Uwell Havok Pod Reviewed

Welcome back all, today I’ve got a cool little Pod device to show you. While it’s not brand new, and has been around for a few months already, this little champion is an impressive unit, that is an excellent carry for when you’re out and about.

Uwell are a pretty well known brand, and have had several successful products over the years, the Valyrian, the Nunchaku and the Caliburn just to name a few, so they know what they’re doing when it comes to these types of systems.

Let’s take a look at the Uwell Havok Pod!

Big thanks goes to Sourcemore for sending this directly through to me for review!

General Info & Photos

As you can see above the Havok is packaged really well, in a sturdy box with cutouts, and pretty much everything you might need, spare o-rings, coils, one pod, main unit, and instruction manual. I would have liked to have seen a second Pod included in here, but most Pods these days usually come with one, so it’s not out of the ordinary.

As for the actual device, Uwell have made sure to make this as functional as possible, with 4ml e-liquid capacity, a decent sized 1800mah battery, a wattage range of up to 65 Watts, x2 different rated coils, adjustable airflow, adjustable wattage, and a 0.96 inch OLED screen.

The Body

The main body is super lightweight being made from alluminium, with plastic internals. And while it’s lightweight, it doesn’t detract from the superior feel, or sturdiness of the casing. This feels like it could withstand quite a bit of rough treatment before it might take some damage.

Up top is your Pod recess, not only does it have a couple of gold plated connections there for better conductivity, but it’s designed with a ‘dish’ at the bottom just in case you do get some leak or seepage from the pod. This works really well, and keeps the internal parts from being affected if ever there is a leaking problem.

Below this is your front control panel, consisting of large fire button, two smaller option buttons and a black and white 0.96 inch OLED screen. This has been done quite nicely, with the glossy window stretching the full length of the device, with the buttons clicky, yet comfortable to use.

Underneath the device, you’ll also find a USB Type C charge port for fast charging.

The POD + Coils

The Pod for the Havok is really interesting, Uwell have gone with an unusual angled top, but also two really interesting and intuitive features.
Firstly the fill port is hidden behind a sliding panel at the top, allowing you to fill the Pod really quickly without worrying to much about spillage, and the second, the sliding airflow control on the side. I’ll talk about this a little further on, but they also deserved a mention here.

There is a round non-removable drip tip on top, which is part of the pod mold, I do wish that they would have gone with a removable drip tip here though, as it does affect the filling of the pod and having it removable would have helped in that regard.

The coils are your typical push in style coils that you see on most pods these days, making it really fast to change coils should you burn one out. The coils also push all the way home with no exposed air inlet, instead drawing air through the pod from the airflow control on the side. I really nice addition, and also helps prevent leakage from oversaturated coils/wicking.

You’ll get 2 different coils in the pack, each with a different specification.

• UN2 Meshed-H 0.25ohm: 40 – 45W
  This coil is pre-fitted to the Pod, and is the more powerful of the two. It provides quite good flavour, with a decent dense vape, for those who are looking for a DTL experience.
  
• UN2 Meshed-H 0.6ohm: 20 – 25W
  This coil is more for those who like to vape at a lower wattage, and like a slightly tighter draw. It also puts out some excellent flavour, you will have a lot more luck vaping with the airflow fully closed with this one.

Airflow

The airflow is really cool on the Havok, it comes in from the side of the Pod, where you’d adjust the up/down slider, into the Pod, and up through the coil, all done internally. The air does not enter the coil directly from underneath, but through the channel provided in the Pod. This is great because there is less chance of seepage or leakage through the bottom of the coil.

The little airflow adjustment slider, is located on the side of your Pod, so you’ll need to remove the Pod from the device in order to adjust it, but that’s not such a big deal considering you’re likely to set it and forget it.
Another plus for this method, is that you’ll not adjust it by accident when it’s in your pocket.

The action of the adjustment slider is quite nice, it has a nice restriction to it’s movement, but is not difficult to slide, it has a nice, smooth motion.

