Attack of the (Kayfun Mini V3) Clones!

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tchavei

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You can't trust ft on shipping dates. I ordered 3 items which were clearly marked as "in stock" and the order took over a week to be sent out. First it was 3 days with the status "restocking", then another 2 days of "ready for packaging" and then another 2 days before the package was actually dropped at the post office.

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You can't trust ft on shipping dates. I ordered 3 items which were clearly marked as "in stock" and the order took over a week to be sent out. First it was 3 days with the status "restocking", then another 2 days of "ready for packaging" and then another 2 days before the package was actually dropped at the post office.

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I have an order from them from Feb 25 and still waiting for it.
 
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Yep. That's what I do now. Only problem is that it pisses off customs as they can't tax the individual packages so they hold them indefinitely just to tick me off.

A student of mine ordered a clone almost two weeks after me and got it last Friday...

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Seeing how some clones are different, I wanted to confirm if the fasttech ss316 version is the same as 3F? I know 3f has the logo but was it confirmed to be the same version otherwise?

I was going to order from 3F just now, but it's out of stock, 10 days shipping whereas fasttech still has it in stock.

If 3F is potentially the better one, I'll order from them. I'm wondering which clone your friend had.

"Compared to a friend's clone, mine is machined much better."

I was only thinking where his friend's clone is from, and I was guessing probably fasttech, because where else?

My friend bought his at a local B&M shop. I bought mine from 3F. I haven't seen one from FT so I can't tell if it's the same or not. Here's a picture of my 3F version and the other unknown cloner version.

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The left one is bought from a B&M while the middle and the right one came from 3F. First thing that I noticed comparing the two is the sharpness of the machining. I'm not sure if you see it from the picture but the notches near the air hole is better defined on the 3F. The airflow itself is a smidgen bigger on the 3F but I didn't noticed any difference in draw resistance. The other thing that is quite obvious is the 3F has a better finishing and brushing quality. Its not very visible in the picture but in real life its very obvious. The B&M version came with metal burr excess from the machining which the 3F didn't has. Overall everything about the 3F version is better than the other one.
 

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My FT order shipped already (so it shows) .. about 8 hours from order to shipped.
Hope they are nice like the ones shown above.
My order was placed on Feb 25 and it was a tool only. Not a mini V3. When I ordered it it said it would be shipped in 3 days. It never did.
 
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Were the Kf 3.1 ES any good?
Look like they may be with the afc screw on the side. I was gonna get one, but they went to 15 day ship.

Also was looking into the Taifun GT-t v2?
maybe now I can window shop with-out brain freeze, just hope it doesn't fry :)
It's pretty good but filling is tricky. There should be some youtube videos. They're also taller (8-10mm) than a KFL+ and about 3mm taller than a KF4.
 
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The FT 316 Version (4278000) is of a surprisingly high quality.
The only downsides I see (in comparison of the original) are:

- stinky. It took me two days to get rid of the smell and taste
- Wrong O-Rings. To make it function as smooth as the original, when refilling, opening/closing the liqudcontrol) you will need to exchange the O-rings, with the original (much harder and Teflon coated)
- The center post is not fitting as tight as the original. If you screw down the 510 screw too hard, you will turn the positive block under your wick and may create a short.
- No Logo to count how many turns you have done to open the liquid control. Hard to reopen to a specific position.

The FT 304 Version (4284500)
has the same issues as above but additionally

- too small airholes, resulting in tighter draw and louder noise.
- Head of the center post pin has some queer size. My ISO tools do not fit. I needed to fumble around with a pair of pliers...(not really easy)
- cheap plastic insulators

Additionally the The FT 304 Version (4284500) ist also off with the dimensions of the lower tank-segment, which means the steel tanks do not fit...
 

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I got this message from FT the other day. My order had some Sony VTC 5's in it.
We feel pity to notify you that the registered airmail of Sweden Post cannot ship external batteries (including power banks) temporarily due to there are batteries or power banks exploded during shipping via Sweden Post recently.

FastTech is now looking for a new shipping service to ship external batteries or power banks. If you prefer to wait for the new shipping service, we will ship your order via the new shipping service once the service is ready
 

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I got this message from FT the other day. My order had some Sony VTC 5's in it.
We feel pity to notify you that the registered airmail of Sweden Post cannot ship external batteries (including power banks) temporarily due to there are batteries or power banks exploded during shipping via Sweden Post recently.

FastTech is now looking for a new shipping service to ship external batteries or power banks. If you prefer to wait for the new shipping service, we will ship your order via the new shipping service once the service is ready
That's crazy. Make them ship everything else and tell them to cancel the batteries and get them somewhere else.
 
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