When Horizon’s Arctic came on the scene it caught many vapers by surprise. It’s cool design and use of stock .2 ohm coils made it a top pick for those shopping for a sub-ohm tank. But is this hype really justifiable? and more importantly, is it worth your vapor-buying dollars? let’s find out.
Body and Design
The body and design of the Arctic is like something straight out of a Terminator film; its stainless steel body and rough gloss finish easily make this the meanest looking tank on the market. The ridged accents at both the top and bottom of the tank all contribute to it’s aggressive looking design and simply make it an attractive piece of hardware.
As for the internal build, it remains consistent with the exterior; providing a solid look that attempts to hide the appearance of the internal components—such as the coil—in a clean and efficient manner. The threading and washers are both of excellent quality, and we haven’t experienced any issues regarding leaking or anything to that nature.
The Arctic features a high-quality, pyrex 2.5 ml glass tube, which we feel is rather small considering how fast this tank goes through e-liquid. Sadly, Horizon did not include a replacement glass in the box; but we haven’t experienced any cracking or scratching, and we even dropped the device a few times.
Filling the Arctic is rather difficult due to the opening for inserting the e-liquid being extremely small. We feel Horizon should really try to correct this issue when they release the second-generation of this device.
We have been using the Arctic for a couple weeks now, and we haven’t had any issues regarding the body and design, aside from the difficulties of filling the tank. The Arctic will definitely survive everyday use without any issues.
Drip tip
I personally enjoy this drip tip, to the extent that I use it on my daily driver—the Subtank Mini. The bore size is perfect and it is more than comfortable for daily use. It is also easily interchangeable with any aftermarket drip tip that is currently available due to it having a 510 fitting.
Adjustable Air-Flow
The adjustable air-flow featured on the Arctic is rather simplistic but it does provide a decent amount of air output. It’s four sided air-flow design adjusts easily but has no specific setting or locking mechanism. We did find the lack of a locking mechanism a bit inconvenient, especially considering almost all sub-ohm tanks are equipped with one.
Turbine Coil
One of the Arctic’s strong suits is that it offers multiple coil options for the user to choose from— such as 0.2 and 0.5 ohm in a dual-coil option; and 0.2, 0.5, and 1.2 ohm in a single-coil option. Each of these options consist of a bottom-vertical design that has large channels for maximum e-liquid absorption. In our review, we tested the 0.5 single coil and the 0.2 dual coil options.
All the coils listed use an organic cotton fiber as the wicking material—but in our testing, we found it to have a strong chemical taste for the first two tanks of use, this occurred with both coil sizes. This odd taste is probably attributed to whatever was used to whiten and clean the cotton. Horizon should consider changing this wicking material to something that contains little or no chemicals—a great replacement would be a form of Japanese organic cotton.
In our testings, we found the 0.5 ohm coil to be the better of the two. The ranges in which we examined are 20 to 40 watts, and we found the sweet spot for us was around 32 to 34.5 watts—this is where we felt the flavor was at it’s peak. As for the vapor production, it was beyond what we expected, and it will absolutely cloud up any room with just three vapes.
The 0.2 ohm coil was simply just on a whole another level of vaping—extreme vapor production with okay flavor—but it requires at least 60 watts to run at it’s maximum potential. If the user is planing on vaping below 60 watts, then they’re better off just sticking with the 0.5 ohm coil. The 0.2 ohm coil also tended to get decently hot, so if you are a chain vaper, we suggest sticking with the 0.5 ohm coil for this reason as well.
We did experience spit-back with both coils sizes, but it did eventually diminish after a few minutes of use.
Overall Vaping Experience
This tank outputs a major amount of vapor—we mean a lot—and it’s flavor is decent, once you get passed the chemical taste. But this isn’t exactly the best tank for daily use, simply because the clouds outputted will probably block the user’s view while driving, and it might also annoy other non-vapers. But overall, it was an awesome vaping experience, maybe just a little too awesome as an all day vape.
Final thoughts
If you are in the market for a true sub-ohm experience without the trouble of building, then buy this tank—you will not be disappointed. It’s range of different coil options and high vapor production should keep you occupied for a while. But if you’re looking for something that is a little more subtle in terms of vapor production, then you may want to look else where.
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