Yesterday I received my
Vision Aurora BFT Kit from the UK Ecig Store. On their site the price reads "£19.99" with "Ex Tax: £16.66" below that. I was charged the £16.66. The VAT was £3.79 and the International Signed (Insured & Tracked) shipping was £3.79. The total was £22.75 GBP ($36.46 USD).
Even though I chose the cheapest shipping option I received my package in the Midwest one week after placing my order. The package was sent registered but I did not have to sign for it.
The UK Ecig Store listed the
device I purchased as a Vision Aurora BFT Kit the and that is what is on the box I received. However, the device itself has "Infinity" etched on the beauty ring. Vision shows a
Vision Infinity BFC device on their site with a picture of a box reading, "Vision Aurora BFT."
To add to the confusion Vision lists the tank capacity as "Self-feeding 3ML" but the device I received as well as the one Todd reviewed is 1.8 ml. as shown on the UK Ecig Store site. The tank is certainly not self-feeding as you have to squeeze the bottle to saturate the atty.
I have contacted both Vision and Mad Vapes (listed as their U.S. contact) about the size and name disparities. Vision didn't bother answering and Mad Vapes has no clarity on the issue. However, Mad Vapes will be carrying the Aurora/Infinity and the product should be in stock within four weeks.
I tried seeing how a 3 ml. bottle from Vapage would fit. The threading and diameter of the bottle are perfect but the positive pin in the bottom of the Aurora/Infinity makes the bottle stick up 1/4" too far. I wonder if Vision planned on including a 3 ml. bottle but forgot about allowing for the pin.
The enclosed dripping atty isn't stamped but it reads 2.87 oHms. It did not contain any primer. There is a clear, frosted silicone washer above the coils. I don't know what its purpose is. The tube you use with the clearo-type heads doesn't have this washer.
The two heads that you use with the separate enclosed tube are stamped 1.8. One is actually 2.1 oHms and the other 1.9 oHms. They use two coils stacked on top and perpendicular to one another. Since there aren't replacement heads currently available I've not tried to rebuild one.
The purple color is the strong pink side of fuchsia rather than being purple. The diameter is 17 mm. (.67") and when assembled with the short included drip tip it's a very tall 97 mm (3.82"). On my iTaste VV 3.0 the whole shebang measures 198 mm. (7.8") tall. This is far too tall to be pocket-friendly but the Aurora/Infinity paired with my iTaste VV 3.0 stays right side up on a lanyard. I've got the lanyard clipped to an o-ring on the beauty ring.
The inside of the metal tube is plated while the outside looks like anodized aluminum. There is some sort of very soft, squishy, frosted clear plastic between the two metal layers which is what covers the windows. The outside seems to have some sort of clear plastic shrink wrap on it like is used to temporarily cover digital readout screens and the like to prevent scratching during manufacturing packaging. However, I don't know if one is supposed to remove this covering from the tube or not so I'm leaving it even though it makes the tank look like it's a bit marred in places.
To feed the Aurora/Infinity you tilt your PV downward, gently squeeze the bottle, return to the PV to an upright position and let go of the bottle. If you flood the atty just squeeze the bottle while the PV is upright to pull the excess juice back down into the bottle. However, I've not had it flood so far. In the few hours I've used it the Aurora/Infinity has performed flawlessly. The taste and performance certainly exceeded my expectations.
So far, I've only used the included dripping atty which is consistently delivering great crackly goodness. I'm was very surprised to find that the Aurora/Infinity does a better job of keeping the atty fully saturated than my VMOD-XL. I much prefer my AMP Tanks because they auto-feed but the Aurora/Infinity is a third of the price and doesn't have a breakable glass tank.
The build quality is about what one sees in the Viva Novascertainly nothing to write home about although everything threaded together well. Also, I didn't see any extra heads, juice bottles nor any other spare parts on the UK Ecig Store site. The lack of extra juice bottles is of particular concern because I don't know where else one might find them.
Box front and back
Included pieces
Valve, included twin coil head and inside of atty
Single coil head
