Halo Cigs was born back in 2009 around a restaurant table in New Jersey where a few friends met for lunch. They had a desire to transform the vaping world by offering products of higher quality to vapers who wanted more quality controls in the industry.
Starting with a unique line of delicious e-liquids, the company quickly expanded to other markets. They’ve always been careful though to stay true to their original goals–to help rescue smokers around the world from deadly toxins.
So, without further ado, here is our complete Halo Cigs review.
First Impression
Halo Cigs is an e-cigarette company based in Florida that specifically caters to an adult audience. Though their products lack the frills and gimmicks you’ll find on devices from SMOK, Eleaf, Kangertech, etc., they are solid, well-built vaporisers with elegant, clean designs.
Because they target an older audience, their devices generally have higher resistance levels, lower vapour production, and overall less power output. Halo Cigs does their best to cater to an audience who specifically wants to quit smoking, so while they do offer a number of box mods, you certainly won’t find any mods that fire at above 100W.
Halo-Cigs Vapor production
While there are some batteries with sub-ohm resistance and more airflow, the majority of Halo Cigs’s vaporisers are meant to be mouth-to-lung devices. Their largest mod can reach 80W, but the majority of their devices don’t pass 50W. These are the perfect devices for a great throat hit, but chances are you won’t be winning any cloud competitions with them.
Accessories
Halo Cigs mostly sells starter packs. They do this because a lot of their customers are smokers who haven’t ever tried vaping, and so they need a device that comes with everything they’ll need to get started right away. That means the kits come with a tank, battery, set of atomisers, and even a bottle of e-liquid.
So, if you’re trying to find accessories for a specific kit when a piece has broken or when you need replacements, you can order them from the accessories page. Otherwise though, you probably won’t find too many tchotchkes here.
Halo Cigs E-Liquid Flavors
As we’ve mentioned before in this Halo Cigs review, this company prides itself on its high standards, and their e-liquids are no exception. They produce all of their e-liquid in the United States in their 100,000 square foot facility in Gainesville, Florida so they can source their ingredients and ensure they know exactly what goes into every single bottle.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for most other companies in the industry. Even if they are based in America, many of them still import e-liquids from China, and, as a result, they cannot monitor the ingredients or development process
Halo Cigs says themselves that “there’s no secret to good e-liquid.” That being said, Halo uses the highest pharmacopeia-grade nicotine, vegetable glycerin, and propylene glycol available, and all of the flavourings are approved by the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association.
On top of all that, all e-liquids are tested through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to ensure that they hold up to the highest safety standards. All e-liquids are designed and created by trained chemists who make sure steep the vape juice for the proper amount of time so that the flavours have time to blend properly. You can verify, in fact, that all of Halo’s e-liquids are what they say they are because every bottle includes a trackable number and a label with the bottle’s expiration date, ingredients, and nicotine level.
HaloCigs offers three different series of e-liquid: the Blue Series, White Series, and eVo Series. The blue series includes Halo’s best-selling e-liquids in bottles of 10ml, 30ml, and, as of recently, 100ml. It’s available in nicotine levels of 0, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24mg/ml, and for certain flavours, you can find 1.5mg/ml as well. Though Halo doesn’t reveal its standard PG/VG ratio, it offers e-liquids either with their standard blend or as high-VG (70%). The blue series includes tobacco, menthol, and dessert flavours as well as a unique unflavoured juice, which is designed to help you modify other e-liquids according to your taste and nicotine preferences. Most 30ml bottles cost a bit more than $20 and 100ml ones close to $40. Though these prices are a bit high, the e-liquid is truly worth the money. Plus, if you’re not quite ready to commit to one flavour, you can purchase a sample pack for about $25 with six 10ml bottles of either tobacco, menthol, or assorted flavours.
Next, you have the White Series, which offers six tobacco and menthol flavours at slightly lower prices but with the same sized bottles but only with the standard PG/VG blend. Halo’s newest line of e-liquid is called eVo. eVo vape juice is available in 10ml, 30ml, 60ml, and even 120ml bottles in either the standard or high-VG blend. You can purchase fruit, menthol, or dessert-flavoured e-liquids either on their own or in their sample pack with assorted flavours.
If you’re looking to try some of Halo’s e-liquid, we recommend you to start with Tribeca, a tobacco blend with vanilla and caramel that is, by far, their best-selling flavour. You might also want to try Halo’s Sub Zero, their strongest menthol flavour, and then the eVo sampler pack, which comes with Cookie Karma, Cryptic Blast, Insomnia, Cobalt Crush, and Fuzzy Summer.
While writing this Halo Cigs review, I personally tried a variety of these e-liquids. Overall, I found that they were, indeed, much better than other brands. The flavours aren’t necessarily unique, but the taste and the quality is noticeably purer.
Battery & Charging
Most of the devices from Halo Cigs come with their own built-in batteries, so you won’t have to purchase your own separate 18650’s. The batteries themselves are fairly standard for the devices they support. Vape pen batteries range in capacity from 650-750mAh and mod batteries can be found in 2,200mAh-4,500mAh.
