Electronic Cigarettes by Blu have quickly become one of the fastest growing and most popular brands of e-cigarettes on the market today. There are several factors for this rapid rise in popularity.
Blu was one of the first brands of e-cigarettes reviewed by the ElectronicCigarettesReviews.net review team and has proven to be a favorite of consumers throughout the US and abroad.
Some of the reasons for the popularity of Blu E-Cigs are:
Blu is economical – The Blu Electronic Cigarette starter kit can be purchased for $69.95. Many people that have never tried e-cigarettes choose Blu because there isn’t a huge upfront investment. The starter kit comes with 1 pack that holds 5 cartridges and charges your batteries on the go, 2 electronic cigarette batteries, 1 wall charger, 1 USB charger, and 5 new and improved cartridges in the strength and flavor of your choice, a 30-day money back guarantee and a one year warranty for the initial investment of $69.95. Blu Recently changed their cartridges to include an atomizer with each cartridge and they now are the equivalent of 1 pack of regular cigarettes and maintenance free, which means you won’t be trying to fill tiny cartridges with eLiquid or boil atomizers anymore! Many e-cigarette starter kits are twice as expensive as Blu!
Blu has great flavors – The flavors that Blu offers include Classic Tobacco, Magnificent Menthol, Java Jolt, Vivid Vanilla and Cherry Crush. Several consumers just prefer the taste of Blu E-Cigarettes over their competitors. Several of our review team members really enjoyed the flavor of the Java Jolt cartridge. Also, several consumer reviews tout the Classic Tobacco flavor because it is so similar to smoking a “traditional” tobacco cigarette. Blu Cigs has partnered with Johnson Creek Smoke Juice to bring their consumers 100% USA made eLiquid inside their cartridges.
Blu batteries can be charged on the go – This is perhaps one of the biggest advantages of Blu Electronic Cigarettes. Blu e-cigs come with a carrying case that charges the e-cigarette batteries while you are on the go. Each of the batteries can be recharged up to 6 times. This means you’ll never be left without an e-cig when you really want one. Many companies are starting to copy Blu Cigs Charger Pack, but Blu Cigs has offered their charger pack longer than almost any other e cig brand out there.
Blu Electronic Cigarettes have a blue LED light at the end of the e-cigarette that lights up when you take a puff. Some e-cigs have an orange light instead and this can really make the e-cig look too much like a tobacco cigarette, which isn’t a good thing when you are puffing an e-cigarette in a bar or restaurant.
These are just a few of the reasons that Blu has garnered so much attention and respect by e-cigarette smokers everywhere. With the low initial cost for the starter kit and the great flavors available, it is no wonder that this brand of e-cig is a favorite of both our review team and consumers that have reviewed Blu. Blu Cigs are used by a large amount of celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Lindsay Lohan, they have a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series sponsored car, and they are constantly working on pushing the e-cigarette industry forward. All this makes for a solid company that is here to stay.
Blu Cigs Has New Style Cartridges
User reviews after to 01/17/2011 apply to the NEW style cartridges and ones prior apply to only the old cartridges.
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I kept seeing info about Blu all over TV and hearing it on the radio for months. My mom has begged me to stop smoking forever but it’s a habit I started in the military and I just can’t kick it. So I figured Blu might be a good alternative because it’s at least tobacco free. I tried Blu for the first time yesterday and while it’s still early, so far I’m a big fan. The vapor is thick like real cigarette smoke and honestly, it tastes better than regular cigarettes. So far, I really like it.
I first tried Blu Cig when I saw it in a service station while buying gas. I’d seen the commercials on TV and thought I’d try a disposable. I bought the Menthol and liked it. The vapor was really really thick. So I ordered a kit and I’m vaping my Blu right now. It has the thickest vapor hands down. It just lingers. I don’t miss my old cigs at all and I plan to stick with Blu from here on out.
No complaints except for one….have yet to have a battery that lasted more than 3 months. At $12 a piece, I suppose they can afford to replace them frequently under their 1 year warranty, if people want to go to the hassle of sending them back all of the time.
