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    Yeah, the drip tip sucks IMHO. I don't use it.

    Ramp up time is all on your coils. Thicker wires/coils will have a longer ramp up time.
    Yeah, it's likely the coils. The resistance is sitting at exactly 0.1 which I think is the lowest of all the tanks I have mounted. I was thinking it was the mod at first though. When I fire it, the battery indicator drops to near dead until I release the fire, even at full charge. Slightly concerning, tbh. I'll let it burn out and look to pair different coils on the next go.
     
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    It's okay, I'm sure they think they're talking to a 21 year old. I understand the concern of mech mods which is why I currently do not use them yet - which was stated on here a while ago. I don't feel the need to justify myself, so it's cool.

    I make no assumptions on your exact age, but judging by your avatar picture you are a lot closer to 21 than I am. That however doesn't mean any disrespect is due to you. You are newer at vaping than most people on this forum. Judging by your posts you have had some degree of education. Those are the only assumptions I'm going to make about you, and they could very well be wrong. Be that as it may, it still is worth your while to know the dangers that you could potentially face and not ignore them. I believe you are smarter than that. Yes, it is you that assumes the risk, but you don't have to, if you listen. Taking a few hours now to educate yourself on what you are buying isn't going to take away the experience of buying new stuff. In fact it will enhance it, as you will buy with safety features in mind as well as all the other features you desire in a mech mod. Watch a few YouTube videos. Read this blog--https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/blog-entry/8-a-beginners-guide-to-your-first-mechanical-mod.4830/. Relearn about Ohm's law from your physics class, if you've forgotten it. Then enjoy yourself as you shop for mechs.
     

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    A long time ago one of the china vendors asked me to review a few different items. After that I didn't do any for quite a while. Then out of the blue the geekvape rep at the time contacted me. It cascaded from there and one by one I was asked to do reviews for health cabin, sourcemore, geekvape, freemax, vaporesso, vapx, voopoo and now suorin. I was contacted and didn't ask to do them. It is fun trying new hardware but after I test the stuff then I spend hours writing and posting each review. I do it because I like to and want to try to help others decide if the stuff I review would be a good choice for them. It's really a lot of work and you have to be willing to spend the time doing the work. I recently stopped doing reviews for health cabin. It can actually be a little overwhelming sometimes because the vendors expect the reviews to be posted in a reasonable amount of time and when you have multiple companies sending you stuff at the same time then it can really pile up on you. I've had 5-6 testing and needing reviews written at the same time before.
    That's pretty sweet though. I think at times I'd just turn people down if I was getting too behind, haha. But I've read quite a few of your reviews and it looks to be quite fun. Also to get to try new hardware before or just as it's being released. Obviously the free part is your payment, but I think the write-up would be fun - until it's not, lol.
     

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    When I fire it, the battery indicator drops to near dead until I release the fire

    That's battery sag. You may not have proper batteries for that coil/resistance and/or your batteries have a high internal resistance (due to age/use) and therefore have a lot of battery sag. May seriously want to consider buying new batteries. But it's hard to say without knowing some specifics.
     

    Z-Lee

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    I make no assumptions on your exact age, but judging by your avatar picture you are a lot closer to 21 than I am. That however doesn't mean any disrespect is due to you. You are newer at vaping than most people on this forum. Judging by your posts you have had some degree of education. Those are the only assumptions I'm going to make about you, and they could very well be wrong. Be that as it may, it still is worth your while to know the dangers that you could potentially face and not ignore them. I believe you are smarter than that. Yes, it is you that assumes the risk, but you don't have to, if you listen. Taking a few hours now to educate yourself on what you are buying isn't going to take away the experience of buying new stuff. In fact it will enhance it, as you will buy with safety features in mind as well as all the other features you desire in a mech mod. Watch a few YouTube videos. Read this blog--https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/blog-entry/8-a-beginners-guide-to-your-first-mechanical-mod.4830/. Relearn about Ohm's law from your physics class, if you've forgotten it. Then enjoy yourself as you shop for mechs.
    You are correct. However, if was being blatantly ignorant, I wouldn't be asking question about the stuff I'm buying. The mech that was linked to me earlier, I mentioned the 1.5 ohm limit on it because I didn''t know about it. I was informed and now I know. The link for nic juice was linked to me - to be quite honest, I'm hoping one of these days I get to 0 nic, so that's really not something that's at the top of my priority list right now. I understand that people are concerned about others in this forum, but I'm picking up this slight undertone of elitism that I don't think I really deserve. Sure I wasn't vaping 5, 6, 7 years ago when you all jumped on the bandwagon, but that doesn't automatically make me any less cautious than you were at that exact same time. The info is out there, I'll get to it eventually. Right now, we're kind of in a time crunch - there will be plenty of time to read about the rest when there's nothing left to buy.

    I appreciate the concern, but I believe in natural selection. If my face blows off, then I wasn't slated to make the cut. You may not believe it, but I'm being quite cautious. I spent 2 days, a few days ago, reading up about batteries alone. Sadly, it's making me question my Efest purchases now. All things will come in due time.
     

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    That's battery sag. You may not have proper batteries for that coil/resistance and/or your batteries have a high internal resistance (due to age/use) and therefore have a lot of battery sag. May seriously want to consider buying new batteries. But it's hard to say without knowing some specifics.
    They're brand new, lol. I'll try different batteries. I have some molicel P28A's on the way.
     