Selection
Though each of their devices is well-built, Halo Cigs offers a somewhat limited selection. You’ll find an e-cigarette, a couple kinds of vape pens, a tube mod or two, and a handful of mods in different sizes.
Besides the G6, which is the original e-cigarette, you’ll find the Triton and the Triton II (vape pens); the Tracer and the Tracer Twist (tube mods); and the Reactor as well as the Reactor Shorty, Mini, and Mega (box mods).
Design and Packaging
You can always recognise Halo Cigs by the black background and lightning-blue flame. The packaging complements the devices, which are outfitted in glossy alloy cases in stainless steel, blue, and black.
Shipping
Halo processes their orders within 20 minutes to ensure that their customers receive their packages as quickly as possible. For the most part, Halo sends your entire package as a whole. However, if you’ve ordered multiple items, they will sometimes send them separately so that they arrive on your doorstep as quickly as possible. Packages shipped through USPS International mail to international destinations and will be available in 3-5 days for Express Mail, 6-10 days for Priority, and possibly up to 3 weeks for First Class.
Be aware that the price you pay for the vaping merchandise does not include the cost of duties or taxes levied at the border. Also, note that Halo products comply with American vaping standards but not Australian standards. It is the customer’s responsibility to order products that comply with the rules of his/her country and region. Failure to adhere to these rules will result in a 15% restocking fee and the shipping fees if the goods are refused at the border.
Warranty
Except for consumables, which include atomisers, cartomisers, and cartridges, Halo Cigs will accept returns on any item within 30 days of the original sale. However, if any consumables do happen to be defective, you can return them as well to the company for a full refund as long as you do so within the same time period.
Halo does not offer any refunds on e-liquids as they state that flavor preference is a matter of personal taste. They do offer sample packs though with 10ml bottles of e-liquid that allow you to try different flavours before purchasing an entire bottle.
Customer Service
Halo Cigs has a wonderful customer service team located in Florida that can help you with any questions or concerns you may have. Their entire staff is local and speaks English, so they can directly intervene and help you with any of your needs.
If you need to get in touch send them an email via their website or call them at (866) 305-Halo (4256).
Remember, though, that if you buy Halo merchandise through other online retailers, you’ll want to contact the second party first because sometimes they’ll have different warranties than the company themselves.
HaloCigs Starter Kits
At Halo Cigs, you’ll find a number of starter kits mainly for the beginner to intermediate vaper. They sell a pack of e-cigarettes as well as a few vape pens, tube mods, and box mods. We’ll do a quick Halo Cigs review of each of their devices.
G6 E-Cigarette
The G6 e-cigarette kit includes five cartomisers and two batteries as well as a wall charger and USB cord. The batteries each have a capacity of 280mAh, and will last for about 200 puffs.
The cartomisers are each in a different colour to help you colour code your different e-liquids. For example, you can keep menthol in green, tobacco in blue, etc. Better yet, once you’ve used the cartridges, you can simply refill them with e-liquid. Instead of purchasing new cartridges then, you can buy a regular bottle of e-liquid and save yourself a load of cash. Most e-cigarette companies require you to constantly buy refills, which not only takes a hit to your pocket book, but also limits the flavours you can try to about 6. With these cartridges, you can explore Halo’s wide variety of e-liquids.
You can purchase the G6 with any of the following flavours: Tribeca, Prime 15, HX3, Torque 56, Malibu, Subzero, Belgian Cocoa, Turkish Tobacco, and Menthol Ice.
The vape juice comes with nicotine levels of 6, 12, 18, or 24mg. For some reason, there is no option to purchase the e-liquid with 0mg, but you can also purchase empty cartridges and fill them yourself with whatever juice you prefer. If you do want to use your own juice though, make sure it’s not high-VG juice simply because it will be too thick for the atomiser.
Triton
The Triton is a slight step up from the G6 because it has a slightly larger tank and longer battery life. Though the original starter kit comes with a 650mAh battery, on the accessory page of the Halo website, you can also find the battery in 400mAh and 900mAh. While a 650mAh battery should last most of the afternoon, a 900mAh battery should definitely last you through the work day.
650mAh is fairly standard for a vape pen, but 900mAh is quite impressive for such a small device. The tank holds 2.4ml, but since the resistance is also about 2.4Ω, you won’t be sub-ohming. At that rate, the e-liquid should also last through the majority of the day as long as you’re not chain vaping.
The full kit includes an extra battery and tank as well as the charging cable, but you can also purchase the pen on its own if you’d prefer. Then if you should ever need replacement pieces, you can find them all for sale on the website.
Triton II
The second edition of the Triton is a sub-ohm device with 700mAh and a resistance level of 0.75Ω. It comes with two tanks, two batteries, three coil heads, two mouthpieces, and a wall charger with a cable.
The tank is slightly smaller at only 2ml though, so you’ll probably have to refill every once in a while. Essentially, even though the tank isn’t necessarily so much smaller, the atomiser will guzzle e-juice at
a faster rate with the lower resistance levels. If vapour production and direct-to-lung hits matter to you though, you’ll want to pay the five extra dollars for a more powerful vape pen.
