Voopoo NAVI x Cyph 80K Kit Review: A Pod Vape With Disposable Appeal

Design & Build Quality

The Voopoo Navi has a relatively unique design for a refillable pod vape. It is short and wide, just 86mm by 51mm, similar in shape to many so-called “nano” vapes like the OXVA XLIM SQ Pro 2, but chunkier and wider. It’s more pillow-shaped than rounded-off-box-shaped. This design is not entirely unique in the world of vaping, as it’s often seen in big-puff disposables. And while the Navi is very much a refillable pod vape and not a disposable, it could easily be mistaken for something like the Geek Bar CLR.

The device is split into two separate halves: the battery section and the pod section. These clip together magnetically to form the assembled device. The battery section has a matte metal shell and a large digital display along the whole of one edge. Within the display section is a mode button and the USB Type-C charging port. The pod half is entirely made from tough plastic and comprises a transparent tank and mouthpiece at the top, and a solid section at the bottom that hides the coil and airflow system. The slider for that airflow is on the base of that section.

Despite being made mainly from plastic, the device feels and looks pretty robust. This is helped by the metal shell covering one half, but even the completely plastic parts feel solid and strong. With not a sharp edge or corner to be found anywhere in its design, the Navi feels very comfortable to hold and sits nicely in your palm, even if it is a little too chubby to be hidden away in your fist (unless you have hands like a catcher’s mitt).

There are 12 colors to choose from, which are seemingly determined by the flavors of the vape liquid that comes with the kit (more on that in a moment). The colors are all pretty bright and, well, colorful. This is another thing that gives the Navi the look of a disposable. There are no black, silver, or gunmetal grey options here, just juicy reds, bright yellows, fruity purples, and minty greens.

Pods

Unlike most modern pod vapes, the pod of the Navi is one whole half of the device. Half of that half (or a quarter, if you prefer) is the reservoir for the e-liquid, which makes it pretty large. The transparent reservoir section can hold an impressive 10ml, with another 2ml capacity in the hidden coil section below it. That’s five or six times bigger than the capacity of many modern pod vapes.

The relatively small fill port is hidden away on the face that attaches to the battery section, so it is not accessible while the device is assembled for use. It is covered by a secure silicone bung on the outside and has a secondary silicone cover on the inside, presumably to help prevent vape juice from leaking out. The combination certainly seems to do the job, as I have experienced no leaks at all from the port.

The coil hidden away at the bottom of the pod section is dual-mesh with 0.6Ω resistance. At this time, there does not appear to be any other resistance available, but that might change. You only get one pod with the kit, and while you will be able to buy replacement pods (without the battery section), the only ones that I could find are packaged with a bottle of Cyph vape juice. That might be fine for some users, but if you want to try different e-liquids in the Navi, providing the option to buy a pod without any e-liquid would be nice.

The coils appear to have a relatively long lifespan. I have been using the single pod in my kit for well over two weeks, getting through the entire 30ml of liquid that came with it, and it’s still going strong. There has been a bit of a drop in flavor, but not to the point where I felt that a new pod was needed halfway through the bottle.

Features

This device isn’t exactly packed with features, and of the few it does have, most are fairly standard and expected. However, one feature of this kit is pretty unusual, if not unique, among currently available pod systems: the 30ml bottle of e-liquid that comes with it. More on that in a second, but first, let’s look at the more standard features.

One of the most obvious is the large digital display that fills one entire side of the device. This is used to show the battery level and the mode, but aside from a few patterns and other aesthetics, that’s about it. The display is bright and clear, and the battery level numbers are large and easy to see, which is definitely not always the case with vape screens, so that’s a definite plus point.

The mode, of which there are two, is selected by pressing the button at the top of the screen. The two modes, Normal and Turbo, are likely just simple wattage changes. I would assume Normal provides 15-20W and Turbo is probably closer to 30W, but as Voopoo doesn’t provide any information on the exact outputs, this is purely my assumption based on the type of device, the draw, and the coil resistance. There is a definite, noticeable difference in the vapor produced and the throat hit between the two modes, which is great for adjustability. Just be prepared for the battery life to halve if Turbo is your mode of choice.

The airflow consists of three small holes under the slider on the base of the pod section. You can have it fully open (three holes), partially open (two holes), or closed. There is no option to leave only one hole open due to the triangle pattern of the holes, which does detract from the adjustability. As with the modes, changing the airflow makes a noticeable difference in the draw, although I found that when fully closed, the airflow is so restricted that the vape is almost unusable.