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    This is similar to what the deck will look like on those kayfuns. As you can see, no catchment system - just gotta trap the legs under the screw heads. Some don't mind it, others hate it. It was fine for the time, but today things are better, and easier.

    duxCdUIBg3BATrmHhgO1aTHxnHKYf0sVFlqyDv1MtAc7QfvNSitzGq5ZZQ0gSTRYl-HOyOCabypQ8V00_zbSP49eWGIPGGnLHHaQqwhusgw1V9H8HMyEq3RFEkM
    That does seem a bit of a pain in the ...... I think I might pass on that for now, lol.
     
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    Yes, my experience with Efest is lots of battery sag.
    I bought a huge batch of them from IMR not long ago, and then did the battery rabbit hole. I didn't realize so many battery companies are essentially phonies. These Molicels look really good, but I was also interested in the VTC6s. Hopefully there will be some time to experiment with different ones, assuming the ATF doesn't get a choke hold on them too.
     
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    They're brand new, lol. I'll try different batteries. I have some molicel P28A's on the way.

    You should try to stay away from rewraps like Efest. While some have been tested by mooch to be OK, the problem with rewraps is that they could change the battery they are wrapping at any time and you have no idea what you're really buying.

    Stick with OEM cells from Molicel, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony/Murata, LG, etc. And only buy them from battery vendors not vape shops. The following battery vendors are trusted by many here to sell authentic OEM batts.

    18650batterystore.com
    imrbatteries.com
    liionwholesale.com
    illumn.com

    There are a couple others but you'll find those are the most popular in the vaposphere.
     

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    You should try to stay away from rewraps like Efest. While some have been tested by mooch to be OK, the problem with rewraps is that they could change the battery they are wrapping at any time and you have no idea what you're really buying.

    Stick with OEM cells from Molicel, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony/Murata, LG, etc. And only buy them from battery vendors not vape shops. The following battery vendors are trusted by many here to sell authentic OEM batts.

    18650batterystore.com
    imrbatteries.com
    liionwholesale.com
    illumn.com

    There are a couple others but you'll find those are the most popular in the vaposphere.
    Yeah, that was repeated several times looking through Mooch's stuff, lol. I was really interested in the LG HG2's, but they seem to be pretty hard to find.
     
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    I bought a huge batch of them from IMR not long ago, and then did the battery rabbit hole. I didn't realize so many battery companies are essentially phonies. These Molicels look really good, but I was also interested in the VTC6s. Hopefully there will be some time to experiment with different ones, assuming the ATF doesn't get a choke hold on them too.

    The ATF and FDA can't touch them, but there is a concern with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. But we'll have to worry about that when it's time to worry about it.
     

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    Yeah, that was repeated several times looking through Mooch's stuff, lol. I was really interested in the LG HG2's, but they seem to be pretty hard to find.

    That's because LG is hellbent on getting their batteries out of the hands of consumers, and specifically vapers. Last year (?) a few of the above battery stores cleared them out of their inventory for pretty cheap. I think Illumn still sells them, though. Someday buying OEM batts may be an issue.
     

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    If you're looking for a cheap RTA that is somewhat more modern and easy to coil, ecigmafia still has the Uwell D2 dual coil RTA for $1.99.

    Uwell D2 RTA Tank

    Is it the greatest RTA in the world, nah. But it's the right price and it works. And it's top airflow so, while it can leak, it's not as big a deal like a bottom airflow tank leaking. While it is a DL RTA, my classify it as not flow DL. Goes from RDL to very loose RDL, IMHO.

    As with all RTAs, wicking is the key. You have to learn how each RTA needs to be wicked in order to minimize leakage and dry hits. There are a few videos on wicking the D2 on YT.
    Oh, and also on this - is the build deck extremely tight to you? My coils are almost touching the posts and from the top down, they barely clear the o-ring/rim of the well.
     
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    That's because LG is hellbent on getting their batteries out of the hands of consumers, and specifically vapers. Last year (?) a few of the above battery stores cleared them out of their inventory for pretty cheap. I think Illumn still sells them, though. Someday buying OEM batts may be an issue.
    I don't understand this, lol. Are they trying to avoid potential bad press? It was interesting to read that Molicel is like the only company that openly accepts usage for vaping.
     
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    Oh, and also on this - is the build deck extremely tight to you? my close are almost touching the posts and from the top down, they barely clear the o-ring/rim of the well.

    Sorry, having a hard time understanding what you mean. I don't have a problem with the deck, but my coils aren't huge. I use 28g, 3mm ID simple builds. In fact, I plugged up one side of the deck and use it as a single coil tank.
     
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    I don't understand this, lol. Are they trying to avoid potential bad press? It was interesting to read that Molicel is like the only company that openly accepts usage for vaping.

    Liability, and they are aiding in the demonization of vaping IMHO. These batteries were never intended to be used or even handled by consumers. They are made to be used by factories that make power packs (like power tool power packs, laptop power packs, etc) and other such products that have built in protection circuits.
     

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    Sorry, having a hard time understanding what you mean. I don't have a problem with the deck, but my coils aren't huge. I use 28g simple builds. In fact, I plugged up one side of the deck and use it as a single coil tank.
    The smokestack that seats on top/over the coils is almost touching them - I'm pretty sure they're Coilology tri-core fused claptons. They don't seem that big. Again, another reason to start learning to wrap my own coils.
     
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    ok so thoughts on a dna 200 mod with lypo battery?
    I know nothing at all about them but it's orange and a sqounker :lol:
    I think based on what I've read and by the reaction of others in this forum, simply the mention of "dna" would suggest a thumbs up, lol.
     

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