Many manufacturers still do not give up trying to integrate functions into their devices that have not been seen there before. The well-known Chinese company Smoant has joined them, having prepared for us its new curious Naboo Kit.

Among the many brands existing on the market, there is a separate category of manufacturers that are constantly on the verge of balance: either direct borrowings and imitations are too obvious, or the devices are truly surprising and have no close analogues. And it is the well-known Chinese company Smoant that regularly pleases us with such “swings”. Here is the Battlestar, a simple and convenient device in all respects, but practically a clone of the “relo 2/3“; and here is the wild semi-mech mod Rabox with a built-in battery, which looks crazy and futuristic, but in fact is indigestible. Such examples in the manufacturer’s work are not uncommon, and we can continue to point our fingers at them. But today, when the industry has not offered anything new for a long time, and only raises from the gray times the theme with the grid, then with squonks, then with “eternal” evaporators, there is only room for such experiments and screwing on inappropriate functions like LEDs or Bluetooth speakers. The subject of today’s review can be safely attributed to devices endowed with properties that it would do without – a color display, touch buttons and some strange Music Mode. It is unlikely that a box mod needs all this, but … It would just be boring. The set actually turned out good and combines in itself, in addition to the manufacturer’s developments, the latest market trends, including the desire to “shove the unshoveable”.

Smoant Naboo Kit Packaging

The buyer can choose: to purchase the mod separately, or with a complete tank of the same name (and it can also be purchased without a box). voopoo australia The fact that we have a kit in front of us is eloquently indicated by the print and the corresponding inscription on the front side of the cardboard packaging. But the color of the device is shown conditionally, the real one is signed on a round sticker. On the back side, the rich equipment of the kit and some of its technical characteristics are listed, here you can also find a separate sticker with a verification code under a scratch-off layer, which can be entered on the Smoant website.

Smoant Naboo Kit delivery set

Naboo Mod box mod

Naboo Mesh Sub-Ohm Tank atomizer

0.18 Ohm Mesh OCC coil (40-80W) (installed)

0.17 Ohm Mesh OCC coil (60-100W)

Charging and firmware update cable

Spare glass flask (2 ml)

Spare O-rings

User manual

Other waste paper

The kit includes everything you need to start the device out of the box, all you need to do is install batteries in the mod and pour liquid into the tank. The spare coil is sealed in a plastic bag, which helps to avoid extraneous flavors, for which I definitely like it. The replacement coil installed in the tank initially had a bit of a plastic taste (by the way, not smelly, like some Chinese coils, but almost flavored and pleasant), but it quickly lost its flavor. The manufacturer’s instructions are only in two languages, Chinese and English, but they have bright color illustrations and a table of common materials for manual adjustment of temperature control.

Smoant Naboo Kit Appearance

There is a slight dissonance between the devices of the same kit (purely visual and purely subjective) – a smooth and streamlined box with a completely black front panel and a slightly bloated tank due to the flask with a large number of very deep reliefs on the lid and bottom ring. Well, and also a gray-brown-crimson speckled drip tip, which, although it looks nice, is also out of place. Separately, the devices look good, but somehow do not fit together.

Colors of the Smoant Naboo Kit

Smoant has released four versions of its kit from the start: rainbow, red, steel and black, in the same assortment both the mod and the tank are available separately.

Impressions and conclusions

Naboo Kit box mod screenBy and large, we have an updated Smoant Charon Mini in front of us, “pulled up” in several parameters and slightly modified. The whole kit is a good modern set with all the above-mentioned “goodies”, it looks great and works great. However, it is unclear why Smoant “played modest” and did not indicate the real lower resistance threshold that the board supports, but wrote about the same 0.1 Ohm. The device still has some incredible response time of 0.015 s (the approximate reaction time of a person is 0.2 s). Among the advantages, we can note the excellent assembly and fit of the design elements, nothing wobbles or rattles, the lid sits in its place like a glove, and the entire body seems like a solid block. Touch buttons, in my opinion, have a much greater right to exist than a fully touch screen, which was still with the Charon TS. But if there were regular ones here, the device would definitely not be worse. But the front panel began to look neater and more organic. Regarding the smoothed shape of the mod, it is impossible not to mention the similarity with solutions from competitors, the influence of devices from Vaporesso is too noticeable. Perhaps, it was there that the guys spied the idea with a built-in equalizer for their Music Mode. This function is a funny thing, although its practical value for most users is extremely questionable. But it is there, and it was worth mentioning. Regarding the tank, I can say that it is simply good, not without drawbacks (inconvenient to disassemble, nothing to grab), but in general it can well become a permanent device and does not give the impression of “just to be there”. The evaporators from Smoant turned out excellent, I used the one with 0.18 Ohm at 70 W and vaporized a couple of cans of Cap’n Juice Ice Tai, the mesh inside only darkened slightly.

Liked:

Excellent assembly

Appearance

Instant response (the manufacturer writes about 0.015 s)

Atomizers up to ∅25 mm

Good large screen

High charging current 1.5 A

High current output

Support for low resistance (I started with 0.06 Ohm)

Passtrough mode

Good tank volume

Replaceable glass for 2 and 4 ml

Excellent flavor transfer and a large amount of steam

You can use evaporators from Smok TFV12 Prince (and, theoretically, a serviceable base)

Disliked:

Stainable panels

No RBA included

Smoant Naboo Kit