Once again, I brought a rather interesting gadget from Sourcemore, released by the (almost forgotten, one might say) Innokin under the name Coolfire PZPulse! Well, this test subject turned out to be quite interesting for me, as at first glance I mistook it for another, more popular brand, which is none other than Geekvape… Since I think the similarity is too great, I became increasingly curious whether it would deliver what was expected and promised by the manufacturer, as there are also similarities among its features. To mention something else, the device is capable of a maximum of 80 Watts, and the 2400mAh built-in battery is charged in a little over 1 hour with the help of 2A fast charging. It’s a DTL device, so it operates with 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 Ohm PZP Max atomizers.
With dimensions of 119 x 43.77 x 30.58mm, made of zinc alloy and PCTG material, the PZPulse is available in 5 colors: purple, silver, black, blue and green gradient, and gunmetal. The silver one arrived for me. Now let’s see what it can do, or what it can’t do…
Innokin Coolfire PZPulse Kit Experience Report
Box Contents and Getting to Know the Device
We don’t get much with the PZPulse, just a USB-C charging cable, a 0.2 and 0.4 Ohm PZP Max atomizer (the 0.4 one will be found in the POD), a user manual, and the Warranty Card.
On the front, we find the fire button, below it the 0.96" TFT display, also below it the navigation buttons, and finally the USB-C port which, as I’ve already written, fast charges the 2400mAh battery at 2A. There’s nothing on the back except the PZPulse inscription. Of course, except for a few creases and peeking folds, as they didn’t handle the grip material very well. And by the way, it’s not as soft as the gadget from Geekvape…
On the right side of the device, we find the manual device lock slider, which also resembles the lock button on Geekvape devices. On the left, the Innokin inscription adorns the metal frame, which is again eerily Geekvape-like.
The 5.5ml POD at the top of the PZPulse also resembles Boost PODs here and there, but it differs from the device in more ways. The device itself strongly resembles the characteristic design of the Boost series, but considering the overall picture, I think the PZPulse wants to be a copy of the Boost. Returning to the POD, the PZP Max atomizer is extremely easy to remove and insert, as it is plug and play like most atomizers these days. At the bottom of the device, there are only the mandatory pictograms.
Returning a bit to the PZPulse’s PCTG POD, its design is not bad. The filling port is quite large, so we can refill it with anything, although Chubby Gorilla bottles won’t be a solution for this device; a narrower bottle is needed for comfortable refilling. The airflow control ring is located under the drip tip and fortunately, it doesn’t rotate on its own, but we can adjust it easily. The drip tip is a standard 510, which we can replace with whatever we like; I’ll write later if it’s worth it. I’ve put the atomizer aside, let’s leave it at that, I’ll write about it later…
It got some kind of menu, but why? You can access the basic menu by pressing the navigation buttons simultaneously and holding them down for 3 seconds. It’s not a big achievement from Innokin with these 2 menu items… However, one of them is not a bad idea, which is Cut off. This indicates the puff duration in seconds, with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 18 seconds, set to 10 by default. This is not a bad idea because it allows us to set it to time out before we finish our puff, giving the atomizer a little extra cooling, as we could continue to draw even after the heating stops. The other menu item is Screen. Here, we can only adjust the display timeout, i.e., how many seconds it stays awake. The selectable time interval is 5-180 seconds. However, when entering the Screen menu, it doesn’t display “Screen” but “Time out,” which is a bit strange.
Well, the fact is, as I’ve already mentioned and I think it was obvious, the PZPulse can be considered a copy of the Geekvape Boost! It’s so similar that at first glance it almost fooled me. The main point is coming now! Let’s dissect the little one!
Experience Report
Aesthetics
In tests, I always focus on aesthetics first, which in this case is one of the PZPulse’s weaknesses! The material usage itself is not bad, as it’s made of zinc alloy and PCTG, but unfortunately, the whole thing fails at assembly! The seams don’t align everywhere, and the curves don’t fit everywhere, which is unfortunately visible. It’s as if they messed up the dimensions when milling the different surfaces and panels. As a result, there are problems during assembly, which is a pain for several reasons: anything that gets into the seams won’t be easily cleaned, whether it’s liquid, water, or even dust. It has an IP68 rating, which indicates water and dust resistance, but if it’s not assembled well, there’s a risk that it won’t be waterproof, and dust can ruin a device just as much as water. So, it would have been better if they had paid more attention to the assembly, because as it is, it completely failed for me already, and we’re only halfway through the review! (But what’s coming next, oh my…)
Here’s a photo that adequately shows the poor, shoddy assembly work I just wrote about! Seams? They don’t know the word! My fingernail can easily fit in there!
As in this picture, my fingernail can easily fit into the right side of the seam below the USB connector! This picture perfectly illustrates the messed-up dimensions!
By the way, it is also shock-resistant, which is at least a valid fact, as I managed to drop it and fortunately, it wasn’t damaged, the paint didn’t chip, not a single scratch! But even a non-shock-resistant device would withstand this, I think… Although if they had forced the surfaces together better, it wouldn’t fall apart over time, but I hope I’m wrong… The grip is nicely rounded, but it’s only visually appealing, and only from a distance. In hand, it’s not as soft as Geekvape’s padded cover. This is just a thicker leather-like material that feels the metal underneath when squeezed. Moreover, it’s so poorly pressed under the metal, as if they decided at the last minute to put a grip cover on it, because it’s pressed so tightly as if there wasn’t a designated space for it, so the leather is creased at the top. At the bottom, it’s as if the material wasn’t cut to size, so the folded leather peeks out from under the seam. This is again attributable to poor assembly.
Look at this, it’s creased at the top and peeking out at the bottom. What kind of work is this?
