In for review is the Uwell Caliburn G3 Pro, which is the newest member of the very popular Caliburn family!
The G3 sub-section of the Caliburn family includes the Caliburn G3, Caliburn GK3, Caliburn G3 Lite and Caliburn GK3 Tenet.
Thank you to Uwell for sending these over for review. As always, my views are my own. My experience may differ from yours.
What Can We Expect From The Uwell Caliburn G3 Pro?
A pocket friendly vape with lots of smooth edges and one of the biggest displays I’ve ever seen on a vape pod. The whole front panel is a LCD colour screen!
It displays everything from your battery charge remaining, pod specifications, power level, puff count and any warnings.
It’s not all fur coat though, the Calburn G3 is packed with all sort of goodness.
An impressive 1000mAh internal battery which can be charged via the USB Type C port at a quick 2A charge rate.
Adjustable wattage up to 35W. Don’t worry though, if you just want to plug and play the device selects the appropriate adjustment range to match the pod installed.
Manual firing (button press) or use the auto draw firing. The fire button can also be locked for inhale activated auto draw only. Airflow too. It’s got it all, which we will get to below.
Good news as well for all Caliburn G3 users. The pods are compatible all of the G3 family of devices. And plenty of options there are as well!
The kit includes the 0.4ohm and 0.9ohm pods. However the FDA version swaps the 0.4ohm for a 0.6ohm pod.
These have “PRO-FOCS” technology. Nobody seems to know what that means, but usually pods / coils with this branding kick out excellent flavour.
Here is an introduction video from the Uwell YouTube channel.
You can choose from 6 colours: Midnight Black, Space Grey, Stone Grey, Pacific Blue, Rose Gold and Emerald Green.
Kit Includes
- Uwell Caliburn G3 Pro device
- 0.4ohm G3 pod (replaced with a 0.6ohm G3 pod in the FDA kit version)
- 0.9ohm G3 pod
- USB Type C cable
- User manual
Uwell Caliburn G3 Pro Specs
- Size: 123.5×27.8×16.8mm
- Battery: 1000 mAh (internal)
- Display: Full sized screen
- User modes: Variable Wattage
- Output: 35W Max
- Type C USB charging – 2A charge rate
- Resistance range: 0.4-3ohm
- Capacity: 3ml (Standard) / 2.5ml (FDA) / 2ml (TPD)
- Side fill (standard) / top fill (TPD)
- Compatibility: Compatible with Caliburn G3 pods
- Adjustable airflow
- Auto draw / button activated
Design & Build Quality
I received all 6 colours – of course the Rose Gold one found its way into my hand straight away!
The packaging is great and also has an anti-counterfeit verification system. Simply head over to the Uwell verification page here and follow the instructions.
The instructions are some of the best I have seen in a while, really informative and cover all aspects of operation!
If you find the included instructions a bit small to read you can download a digital copy here.
Uwell Caliburn G3 Pro Mod
The first thing I noticed was how heavy this pod is!
It has the same battery capacity as the OXVA Xlim Go but the difference in weight is incredible! The Xlim Go weighs 41g and the G3 Pro is 92g!
The main reason is because the G3 Pro is made entirely of metal – Zinc Alloy to be precise and it feels extremely robust in the hand.
Also of course that huge screen which takes up the whole length of the device!
A brushed metal shell is the skeleton of the main device and the front, rear and bottom panels attach to this.
On the one side of the shell is the airflow adjustment slider. This has a rubbery action which makes it nice to move but not loose enough to move on its own.
Also this side has the “Uwell” logo etched in.
The opposite side houses the fire / operation button. This is a great size of around 12x7mm and it is quiet but super responsive.
Underneath that is the USB type C port which functions perfectly.
You will see the text “Sample not for sale” stamped into my kits – this will not appear on retail items!
The rear panels of the devices have a patterned finish. There are two styles. A swishy paintbrush style on the Pacific Blue, Emerald Green and Rose Gold devices. Or a kind of circuit board / geometric design on the Midnight Black, Space Grey and Stone Grey kits.
On this panel is the Caliburn logo in a shiny Silver finish. This panel really does look classy.
The base of the mod has a hard Black plastic finish with the required legal logos and battery capacity etched in. It stands up solidly and takes effort to push it over!
Inside the pod compartment you will find 2 spring loaded electrical contacts and 2 strong magnets. These are the perfect strength to ensure you can remove the pod when you need to but it won’t fall out either.
One down point is the e-liquid viewing window. This is cut out of one side of the mod only so it is very dark to try and view your e-liquid.
It is not too bad with the fully clear side fill pods but becomes very dark with the 2ml top fill pods.
Screen
This takes up the whole of the front of the device!
At the top is the “G3Pro” logo which lights up when vaping, charging and to display warnings.
Below that is the current output level – in this case “15” for 15 Watts.
Underneath this you will see the “ProFOCS” logo which denotes the technology the pods use.
Then you will see the coil resistance with the “Ω” (ohm) symbol. This tells you the resistance of the pod installed. When vaping this changes to a puff counter with the “P” logo.
Next you will see the flame symbol as well as the icon which looks like walking sticks. These icons show the firing mode – auto (button or inhale activation) or inhale only. We tell you more about this in the quick start section.
At the bottom of the screen is the battery charge display and each bar lit up represents 25% charge.
The screen is actually clearer and brighter than I could capture in the photos! It really is stunning!
When vaping or pressing the button there is a Robot figure which dances. I find it quite cute but it could be seen as being tacky or childish. It could ruin the otherwise classy appearance of the device.
Anyway I have videoed it in action so you can decide for yourself. It would be great if in future you could download new animations for it – please Uwell!
hey michelle, very cool review ! i’m an avid user of caliburns, and this is such a great upgrade after breaking my caliburn A2 !! although I was wondering, I am located in Canada and the little robot isn’t showing up on the screen. I can see the outlines, but it doesn’t glow on the screen… any ideas why ?!
Hi Michelle,
Nice review. I have a G3 pro myself and it is indeed a very nice device, although as you wrote some improvements would be welcome. I really like the G3 pods as I never had a leaking one, unlike the Xros and Xlim V3 pods, and the G3 pods don’t leak even after being filled for months.
Let me give you a suggestion about how to remove the top piece from a top-filling pod. Snapping off the top piece by pushing it in the direction you showed in your review (push the long side of the top piece) is very hard work; I can see why you used your teeth for that. However, if you snap off the top piece by pushing on the narrow side of the top piece then it doesn’t take much force to remove it; just rotate the mod a quarter of a turn in your hand before pushing the top piece.
Nice one I will definitely try that the next time I get the top fill thank you!!