Artery Pal 2 Pro Review. Amazing Flavors, Poor Build Quality

A. The Artery Pal 2 Pro Is A Very Good All In One kit For MTL Vaping.

1. A significantly improved Pal 2

The Artery Pal 2 Pro kit is the second product resulting from the collaboration between Tony B. (a famous Youtuber doing vaping product reviews) and Artery. The first was the Pal 2 (non-pro). The Artery Pal 2 Pro launched only a couple of months after the Pal 2, by the way.

[Side note: those who purchased the latter felt the pain of seeing their device become nearly obsolete and, above all, an inferior product almost as soon as they bought it.

It happened to one of our friends and he was pissed, LOL.

The worst is the vape shops re-stocking their Pal 2 inventory with the latest (beautiful) colors only to learn of the launch of the Pal 2 Pro a week or so later. Launching new, improved products is obviously a good thing but pumping them out like crazy depreciate the value of the ones you previously and recently put on the market. This behavior may anger your customers and distributors.]

— Design —

The improvements concern essentially the features of the Artery Pal 2 Pro but we wanted to touch on its design since we didn’t review the Pal 2 (non-Pro).

The Artery Pal 2 Pro has basically the same design as the Pal 2 but with different air inlets, colors and door patterns.

As mentioned before, the Billet Box form factor is great. We love it. It’s perennially fashionable, a timeless design. Plus, the thumb firing button is a must for us. It feels so ergonomic.

We like our gunmetal model with the concentric and purposely misaligned squares around the power button and e-liquid window.

The micro diamonds engraved on the casing give the Artery Pal 2 Pro a more rugged feel, though. But they allow for a better grip. This device won’t slip out of your hands.

The only thing we wish is that it’d be a bit bigger. It’s compact and pocketable and all but it’s a bit too small for our taste. Being a bit larger would feel better in (a man’s) hand (without being too big for a girl) and make it look more like a real piece of hardware and less like a toy, in our opinion.

We say that because, for this form factor, we’re used to the Billet Box and it’s quite larger. Though it’s just our very subjective opinion based on our experience. You, above all if you’re a girl, may very well think differently.

The e-liquid window is a tiny square, the same shape and size as the power button, but on the other side of the device. Nice touch. Though don’t expect to see a lot through it.

— Features —

The Pal 2 Pro packs a ton (more) of features (than the Pal 2 non-pro)

– The Artery Pal 2 Pro tank is now clear instead of the too dark one in the Pal 2. And the hole to fill it is bigger to allow the air to escape more easily. The Pal 2 Pro tanks are compatible with the Pal 2, by the way. So, if you have one, you can buy a Pal 2 Pro improved tank and put it in there.

– Also, the tank can be more easily taken in and out of its place… too easily (we’ll develop on that in section C. when we talk about build quality).

– The drip tip is now round but its metal base is still an integral part of the tank. There’s a tiny 510 drip tip on top but that’s not ideal.

– The Artery Pal 2 Pro has, like its predecessor, an adjustable airflow but now it also sports a modifiable and regulated power output (5 to 13.5W for the 1.0ohm coils and 10 to 22W for the 0.6ohm mesh coils), something the Pal 2 doesn’t have. The power drops (quite quickly) when the battery life left is decreasing.

– The max power output is automatically determined by the coil (resistance) you put in the tank. The purpose of this feature is to avoid the risk of using the coils at too high a wattage and, thus, burn them too quickly.

– Another thing the Artery Pal 2 Pro has is a screen. When you open the Pal 2 (non-pro), you can clearly see a recess/indentation on the plastic under the tank. Now, there’s a screen in this exact spot and with the same shape. So, they already knew they were going to put a tiny display there.

That’s about it for all the different features of the Artery Pal 2 pro (you’ll be able to see everything in detail in the videos below). And even if you didn’t know about or never saw a Pal 2 (non-pro), you understand that a lot of improvements have been made on this new model.

Tip: If you click the up and down buttons simultaneously for 3 seconds, the stealth mode will kick in. The screen won’t light up anymore. It may save a bit of battery.

By the way, we didn’t review the Artery Pal 2 because it was a bit weak for our taste. More precisely, the unregulated, non-constant power output were dropping too fast and was quickly too weak.

We must say that the regulated and, thus, constant power output of the Pal 2 Pro takes care of this issue and it changes everything. It vapes fine, now.

