD manufactured by Kumiho, which is called THOTH S, and is the successor to a previous test subject, the THOTH T, but it can also be seen as an improved edition, since the two devices are very similar, but there are plenty of differences that I will mention during its presentation. As we are used to with the THOTH T, the THOTH S is also a hybrid POD, as it is suitable for both RDL and MTL use. In addition to the adjustable aeration, the Watt can also be adjusted on the S model, thanks to which we can customize the experience much better. In this case, as with the T model, the atomization works with a button and a vacuum switch. It can be used with all THOTH type POD heads, so there will be no difference in the POD heads, not even in terms of material, as they are made of the already well-known PCTG. The battery, however, was a bit of a letdown, as the S model only had a 1000mAh battery.
The THOTH S POD, made of zinc alloy and polycarbonate plastic, is available in 5 colors: green, black, red, gray and silver. I received the silver one. Now let’s take a closer look.
Contents of the box and getting to know the device
Like the THOTH T, the THOTH S does not come with any accessories. In fact, the metal necklace was not included in the package. Apart from the instructions for use under the hard Styrofoam (in which the device lies), we literally do not get anything else with the device. In essence, you do not need anything else to operate it, since everyone has a USB-C charging cable at home, although an extra POD head would have fit in the package, in addition to the 0.6 ohm one that comes with the device.
As soon as we took it out of the box, we can start using it, because the S model comes with a fully charged battery, the charge level of which can now be monitored on the 0.42″ OLED display. The rubber button on the upper left edge is a design element, as is the gear wheel on the edge of the display. However, the button in the upper right corner is the fire button itself, which protrudes more from the housing, indicating that it can be pressed. After 3 quick button presses, the Watt value starts to flash, which we can then adjust by pressing the fire button. With 5 quick button presses, we can enter the menu, which I will write a few lines about in the next picture. The display shows the charge indicator strip, a padlock, the Watt value, the Ohm value of the POD head and finally the number of shots. Under the display, we can find the fidget spinner, already well-known from the T model, this time with the tagline “spinner for fun”. It seems that instead of a magnetic solution, they glued it on, so the later on as well.
Now let’s go back to the menu, which is also indicated by the ON/OFF, Wattage, LOCK inscriptions around the fire button, because there is a minimal menu system in the THOTH S, which is more than enough considering its nature as a POD. Of course, we won’t be able to TC, but in my opinion, with this much knowledge, it’s appropriate to equip a POD. We get to the menu with 5 quick button presses, where we see Puff Clear as the first item in order, which resets the number of puffs to zero. The second time we can come across the Lock menu item, with which we can lock the fire button, and in this case we will see a closed padlock on the display instead of the open padlock. Since there is one-button navigation, we can’t lock anything other than the fire button with it, but the vacuum switch still remains active, so this is a useful function. Finally, the only thing left is Power Off, with which we can turn off the device. Each menu item can be activated with a single long press of the button for 3 seconds.
On the left side of the device, we find an air vent with exactly the same 3 gradually decreasing holes as on the T model. The slider is tighter and can be slid more slowly than on its predecessor, which is good, but it was also suitable on the previous model, it did not move, so it was almost unnecessary to reinforce it, as it is somewhat more difficult to move.
On the right side, you will find the USB-C connector, through which you can charge the built-in battery of the S model, which has been reduced to 1000mAh compared to the 1300mAh battery of the T model. The manufacturer also promises fast charging for this model, but whether they managed to keep their promise will be revealed later. Although the manufacturer did not include a necklace, anyone who buys the S model after the T model will have a necklace, since it comes standard with the T model, but it is not worth digging it out, because although the hole in the S model is no longer in an inaccessible place, it is much larger than the one in the T model, so we cannot put the necklace on it. However, you can loop an old phone lanyard over it. Well, let’s move on…
There was also a small wrinkle on the connector in the device. It looks a little different, but the essence remains the same. 2 strong magnets, 2 pin connectors. However, what is different compared to the T model is the air vent. In the S model, the air vent from which the POD head receives air directly has been enlarged, so it has become much more airy, which is beneficial for atomizers with lower resistance. This predicts that less liquid vapor will condense, since it will heat up less. The factory-installed 0.6 ohm POD head in the S model does not heat up as much as the 1 ohm POD head in the T model, so this is a huge positive change that I was very happy about, because for me, heating has always been at the expense of the experience.
