Oh, yeah...
Build quality: all parts are flawless, match perfectly and the threads are smooth and noiseless. When it's fully assembled it feels compact and sturdy, unlike my other genny device. The 510 connector is good and secure, it sits almost flush on my ProVari and Legacy (without adjustments).
Ease of assembly (body): no skills job - everything only fits one way, it's basically just scewing stuff together. The smallest parts are the center post washers, but it's not that bad. I guess people with some level of dexterity impairment will have a hard time putting those on. Nothing else to say.
Ease of assembly (coil): oh, well... I'd give it a 3+/5 compared to my only other genny - a Zenesis standard. And that considering that Zenesis requires two different keys for the process. The brass nuts are a mess - you have to fiddle with the bottom one, then if you are not careful you end up moving both as you tighten the top one, then if they come together you can just unscrew the top one alone... It's a pain. But it does the job. You can't do an easy secure (i.e half loop the wire then secure it like that, such as you can do with the negative connector). You have to first fully wrap the wire around the pin then secure it somehow.
I really like the thicker, sturdier wick though. My wick is a bit shorter than in the video, but there is no real problem gauging the length of the coil so everything goes together. I make my coils outside the device. I think my wick touches the bottom of the tank, and it is indeed a bit annoying that I can't see it.
Once it's done, it feels secure and it doesn't seem like it's going to go anywhere, and screwing instead of snapping on the top cap also contributes tot he sturdy feeling - you don't worry you'll destroy your coil as you put the top cap on.
Performance - I made a 4 wrap coil, and got 2.1 Ohm, stable from the get-go (Jack Frost + rolling paper). It produces a very satisfactory amount of vapor starting at 5.8 Watt, then my sweet spot seems to be at 8 Watt (4.1 V on the ProVari). It's warm and thick and saturated. The wicking is extremely good, better than the Zenesis - no dry hits even without tipping it down.
If it floods, just like other Geneses, the vapor production goes down, but you just have to fire it vertically a couple of seconds to fix that.
If you remove the fill hole screw, the vapor and the flavor seem to improve. I think so, at least. I postulate it is because it wicks better, on the one hand, and because the wick needs airflow through it for better vaporization.
At first, flavor was't fully developed. I was vaping a simple Peach menthol. The menthol obviously came through strongly, the peach was muted and there was still some add-on taste that I'm not sure where it came from...
After about two tankfuls (thankfully, I had work to do so I just vaped without paying to much attention to flavor), it broke in really good. Flavor comes through, loud and clear, true and wild. It is on par with Zenesis, but ever so slightly and indescribably different; neither better nor worse, just different. I cannot say which one I prefer, I guess I don't have to prefer one, now, do I?
It doesn't leak.
It doesn't as long as the fill hole screw is in, but since I like it more without it, well... it leaks if it sat down horizontally. It is actually less leak prone than the Zenesis, I can lay it down with the top leaning on something so as to stay at 10-15 degrees, and then it won't leak.
I strongly feel it would perform better with a larger airhole. I have no clue how to go about making the hole larger, but I'd actually hope Jim will consider an "open draw" cap...
Just like the Zenesis, the top nut on the center pin obstructs the mouthpiece hole, probably causing the same vortex airflow inside the chamber. With these atties, the speed of the air whirling around in there seems to count enormously for both vapor production and flavor. Therefore, a slow pull achieves better results. But when the airhole is smaller, you can't really pull slowly enough, yet effectively enough to achieve the right airspeed. That's just a guess. I only know that a larger airhole and a more "open" draw results in easier pulls and heavier, thicker vapor.
Bottom line: probably the best deal on a ready-made Genesis device around right now!
Build quality: all parts are flawless, match perfectly and the threads are smooth and noiseless. When it's fully assembled it feels compact and sturdy, unlike my other genny device. The 510 connector is good and secure, it sits almost flush on my ProVari and Legacy (without adjustments).
Ease of assembly (body): no skills job - everything only fits one way, it's basically just scewing stuff together. The smallest parts are the center post washers, but it's not that bad. I guess people with some level of dexterity impairment will have a hard time putting those on. Nothing else to say.
Ease of assembly (coil): oh, well... I'd give it a 3+/5 compared to my only other genny - a Zenesis standard. And that considering that Zenesis requires two different keys for the process. The brass nuts are a mess - you have to fiddle with the bottom one, then if you are not careful you end up moving both as you tighten the top one, then if they come together you can just unscrew the top one alone... It's a pain. But it does the job. You can't do an easy secure (i.e half loop the wire then secure it like that, such as you can do with the negative connector). You have to first fully wrap the wire around the pin then secure it somehow.
I really like the thicker, sturdier wick though. My wick is a bit shorter than in the video, but there is no real problem gauging the length of the coil so everything goes together. I make my coils outside the device. I think my wick touches the bottom of the tank, and it is indeed a bit annoying that I can't see it.
Once it's done, it feels secure and it doesn't seem like it's going to go anywhere, and screwing instead of snapping on the top cap also contributes tot he sturdy feeling - you don't worry you'll destroy your coil as you put the top cap on.
Performance - I made a 4 wrap coil, and got 2.1 Ohm, stable from the get-go (Jack Frost + rolling paper). It produces a very satisfactory amount of vapor starting at 5.8 Watt, then my sweet spot seems to be at 8 Watt (4.1 V on the ProVari). It's warm and thick and saturated. The wicking is extremely good, better than the Zenesis - no dry hits even without tipping it down.
If it floods, just like other Geneses, the vapor production goes down, but you just have to fire it vertically a couple of seconds to fix that.
If you remove the fill hole screw, the vapor and the flavor seem to improve. I think so, at least. I postulate it is because it wicks better, on the one hand, and because the wick needs airflow through it for better vaporization.
At first, flavor was't fully developed. I was vaping a simple Peach menthol. The menthol obviously came through strongly, the peach was muted and there was still some add-on taste that I'm not sure where it came from...
After about two tankfuls (thankfully, I had work to do so I just vaped without paying to much attention to flavor), it broke in really good. Flavor comes through, loud and clear, true and wild. It is on par with Zenesis, but ever so slightly and indescribably different; neither better nor worse, just different. I cannot say which one I prefer, I guess I don't have to prefer one, now, do I?
It doesn't as long as the fill hole screw is in, but since I like it more without it, well... it leaks if it sat down horizontally. It is actually less leak prone than the Zenesis, I can lay it down with the top leaning on something so as to stay at 10-15 degrees, and then it won't leak.
I strongly feel it would perform better with a larger airhole. I have no clue how to go about making the hole larger, but I'd actually hope Jim will consider an "open draw" cap...
Just like the Zenesis, the top nut on the center pin obstructs the mouthpiece hole, probably causing the same vortex airflow inside the chamber. With these atties, the speed of the air whirling around in there seems to count enormously for both vapor production and flavor. Therefore, a slow pull achieves better results. But when the airhole is smaller, you can't really pull slowly enough, yet effectively enough to achieve the right airspeed. That's just a guess. I only know that a larger airhole and a more "open" draw results in easier pulls and heavier, thicker vapor.
Bottom line: probably the best deal on a ready-made Genesis device around right now!