In fact, it vapes better than fine. It vapes amazing…

2. Perfect, adjustable MTL draw.

During our Artery Pal 2 Pro review we used the regular 1.0 Ohm MTL coils at a 12.5W power setting. We found it to be the sweet spot for us.

The Artery Pal 2 Pro kit has a good MTL draw. In fact, you can make it perfect for you since you can adjust the airflow. And it works. Unlike most of the recently launched devices, closing the airflow ring… actually cuts the airflow down. Hooray.

Thus, when you turn the airflow ring situated under (and screwed to) the coil to only let a tiny hole visible, you get a perfect MTL vaping experience, in our opinion.

The good thing is that if, contrary to us, you like a looser, less restricted draw, you can open the airflow and that’s what you get. So, you’ll be able to tune it in a way that’s perfect for you too. (Real) choice is good, right?

But that’s not really what makes the Artery Pal 2 Pro such an outstanding device.

What does is flavors. It’s simply the best MTL vaping kit for flavors reproduction of the compact All in Ones (and Pod Systems, of course). Even when comparing it to the Box Mod Kits with proper tanks and more power, it does a great job. Though, and evidently, rebuildable tanks/coils can provide an even better performance.

Still, that’s what we’ll discuss now, the Artery Pal 2 Pro fantastic performance in terms of flavor restitution.

B. Amazing Flavors + Great coil options.

Before to talk about and explain how and why the Artery Pal 2 Pro is the best MTL vaping kit for flavors, let us speak about the quality and quantity of the vapor it produces.

1. High vapor production of dense vapor.

One thing we didn’t mention till now is that the Artery Pal 2 Pro coils do produce a lot of vapor. Even the 1.0ohm coils we tested. And we do mean a lot. A least as much as the Priv N19 and more than the SnowWolf Wocket, for sure.

It’s also quite dense, denser than both of the sus-mentioned devices.

Its performance is comparable to the Innokin Adept Kit. Knowing that the Adept is the best MTL Mod Box Kit of the year for us, that says a lot.

Though, we don’t know how to explain it, but the vapor produced by the Innokin Adept and Zlide tank feels, for lack of better word, more refined. We guess it’s because the Adept has an excellent and real/proper glass tank. It makes the vapor more rounded and, yeah, refined.

2. Undeniably the best MTL vaping kit for flavor restitution.

The flavors we get from the Artery Pal 2 Pro are simply stunning… but this doesn’t last as much as we’d like.

Let us explain.

After opening the box, setting the Pal 2 Pro kit up etc… we let it sit for about 10mn after filling the tank to give time to the coil/wicking material to soak (you should always proceed like this to don’t burn the coil too quickly).

Then, we tried it, obviously. And then, we were shocked. The taste of our e-liquid was amazing. Almost like if we were tasting it for the first time.

We don’t exaggerate much 😀. No, seriously, we were just vaping the same e-liquid with some other device (full disclosure: it was a SMOK Priv N19 — link to our review), and boy, did we feel the difference. Night and day.

We were happy with the flavor reproduction we were getting from the Priv N19 but, now, we were truly impressed.

We immediately thought: “Wow, we have a winner here.” And indeed, it is.

Though, we must say that the lifespan of the (1.0ohm) Artery coils is a bit on the short side (we didn’t test the 0.6ohm mesh coils because they are more directed at Direct To Lung vapers. Plus, we were totally satisfied with the MTL vaping experience the 1.0ohm coils offer to be honest).

Flavor starts to drop after 3-4 days and the coils last about 10 days in our experience. Not terrible but not great. And we didn’t use the Artery Pal 2 Pro all day during our testing.

We must also say that it’s common for flavors to begin to lessen in taste after a while. Coils (their wicking material) get slowly burnt and they less and less wick properly… until they just don’t anymore and taste bad. But it usually takes a bit more time and it feels less abrupt.

Maybe, in the case of the Artery pal 2 Pro All in One kit, we notice it more because the flavor restitution is so high and good at the start.

Plus, we were using the 1.0ohm coils and at 12.5W, not the 0.6 mesh coils at 22W like @VapingWithThesis in one of the videos below. (High wattage combined with the fact he may close down the airflow too much for these coils, may explain why he was burning through them so quickly, by the way). So, they should have lasted longer.