I had been smoking off and mostly on for 24 years and like many smokers I felt very self conscience about my smoking not wanting to offend anyone or smoke around non-smokers and children. It also felt very confined as the non-smoking bans forced smokers into uncomfortable “smoking sections” Anyone having to smoke in a designated airport smoking room should understand. I was moving into a new apartment, wanting to live healthier and hate the smell of smoke in my clothes and hair. My husband doesn’t smoke but he put up with mine. I needed to make a change for our lungs and hearts and started researching those e-cigarettes I had heard about. I found and tried my first disposable BLU classic tobacco e-cig which I was able to procure at the local Sheetz gas station, it lasted me 4 days and the next week I was buying the starter kit at Wal-green’s. They didn’t have the Premium pack but I was still testing and for the price I didn’t mind. My last pack of tobacco cigarettes were finished the week after I got my starter pack in June 2012 and I haven’t bought another pack since. I like that I can get a low dose or non-nicotine cartridges. Peach, Pina Colada, and Java Jolt have been my favorite and if any smell at all escapes while I’m vaping it is pleasant for my husband, we are also glad he doesn’t have to deal with my smelling of smoke, kissing is more fun now and I am less self conscience about my breath. I don’t have to wash my hair everyday. I haven’t felt the need to try any other brand although I might if it appealed to my fashion sense, all in all the Blu e-cig is very fashionable and functional, I have ordered from the website as the flavors I like aren’t available in the stores yet *hint hint* and didn’t have a problem although sometimes I think the cartridges die out before they should. They do take a little getting used to smoking, I liken it to smoking a pipe where you take a couple drags then set it down, it is also a nice feature that the light blinks rapidly to tell yoou to take a break if you puff too many times in a minute. Good quality for my first kit, I did order another battery so I have 3 so I can always have 1 charged at all times.
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2days after Xmas 2011 i had to make an emergency appointment with my doc because I had developed a lung infection so severe that I had symtoms of oxygen deprivation. I hav a history of pneumonia & feared that my vaccination had failed to protect me. X-rays found no pneumonia but revealed instead such severe & extensive damage from smoking that while it was a common chest cold diagnosis I was prescribed 10 days of the same antibiotic used to treat anthrax. Apparently the vaccine isn’t a 100% protection from pneumonia & if I did catch it I would require immediate hospitalization. I hav tried everything to quit for years & failed repeatedly. I had never taken ecigs seriously because the products I had encountered were costly & only available by Internet. At a walgreens about to buy more cigarettes I took a look at the e- figs. They had 2 brands on the shelf blu & another. I chose to try the blu disposable because on the same shelf was a reasonably priced blu starter kit & refill cartomizers in a few flavors. The disposable menthol blu tasted nothing like the real thing but even better. I puffed on it for a full day and enjoyed it more than tobacco because if i hit it just right I can get my nicotine fix in 2-3 power hits. I bought the starter kit the next day & when I opened it was very impressed with the quality components with the black batteries & blu lights. The pack shaped battery charger is such a good system that I offer my condolence to any one using the less convent brands. Having replacement cartomizers in 4 great flavors available at every walgreens in the Denver metro area ensures that I never have to deal with online orders, shipping costs or waiting for deliveries. I never woulda put up with that to get my tobacco cigs. Since my first experimental draw on the disposable I have been so satisfied with blucigs that I have not taken a single puff of tobacco in over 3 1/2 months even though my fiancé continues to smoke tobacco cigs right next to me whenever we r together. I have read complaints from others about the battery life and agree that I have to change & charge more often than i would like to but the pack charger has one ready usually when I need it. That said I would still like a longer battery life anyway & am about to buy their blucig premium 100 kit which has bigger batteries with matching pack charger & cartomizers all of which r of similar proportions to 100 size tobacco cigs. Their premium kits also hav much more advanced features in the premium pack charger like charge status indicators for the battery & the pack. The lack of these charge indicators is the only problem I hav with the standard pack. My issue with the batteries is that because they’re automatic and when I turn up the bass in my car the way I like it the batteries turn on and stay on so long that the cartomizers will get painfully hot and taste terrible for the rest of it’s shortened life. I went back to my doc after using blucigs for three months to test my lung function which is dramatically improved. My doc says a pneumonia or tb infection could still be life threatening until my lungs heal more, but because of blu the healing is beginning. I’v been researching all the other brands willing to invest in the best of the best to save my life. I havn’t found anything else that that looks more capable of giving me what I want in an e-cig other than the premium kits from blu which I will be purchasing next paycheck despite their premium price.
Great product. Easy to use. More like a real cig than other models. Last long on both cartridge and battery.
The easiest way to refill a blank cartomizer is to take our set of long tweezers and very, very carefully, pry off the white (or black) “O” ring on the mouthpiece. Once that is off, then you are able to use our Flex-Tip Cartridge Needle to fill the empty cartomizer, and then just press the “O” ring back onto the mouthpiece. And you’re all set! Do note that cartomizers are not meant to be refilled more than a few times as they use a much lower quality atomizer. I do hope that helps
Need a good throat hit? Tap the led on a table lightly with the cartrige hitting the table not the the light on the end of the ecig. Then cover the holes where the cartridge screws in at and then take a slow drag on it. If you use the menthol cartridge you will get a great throat hit.
