Rodman Playoffs 50K Review: 50,000 Puffs With Ice and Nicotine You Set
A 20 mL, 50,000-puff disposable with adjustable ice and nicotine levels, read against its 650mAh cell.
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Key Takeaways
- Rodman rates the Playoffs at 50,000 puffs from 20 mL of e-liquid, which is 2,500 rated puffs per mL.
- The battery is 650mAh with USB-C charging, a small cell, and buyers nonetheless report days between charges.
- The name carries the feature: Ice-Nic Control, an adjustable ice level and an adjustable nicotine level on one device.
- Buyers like the ice control without reservation; one editorial review calls the nicotine control misleading.
- DirectVape lists 31 flavors, with a soda group, a gummy and candy group and a tropical fruit group alongside the usual ice names.
What the Rodman Playoffs 50K Is
The Rodman Playoffs 50K Ice-Nic Control is a rechargeable disposable rated at 50,000 puffs from 20 mL of e-liquid, with a dual mesh coil, an adjustable airflow and a 650mAh battery. The part of the name after the puff count is the part that matters. Ice-Nic Control means the device lets you set the cooling level and the nicotine level separately. One flavor can be run cold or mild, and strong or light, without buying a different device. Most disposables fix both at the factory. This one hands them to you, and the reviews are mostly about what that feels like.
| Spec | Rodman Playoffs 50K |
|---|---|
| Rated Puffs | 50,000 |
| E-Liquid | 20 mL |
| Battery | 650mAh |
| Coil | Dual mesh |
| Airflow | Adjustable |
| Charging | USB-C |
| Flavors Listed | 31 |
Battery and Charging
The 650mAh cell is the number I would look at twice. It is a small battery for a device holding 20 mL and feeding a dual mesh coil. On paper that means more charge cycles over the life of the e-liquid than a larger cell would need. Rodman charges it over USB-C and does not publish a charge time, so I will not guess at one. What a small cell buys you is a lighter, slimmer device, and that is the trade Rodman has made.
The buyers on our sheet are kinder to the cell than the number suggests. A buyer on elementvape.com writes: "The Rodman Playoffs disposable has a better than average battery life and charges super quick." A buyer on vapesourcing.com gives a span: "It easily lasted me through a busy workweek without needing a charge." Two reports do not make a specification, and a lower nicotine or ice setting may well draw less current. Still, nothing dated before this post complains about the battery.
E-Liquid and Flavor
At 20 mL and a 50,000-puff rating, Rodman's arithmetic is 2,500 puffs per mL, the same count as the rest of our 50,000-puff class. The rating is the maker's, counted in short draws. The nicotine control adds a wrinkle: how you set it does not change how much e-liquid you use, so the rating stands whichever level you choose.
DirectVape lists 31 flavors, and the list is wider than most. The ice names are Glacier Mint, Mango Lychee Ice, White Grape Ice, White Peach Ice, Matcha Ice and Crystal Clear. The candy and gummy group is Blue Razz Cotton, Glacier Gummy, Sour Watermelon Gummy, Bubbalicious, OMG B-Pop and Rocket Pop. The soda group is Root Beer, Cherry Mtn Dew and Orange Bang!, and the dessert and custard names are Strawberry Cream, Hokkaido Custard and Cream Tobacco. The rest is tropical fruit: Honeydew Strawberry, Watermelon Apple, Dragonfruit Mango, Lilikoi Passion, Pineapple Orange, Tropical Blast, Mango Clementine Lime, Lychee Watermelon, Boing Mango, Lilikoi Lychee, Vary Berry, P.OG and Tiger Blood.
Root Beer is the flavor buyers name most on our sheet, and it is one most disposables do not offer at all. A buyer on vapesourcing.com writes: "The root beer flavor is nostalgic and not overly sweet. Vapor production is solid and the battery lasts for days." On the controls and the flavor together, a buyer on the same site's Root Beer page says "the ice and nicotine adjustment gives it more room to match my taste."
Draw, Airflow and the Screen
The airflow is adjustable, and with the ice and nicotine levels adjustable too, the Playoffs has three settings where most disposables have one. That is more to learn on the first day and more to like afterward. A buyer on vapesourcing.com counts the positions: "The 4 ice levels and 3 nicotine levels make this one easier to adjust, and the airflow control gives the draw more range." Rodman's facts with us do not give those counts, so take them as that buyer's reading.
Rodman's facts with us do not list a screen either, so I do not describe one as a specification. A device with three adjustable settings needs some way to show them, and buyers do mention a readout; the product page is the place to check what Rodman currently says about it.
What Buyers Say
The pattern on the sheet is that the ice control is the feature buyers bought the device for, and it does what they expected. The vapesourcing.com buyer who counted the levels and the Root Beer buyer who found "more room to match my taste" are typical. The elementvape.com buyer praises the battery and the charging speed on top of the controls.
The critical note is editorial, and it goes to the other half of the name. A review on igeekphone.com finds the ice control works as advertised and then writes: "The Nicotine Control system is misleading at best and confusing at worst". That is a reviewer's reading rather than a measurement. The buyer on the Root Beer page found the nicotine adjustment useful, so I give you both. My own reading is that the ice control is the part you can feel on the first draw, and the nicotine control is the part you should test for yourself before you rely on it.
Where It Sits
Within the Rodman range on DirectVape the Playoffs sits far above the Rodman 9100 on the number: 50,000 rated puffs against 9,100. The Playoffs is the one with the controls, and the one with 20 mL of e-liquid behind a dual mesh coil. Within our 50,000-puff class the Playoffs matches the class on puffs and e-liquid. It carries a small cell at 650mAh, and it is the device that lets you set the nicotine level yourself. That last point is the reason to choose it; the cell size is the reason to read the battery quotes above before you do.
Pick It If, Skip It If
Pick it if:
- You want to set the ice and the nicotine level yourself rather than take the factory setting.
- You want a soda, custard or tropical flavor, which most 50,000-puff lists do not carry.
- You want a slimmer device and will accept a 650mAh cell to get it.
Skip it if:
- You want a large battery; 650mAh is a small one.
- You want a device with one setting and nothing to learn.
- You are buying it for the nicotine control alone; one editorial review doubts it, so try it before you rely on it.
The Verdict
The Rodman Playoffs 50K is the control-panel disposable of our 50,000-puff class: 20 mL, a dual mesh coil, an adjustable airflow, and ice and nicotine levels you set yourself. The 650mAh cell is small, and buyers report it lasting longer than its size suggests. The trade-off from the facts is plain: a 650mAh cell behind 20 mL means more charge cycles over the life of the e-liquid than a larger cell would need, and that is the cost of the slim body. The buyers I can cite are happy, with the ice control above all, and the one doubt on the sheet is an editorial one about whether the nicotine control does what the name says. If the ice control and the flavor list are what you want, nothing else on our shelf at this rating offers them. If the nicotine dial is the reason you are here, buy one and judge it yourself before you buy a second.
FAQ
How many puffs is the Rodman Playoffs rated for?
Rodman rates it at 50,000 puffs from 20 mL of e-liquid, which is 2,500 puffs per mL by the maker's count.
What does Ice-Nic Control mean?
It means the ice level and the nicotine level are both adjustable on the device, which is the feature named in the product title.
How big is the battery?
The battery is 650mAh and recharges over USB-C, and buyers report a workweek between charges.
How many flavors are there?
DirectVape lists 31 flavors, including three sodas and three custard or cream names.
WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.