Tip: When you purchase coils for the Pal 2 Pro, make sure they are the HP (High performance?) model: Artery HP regular 1.0ohm coils. They are improved coils compared to the ones sold with the Pal 2.

But it’s not really an issue since other coils are compatible with the Artery Pal 2 Pro. And they’re good coils too.

3. More coil options.

In any case, if you’re unsatisfied with the lifespan of the Artery Pro 2 coils, you can always purchase some Aspire Spryte coils for it. They are compatible with the Pal Pro 2 kit.

They are great coils too and should last longer.

This added option also guarantees that you’ll almost always find coils for the Artery Pal 2 Pro.

Also, and since they look so similar in form, if, one day, you find nothing else, the well-known Aspire regular 1.6ohm BVC coils may also be compatible. But we’re not 100% sure. They should but their performance would be inferior. Still, as they’re used in the new Aspire K-Lite tiny Box Mod Kit (the vapor production isn’t great so, we won’t review it), they also should be sold for a while.

[NB: the coil resistance detection feature of the Artery Pal 2 Pro kit should work fine with these coils.]

Anyway, if you want to experience amazing flavors with a nice compact MTL All in One and don’t mind changing your coils a bit more often (or decide to try and use the Aspire Spryte coils), then you should definitely consider the Artery Pal 2 Pro. We would even have recommended it… if it wasn’t for another problem we encountered.

C. Not Performance-Impeding But Poor Build Quality

[NB: It doesn’t seem other reviewers got these issues with theirs, but ours was a regular unit bought online. It wasn’t picked and sent to us by Artery. And we know that most of the time (not always though, problems do still happen sometimes with these units too) manufacturers carefully choose which device they send for review.

No, our Artery Pal 2 Pro review, like ALL our reviews, is made using an ordinary Pal 2 Pro kit bought by us. Like you would do.]

The problem we faced was, simply put, poor build quality.

It doesn’t hinder the performance of our unit by any mean but it’s annoying enough to impact our user experience. Our kit has these build quality issues:

– The fire button rattles.

It fires super quick with no perceptible delay, is clicky and protrudes just enough to feel and find it easily. BUT it moves and it makes a noise. It’s not super irritating in itself but that’s just the start.

– The detachable panel is also wiggling.

It doesn’t stay firmly in place. It moves too.

This is more aggravating because you tend to play with it (and we noticed we were doing the same with the fire button). We mean, not playing as a satisfying thing. Playing like when you feel some pain in a tooth and you just have to touch it and/or put your tongue on there to feel the pain. This kind of playing. It’s like we’re being masochistic. But it happens, and it’s aggravating, right?

– Also, and even though it comes from a good place, the tank is not well secured.

We say it comes from a good place because one of the criticism Artery got for its Pal 2 was that the tank was a pain to take in and out. You had to push it down and then, pull it to take it out. You needed to do the same thing to push it back in.

So, we get why they tried and made it easier to do. But, now, it’s a bit too easy. Just slightly pulling on/touching the drip tip is enough to make the tank pop out, moving the front panel with it.

As we mentioned, the (metallic base of the) drip tip is integrated with the tank. They form one piece. So, even though the magnets securing the door are strong enough, they can’t fight physics and the lever action (from the tank and drip tip section) happening. That’s why touching the drip tip can be enough to make everything pop out of place. It won’t fall but it’s, again, annoying.

Plus, even when the tank doesn’t pop out, the drip tip still moves and makes noise when you put it in your mouth. This alone is poor build quality.

Last, and now we clearly nitpick but it adds up to the rest, the tiny 510 drip tip put on top of the metallic part (its base attached to the tank) tends to no stay flush with it. It seems like it wants to come out. It won’t but it creates a gap that shouldn’t be there.

That’s why, at this point, we’re not sure if we can recommend the Artery Pal 2 Pro. Think about it, watch the videos and you decide if these little issues are worth it. Just remember that they are not negatively impacting the performance of the Artery pal 2 Pro, “just” the user experience as a whole.

Plus, as it seems other the Artery Pal 2 Pro reviews actually praise its build quality, it could be our unit came from a bad batch. Yours could be perfect.

But we had to let you know.

That’s it for our Artery Pal 2 review. If you didn’t do that already (😉), after consulting the scores we gave to it, you can watch the three best video reviews of the Pal 2 Pro below. They’re made by some of the most experienced Youtubers and vapers. And are all right here, for your convenience. Nice, right?