I just got my starter pack in the mail today and I ordered 2 packs (5cartriges in each), of each flavor they have..this way I wont run out and can re-order long before I do. Since Ive already tried the disposable blue there was nothing to think about except the flavors. They have an excellent product and the vapor is much more in the starter packs than the disposable cigs… Since I can be a heavy smoker at times, I purchase one cartridge of non nicotine cherry and so What I do is take a few puffs of the nicotine until I’m satisfied and then I replace that cartridge with cherry non nicotine. That way I can vape as much as I want too without the fear of getting too much nicotine which will make you sick for awhile…
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I have had my Blu’s for over a month. I have smoked a couple times at a party, but never will smoke real cigs. anymore. Quitting is hard, and even if you have a blu, there will be urges, so don’t be too disappointed in yourself if you smoke, just don’t go back!
Anyways, once I received my pack, after much research, I was hooked. I got the cherry, coffee, vanilla, and regular. The vanilla is strong/sweet, which is okay if your in the mood for a hooka. Cherry is not as potent, and in my opinion, the best flavor you have. Coffee didn’t hit well nor did it seem to last long. I don’t like menthol, and I didn’t really mind the tobacco flavor either way.
I did have issues with the batteries. One was constantly hitting on the cartrige (which ticked me off b/c it ruined a whole one), another battery just didn’t work after one charge. One was replaced with no issues, and am waiting for my other battery to be replaced. I wish the charge would last a bit longer on the battery, and I may have to have the case replaced, as it seems to not charge all the time, at least not without ‘jiggling’ the battery a bit.
Please Blu, I have referred a couple of my friends who just received their kits, and they love it too…so stop charging so much for shipping, its not that expensive for you to ship them.
I got mine from a store near by in the quit smoking area meijer. This is very nice when i need to refill all though right now they only know 1 flavor classic tobacco. The disposables along with the kit was which there everything that was mentioned above. So far I am very happy with the product and they stilll continue to improve on it. If you’re not sure I would buy a disposable 1 first as i did. I have also noticed that my breathing has improved. These could help save alot of people.
To anyone out there that is on the fence about wanting to stop smoking, or should I say wanting to vape instead of smoking. First I don’t work for the company I just am a happy customer wanting to share with you my experience. I want to share why I went wtih Blu and why it is something I am very sincere about. This company makes their cartridges in the USA. They use safe ingredients, they are like you really are smoking they are light and small and they come with a case to hold the batteries in. I have been using them now for a little while and I have to say they changed my life. I have had to call customer service many times because i have had a hard time understanding certain things due to my illness. No matter how many times I have called no matter how many time I have asked the same questions the reps are always kind to me. I know it is not easy to answer calls all day sometimes the same questions over and over again. Yet they always remain calm and nice and always willing to make things right. Every company may have some issues and that is okay as everyone will learn from things that go wrong. My experience with Blu has been a wonderful one so far and I feel will always be. I am a true Blu user for life. My advice is there are many companies out there, but I believe with all my heart this is the best one!!! So if you are thinking about going with an e-cig run to Blu and you will not regret it. My mom after smoking for 50 years saw my kit and she ordered on for herself and loves Blu and is glad she is with them as well. Again, I’m not an employee. Trust me, just a happy satisfied customer wanting to spread the word that Blu is the right choice and is number 1 in my and my family’s book. Best of luck to all that go Blu and I know you will all be happy.
Ive had the blu for awhile, i first got it when it was a 3 piece, i smoked 5 packs of 5 out of it and the atomizers fried. so i started smoking cigs again. i just ordered 4 cartimizers (atomizer/cartridge) and excited to get back to smoking my blu. should be here today, im waiting like a vulture!
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shipment was fast, blu cig is small in size which is great, battery life is poor will last you only 2 days. The charging case given is awesome and convenient carrying case also. Vapor produce is okay not the most but good enough. Tabacco taste isn’t as good as I wanted but just okay.
