So I recently stopped by my local B&M looking to buy a replacement for my Kanger Topbox Mini that I recently broke. I was looking for something something that was a step up from the Topbox, had TC settings for stainless or customizable TCR settings, and wanted to move up to a 2 battery mod. After a little bit of research online I decided I wanted to give the Cuboid a try. Well when I stopped in the vape shop to pick one up, the lady at the store told me they didn't have anymore, so I asked for some recommendations for something that fit the needs I was looking for. She told me she had a device that they just recently got in and pulled out the Fuchai 213 and I immediately loved the way it looked. I didn't know much about the Fuchai 213 but seeing that it was supposed to do everything I wanted, I decided to take a leap of faith, hope for the best and go for it. When I got home I threw 2 new batteries on the charger and began to do some more research on this device and the more I read about it the more worried I became. After reading about the whole Sigelei 213 fiasco and all the reviews and claims about the Fuchai 213 still not performing TC as it was intended, or at all, I began thinking "What have I just gotten myself into?" as I almost exclusively only use TC mode anymore. I was also disappointed see the Fuchai being offered at such low prices across the Internet, at least half of what I paid at the B&M. A bit apprehensive, I popped my batteries into my Fuchai 213 and figured the only way I will know for sure is to try it myself. Well, after fumbling through settings, trying to decipher the very unclear instruction booklet that came with the device, and reading various forums online for quite a long time, I eventually figured out how to use the Fuchai and all the modes. Coming from a simple topbox mini, I never really understood or had the real need to learn about TCR and TFR or anything like that but after doing some more reading I had a basic grasp on the concepts and found that those modes on the Fuchai were relatively easy to use.
I wouldn't consider myself an "advanced vaper" or anything like that, but so far I have no real complaints with this device. I think it feels great in the hand and was surprised to see how small a 2 battery device could actually be. Not to mention how much I personally love how it looks. Despite the how harsh much of what I read from the vaping community was on the Fuchai 213, It seems to me that it is doing exactly what it was designed to do. From what I can tell the preset TC mode, manual TCR and TFR modes all work reliably. Although i have only been using my Uwell Crown .5 ss coils on it for TC(I know there has been much debate on using those coils for TC), once I got the right settings dailed in it has been flawless. I wanted to try and make sure it does what it's supposed to with SS before even thinking about NI200. It seems to me at least that Sigelei really did fix whatever issues there was in the original 213 for the Fuchai 213. I have never owned an original 213 but I am just going off of what I have seen blasted all over the Internet. The values I've been using for TCR and TFR are the standard ones, not their "special" Fahrenheit calculations, and they've worked for me. I've tried the test I saw online where you check if TC is actually working by setting temp low, the preheat wattage high with a .1 sec timer and then firing it repeatedly. Seems that everything is operating as it should, on my device at least. The only thing I really can't weigh in on is how high the wattage actually up to compared to Sigelei's claim of 213w,not that that would be possible with most batteries anyway. Either way I never vape anywhere even remotely close to that so it doesn't matter to me.
So yeah, sorry for the ridiculously long post. I really don't post much at all on ECF but I just wanted to share my experience with the Fuchai 213 so far and was really curious to what other users experiences have been with this device.
I wouldn't consider myself an "advanced vaper" or anything like that, but so far I have no real complaints with this device. I think it feels great in the hand and was surprised to see how small a 2 battery device could actually be. Not to mention how much I personally love how it looks. Despite the how harsh much of what I read from the vaping community was on the Fuchai 213, It seems to me that it is doing exactly what it was designed to do. From what I can tell the preset TC mode, manual TCR and TFR modes all work reliably. Although i have only been using my Uwell Crown .5 ss coils on it for TC(I know there has been much debate on using those coils for TC), once I got the right settings dailed in it has been flawless. I wanted to try and make sure it does what it's supposed to with SS before even thinking about NI200. It seems to me at least that Sigelei really did fix whatever issues there was in the original 213 for the Fuchai 213. I have never owned an original 213 but I am just going off of what I have seen blasted all over the Internet. The values I've been using for TCR and TFR are the standard ones, not their "special" Fahrenheit calculations, and they've worked for me. I've tried the test I saw online where you check if TC is actually working by setting temp low, the preheat wattage high with a .1 sec timer and then firing it repeatedly. Seems that everything is operating as it should, on my device at least. The only thing I really can't weigh in on is how high the wattage actually up to compared to Sigelei's claim of 213w,not that that would be possible with most batteries anyway. Either way I never vape anywhere even remotely close to that so it doesn't matter to me.
So yeah, sorry for the ridiculously long post. I really don't post much at all on ECF but I just wanted to share my experience with the Fuchai 213 so far and was really curious to what other users experiences have been with this device.
