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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your VOOM, use our service manual.

  1. Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Popping the cap: step 1, image 1 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Popping the cap: step 1, image 2 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Popping the cap: step 1, image 3 of 3
    • The user manual had a nice x-ray view of the device.

    • The mouthpiece has a really good fit and required some force to remove. But you only need to pinch and pull, hard.

    • There is a fluid capturing pad in the mouthpiece and a silicone seal to prevent it from leaking, non of them was glued or secured in any noticeable way.

  2. Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Undressing: step 2, image 1 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Undressing: step 2, image 2 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Undressing: step 2, image 3 of 3
    • Nothing clipped or glued into place so far, just pinch and pull.

    • Nice little Li-po battery inside. Quite a waste to market this product as disposable with a rechargeable battery inside.

  3. Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Cotton swabs: step 3, image 1 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Cotton swabs: step 3, image 2 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Cotton swabs: step 3, image 3 of 3
    • The way the mouthpiece pops off and how the tank is built up it's definitely reusable, however the battery charge is a big problem.

  4. Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Guts: step 4, image 1 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Guts: step 4, image 2 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Guts: step 4, image 3 of 3
    • The tank was clipped on, but came loose fairly easy.

    • Couldn't remove the coil or the leads to the coil, and doing so would result in leakage due to the leads being sealed towards the tank with silicone goop.

    • The x-ray on the user manual indicated some more cotton between the tank/coil and cradle, but couldn't reach it.

  5. Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown: step 5, image 2 of 3 Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown: step 5, image 3 of 3
    • The chip seems to only be a switch to switch on and off the coil when you draw, and in doing so also activate the blue LED, nothing fancy here.

    • Modifying this to be rechargeable wouldn't be to hard if you get this far, since there is a lot of space in the battery cradle, for making contacts and such, but you'd need to get a charging circuit into it somewhere which might pose a problem.

    • Wouldn't recommend it though since the coil has an expected end of life after certain cycles, and isn't replaceable.

  6. Vixt VOOM Disposable Teardown, Laid to bare: step 6, image 1 of 1
    • All parts (that i could take apart) in one picture.

    • My thoughts. All in all, this is a very wasteful product marketed as disposable, not only does it contain a poisonous concentration of nicotine, it also houses a rechargeable battery that you can't really recharge in any easy way. The reusable model is a a few extra bucks but you can recharge it, and replace the battery if need be.

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