Cyph E-Liquid

On to what is really the defining feature of the Navi, the 30ml bottle of 5% Cyph vape juice that comes with each kit and each replacement pod. Each 30ml bottle, it is suggested, could provide up to 80,000 puffs, which could easily be more than a month’s worth of vaping for some users. While I doubt that I got that many puffs from the kit I tested (I didn’t count), it certainly provided me with tens of thousands of puffs.

If you think about the Navi as being something between disposables and refillables, rather than being a standard pod vape, the device + e-juice combination makes more sense. It provides the convenience of a disposable in terms of stuff you need to buy, but with less waste and more puffs. The pod still needs to be replaced (as all pods do), but the battery (the costlier, more wasteful part to discard) is reused. The disposable-like convenience remains when you buy a new pod because, of course, it also comes with a 30ml bottle of Cyph.

There are 12 flavors/kits available, and like so much about the Navi, they appear to be geared towards users of disposables. They range from Pink Lemonade and White Gummy to Miami Mint, Fcuking Fab, and Watermelon Ice. I only got to try one flavor for this review, the Blue Razz Ice, which was everything you might expect from that popular combo: fruity, sweet, cooling, and easy to vape. If you have tried and liked Blue Razz Ice before, you will almost certainly like this version too.

Battery Life & Charging

The Navi features a 1500mAh battery, which is ample for this type of relatively low-wattage device. Voopoo suggests that a full charge will last for five days in normal mode and half that time in turbo mode. While I found the lifespan to be a bit less than that, those figures are unlikely to be far off the mark for most users.

During my weeks of testing, a full charge lasted almost four days (at the very most) in normal mode and just under two days in turbo. I vape fairly heavily when testing a device, so it would not surprise me if lighter vapers got closer to those suggested lifespans. The Navi is not a particularly high-power device, even in turbo mode, and I would imagine that most vapers would expect at least a couple of days of use from a single charge of a 1500mAh battery.

Charging is fast, thanks to the 2A-rated USB port that Voopoo thankfully decided to use on this device. Charging a 1500mAh (or bigger) battery on 1A can feel a bit slow in today’s vaping landscape, where fast charging is more the norm than a novelty. The average for the Navi in my tests was around 30-40 minutes from dead, with a 25% top-up often taking just 10 minutes or less.

The charge level is displayed on the screen during recharging, accompanied by animated LED patterns and shapes. This also appears when you draw on the vape, and it looks kind of cool the first time you see it, but it would be nice to be able to disable it (I could not find a way) for those who don’t want the screen twinkling away beside them every time it needs a charge.

Performance

Considering what has already been said about the Navi above, it should be clear that this is an MTL vape. While the relatively low resistance and the increased wattage of the Turbo mode mean that it can provide some sort of RDL experience, it seems to make more sense to classify it as loose MTL.

The draw is certainly loose when the airflow is fully open, and incredibly tight when it is fully closed. After a few days of use, I stuck to having the airflow partially open, no matter if I was using Normal or Turbo mode. This provides some resistance to the inhale, while also allowing a decent lungful of vapor to be drawn with each puff.

I would normally test a pod vape with a few different e-liquid ratios and strengths, but as this is designed to be a package, I stuck with the juice provided. The coil produces good flavor from the e-liquid, and the throat hit is satisfying, particularly in the more powerful mode. The latter is no doubt helped by the 5% strength of the Cyph nic salt e-liquid, which appears to be the only type and strength available.

The coil fires efficiently and seems to last reasonably well. The pod is designed to last for the entire 30ml of liquid that is provided, and that was certainly the case for me, with no meaningful drop in flavor after more than two weeks, and no signs that it is burning or degrading.

Verdict

While the Navi is ostensibly a refillable pod vape, it has one foot in the world of disposables, straddling the gap between the two. It provides some of the advantages of a disposable and some of the advantages of a refillable pod system, in a package that is relatively unique in the current market.

The 1500mAh battery is a welcome feature and should easily be capable of providing multi-day vaping to even heavy users. The design is functional rather than flashy, and while this means it isn’t the best or most modern-looking vape around, it has its own charm and appeal. The screen, while relatively limited in the information it provides, adds a bit of flair to the device, and no one could argue that it is too small and hard to read.

The option to change power mode adds adjustability to the Navi, but this is hardly unique in either the pod vape world or in modern disposables. The airflow is where some users may have a bit of an issue. The airflow is loose until the point that it is closed, but when closed, the airflow isn’t just tight, it’s almost impossible to draw through. If you prefer a tight MTL draw from your vape, that is going to be a problem.

If you are looking for a true pod vape with all of the adjustability and features a modern model can provide, this probably isn’t the device for you. But if you are someone looking to step away from single-use disposables to something less wasteful, but don’t want to lose all of the convenience, flavors, and ease-of-use that make them so appealing in the first place, the Navi could be a great compromise.