Overall they get an average score
If I was told to pay more and you get more and would in a heart beat
Trying to quit cigarettes should not have a money value associated
E cigs is my only shot at actually quitting
Blu is fantastic how do I get coupons for future products of Blu??? Like batteries filters
I found out about this product after I purchased another e-cig. I was having dinner and telling my waiter what we did that we were stopping smoking real cigs. He pulled out this little device called blu. He said Elaine show me yours. So I did and he sold me it was light looked and felt like a real cig and he said he hasn’t had a real cig in over 6 months. That night I came home and ordered blu. Customer service was wonderful i got my order in 5 days and I have been so happy since, it looks feels and tastes like a real smoke but with no toxins. They have a fantastic product and now my mom just saw my kit and I ordered her one. My husband is still with the other e-cig as he likes the heavy part of the e-cig. By far this is the best company product out there. I”m hooked and no longer feel guilty for having my cig when i’m stressed etc. Thank you blu for your product and customer service
10 plus all around for your company. If your looking for quality go blu. Thank you for allowing me to voice my opion. Elaine a very happy Blu white pack owner.Good luck all.
I have had these Blu e-cigs for about a week now, as I wanted to thoroughly test them before giving a detailed review. I love them, as many of people have said, shipping is slow if you go with the free method, and expensive if you choose the other routes. So far I have tried the Magnificent Menthol flavor, and it’s great. I have tried Vapor King e-cigs, Vapor 4 lyfe e-cigs, and green smoke disposables, and have been disappointed with them all. Especially the vapor king models. I must have taken every single battery I bought back to exchange for a different one (about 6 times). The absolute ONLY complaint I have for the Blu cigs is I wish they would come with a high nicotine content option. See Vapor 4 Lyfe e-cigs came with a 36mg nicotine option which was the only nice thing about that company. Over all, I am very satisfied with Blu. I have actually ordered a second starter kit for my girlfriend, who also loves the product. Yes the battery life is a little low, but with that portable charger, it really isnt a problem for me. All in all, I have more energy since my switch from camel menthols to Blu cigs. I also sleep better too. I strongly stand by these e-cigs, and i recommend them to anyone looking for a one stop online store for a safer smoking alternative.
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I love this company and their products! I’ve tried Njoy,greensmoke and smoke everywhere, blu in my opinion blows them out of the water, not only with flavor, but the charging pack is a must have. I was able to kick the traditional tobacco habit of 13 Years, and now only smoke blu exclusively
I had recently discovered my girlfriend had a smoking addiction and was very embarrassed about it. she’s not a heavy smoker, but when stressed its something she often turns to, like a coping mechanism. she tried to hide it from me because her past boyfriends have always yelled at her about it. so when I found out I initially though of ways to help her in those moments of weakness and not make her feel bad about her addiction. I first looked into e-cigs because it was so unique to patches or gum. it had a genuine feel of smoking.
ok long story short, I went to the local smoke shop and bought a blu tip disposable for her to try and see if she likes it.it was $12 and only came only in high nic. levels.I had no other brands to compair it to as the shop only sold blu brand products. the problems she had where: 1. it was really big and heavy and is difficult to hold like a normal smoke, 2. it didn’t really taste like the menthol she was used to, 3.it was too high in nic and made her light headed, she was used to smoking lights and was never a very heavy smoker. but after trying it, she said she could see herself using it.
I then bought the kit. that solved a few of the problems that she had with the disposable. it was much smaller and easier to hold.I had also purchased the low nic cartrages.( even though they only come with high ones in the kit, the smoke shop allowed me to trade the variety pack for one regular pack they had in stock.) the ease of draw is better with the real kit vs the disposable also. so my opinion the disposable is kinda a waste of money for most people, but it will give you an idea if its something you could feel comfortable using before you invest a lot of money in an expensive kit.
only other complaint I had was the color. the smoke shop carried this in black only. their point of view is it creates less confusion ans does not look like a real cigarette when using in public. but what I wanted was a realistic looking e-cig that would help her relate it to the actual cigarettes she was used to smoking. I could have ordered the white pack online, but it just seemed more convenient to buy it locally so she could use it right away.
overall I’m pleased with the product from my standpoint and I will ask her how she likes it, and if it has prevented her from buying another pack of cigarettes.
Overall i hand an enjoyable time with the e-cig.
This was the first ONLINE e-cig that I tried after using an e-cig purchased at a local store. I ordered the menthol flavor. It was shipped quickly. I thought the kit was impressive, and the cig is the exact size of a king size regular cigarette. However, the menthol flavor tastes NOTHING like a menthol cigarette. One other quirk I noticed was if you jostle the battery it lights up on the tip. When I e-mailed about the flavor question I received a quick response from the company. If you don’t want menthol, I would give them a try, you can always return it if it isn’t for you, which is what I did. I received a credit soon after they got it. BLU seems like a good company, just didn’t care for the flavor.
