Category: Hardware
Thoughts on vaping hardware.
VooPoo’s New PNP X Tanks
Voodoo’s 😉 new rev 2 pod tank… Pro’s: lots of air, inexpensive, the new PNP X coils are yes, better than the standard PNP’s and last much longer.
Setting a new standard. Pretty much leak proof bottom fill port, large volume of eLiquid. Could be a pro or con, top air flow. Con’s… can’t change drip tip, air flow is not very precise. No, not interchangeable (wont fit) with standard PNP coil holes as they are a bit wider.
MTL (most likely RDL) version is on the way.
The “MTL” version arrived the following week.
It is not really MTL, more in realm of RDL to DTL which is fine for me. I cant measure the diameter of the inlet hole but visually this model has a bit smaller hole but not by much. The nice thing is that this model comes with two standard 510 drip tips that are interchangeable. The “DTL” has a static drip tip and therefore cannot be replaced. The base size is the same and are interchangeable for color mixing.
The “DTL” comes with .15 and .30 PNP X coils and the “MTL” comes with .30 and the .60 PNP X coils respectfully.
If you are considering between the two models, I would recommend getting the “MTL” model just because you can change out the drip tips and a slightly tighter draw.
Culling the Herd… Whats Left?
MODS:
Footoon Hades V2 26650 and matched Cerberus 28.5mm RDA + 18650 battery sleeve adapter $99
TimesVape Dreamer + Ardent 27mm RDA matched Set $90
RDA:
Damn Vape Intense Mesh MTL 24mm RDA $12
Vulcan 22mm RDA $15
Tendou Nobunaga 22mm RDA (2-SS) (1-Black) $10 each
Tendou Shingen 22mm RDA (2-SS) (2-Black) $15 each
Praxis Derringer 22mm RDA’s New (2) $50 each
Vaponaute Le Magister 22mm RDA clone $15
Wismec Neutron SS 25mm RDA $10
QP Design Kong 28mm RDA Master Kit $50
SUB OHM COIL TANKS:
Uwell Crowns:
Black 22mm New with coils $17
SS 22mm Used extra glass tank $12
Crown IV 24mm SS Used extra glass tank $20
RTA:
Atmizoo Tripod 22mm RTA $90
Alba/Siam Ti Cobra Genesis 20mm x 63mm RTA + spare glass tank $90
Items will come in original packaging with all of their accessories and paperwork.
Items are used and in 8-9/10 condition.
See photos as what you see is what you get.
Shipping: USPS Priority Mail or USPS Ground Advantage. (usually around $8-10)
Payment: PP F&F or the Cash App.
Please use “electronic parts” or similar as a description only.
No mention of anything vape related please.
Need more pics? Let me know.
Drip Tips Week One
First, a bit of history. An avid collector of drip tips I am. A few weeks ago I came upon an unbelievable ad on ECF. An older collection of hand turned drip tips turned up. Made by a mysterious fellow named Brett, the owner of a company called Bull Box Mods circa 2014. I had to buy them.
Each week I will showcase with a pic each and every one of 35 tips that I have acquired as I think these are some of the most beautiful tips I have seen in a long time. I have always been a fan of the venerable “Ming” style tips and these are truly outstanding. The first Ming tips I acquired years ago circa 2012-2013 were made by Cheryl’s husband for their company CherryVape which sadly is no longer in business as far as I know. I believe CherryVape coined the name “Ming” as a style of the drip tip they made. It was of course a dynasty in China but it appears that this style was used in old Chinese smoking devices and also an ancient Asian pottery and glassware in the shape of a vase (see pics). Anyway, you get the idea.
Each one of these drip tips are lined with a steel tube. Some drip tips are still made this way. I do prefer the exclusion of metal but on the other hand this makes them more durable over time. CherryVape Mings are solid acrylic. I have many broken Mings that have to be used with a CherryVape adapter made especially for broken stem Mings they called the “Ming Bowl” 🙂
Cheryl sold her Ming tips for $10 each and also did special designs for the holidays. It appears that Brett sold his tips for anywhere from $25 to $65 each. Today, you can still get Ming style tips for as low as $1 and even less in volume, from several companies on the web but they are just not as good as the originals.
Another company that hand crafted Ming style and others was Siam Mods. I never did get to purchase one of these beauties back in the day, so I dont know much about them. I know they were expensive including shipping from Asia but just somehow never acquired five or six that I wanted.
Voltrove 1.1 In The House!
Just in yesterday. Giving it some time to test but if you like great RDL air flow, this one is a good bet.