There are only a few design elements on the back, and here we can also find the numbering 002, which indicates that this is the second, improved edition of the THOTH T, which is now called THOTH S. However, what is misleading is that there is a button-like design element, around which the inscriptions mode 1, mode 2, mode 3 can be found. Of course, this does nothing, it is just a piece of rubber, but it looks good. Also, if we put the device down, that small rubber button keeps it from the surface, so the back will not be scratched.
HealthCabin sent one of each of the existing THOTH POD heads, each with a resistance increase of 2 tenths of an Ohm, numbered 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1 and 1.2 Ohm. Of course, these also have their recommended Watt ranges. The manufacturer recommends using 0.4 at 25-35, 0.6 at 20-25, 0.8 at 16-20, 1 at 12-15 and 1.2 at 10-12 Watts. On the Kumiho THOTH S, we can already adjust the Watt, but the device only allows it within the recommended Watt range preset for the atomizers. The POD heads are 2ml, but we can also order 3ml, or as you can see in the picture, black or transparent, you just have to look around in the Kumiho THOTH Series POD Cartridge range of the aforementioned webshop.
I wrote about the internal differences above, now let’s take a look at both from the outside. Kumiho has broken with the Radio Vape design, so the THOTH S is back in a much cleaner and more elegant form, and it has become a little smaller, which has given it a square shape, and it has also been thinned, and the POD head has been moved from the right side to the left side. The huge fire button is also a thing of the past and even the holes in the necklace are more accessible, but as I wrote above, we can’t attach much to it, but the kite cares… So they not only equipped it with sufficient knowledge, it has become better on the outside than it was!
Of course, as with the previous one, and pretty much all such devices, make sure not to fill the POD head completely. Always leave a small air bubble to avoid sloshing. Although since it is a leak-free POD head, it will not leak and the sloshing will soon stop, it is better to prevent such problems.
There are several differences between the predecessor THOTH T and the THOTH S, both externally and internally. Apparently, I repeat apparently, the 002 version turned out to be very good, but now let’s also see what it produces during use.
Experience report
The weight of both devices is roughly the same, but due to the dimensions and the design of the housing, the S model is much more comfortable and fits in the hand, and of course it cannot be neglected that it has a much nicer, cleaner design. Although it was not mentioned that there will be rubber here and there on the device, but never mind, because these are actually elements that are usually glued afterwards, so they are not necessarily part of the device housing during production. This time the fidget spinner has become bombproof! However, it is not really easy to access in the lower right corner, so when I wanted to play with it, I sometimes had trouble holding the device so that I could fiddle with the fidget spinner. So it’s great that it was fixed, but it’s relatively uncomfortable to use, so for me it wasn’t a spinner for fun, but a spinner for upset [1]. By the way, it’s also really loud, so I think the implementation of this idea went a bit wrong, although I tried to love it and be happy with it, but unfortunately it’s not really enjoyable in this form. In addition, the fidget spinner often got stuck, for example, when I took it out of my trouser pocket, which of course is only a significant problem if it gets stuck and falls off. Unfortunately, it’s not durable enough to withstand training, but I’ll explain that below.
On the other hand, the pressure point of the button is perfect! Since it is small, the pressure point is under the entire button, and the material used makes it comfortable. It responds immediately to everything, no matter what we want to set on the device, so I had no problems with it. However, when we lock the fire button, we only lock the firing function, so it will not fire in a bag or pocket, but we can still access the menu after 5 quick button presses, and we can also set the Watt regardless of the fact that it does not fire functionally, so it is comfortable to use even with the firing closed. The device even detects whether we press the button slowly or quickly, because if we press it slowly, it will display the Lock text after the first button press, but if we press it quickly, even 3x or 5x, it will simply allow us to continue performing the desired method. I think this is an extremely advantageous solution, but there is a small negative about it. When it says Lock, the vacuum switch doesn’t work, so we can’t vape for a few seconds, which is bearable, but it can be annoying, and it’s also a bit incomprehensible that such a message overrides the function the device was designed for. The brightness of the display is perfectly fine and all values are clearly visible even in sunlight, of course it’s a little dimmer at that time, but it’s still clearly visible.
