I've been trying to find a decent tank to replace my old Lemo (v1) tanks. I may have gone a little overboard, but there've been a few that have been released since I last looked (Lemo 2 days) ... to say the least. I now own the following (within the last four weeks):
(2) GeekVape Ammit tanks
(2) Digiflavor Siren tanks
(1) Smok TFV8 (bad salesman, didn't research it ahead of time, but clouds!!!!)
(1) Vaporesso Gemini (haven't been able to get this one to work very well, yet...)
(1) OBS Engine (just received today)
Up until the engine, it was a close battle between the GeekVape Ammit and the Digiflavor Siren. The Siren offers great flavor, and has the airflow I'm looking for on the largest setting (I'm a slow & steady DL guy) but it's annoyingly loud and whistles like crazy, to the point where I don't enjoy using it. The Ammit offers great flavor, the airflow I'm looking for, but I'm not a fan of the small capacity. If they offer a larger version, I'll most likely be buying it.
Anyway, enter the OBS Engine ... best tank I've ever used up to this point. Thinking outside the box, wow ... never experienced (or even heard of) a top airflow design. I've never had much of an issue with leaking, but glad to know that it's pretty much impossible on this one. Huge capacity, very easy build, incredibly versatile in that it can almost be dialed down to MTL/concentrated flavor level with the airflow, or open it up and blow some clouds. This thing is the best of all worlds so far... very impressed with this company and this product. On top of all that, I've never been too worried about "looks" of my devices, but this tank looks amazing on top of my SwitchBox DNA75 mod!
A few "gotchas" ...
- Shortly stock drip tip can get hot fast. Fixed by using one of my favorite/standard drip tips from a Lemo 2.
- I had to adjust my build due to shorting ... one side of one of my coils was raised up just enough that it was making contact with the top of the chimney section. A quick adjustment fixed this. I wanted as much clearance as possible so as not to "pinch" my wicking too much when folding them underneath my coils... and like to have the coils close to the airflow to get some good warmth and maximum flavor.
- Overfilled a bit the first time filling it up ... I'm not really sure when to stop filling (?) this will probably be an experience thing.
I'm not a big fan of dual coils, but just switched to SS316L and building with this stuff is incredibly simple. Overall It was a cinch and ohms read perfectly, meaning the build deck provides great connectivity.
I'm running simple dual, 9 wrap 28GA SS316L coils, coils high (just below the top of the velocity posts), reading .56ohms. Wicked with KGD, thick through the coils, trimmed at the outer edge of the build deck, combed/fluffed and then tucked/looped gently underneath the coils resting on top of the liquid holes, with a tiny section of wick "edge tail fibers" poking through on each one.
I'm using TC, have yet to settle in on a temperature and wattage yet, but so far the Engine is performing perfectly at everything I've thrown at it, so looking forward to dialing it in over the next few days. Just now chucked a pretty healthy and very flavorful cloud at 30W, 440F.
This is my reference tank now, and am happy that I found it. I'll be ordering probably two more of these, and I can see my future self purchasing/trying out the single coil/nano option as well.
