The package actually came USPS yesterday afternoon. Inside were the following items: a starter kit, several Natural filters and several Menthol filters, 2 lithium battery sticks and empty boxs of the Naturals and the Menthol. I plugged in the charger and on the front there are two lights that are labled "charger" and "cigarette". Both were blinking red. I called Tom and asked how long it would take to charge and he said "about 1/2 hour. He said it was OK to put the lithium stick in right away when a person first plugs in the charger. In 30 minutes the green light was on for the cigarette and that's when I pulled it out. I put the filter on the stick and was ready to test this product. Before that, I put the second stick in the charger and the green light was blinking after 5 minutes. That was kind of nice since it was quick to charge the cigarette.
First of all, let me say that the "REAL" cigarette looks like a regular cigarette and does have a thin chrome ring around the end. It is the size of a regular cigarette and not the size of the "100's". As we all know, the end does not light up like an E-cig and there is no mist that comes out. I have a Liberty E-cig that I ordered from the Indians in New York and my wife has an E-puffer. We both have a few regular cigarettes each day along with using are E-cigs. A few years back, I used to smoke about a pack a day, so I am very familiar with regular cigarettes.
Smokers will have a better understanding of what I'm going to say next. I just realized this lengthy thing will take 2 posts
I tried both the Natural and the Menthol. When you drag on the cig, you actually get the taste of a regular cig. The menthol flavored one left a pleasant taste on my tongue and my lips. When smokers drag on a cigarette, they press down on the filter when they take a drag. The SIFO filter is soft just like a regular cigarette. So the softness of the filter is a "big" thing to the smoker. Puffing on the E-cig is like sucking on a ball point pen since the filter is plastic. The filter lasts about as long as smoking 1 regular cigarette. After I'm done with this post I think I'll count the number of times I used the word "cigarette". Jesus!!
When a smoker drags on a regular cigarette, he/she feels the heat of that cigarette on their lips. The "REAL' cigarette emits the same type of heat.
There is a slight noise when you inhale, but I think that makes it seem more like a regular cigarette. When you drag on a regular cigarette it also makes a soft noise. The only thing that is missing from this cigarette is the smoke/mist, but that was the intention of this invention. I tried shutting my eyes for a few drags and it was like smoking a regular cigarette. The new buyers will just have to get used to not seeing any smoke/mist when they drag away.
It appears to me that what SFIO has tried attain has been accomplished.
- Bob B - Mequon, Wisconsin