In all fairness here though, i'm personally kinda getting over the TC thing myself given my vaping style is starting to drift more towards higher power kanthal setups. So in that regard the SX mini is certainly losing some of it's top end price appeal to me. Leaving the extra watts, smaller form factor, and even it's charging method on the IPV D2 is looking pretty good to me.
I’m not yet sold on Temp Control. I think it works, even in this relatively early stage of this new technology, but it hasn’t yet improved my vaping experience in any way that's sufficiently obvious or significant to win me over as a firm convert.
I currently have four TC boxes: a SnowWolf TC200 V1, a Sigelei TC75, a Dovpo TC50, and an iStick TC40, with an iPV D2 on order from efuntop. I’ve had the SnowWolf and Dovpo for about a month, while the Sigelei and iStick are newer, with about ten days of use.
All are outfitted with nickel-coiled atomizers: the SnowWolf and Dovpo have RTAs with home-wound 28ga annealed coils (a Cthulhu dual coil at 0.07 ohms, and a Taifun GT-T V2 single coil at 0.15 ohms), while the Sigelei has a Smok VCT tank using a .25 ohm factory nickel head, and the iStick has a Magma dripper with a single 28ga, 0.17 ohm annealed coil. I’ve got a coil of tempered nickel now, but haven’t tried it yet, and I haven’t ordered any Titanium wire yet. I probably will at some point.
All four mods work effectively in TC mode, although the Dovpo doesn’t provide a satisfying vape with a cold coil, so I reset it once the coil heats up. Both the SnowWolf and Sigelei perform beautifully, and even the little iStick does the job simply but effectively, especially with a dripper.
I’m in no position to judge the experience of the many vapers here and on other vaping forums who say that they get better flavor and a more consistent vape with TC. All I can say is that I don’t notice any significant difference in either flavor or consistency. My vaping was wonderful without TC and is good with it. I don’t use dripping RDAs primarily, so I don’t deal with dry hits much, except when there’s a problem wicking a tank correctly, which is rare. I’m not a high-wattage vaper, staying mostly in the 25-40 watt range for most of my RTAs and sub-ohm tanks, with an occasional foray into the 50s (Starre tank). As a result, avoiding dry hits is not a major preoccupation for me. As for consistency, that’s simply not been a problem for years and is even less so now that the hardware has improved so much.
Perhaps I’m missing out by not buying an SX-Mini M Class, but the price tag has kept me on the sidelines for that one. Although I’m happy with the TC performance of my current four boxes, I’m hoping that the iPV D2 will get me a bit closer to the SX Mini ball park. If not, I've still had a good time scratching the itch of shinyitis and GAS.
Who knows? Perhaps TC will eventually win me over. So far, though, the jury is still out.
