FranC said:

Great review as always

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Thanks Fran!

All I've got is, "Wow!"

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daleron said:

Good night snails

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Goodnight, dale.

Goodnight folks Sweet dreams.

Great review as always

hittman said:

It was just two. The bath and body store and popshelf. Popshelf is kinda fun to look around in.

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Good, glad to hear only two.

Shekinahsgroom said:

That would be really interesting to see just how much he cataloged.

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I just looked for those threads without any luck. I know I posted a few times with stuff I had that wasn't on his list and he added them. I searched on a couple of those items and nothing showed up. I seem to recall when ECF moved to new site software there were problems with searching for very old stuff. Wish I had written something down, probably never find them now.

New review time.

The V2 has an upgraded chipset and display compared to the original SL version. The chipset is the SX730J and the display is an IPS (In Plane Switching) which means the colors are more accurate. The display shows the following information.

• Battery meter
• Current curve
• Battery Percentage
• Set wattage
• Puff counter
• Coil resistance
• Curve graph
• Output voltage
• Output current under load

The fire button sits near the top and has a nice clicky feeling and sound to it. Below the color display is the joystick which is used instead in place of the normal + and – buttons found on most mods. It does have some different functions which I’ll cover shortly and can also be pressed to make selections. The operation is as follows.

• Press the fire button 5X to turn on the mod
• Once the mod is powered up, press the fire button 5X to enter the menu where you can choose between
• Mode select ( Wattage, Temperature, Variable voltage)
• Puff counter
• Tweaks (Screen brightness, restore factory defaults, adjust average room temperature, auto power( on or off)
• Show temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit
• Screen timeout ( Between 15-90 seconds)
• The menu can also be accessed by holding the joystick to the right for 3 seconds
• Press the fire button 3X to completely lock/unlock the mod ( will not fire)
• Press the joystick to the left to return to previous screen
• Push the joystick down to switch between Soft, Normal, Strong, and the three preset curves

FINAL THOUGHTS:

I have to say that I am very happy with the Yihi SXmini SL V2 mod and would definitely recommend. It has a ton of features that I personally will never use all of since I am a pretty simple vaper and only use wattage mode. I did try the soft, neutral, and strong modes and could definitely tell the difference between the soft and strong modes. I didn’t really notice a big difference between the three preset curves but did feel like the second one was a bit stronger than the other two.

Overall, I really like the appearance of the mod but could honestly do without the plate on the back with the SXmini name on it. The threading on the battery cap seemed smooth enough but could do with a little more aggressive knurling on the cap as my hands are a little slippery on it. I don’t use temperature control but the mod will handle Ni200 or SS316l coils. You can also set 20 bars on the power curves and they are adjustable between 0-150 percent. Each one represents .5 seconds of vape time.

To me the mod has a great hand feel and the fire button position is perfect for me. The display is really sharp but with my old eyes, some of the numbers could be a little larger. The V2 has what I consider to be a nice medium weight to it. It is heavy enough that it has a feeling of a good quality mod without being too heavy. The only con I have is that you have to go through the menu system to shut the mod off instead of the normal five presses of the fire button

I’d like to thank Sourcemore for providing the Yihi SXmini SL V2 mod for this review. It has been a real pleasure testing it. I like that the mod can be used as simple or complicated as the user chooses. Also thanks to the readers for checking out my review. Below is a link to the website for your viewing pleasure. I was also given a discount code in case you want to get one yourself.

CODE= SLV2 for $44.89

YiHi SXmini SL Class V2 Mod 100W

Went to a festival this morning, actually just a long street with lots of stalls selling stuff. Different from the usual though. A wealthy neighborhood but also downtown trendy, rich yuppies I guess. The stuff on sale was high end. We went early while it was still in the 80's.

I lost my wedding ring last year, Been putting off replacing it because getting a copy of my wife's ring was big money. We hit a stall at the festival selling hand made silver and gold jewelry, mostly rings. We got two matching ornate silver and gold rings for half the price of a single gold ring for me. Now I'm really married again.

I got the receipt and looked them up online. They are a couple from Florida who travel around the country to fairs and festivals. Nurit and Mick Arts. Gotta give those Micks some business, there aren't many of us around.

Nermal - what kind of temps are you getting? Highest here was 109, today is down to 101.

Willie, how are you holding up in the heat? Please be careful and drink plenty of fluids.

Sounds to me like it’s more trouble than it is worth. I’d pass on this one.

People were talking here a little while ago about Solo's going wonky. Constantly resetting the resistance after you go outside into a different temp environment. I tried the suggested fix which was to do a deep clean on the mod. It seemed to work for a while but not for long. I gave up and converted the mod to power mode. So far it's working fine.

That was the last mod I used in TC. Wife has 6 Solos in TC. No problems with those so far, but she only vapes inside where it's always 72.

**Bonus:**
















*S.D.*

Curled the coil leg tips around to prevent any shorts ...



Pulsed, and stroked ...



Had to cut down my typical 3mm I.D. cotton down to 2.5mm, fluffed, and tucked into the juice wells ...



Saucing the deck ...



Cosmo tip friendly, large juice fill ports Pay CLOSE attention to the keyed tabs before trying to remove cover and fill ....