Down The Boro Rabbit Hole
I decided to get into the boro game in January of this year with the VandyVape Pulse AIO but did not post, my bad. The AIO or All In One is a good thing and became popular with the invention of the Billet Box at the end of 2012. There are a few things I dont care for with an AIO set up. The atty’s are small and dont give a lot of airflow in general because they were initially designed for MTL draws. I prefer RDL or DL draws. Condensation… the atty is enclosed in a box and unless you draw out all the air after you take every normal draw there will be condensation created in the boro tank area and its can become a constant mess making you remove the tank and cleaning out the tank space, doors and inner space. In other words, they need constant cleaning. On the other had, flavor is generally good because of the small chambers that surround the coil. Most boro device dont give more than 80 watts. This is because most of the rba’s are built using small single coils. Accessories are king in this game sometimes costing more than the device itself. Everything beyond what you get from the manufacturer is custom made.
Things have changed, more airflow is trending. The tanks the rba’s fit in generally hold 2-4ml of eLiquid. The Stubby comes with a 9ml tank! The AIO Abyss mod (not pictured) is not only a boro mod but also a SBS or Side by Side mod. Search the blog for pics.
Dont get me wrong, the AIO is a good design but it is a niche design and not for everyone because of its fiddly nature.
Modern mainstream boro devices usually come with whats called a bridge. The bridge will adapt plug and play pre made coils, but not every one of them. Plug and play coils have been used by the masses for a long time in pods and pod mods and are very convenient if you dont want to build and install your own coils. I find them to be easier to work with and more consistent than RBA’s. They do cost more over time than building your own.
If you do decide to go down the boro rabbit hole, be ready for frustration and a learning curve. If you can get over those two things then you will be surprised how fun and good they can be.
Stubby In The House!
Wow! so stoked and surprised it #1480 came in 9/3. Kudos to Sam Bogen, Suicide and Orca for coming up with a game changing boro device and the tank ain’t bad either. I like the RDL draw and holding that/so much eLiquid is amazing although I change flavors a lot so I am only filling it up about half way. No dry hits so far and the the draw is perfect for me. I appreciate that the Bogan youtube video and availability deployed at the same time. There is nothing worse than watching a review video, deciding you want one and not being able to get the product right away. Bravo and Cheers!
Voltrove On The Way
Mark at Voltrove has informed me of shipment yesterday of his updated Boro bridge rba. I will finally be able to see what all the hype is about as I was never able to acquire one of the first batch. More later.
VM 18 On The Way
Acquired one of the last of the Vaporesso VM tanks available to me via Element Vape is on the way. Even Vaporesso itself was sold out. This tank uses the venerable EUC ceramic coils which are arguably one of the best pre-made sub-ohm coils out there for flavor and longevity. The decision was made because of the current cost, availability and selection of simple bridges for Boro style tanks. We will see how this goes. More later.
SXmini SL Class V2 In The House!
Just in today! Temp control is spot on and the chip is SUPER fast as usual. Good materials and excellent build quality. Interesting temp control variations but I still don’t like the joystick navigation. The only thing the joystick does well is take up less space on the faceplate. Love the form factor. Glad to see YiHi is going back to their roots as they have not produced a new SL class in around six years. Highly recommended.
Update: the interesting thing is that you cannot just adjust voltage like a “normal” voltage override mode without the chip doing its calculation on the resistance of the current coil, the battery level and the average room temperature setting. They call it “Intelligent VV”, It appears to always give you the safest setting it thinks is best by leveraging battery efficiency. You cannot override the coil resistance sensitivity and of course the chip sensing the battery level. You can manually adjust the resistance and lock the resistance. With the few atty’s I have tried, the chip takes over the computation of what it thinks is best. I have yet to see more than 6V applied. It will reach 100W shown but always adjusts voltage to achieve that setting. Also, it appears that the curves function is always on, there is no bypass for curves. You either run flat or pick the levels of heat they have picked for you. Where this chip shines is in TC and speed. In TC mode you can go in and adjust voltage and temp but you cannot override the sensing to go over what it thinks is safe for the coil read. It also has an average room temp adjustment which I think also adds to its equation on safety. In other words they have broken down the settings for manually tweaking into 5 presets making the choices easier for the “average” user. Making safety as the top priority. You can go into EQ mod and adjust each line in a graph for a percentage of temperature but I doubt anyone will tweak at this level as it takes so much time to do this which each coil you attach. One other thing is the manual says in the Menu Tweaks menu, there is a setting for Auto Watt when in fact the menu reads Auto Power. This would indicate to me that the manual was written and printed before they made a firmware update. The manual does not mention what Auto Watt/Power is for and what it does. Still trying to figure that out. If anyone knows, please let me know.
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