POD heads are designed to be long-lasting, but as we know, this is very relative, since how long we can use it depends on the liquid. With a really sweet liquid, a POD head lasted me 6-7 days, which isn’t that bad, since the same thing would have lasted a maximum of 2-3 days in an RTA. It reproduces the flavors very well, it’s intense, there’s plenty of vapor, and even the 0.4 POD head was only lukewarm, which is absolutely bearable, so I had no complaints about that. I first tried the 0.6 POD head that came with the factory, which lasted about 10 hours on a 20 Watt 1000mAh battery, which is also not bad. The aforementioned 0.6 POD head ran out of juice after about 160 puffs on the same power, but this depends on the individual, it can be more or less, depending on how much you vape. The 0.4 POD head lasted about 120 puffs on 30 Watt, and its operating time was 8-9 hours, which is also not bad. Moreover, since we are talking about a battery with only 1000mAh, with such Ohm values, this is almost a miracle! And what I was really pleased with was that this time I did not have to be disappointed when it came to fast charging, as it charged the Kumiho THOTH S from 0-100% in exactly 1 hour.
Well, I really like the exterior, I think it’s much nicer than the T model, it’s also improved a lot in terms of knowledge, it’s great that it got a display and settings options, I’m very happy about that, BUT! Because there’s always a (or more) BUT! Right, as I wrote above, the fidget spinner can get stuck in anything and at an unfortunate moment the device can fall off. This is exactly what happened to me, about the 8th day, as a result of which the paint came off in a few places, but a much bigger problem is that after that the device simply went crazy and misbehaved too often! This manifested itself in the fact that from then on it often burned the heating element and when inserting and removing the POD head, it displayed a different Ohm value than what was in it. I had to insert and remove the POD head many times before it found out which one was in it. You have to imagine this as when it was 0.6 ohm, it saw it as 0.8 or 1 ohm, which is a problem because then it is set to the Watt value set by the manufacturer, so it becomes practically unusable. And when we don’t notice that it was set to the wrong Ohm value (we put it back after recharging and don’t look at the display), then it starts burning the atomizer in the POD head without exception, it doesn’t matter that the Watt value it set is less than the one it was used on. So the atomization itself is only disappointing if the Ohm value is the same as the one on the POD head. The Watt value is irrelevant in this case, because it remains within the factory preset limit. Although it still burned 1-2 times, and even then it mismeasured sometimes before it fell, but it wasn’t that annoying, and I could easily blame my sweet liquid for the burning, but I couldn’t explain the mismeasurement even then, but it was enough to turn it off and on again 2 times to make it come to its senses again. But now I know that this whole problem could have been foreseen, I just didn’t think about it, because the sweet liquid could also have caused the burning, and even a small contact error could have caused the mismeasurement, but it’s still quite serious if it doesn’t recognize the POD head even several times. Although it is also interesting that I never drove the atomizers of the POD heads at the maximum value, but either at the lower limit or between the two, so it didn’t burn because I maxed it out. In contrast, there was no such problem with the T model! In fact, its atomization is much more stable and uniform!
But there’s something else here, haha… When used while charging, it doesn’t atomize at the set Watt value, but increases the speed, which of course it doesn’t show on the display, but at least it’s immediately noticeable from the experience! The sound of atomization, the temperature of the vapor, the density of the inhaled vapor, are all much faster, louder, warmer, more noticeable. But these should be understood in a bad sense, because in the meantime, the atomizer suffers from everything! The sizzling sound after the sip also appears, which means that the Watt is too high, it doesn’t cool well, so it will burn out, or has already burned out! Once the battery is charged, nothing helps, neither turning the device on and off, nor turning the POD head on and off, nor lowering the power, because it’s as if it’s stuck at the maximum 35 Watts and nothing can be done to change this! This error only gradually disappears when the battery is drained and no longer wants to push out maximum power. And this is not because of the fall, it did this during the first charge and after! I think the above-mentioned error, or rather a malfunction, would have appeared sooner or later, but the fall unfortunately accelerated the process.
I think the usual pros and cons list would lose its meaning because of what was written above, because in the case of the Kumiho THOTH S I cannot encourage anyone to buy it with a good heart and without a guilty conscience! I also cannot promise that what was written above will not happen to anyone else. I can only hope that I caught a bad copy! It would be good in terms of taste and vapor, but such a big error for so much money, no thanks! And yet it started so well…
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“Spinner for fun” refers to a fun, entertaining item, while “spinner for upset” refers to something that is more likely to cause annoyance. In this case, the fidget spinner in the THOTH S, which was originally intended as an entertaining item, has become more likely to cause annoyance for the user, as it is difficult to use and often gets stuck. (AI explanation)
This review was written by Don from vaperina.cc, click to view original reviews, which is written in Hungarian.
