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  1. TheBloke

    New Squape Rs 1:1 clone by SXK

    OK thanks. I will try the Rose with and without cup - the few times I used it before I always had the cup in. But I was using crappy juice, and having all sorts of problems with the build, so it wasn't a good test. I'm hoping the Rose v2-s will be up to Hotcig's normal standards and be a near...
  2. TheBloke

    Apollo Reliant 60W - TC with TCR adjustment, including Stainless Steel support

    Even if it just flashed "Weak Battery" or "Lowering Power" or something while it did it, that would be a big improvement. And of course showed the battery charge icon as being empty. It's the fact it does it without telling you, while showing a battery bar that seems to indicate 30-40% charge...
  3. TheBloke

    Apollo Reliant 60W - TC with TCR adjustment, including Stainless Steel support

    I think you forgot the most obvious one? Flash Low Battery so you change your battery. That's all I'm talking about here - when the device can no longer provide the specified wattage because the battery is providing too few volts, tell me so I can change it out. That's what most mods do and...
  4. TheBloke

    TC beyond Ni200: Nickel Purity, Dicodes; Ti, SS, Resistherm NiFe30; Coefficient of Resistance

    304 may actually be preferable - it has a slightly higher TCR in the vaping range. All my SS vaping thus far has been on 317, but I recently got a 304 spool to experiment with - if I ever get around to it :)
  5. TheBloke

    New Kangxin 50W TC device - Mini VF KX-50D: single 18650; LED torch; USB charge; multiple colours

    I have two about three months old, one of which has been used fairly regularly, the other wasn't used until regularly until a couple of weeks ago. I am now using both daily. I have seen no significant problems on either. Both of them have slightly too-high resistance readings, but that's been...
  6. TheBloke

    TC beyond Ni200: Nickel Purity, Dicodes; Ti, SS, Resistherm NiFe30; Coefficient of Resistance

    Thanks! Could be a bit simpler though I fear - I will try and do some sort of table soon :)
  7. TheBloke

    VapeCige Vtbox200

    Yeah. The only time I've ever shorted a battery is a good example of how risky it is. I have some 18650 battery trays, like the ones you see in mods, and was using them to experiment with my new oscilloscope. It's much easier to clip wires onto the little legs of the battery tray than the...
  8. TheBloke

    Authentic Aqua V2 for $25 shipped...

    Got a shipping notification already - nice!
  9. TheBloke

    VapeCige Vtbox200

    As we're discussing battery plugs and potentially changing them, I thought I should add this standard warning: if you change the battery plugs on a Lipo, you will need to cut off the existing plug. When doing so, never cut through both wires at once. Always one at a time. If you do so you...
  10. TheBloke

    New Squape Rs 1:1 clone by SXK

    OK thanks. I'm definitely going to try the ceramic W deck. I want to order some of those insulators so I'll get it at the same time. The Squape could certainly do with a boost to flavour, however small. So if the flavour boost comes from heat retention, that would suggest the coil should be...
  11. TheBloke

    TC beyond Ni200: Nickel Purity, Dicodes; Ti, SS, Resistherm NiFe30; Coefficient of Resistance

    If we never hear of it again, it doesn't matter. If we start getting a lot of people posting that it's good compared to Ni200 but they haven't compared it to Titanium, then I think it's very much worth having a formal comparison to Titanium. We suspect the result will be simple - it's no...
  12. TheBloke

    TC beyond Ni200: Nickel Purity, Dicodes; Ti, SS, Resistherm NiFe30; Coefficient of Resistance

    No. @vapealone mentioned NiFe36 I think, but then that he couldn't find any data on it. Then @balazsk mentioned it again today, but found the TCR is tiny, as bad as Stainless Steel. I've not heard of NiFe42. I'll try any NiFe I can get my hands on, affordably. The usual problem is it's not...
  13. TheBloke

    New Squape Rs 1:1 clone by SXK

    And that's interesting re flavour. I don't have any of the tanks you mention. I recently bought one GG tank, the new Tilemahos v2, but that doesn't use ceramic. In what ways do you think it enhances flavour? I mean, how can it, especially as it's on the deck? How does that change the...
  14. TheBloke

    New Squape Rs 1:1 clone by SXK

    I can certainly agree that non-conductive hasn't changed my life. When I first heard of Squape, I thought non-conductive sounded amazing - because I get shorting often. Then I realised that the times I get shorting are 99% against narrow chimneys, like on the Aqua v2/SE. Almost never on...
  15. TheBloke

    TC beyond Ni200: Nickel Purity, Dicodes; Ti, SS, Resistherm NiFe30; Coefficient of Resistance

    I of course agree in principle. But my getting the wire would for the purposes of reviewing it not using it (I expect to be using NiFe for myself.) Therefore, my review would either be "this is a total rip off" or, most unlikely, "there's something to this." Either way, I think that's...
  16. TheBloke

    Ubertoot v2 Clone Full Package

    I am using my UTA2 clone exclusively in TC mode, with Titanium wire, and it is has been fine. The big problem with this clone is the razor-posts that chop off wire easily, especially Titanium ,but I posted a fix for that on this page of the thread. Once I got TC wires attached OK, they held...
  17. TheBloke

    New Squape Rs 1:1 clone by SXK

    Ooh, thanks all. Amusing to see 3FVape lists the jumping resistance specifically in the reason for the insulators! So what's the big deal with this ceramic deck? Why will that be better than the eMetal thing? Corrosion worries?
  18. TheBloke

    TC beyond Ni200: Nickel Purity, Dicodes; Ti, SS, Resistherm NiFe30; Coefficient of Resistance

    I may do sometime :) For the moment, out of principle I refuse to pay those prices. If I keep hearing good reports I might bite the bullet. I'll be more likely to if/when a UK supplier lists them so at least I don't have to pay high shipping as well.
  19. TheBloke

    Authentic Aqua V2 for $25 shipped...

    I hear you. I've been on the worst tank buying kick lately. I already had loads of clones, a few cheap Chinese authentics, and the one higher-end authentic SE. But I finally got so sick of funky screws, twisting posts, leaking, variable flavour and the other annoyances of cheap tanks. So I...
  20. TheBloke

    VapeCige Vtbox200

    Yeah it makes the 900 Hana v2 look paltry.