You can expect anywhere from an almost open airflow (slightly restricted) right down to a MTL draw from this airflow adjustor, which is quite the range considering that this is a Pod device!

Filling

As cool as the airflow slider is, the fill port is even cooler. From the top of the Pod, you slide the little plastic plate over, to reveal the oval shaped fill port underneath. This is great because you can fill the Pod without removing it from the device, the only draw-back is that the drip tip will get in your way a little with larger e-liquid bottles. You can still fill, but you’ll need to be extra careful.

Having said that, I’ve had zero issues filling quite fast using a 120ml bottle, and you get used to holding it at a slight angle. The sliding lid seals great too, making sure you don’t introduce any positive pressure into the pod. It also keeps things nice and clean.

Battery

You get an internal 1800mah battery in the tiny Havok, which is quite a good size for how lightweight this device is. It’ll get you through most of the day, even vaping at the 45 Watts that the pre-fit coil uses.
To charge, you’ll use the provided USB Type – C charging port at the base of the device, which might annoy some, many like it to be on the side so that they don’t have to lay it on it’s side to charge. This doesn’t bother me however and I’d prefer to have it out of the way anyway.
The Havok has 5v/2a charging so charges pretty quickly, and gives me a full charge in about an hour.

Any Leaks?

Not really, well, while in use anyway. I have found that leaving it unattended for a few days does result in a small pool of e-liquid under the Pod. I have no idea how that happens, since the coil is sealed by the o-rings, perhaps it seeps out where the coil legs tuck into the rubber grommit and pin. Thankfully, Uwell have provided quite a deep tray underneath, so it can be easily cleaned up and does not get into the internals of the device.

Usage & Features

There’s not a lot to the Havok, it keeps to fairly simple features, such as wattage adjustment, device lock, wattage lock and clearing puff counter, but what more do you need in a pod mod really?

I do like that there is a wattage lock here, many devices these days do not have this and I like the piece of mind that my wattage wont change while its in my pocket.

Here’s how you operate the Havok:

• On/Off – 5 quick presses of the fire button
• Wattage Lock/Unlock – Press and hold the fire and up button simultaneously
• Lock/Unlock Entire Device – Press and hold the fire and down button simultaneously
• Clear Puff Counter – Press and hold the up and down button simultaneously
• Reset The Device – Press and hold all three buttons simultaneously

Pros:

• Great small size
• Sturdy and stylish design
• Excellent slide to fill feature
• Excellent sliding airflow adjustment
• Great coil life and flavour
• Fast charging
• Adjustable wattage

Cons:

• A little seepage under the pod if left for a few days
• Non-removable drip tip

Where to Buy:

The Havok is stocked up now pretty much everywhere, but you can pick it up from Sourcemore’s online vape store for around the $45 USD price point.

Sourcemore have also been kind to give all of my readers a discount code for the Havok, just enter the promo code “HAVOK” on checkout to pick up this bad boy for $27.99 USD, that’s a massive discount!

A quick look around the web sees them stocked at several Australian stores for around the $65 AUD mark.

Conclusion

I really like this little pod, it puts out some great power, and an excellent vape. While it might not match up in flavour to some of those larger tanks and RDA’s, it holds its own and produces some excellent vapour too.
The sliding fill port and airflow adjustment is really cool, and both work exceptionally well, with the only exception being that it’s a little more difficult to fill with a larger bottle, due to the non-removable drip tip. However it’s not a big issue because you can actually do it, it just takes a little more finesse.

Uwell have kept things simple with the display and functions available on the Havok, which is great, considering that this will likely appeal to newcomers, and changing coils and recharging is a doddle.

All in all, this is a surprisingly good little unit, and something that has been with me day in day out for the last few weeks without skipping a beat. Great work Uwell!

Shane Presser

Shane Presser has been vaping since 2013, and has extensive experience with advanced equipment, coil builds and DIY mixing. He is the man behind VapersGarage, and also more recently Aussie Vape Stores, a resource to help vapers find their nearest Vape Shops, and eLiquid Vendors.