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The newer units were much better at reading a stable coil resistance and maintaining Temperature of the coil in TC while the coil is wet. They were still prone to rattlesnaking if you overpowered the coil in TC drastically (ie: applying 60w to a square OCC NI200 coil will rattlesnake badly providing intermittent dry/burnt hits but that same coil at 50w & below will be stable & controllable).

I'm not sure if they ever licked the problem with coils burning up in Nebox on a dry coil as I haven't tested my newest black ones (they came with a plastic Kanger Coin Tool in the Starter kit to remove coil & battery bases) with a dry coil yet as I still have plenty of life in both coils and see no need to waste them in a test of this type at this point.

Nice. Hopefully they'll come out with v2 that's amazing. I love the design idea. I see they have a few newer boxes out that have TC. We're they able to nail the TC in their newer boxes?


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Difficult to say. From your own experience it should be obvious that reliable information from Kanger, reviewers, and even users is difficult to come by. Kanger and most reviewers seem to demonstrate a desire to suppress the facts of the shortcomings of the devices and even deny they exist at all. Most users of Kanger Mods tend tend to be new to vaping and are either unable to describe the problems they are having or in many instances even recognize these shortcomings exist.

I can say that P Busardo reviewed the topbox from Kanger and said it worked well in all the temperature control modes but noticeably said that he didn't even both to try the NiChrome TC mode at all when the ability to TC Nichorme is something that not even Evolv can do and I would think a New feature like that would be the first thing a reviewer of his stature would try. The fact he said he didn't try it just tells me it doesn't work worth a damn.
 
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So in preparation for taking my Black unit out of service to QC/RMA/Warranty repair/replace to vendor I was running my juice level way down and nebox actually oozed some juice on the coffee table as the level got that low. First time this unit has ever leaked on me since I got it.
Mine leaks when the juice gets low too. Basically when it gets to the white line. Other than that I'm satisfied with these. I use the NI coil and really no issues. I bought a second one as a backup.
 

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Mine leaks when the juice gets low too. Basically when it gets to the white line. Other than that I'm satisfied with these. I use the NI coil and really no issues. I bought a second one as a backup.
By white line I'm assuming you mean the chimney tube support bar. Yeah it seems that the oring at the top of the coil where it engages the chimney seals well enough to keep juice from leaking through but not well enough to keep air from leaking past it into the tank vacuum when not covered in juice.

Agreed, I wouldn't call them highly accurate in TC and I wouldn't think about running them out of juice, but I have 4 right now (all with different flavors) and they are my main go-to mods. Never leave home without them.
 

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Mine leaks when the juice gets low too. Basically when it gets to the white line. Other than that I'm satisfied with these. I use the NI coil and really no issues. I bought a second one as a backup.
Read somewhere that you can eliminate that oozing through the coil when the tank gets below the chimney bracket by adding an o-ring from a 510 mouthpiece to the chimney base at the bracket. They say it will seal the top of the coil preventing that leak. You will still need to charge it upside down to eliminate the thermal expansion leak while charging though.

Haven't tried it yet, but it makes sense and I feel like a fool for not having tried it earlier. Of course if mine oozed a bit more often than the 3 or 4 times it happened since I owned them then I might have.
 
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the very first time i put the coil in it was reading 0.38ohms.... never raised to changed until today when i was recommended to pull it out, fire with no coil, then put it back in. At that time it went down to 0.23ohms. the mod had not been vaped on in about an hour and was sitting in a cool room when i did so. I did it again just now after it's been sitting for about 3 hours unvaped and in a cool room and the resistance stayed the same at 0.23ohms.


I'm new to ecf and vaping so you'll need a lot of patience with me lol. When you took it out and fired it without coil, how long did u fire it for each time? and how many times did u fire it before u screwed it back together?
 

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I'm new to ecf and vaping so you'll need a lot of patience with me lol. When you took it out and fired it without coil, how long did u fire it for each time? and how many times did u fire it before u screwed it back together?
You only need to push button long enough to get the board to realize no resistance is installed and for the display to read 9.99ohm. This is necessary to prompt the board that a new coil will be installed on the next press of the fire button and to prepare to set the base resistance.

That way when you install the coil you intend to use the unit will read proper resistance and display that value on screen when you press the fire button the first time (make sure you have primed you coil prior to doing so). This is the only way to get Nebox to read the proper resistance of a newly installed coil.
 
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Would you guys recommend the NEBOX for use in VW mode with the RBA? Has anyone figured out a way to vary/control airflow?
Great in VW. Gclaptons highly rated. Bit of a ramp up. Hits better than a subtank. Plenty of ways to control airflow if you are creative but there really is no need for most who have them. Only heard one person complain about too much airflow after he got it.

Tape over the base air intake with desired orifice. Small piece of poly tubing shoved up air intake. Major Problem w/ TC in early units, Later Nebox much better and stable in TC. I'd never let the tank run dry though.
 
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Has anyone tried one of those new SSOCC coils that came with the Toptank Mini (the larger one with the 3rd hole) on the Nebox?

I wonder if the coils were the issue, if the leaking is minimized with the new coils. I just don't feel like trying it and risking the loss of juice, but curious if anyone else has.
 

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Has anyone tried one of those new SSOCC coils that came with the Toptank Mini (the larger one with the 3rd hole) on the Nebox?

I wonder if the coils were the issue, if the leaking is minimized with the new coils. I just don't feel like trying it and risking the loss of juice, but curious if anyone else has.
Don't know about new coils but You do know about them saying putting orings on the chimney can stop nebox leaking. Bunch of videos on youtube about it.
 
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Don't know about new coils but You do know about them saying putting orings on the chimney can stop nebox leaking. Bunch of videos on youtube about it.

I haven't heard about this thanks, will definitely give it a shot. I wonder if that's why they changed the coils- might be their own version of a fix.
 

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Nebox heads will leak if the upper internal washer in the coil head is damaged or if charging upright with a low battery generating heat that expands juice in tank only. Both situations are easily mitigated by user.

I have both Nebox and Plato and each has their merits. Nebox has the capacity, RBA, Coil Availability, TC works ok in later models. Plato works ok with the .04 coils but has very limited capacity and you cannot use all the capaciyty with the .04 coils due to wicking slot position. TC coils not made for the larger coil configuration. Only mini Triton NI200 coils available for TC (mtl). Aspire has issued update to disable Ti TC mode from Plato rather than manufacture the coils. There is an aftermarket nautilus rba that can be used or about $10 + shipping on ebay that can be used with the mtl coil setup. Plato is a well designed light unit but the tank is overly complicated, small, & messy to fill. They easily could have made Plato a bit larger and given the tank some real capacity but did not. Plato does not do passthru and cannot be used while charging.

I'd recommend Nebox until something better comes along or Aspire starts manufacturing TC Coils at least.
 
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