The Joyetech eGrip II aims to follow up on the success of its predecessors, improving on the look of the device, boosting the available wattage (up to a substantial 80 W), including temperature control and adding a better screen than on the OLED version.

The Joyetech eGrip 2 comes in a standard-style box, and your device sits inside in a foam block, with a manual, a warranty card and some information about the different coils on pieces of paper and card loose in the box. Underneath, there are two boxes, one containing your USB charger and another with a spare drip tip, one 0.5 ohm stainless steel coil, a 0.25 ohm “notch coil,” a 1.5 ohm Clapton coil (intended for mouth-to-lung vaping), an RBA head and an adapter so you can use the device like any other mod. Overall, it’s an excellent offering, and provides everything you need to start vaping other than e-juice.

The Joyetech eGrip 2 takes design cues from its predecessor, but improves things a lot. The device has a standard box mod shape, with slightly curved edges and measuring 45 mm wide, 24 mm thick and 95 mm tall (about 1 and 3/4 inches wide by 1 inch thick by 3 and 3/4 inches tall), and the device fits comfortably into your hand, and even though it’s a little heavy it’s a very portable mod. It comes in black, gold, silver, red and white.

A big, clear display screen – like that on the eVic VT – occupies the front face of the device, with an oval-shaped fire button above and a two-way adjustment button below it, both of which sit flush to the face of the mod and are easy to press. The tank is towards the top of the opposite side, with the top cap and drip tip section screwing off to reveal the space for your juice. There’s also a window in the body of the mod, showing your current juice level and having a marker for the max fill line on it too.

Like on the Joyetech eGo AIO, the coil attaches to the bottom of the top cap, leaving you a big wide space to fill up into and making changing coils really easy. It also has a similar airflow control system to the AIO, which is built into the top cap, and is opened fully by turning it to the right and closed by turning it left. You can also remove the drip tip and replace it with any standard-size alternative, including the spitback-reducing option included in the kit.

Overall, the Joyetech eGrip 2 doesn’t do too much on the design front, but does a fantastic job of keeping everything compact and almost unbeatably simple.