Pod System Reviews

Eleaf iCita Pod Kit

We check out another great kit from Eleaf, the iCita pod kit

by Stephen Gitsham
May 21, 2025

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JWEI Group sent the Eleaf iCita pod kit over for me to have a blast on and I’ve been at it for the past week or so.

JWEI Group are a Chinese vape solutions manufacturer that own a few different brands, of which Eleaf are one. They’ve been in the market since 2008 so have a long track record of making devices and researching the next big thing. I do enjoy looking into these companies, it lets me see how wide the industry is and how it’s grown over the years.

I was sent over the Eleaf iCita, which is a new pod kit that has a 1600mAh internal battery and goes up to 40W. It takes refillable, replaceable pods and has a touch screen interface as the main difference to other kits of similar specifications. There’s 2amp/5V charging so it charges up quickly and there’s an airflow adjuster to allow for the kind of vape you prefer. The kit is also auto draw only so those who prefer buttons might not be so keen on it.

In the box you get:

1 iCita Battery
1 iCita 0.3ohm Pod
1 iCita 0.6ohm Pod
1 USB Type C Cable
1 User Manual
1 Warranty Card

Style wise, it’s a compact device, with a leather style surround on a zinc metal casing. There are holes to attach a lanyard at the top of the front, and underneath those is a thin strip that incorporates the fingerprint button, the screen, and the USB Type C charging slot. On one side there’s some ELeaf branding running down the metal, and on the other, there’s the airflow adjustment slider. The pods sit snugly in the top of the device, and the magnets holding them are nice and strong, so the pod won’t come flying out if you drop it.

It's a pretty thin device overall and looks modern, while still having the leather type surround that adds to the grippiness. I got the grey version and love it, I feel like I should be buying an updated, more modern, version of a tweed jacket with leather elbow patches to match it. The thinness does reveal the one gripe I have with the whole kit however, as it means the screen is tiny and is not best suited to anyone who has sight issues. It’s fine for me, but I do think about these things for later in life. The screen has a little rocket graphic when you take a draw that goes up and reveals the info, which shows you the battery level, in both a bar graphic and in percentage, which I like. You can also see what wattage the kit is set at, the ohms of the pod, and the puff count.

Function wise, it’s satisfyingly simple. It’s 8 quick touches on the fingerprint sensor to turn on, 5 to go into wattage adjustment mode, and 3 touches in 2 seconds to clear the puff count. I do like the sensor as there are no buttons to be hit in my pockets and waste the coils in the pods. It’s also very user friendly, there are no menus to go into or flashing lights etc.

In use I filled and fired up the 0.3ohm pod after leaving it a bit to saturate the coil. The airflow control works well on this kit as sometimes I feel there’s not much difference between fully open and almost closed when there’s a slider, but on this kit you can notice a difference when adjusting slightly. On the 0.3ohm pod, I had it about a third to halfway closed and got a lovely RDL draw at 36W. Fully open, it’s quite airy and the flavour is damn good as well. I really rate this pod but it’s nice to have a variety to choose and you can get 0.3, 0.6 and 0.8ohm pods so can go DTL, RDL and MTL with this kit.

The 0.6ohm pod works well too and gives a great RDL draw with the airflow closed halfway. Again, there’s great flavour from it and the vapour production is good as well. It’s not as good as the 0.3ohm in my opinion, but then I do like a bit more vapour so those who do like a 0.6ohm coil will be happy with it.

Final Thoughts

I really like this Eleaf iCita kit. The touchscreen technology doesn’t push itself with bells and whistles, it just works well and does what it needs to do. The styling of it is appealing to me as well, the grey one I have looks classy and modern at the same time, making it a kit I’d like to have out at the pub with me.

The pods are very good as well, with really decent flavour and a good vapour production. I’ve also had no leaks from them, even when left alone for a couple of days.

The only issue is the smallness of the screen. It’s not a problem for anyone with perfect vision, but for those with any kind of sight issues, it’s might be a little tricky to use.

Many thanks to the JWEI Group for sending over the Eleaf iCita kit for review.

Pros

Lovely look to the grey version I have
Great flavour from the pods
Nicely compact

Cons

Screen is just too small

Stephen Gitsham

Reviewer at POTV

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I was a very militant smoker for many years…why would I stop doing the only thing I had left that I liked doing? Then I fell into vaping in 2017. My wife bought a cheap kit off from Amazon that stopped working and I took it to a local vape shop to see what they could do with it. An hour later and full of new knowledge about watts, ohms, and juice strength, I headed home with a new nautilus mini tank for her and raved to her about the helpful guy in the shop. I must have bored her with all my new found information. I tried her vape that night, and a week later bought my own kit. Then I found POTV and the amazingly helpful and generous people on it. A month later I was making my own (disgusting) vape juice, and a month after that I was winding coils for my new RDA. Six years on and I'm much better at making juice, and I now have no money but lots of shiny mods and tanks