Filled and ready to go !!!!!



PRE-testing leak test ................ PASSED !!!

**Testing/Usage:**

Alright, alright, alright, I have to get THIS out of the way. WOW, this was a frustrating one to get going. Firstly, the instructions were NOT so great, and again, NOT what I have ever seen from the SXmini team before. If I didn't know better, I'd say the Vulgarian team did the design, and instructions, and SXmini handled the production. Either way, I can't tell you how long I struggled to just get the chimney off of the deck. Same again, trying to get off the top of the top cap, to get to the filling ports. For two TRICKS, I recommend mounting the Rotary on a mod, then pulling from the glass tank upward to get them to separate. The top cap fill port (cover) was equally hard to get off, but once I finally did, I could see it was keyed, so the trick was to turn it to align the keyways before trying to remove. NOT the end of the world, but it happened, and I report it, as always. TBH, BETTER instructions would have solved it. I also had some issues trying to get the juiceflow to open/close/adjust. Once the tank was fully assembled, turning any part of it, just seemed to turn everything, so it was kind of a juggle trying to get, and keep the juice flow ports wide open.

OK, with all of THAT out of the way, I did extensive RDTL (Restricted Direct To Lung), and MTL (Mouth To Lung) testing, using the aforementioned coil. After much testing, I seemed to prefer the 1X3.0mm air tip for RDTL, and the 2X0.8mm for MTL, but your mileage may vary or differ. I tested a variety of higher NIC, fruit centric juices for the MTL, and creamier, custards for the RDTL.


**Pros:**

* Very unique design, and overall asthetics
* Did NOT leak when laid on it's side
* Glass and SS included for those who do not prefer PEI
* 5 swapable air flow tips
* O-rings were VERY snug !!!!!
* RDTL, and MTL
* Looked great on top of the SXmini MQ Class Mod
* Very good saturation and flavor on MTL

**Cons:**

* Instructions were poor, and omitted important details/steps
* See above, VERY hard to get apart initially
* Replacing air flow pins required removing 1 deck screw, and 510 connection screw
* With little to no knurling, and/or dedicated juice flow ring, adjusting juice flow complicated
* Sometimes drip tip would come out before top cap cover released for filling (minor gripe)
* No flathead driver included to remove 510 screw for air pin replacment (minor gripe)
* No coils or cotton provided, BUT, advisements were made in instructions

**Conclusion:**

While I liked a lot about the Rotary RTA, I feel confident in rec'ing it to "set it and forget"-ers more than "tweakers". It was kind of a PITA to have to fully pull apart, and remove both top and bottom screws (including removing the coil somewhat) before/during every air flow pin change. Again, not the end of the world, but it was kind of a pain if you were going to be hopping around, trying numerous air flow pin/ coil configs out. BUT, once you found your sweet spot, and just set it and forget it, not bad at all. Perhaps my creamy/custards were an unfair match for the coil I chose, but I wanted to really center the review using a "middle" of the road coil. It did O.K. with creamy custards running the larger air flow pin, and in RDTL "mode", but clearly the way I had it setup, it favored MTL, and did VERY good with fruits. Again, might have been improved by further coil testing/changing, be advised. Leak free when laying on it's side, and again, the o-rings were SUPER tight, and sealed it up well. While writing this review, I was vaping it in MTL with a fruity peach mix, and it IS very good.

I really liked the aesthetics, rotary badging/styling, and only used the glass tank and stainless tip. It DID look stunning on the SXmini MQ Class mod. As I mentioned earlier in the review, starting with the instructions, and continuing on with some of the design choices, it just didn't seem up to the typical "polished" level that I have come to expect from SXmini. As mentioned, it's entirely possible, Vulgarian Studio did all the design work, and instructions, and SXmini just produced it. Not that the Rotary wasn't good, it was, but just saying. I can tell you that I did purchase two, and WILL be keeping them, and will probably keep one running in my MTL rotation if that helps. A little quirky, not great instructions, fairly good machining, so-so RDTL vaping (specifically creams and custards), and VERY good MTL (specifically fruits) performance.


Thanks for giving up some of your free time, and reading this review, I appreciate it, as always.





For the faithful, that have made it ALL the way down here to the bottom, I salute, and reward you ..............

Good evening Shinies.

Side shot showing (again), the TRIPLE (very tight) o-rings, juice flow slot, and air channels just above the fixed rotary plate (bottom).



Better shot showing the air flow pin installed, and 4 juice flow holes per side.



To BEGIN to replace the air flow pins, 1 coil leg screw needed to be removed, and I used the included phillips driver....



Then, the 510 connection screw ALSO needed to be removed with a flathead driver (not included).



Then the air flow pin could be slid out, and replaced ....




I whipped out some VV 2.5mm ID, (2) 27/40 ga. Ni80 coils for testing. My goal was to try and find a coil that would do both MTL, and RDTL ...



Test fitting the coil (inverted) using the coil rod cut outs ...



Flipped the coil, and captured the legs with the screws ...



Coil snugged up just above the air flow pin inlet ...



Trimmed the coils legs, BUT, there was some overhang ....