Vapefly Kriemhild Sub-Ohm Review
The Vapefly Kriemhild Tank
I was genuinely surprised when the package landed in my hands. My face said it all: “Really?” A Vapefly drop-in-coil tank called Kriemhild? I’ve been building my own atomizers for more than 3 years now, and I rarely—very rarely—reach for the prebuilt-coil side of vaping. So I stopped frowning, pushed my prejudices aside and set off on an adventure with “Kriemhild”.
The packaging feels familiar—I know it from the Brunhilde RTA and from the Brunhilde MTL RTA. Once you open the box and the Kriemhild tank comes into view, I’d sum up my first impression as “ohh”. If you didn’t already know it was a drop-in-coil tank, you’d easily mistake “Kriemhild” for an RTA at first glance.
What’s inside?
- 1 x Kriemhild tank
- 1 x Triple Mesh Coil (0.15 ohm)
- 1 x Single Mesh Coil (0.2 ohm)
- 1 x spare glass
- 1 x set of spare O-rings
- 1 x user manual
Is Vapefly showing us how sub-ohm is done with the Kriemhild?
Come on, Kriemhild, out you come… Somewhere, the packaging engineers and designers are sitting at home after work laughing their heads off, fully aware that customers are shaking the box, cursing and swearing, and blaming the manufacturer with plenty of “mimimi”. Finally—there she is. It’s big, hefty and solid, but still a looker. First things first: tug here, unscrew there, twist that. Yep, this feels well made; Vapefly has done a proper job here—that’s the first thought running through my head. Holy sh…, I blurt out when I see the coils. It looks as if the Kriemhild tank is pregnant: “aww, how cute, it’s going to be an RDA” — or as if the people behind Milka chocolate helped develop it, along the lines of: “as thick as a thumb, with whole coconuts!”.
My inner tinkerer naturally makes me take the tank apart and put it straight back together again. The build quality is solid, the top-fill system is solid, and someone clearly thought through the coil installation and removal. When you pull the coil out of the tank, the tank closes itself off. Everyone knows the drill: you put the tank upside down on the table, start fiddling a fresh coil out of the pack (next time I’ll get it ready beforehand—same resolution every time), and of course the tank tips over and you’re left with the mess. Cue at least one annoyed eye-roll. With the Kriemhild, you won’t be missing that little ritual. As mentioned, the Vapefly Kriemhild’s top-fill is really clean and simple: pull the top cap up, slide it aside, fill, slide it back. A click here, a clack there, and you’re done. Sure, it’s 2020—even a tank is allowed to feel a little futuristic. E-liquid is in. A lot of e-liquid is in. You almost get the impression there’s a hole in the Kriemhild’s tank and you’re just pouring into nothing.
The Kriemhild Coils
As mentioned, they look huge—but how do the Kriemhild coils actually perform? Prime them, pop them into the tank, add e-liquid and off you go.
Vapefly Kriemhild Single-Mesh Coil
50 watts and a pull… WOW. Okay… second pull… still WOW. I tested the Single-Mesh really hard: 8 weeks! Across the 50 to 80-watt range. I even went up to 90/95 watts now and then. Would I run it like that all the time? No. But for a few puffs it’s perfectly fine without damaging the coil. For the first two to three weeks it was seriously tasty; after that it became “still vapeable”. After four weeks, the Kriemhild coil got a bath in PG and was carefully cleaned with a “cotton swab”. The result: you can do it. It’s not like a fresh, new coil, but in a pinch it’s absolutely workable and the flavor stays acceptable.
(Why PG and not water or alcohol? Simple: PG doesn’t make the cotton go hard, and you can basically repeat the game until you’re sick of it.)
Vapefly Kriemhild Triple-Mesh Coil
Here too, I start at 50 watts and work my way up to 80 watts in 5-watt steps. I didn’t torture this Kriemhild coil for quite as long; after 21 days I took pity on it. The flavor was no longer as clean and punchy as it was at the beginning, but the vape stayed tasty and very pleasant throughout. Drop-in-coil tanks that taste this good are rare; honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever had that before. There was always something to nitpick or complain about. Here, the most you could criticize is that the flavor is very intense and the e-liquid tastes almost exactly like it does in the “lick test”.
The Verdict
Design? I like it: clean, understated and good-looking, though that’s a matter of taste. What isn’t up for debate is the flavor—the Kriemhild delivers across the board. The build quality is top-notch, the handling is top-notch, and the overall impression is top-notch too. For me, it’s the best drop-in-coil tank on the market, and at around CHF 50, the Vapefly Kriemhild is absolutely affordable.
