Attack of the Hana Modz Clone. Let's wait together!

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pharzus090

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Regulated mod noob here. Other than super super low sub ohms, is there a reason (other than aesthetics) to use a mech over it? Does 30 watts on a .5 coil hit as hard as say, a copper mod with a .5 coil at full battery?

3 things.

1It will provide a consistant vape throughout the battery life.

2 charging via usb

3 aesthetics like you said. I like the feel of a box vs tube and it is very portable

Edit: also it probably won't hit quite as hard as a copper mech, but you can get some comparable reaults.

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Thru the experience of many modders we have learned that a drop of super glue gel placed under the ribbon where it crosses the board will help strengthen the connection and take the stress off of the solder points. .

Just passing this to you so you consider it as you move forward on replacing the internals.


Actually old sticky rosin is preferable to SG... Super glue can destroy some ribbon materials.

All the rest of the points were quite good... I'm an ex 2M (miniature / micro miniature) tech so I thought I would help a little...

carry on...
 

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From what they emailed me when they changed my order from awaiting fulfilment to awaiting shipping. They are packaging them up for posting but holding them till they settle with Hana. Then they will all mail at the same time.
If ever !!

Emphasis on "If ever" I totally gave up on them :(

The email mentioned was from May 29th. On the 31st they started shipping and several have posted in this thread that they received their clone from IllVapes; and they continue to receive and ship what they receive, just like all the rest of the companies.
 

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Regulated mod noob here. Other than super super low sub ohms, is there a reason (other than aesthetics) to use a mech over it? Does 30 watts on a .5 coil hit as hard as say, a copper mod with a .5 coil at full battery?

From a previous post
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Power - using the same battery, Magma with .6 ohm build, used on three devices

At 30 watts, CNA reads 4.2 volts, output is 3.62,

On my Black Sioux mod, I just got tonight, the output is 3.9, on the Manhattan it is 3.98 - a little cleaning and it would be higher.

At .6 ohms the mechs I used last week held a higher voltage and for significantly longer than the CNA.

Someplace around .7 - 1.1 the CNA outshines a mech by providing more power and longer. But I got tired of testing stuff and now have a couple of drippers at 1.0 and 1.1 and I am really enjoying the CNA.

Oh and one other thing, I believe the CNA 30 chip is limited at 10A vice 12.5 - however I really have nothing to support that. Just the way it seems from what little I vaped at .4 and .5 ohms.
That 10A limit will also start to limit the capabilities of the clone vs a mech at lower sub-ohm builds.
 

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The email mentioned was from May 29th. On the 31st they started shipping and several have posted in this thread that they received their clone from IllVapes; and they continue to receive and ship what they receive, just like all the rest of the companies.

That's what I thought. Still done with them, they haven't refunded me for one of my clones.
 
I'm in complete agreement with what Hana is doing. They're completely in the right attacking those selling the clones with lawsuits.

I was okay with them attacking vendors that were selling the branded clones since brand is very important. It really wasn't until they started suing what seemed to be just anyone they can sue.

I'm also completely disgusted with both how Hana handled their rollout of the v3 and their vendors(the ssVapes presale I was in still irks me), and that they let such obviously subpar mods get out of their building and into the hands of customers. I guess I've been spoiled by the quality devices and quality service I've received from Perseas and GP Paps.

If only they'd put all this money for lawyers and defending their trademark into their facilities building the mods, or spent it on more employees to ramp up production to meet demand, or into a QC department that could ensure the defective units never got into customers hands(they should hire away the Provari QC guy from Phil's video, no wonder every Provari I've ever seen arrives flawless, that guy is dedicated), or to hire a consultant to help them streamline their business from the ground up to be more efficient and manufacture the product at a lower cost so that they could lower their price.

This is part of the problem I have with it now. If you're suing to protect your brand, that's totally acceptable. However, all they've done since the release of their DNA30 mod is damage their brand. Releasing defective units, taking pre-orders they can't fill and then taking a bunch of units to a con and selling them there even with unfilled orders, and now these lawsuits against sites which carried unbranded clones will tarnish their name.

Things like these are why I said in a previous post that I wonder what their business model actually is. If you're taking money for pre-order units and then selling those units at a con, that's highly unethical at the very least. It's also something that will be fairly noticed. I don't think too many people who are avid vapers don't know about that. If you shell out $250 to be put in line for getting something, and that something is fabricated and goes to someone else who pays $250 somewhere else, you'd be upset and rightly so. That gives their brand a pretty big hit right there.

Then there's the quality control thing you mentioned. People are paying $250 to wait for a product and that product is faulty. It's hard to argue against getting a "lower quality" clone when the legit ones that are priced three times as much are also pretty low quality. It's even worse when you stack that up against the having to wait longer for the product because they sold an available unit to someone else even though you'd already paid for it.

Then there's the supply issues. They're slow to make them. So, you get bumped on the list because your product went to some other buyer. Your product may or may not work correctly when you get it. Now you're waiting a really long time because they don't come close to meeting the initial demand for them.

Even though they're completely right with these lawsuits. I'm done with Hana. For the first time since I first began getting into mechs and didn't know any better, I'm happy to own a clone. I can't believe I just said that, or that I actually don't feel bad owning and thoroughly enjoying a clone. I'll buy a several more regulated mods to compliment my army of GP mechs and Provaris, and not one of them will be a Hana Modz.:2c:

I'm not arguing with you on their right to sue, but it's not exactly stacking up in their favor right now. When they first released their mod, it was the ZNA30, the Vapor Shark, and their mod. However, now their mod has been cloned because it's the most simple one to clone. On top of that, KSD has a DNA30 mod out for $70 or so. Tobeco has one out for $60. The Chana is around $70(and yeah, the Hana Modz DNA30 is pretty simple). It's one thing when you've got very little competition. It's another when you've fouled everything else up at this point and start suing everyone you can.

It honestly wouldn't shock me if they closed their doors and took whatever money they might get from the lawsuits because their business model is horrible and their brand name is trashed. The suits don't do anything for their brand name except drag it through the mud some more.

As far as mechanicals and clones go, clone makers offer things now that the legit ones don't. Anyone out there not own a copper nemesis? There's copper versions of a lot of mods that there are no legit copper version that exist. I own several clones, like the Chi Hammer(which I mostly use as a paper weight), the copper nemesis, and the copper hades. Clone makers in China are also starting to release their own mods, which is fine. It's kind of hard to justify waiting on something, paying five times as much, and it may not come in the material you want.
 

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Morning coffee here too. I'm waiting on order #33xx from arlind@elev8 for one orange unit for $71 shipped. I liked the original orange, but not the color cloupor has now settled on. I figure I'll get my unit in one or two weeks.


I have the choice of going with raj@wetvapes for $82 shipped. He expects to ship next week, and can get me any color I want.

Finally, I can order straight from cindy@cloupor for $644 for ten units shipped. I could keep three and eBay off the rest. They are quoting 7-14 day lead.

Decisions, decisions.

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Morning coffee here too. I'm waiting on order #33xx from arlind@elev8 for one orange unit for $71 shipped. I liked the original orange, but not the color cloupor has now settled on. I figure I'll get my unit in one or two weeks.


I have the choice of going with raj@wetvapes for $82 shipped. He expects to ship next week, and can get me any color I want.

Finally, I can order straight from cindy@cloupor for $644 for ten units shipped. I could keep three and eBay off the rest. They are quoting 7-14 day lead.

Decisions, decisions.

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Fly low on the radar. Might cost 150g lol


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