Tracer
The Tracer is Halo’s tube mod, and though it’s only slightly larger than the Triton, it offers significantly more power, and with a 2,300mAh battery life, it will last you far longer. The tank holds 4ml of e-liquid, and the atomizer has a resistance level of 0.5Ω. So, it can produce far larger clouds than a vape pen.
Plus, with its four adjustable air slots, vapers can modify the tank to give more or less air according to their preferences. Though it won’t ever resemble a mouth-to-lung device, the airflow control will allow you to get a more intense, satisfying lung hit.
That being said, it’s still relatively simple. Despite the increase in capacity, the Tracer has no variable voltage or wattage making it perfect for intermediate vapers who want a step up in terms of clouds but don’t want to invest the time into learning new controls. You simply have to hold down the fire button and inhale. With the Tracer, Halo Cigs is really trying to appeal to vapers who want a more complete flavour profile and more power, and they’ll even throw in a bottle of high-VG e-liquid to give you the real sub-ohm experience.
Tracer Twist
The Tracer Twist is fairly similar to its older brother except that it offers variable wattage control. Though the battery still measures 2,300mAh with 0.5Ω, it can fire at anywhere from 5W all the way up to 30W. The tank can only hold 3.5ml, as opposed to 4ml, but otherwise the two are pretty similar.
The Tracer Twist is the perfect starter kit for anyone technologically capable who’s looking to explore some of the high-tech options in the vaping world, but isn’t quite ready to make their own coils or program a DNA chip. It could also work for picky vapers who might not necessarily want to deal with complicated displays, but nonetheless want more control over their vape.
This kit comes with a battery, tank, and charger along with a stainless steel and wide bore drip tip. It also comes with two coil heads but no e-liquid.
Reactor
The Reactor is Halo Cigs’s original box mod. This kit comes with a tank and a battery in a sleek metallic body as well as two coils, a charger, stainless steel drip tip, and complementary bottle of high-VG e-juice. The Reactor fires at up to 50W and comes with variable wattage for the full vaping experience. Plus, with a resistance level of only 0.5Ω, it is a sub-ohm device. The battery has a capacity of 4,400mAh, and the tank holds 5ml, which is a fairly generous amount. With these kind of specifications, you shouldn’t have to worry about bringing around a charger or spare e-liquid even if you’re sub-ohming.
Reactor Shorty
You might notice, that this tiny mod is an identical copy of Eleaf’s iStick Pico, which you can find here. When or why Halo and Eleaf teamed up is unknown, but the two mods are nearly carbon copies of one another. The 18650 batteries slips into a battery cage with a threaded cap, and the oblong body fits comfortably in the palm of the hand.
Compared to the original device, the Reactor Shorty actually offers more power. Though the Reactor fires at up to 50W, the Reactor Shorty can reach 75W, a significant difference–and with a resistance of only 0.25Ω. Talk about efficiency!
The battery is only a 2,000mAh battery, and the tank holds only about 2ml, so you will have to refill pretty frequently. But you will benefit from the notably greater power output. Also, the coils included in this kit are made from nickel, so you’ll need to use temperature mode unless you purchase kanthal coils separately. The starter kit comes with two nickel coils, but the kanthal ones are available for purchase separately.
Take note that the parts for the Reactor Shorty are not compatible with the original device though. If you’ve already purchased the Reactor, you’ll have to purchase the entire starter kit to use this travel-size version.
Reactor Mini
The Reactor Mini is small on size but big on power. Even though the tank only holds 2ml and the battery 2600mAh, the battery can fire at up to a stunning 40W with a resistance of only 0.5Ω. The starter kit includes two stainless steel coils, which can be used on temperature control or voltage-wattage mode. This adorable mod, while tiny, will surely impress.
Reactor Mega
Halo’s most powerful mod fires at up to 80W with a battery life of 5,000mAh. The tank holds a stunning 5ml of e-liquid to support long-term sub-ohm vaping. If you purchase the starter kit, you’ll receive two nickel coils of 0.15Ω resistance.
However, Halo Cigs also sells Ni200 coils of 0.25Ω as well as 1.5Ω single vertical kanthal coils and 0.5Ω clapton coils if you prefer to vape on voltage-wattage mode or want something with slightly more resistance. Lastly, this incredible mod costs less than $100 and has loads of airflow.
Other Products
Halo sells some of their own swag. You can vape your e-cigarette while sporting a Halo t-shirt, tank top, or baseball cap. What could be cooler than that?
Halo Cigs Prices
Halo Cigs e-liquids are relatively expensive, but since they’re of a far higher quality, the difference in price shouldn’t bother you at all. Even though the mods are also made in America with American standards, the mods are, for the most part, reasonably priced.
Halo Cigs Review Final Thoughts
In our Halo Cigs review, we found nothing but positive things to report. The company is driven by their mission statement, and they truly care about stemming the use of tobacco both in America and around the world. All of their products are of high quality, and while they offer a limited selection, each of their mods is designed to satisfy.