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The Best way i found to get the throat hit involves two things. 1) Tap the cig LED down on a table to get the liquid to the front of the atomizer. 2) Put your fingers over the holes where the cartridge screw in and take a long slow drag to heat up the atomizer.
The “throat hit” sensation comes from the heat when you burn actual tobacco. You can emulate it in an E-cig with a good flavor and a little bit of heat.
As far as the blu product goes i’m pretty happy. Charging the pack is a little touchy for me. I plan on cracking open my expended cartridges and adding more juice and paying for new “cartomizers” only when the old ones become unservicable
Love the product but VERY disappointed with shipping time ( they were ok for first initial stater pack) but been waiting over a week for my refill order, when u are out that is a very long time to wait!! On top of that the shipment options, if u want to get them earlier is ridiculously expensive over $50 for 2 day.. This is causing me to look elsewhere. Other than that and only 4 flavors to choose from ( other sites offer many more) it’s a great product.
I ordered a blu cig starter kit in black this past Wednesday. I just received it today (Saturday). I was happy to see it in the mail after only 3 days because I had read some horror stories about blu cig shipping. Everything came as promised. I love the look of blu… it’s so much smaller than other e-cigs I’ve used. I only have one complaint so far… I ordered menthol and I see tons of vapor, but I feel no throat hit of nicotine. I also ordered cherry and I feel a slight throat hit with those. Am I doing something wrong? I’ve tried dragging regularly, and I’ve also tried dragging long and slow… no luck. The throat hit is the part of a cigarette that I crave… I hope it gets better. Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks fellow blu smokers.
My husband and I ordered the Blu electronic cigarette about 3 months ago. We wanted to quit smoking and had decided to use nicotine patches but needed something to help with the cravings to puff on a cigarette. We ordered the Blu menthol and cherry burst non nicotine cartridges to use along with our patches. The Blu Cig produces plenty of vapor. You get the sensation that you are actually smoking, without the slight burn of an actual cigarette. It definately works for the craving to inhale and exhale smoke. We ended up only needing the nicotine patches for a little over a week. We have not used any nicotine patches at for about 2 months now. Whenever we get the craving for a cigarette we use our Blu Cig with the non nicotine cartridges and it is working perfectly, even in situations when you really crave a real cigarette, i.e. when we have a drink, after you eat a big meal, with coffee or out with friends that smoke. The Blu Cig has completely helped with the cravings. We have quit before and always went back to smoking, even after more than a year of no smoking. With the Blu Cigarette, I don’t think that we will ever need to pick up a real cigarette again. We will continue to keep a Blu E Cig onhand so we don’t go back to smoking. We never did have to deal with customer service because we just ordered it online without using customer service. So we have no idea how good their customer service department is. As far as shipping goes, I do wish they had the option for faster shipping. It takes about a week to receive each shipment.
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I guess I should mention upfront, that my partner has been smoking for about 6 years. I’ve been with him for almost 2, Can’t STAND the smoke breath or such lol. It makes me cough, It makes my car STINK like high hell. And I don’t let him smoke in the apartment. He’s also a teacher so it’s tough. Anyways, I just ordered the starter kit (black) on Friday at 1:10pm eastern. It just got delivered (Monday 1:10pm eastern) lol, i.e. Delivery receipt to my email 20 minutes ago. Charging it now and will give you an update on it’s use within 72 hours. I’ve been researching E-cigs for 2 years so far. And Blu has redeemed themselves from various issues in the past. 1) They don’t have their atomizers or juice cartridges made in china or such anymore, which is why shipping and Out of Stock issues had arisen all the time. The atomizers are IN the self sealed juice cartridges, No worrying about the juice leaking, etc. So it’s only 2 parts. One time I called Customer Service and the guy was a rude bitch. The 2nd time, AMAZINGLY nice and intelligent and talked with her for about 15 minutes LOL! Overall, e-cigs in general just aren’t for some people. And for others, You’ll never be able to make happy, But from 2 years of solid research and reading forums every day…What do you have to lose? 70 bucks? BLUCIG is DEFINITELY worth it’s weight in gold (though not much weight so I don’t know LOL!!!!) Also, People have been complaining that the battery packs don’t last very long? I mean cmon, You have a PACK you carry with you so that it can KEEP it charged on the go. Granted, If you happened to get a bad battery and only one puts out good vapor, then get it replaced, but at least you have a good one and a pack that can keep it charged, right?
I’ll let you know within 72 hours how my boyfriend likes it and his experiences with it in detail
You can email me at dalorean at gmail (dot) com if you’d like to give me comments in email or chat about it or ask questions, etc.