The fire button is slightly wobbly. On the other hand, to say something positive, there are no problems with the navigation buttons.
FunctionalityThe most annoying bug of the PZPulse is that the fire button often misses! I press it and it doesn’t fire! Roughly every 60-70 puffs, it gives up, and no matter how much I press it, the device ignores me… But it has happened more often, when it got tired of it every 3rd puff. Although it resumed working on the next puff, but still, a manufacturer as renowned and long-standing as Innokin simply cannot afford such a thing! Not to mention the device lock button! But I’ll mention it anyway, just a slight movement and it locks the device halfway, or unlocks it if it was locked, but ultimately it doesn’t matter, because it doesn’t work properly like this! But at least the navigation buttons work well! The POD head is not completely fixed, it tends to move a little, although it’s not terrible and the magnets hold it properly, so this is something that can be overlooked, especially after what has been described and what follows! The PZPulse POD head isn’t actually bad, there’s no real problem with it, but the atomizer inside is already producing a very annoying phenomenon. It leaks liquid, so the leakproof property mentioned on the manufacturer’s website is not characteristic of the device!
This is every POD owner’s nightmare! This is where the question arose in my mind: what kind of work ethic might prevail at Innokin’s premises if they can release something like this?
Speaking of leaks, that’s how much for water resistance! That’s water that flowed between the display and the plexiglass! The liquid flowed onto it, I thought I’d rinse it off, since it’s waterproof! Well, no! But the Geekvape didn’t leak, no matter how much I washed it…
The leaked water will slowly but surely ruin the display or even the entire device! So the indicated IP68 rating is a huge, blatant lie! The device cannot be turned off completely. If we press the fire button quickly 3 times, it theoretically turns off, at least that’s what the display shows, but if we then lock the device, it still says Locked and won’t let it turn on until we unlock the device. In my opinion, this is totally pointless.
Menu
The menu, apart from the fact that it practically doesn’t exist, works well overall. It does what it was designed for, we can adjust the puff length and screen timeout. Both adhere to the set seconds with clockwork precision. So there’s no problem with that. What’s strange, however, is that Time out appears instead of the Screen menu item, but perhaps one can get over this, as we have read much more disturbing things in this report. However, since we mentioned puffing, the puff counter doesn’t go up to 9999, but at 999 it switches to 000, and only after that to 001, which is strange because it differs from the norm, but perhaps this is not an important detail, as everyone vapes as much as they like.
Experience
As I wrote above, let’s just forget about the atomizer, because it’s not good, to put it mildly! Of course, it brings some flavor, but not in an outstanding way at all. The cactus liquid tasted more like kiwi, the nutty one like bad-tasting coffee, I felt something from the vanilla cream, but mostly because it was more intense and sweeter than the previous two, so it hit harder. But now that the coil is nearing its end, I only taste the sweetener with a hint of vanilla. The first 30-40 puffs were worse than this. The TH took everything, like hitting a jackpot! Nothing else could be felt, only the incredibly strong throat hit! But don’t imagine that I don’t like TH because I can’t handle it, but because after a while my throat hurts from it, although I can usually handle it. I gave the PZPulse to Donát to try because he can handle it better, and even likes TH, but he gave it back, saying it was too much even for him. That’s how unenjoyable it is! We managed to get through those first 40 puffs, during which the TH somewhat subsided, over hours, so that I could finally use it properly, and this is not even with the smallest atomizer, but the 0.4 ohm, which shouldn’t be this strong. Moreover, I didn’t use it between 40-60 Watts as recommended by the manufacturer, but first at 25, then at 30 Watts, because it’s simply unenjoyable and strong at the recommended Watt settings. And on top of that, it leaked, so the flavor absolutely could not compensate for the external shortcomings and poor assembly of the PZPulse! I also tried a tighter drip tip, because this one was longer, thinking the flavor might improve, but I only managed to suck up liquid with it, so this is not a viable path either.
This time I won’t write a pro and con list, because the Innokin PZPulse is a thoroughly diluted piece of crap as it is! The assembly is poor, as a result of which all the dust in the world gets into it, which can ruin the whole thing. The water resistance failed because water is swimming in the display, which is only a matter of time before it flows into the chips, and if it doesn’t short them out but reaches the battery, we’ll celebrate with fireworks, but then nobody will be smiling, and again people will say e-cigarettes are dangerous! The atomizer is lacking in flavor and even leaks. What is relatively problem-free is the menu and the puff counter, but even they don’t work as they should, but at least they do their job, even if not in the usual way.
As a final word, I do not recommend the Innokin Coolfire PZPulse Kit to anyone! It failed for me more than anything else so far! I only regret that there is nothing I could have listed as truly positive, apart from the navigation buttons. If the assembly were good, then one wouldn’t have to fear it falling apart. However, I think the lack of water resistance can also be attributed to poor assembly. If the flavor delivery were better, perhaps the matter could be salvaged, but the atomizer leaks, which means that even with good flavor, there would be plenty of problems. But I won’t list any further what-ifs… Just imagine in conclusion what would have happened if Innokin hadn’t messed this up…
Thank you for reading! Have a nice day! 
I like writings that factually highlight a product’s shortcomings … ..I won’t buy this either and I won’t recommend it to anyone.
Well, Innokin is not the same as it used to be at all. I was very disappointed, because I didn’t expect such a bad product. But that’s how it is. 
, well I won’t buy one, I wanted to, because as you wrote, and it’s also visible that it’s a Geekvape copy, what I like about this device is the pod head with the replaceable 
, I’m not happy with the 
, I just bought an acrylic tube on AliExpress 15mmØ x10cm
. I think the Soul would be very tight 
