Quite a few carbon fiber type mods popping up now. Anybody know how durable they are? I'm sure they conduct well.
Carbon fiber mods
- Thread starter lareclover
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
I have the Tobeco clone of the Vape Smith Knight mod... it is carbon fiber, but it is only a carbon fiber sleeve over a copper tube (authentic is the same way, as are most CF mods, I believe).
Anyway, it is plenty durable, I carry mine every day. Hits just like any solid copper mod... I put a copper Tobh on top of it and I use it every day.
Anyway, it is plenty durable, I carry mine every day. Hits just like any solid copper mod... I put a copper Tobh on top of it and I use it every day.
Last edited:
Thank you, lareclover! It is actually my favorite out of the several mods that I have... I wanted a copper mod, but didn't want to have to deal with the constant cleaning of a full copper...
Vape Smith also has a Kevlar version. I'm thinking that it would make an awesome Christmas present to myself!!
Vape Smith also has a Kevlar version. I'm thinking that it would make an awesome Christmas present to myself!!
I used my Copper Knight mod for a month straight. Love it. Just got a Tiger Panzer Clone from RBA Vapor Store yesterday and switched. Love the Copper Tiger Panzer now. The carbon fiber on the knight mod is great. Looks awesome too.
Heehee... I don't think you can get the clone in kevlar... not that I've seen anyway.
I know a lot of people bag on Tobeco's mod clones, but their version of the Knight is awesome.
The lock ring and button are both super smooth (the button is magnetic). All of the threads are perfect.
The only issue that I had was with the carbon fiber itself... where the cross is cut out, the inside of the cut carbon wasn't sealed. So, the carbon tried to chip and crack. I went to the pharmacy and picked up some clear gel coat nail polish... the best they had ($15 a bottle). I brushed it into the cut-out, several layers to get a good build up, and it's been perfect ever since...
I know a lot of people bag on Tobeco's mod clones, but their version of the Knight is awesome.
The lock ring and button are both super smooth (the button is magnetic). All of the threads are perfect.
The only issue that I had was with the carbon fiber itself... where the cross is cut out, the inside of the cut carbon wasn't sealed. So, the carbon tried to chip and crack. I went to the pharmacy and picked up some clear gel coat nail polish... the best they had ($15 a bottle). I brushed it into the cut-out, several layers to get a good build up, and it's been perfect ever since...
There is also the Ameravape Manhattan clone called Ameraclone FUhattan which sells for $45 and comes in a variety of carbon fiber colours like black, red and blue at least.
I've never been a fan of the Manhattan... absolutely can't stand they way their vent system works... the only thing more unsafe than that would be a straight tube with NO vent holes...
For a $45 full-copper mod with a carbon fiber shell I would imagine it wouldn't hurt to drill out few vent holes around the button area or the topcap area, and afaik they have fixed some of the Manhattan vent fails with the FUhattan, which is basically a USA-designed, china-manufactured fixed Manhattan (I might be wrong on this also, all I know it's way cheaper than an authentic AV Manhattan and works fine (I don't own one but planning on getting one)) Damn that's a lot of ('s and )'s hahah :_D
Last edited:
Haha like the cu mod, authentic that I bought that has no venting. Payed 100 bucks for it
Yeah... I have no problem drilling holes in stuff... every mod I have has extra holes... I just don't like how the Manhattan was designed.
Even the Knight only has holes at the bottom... except for mine. It has holes in the top, too, now...
I bought a Youde Gladiator (26650 mod)... they vent at the switch kinda like the Manhattan without the required pressure before it actually vents out of the mod... I drilled extra holes in the tube for good measure.
I'm way too prone to run in deep sub-ohm territory... (0.15 to 0.3 is normal for me)... I just prefer to make sure that I have plenty of ventilation points. You know... just in case. Though I have never vented a battery, and have no intention to... I'd still rather make sure that the pressure has a place to go if I do.
I work with high pressure (> 30,000 psi) on a daily basis... I am fully aware of what trapped pressure is capable of, and I'd rather not experience that phenomenon in my hand
Certainly, it won't be the most pleasant feeling to have a mod explode in your hand due to no venting and having the ER team pull out small shards of the mod pipe which turned essentially into a pipebomb.Yeah... I have no problem drilling holes in stuff... every mod I have has extra holes... I just don't like how the Manhattan was designed.
Even the Knight only has holes at the bottom... except for mine. It has holes in the top, too, now...
I bought a Youde Gladiator (26650 mod)... they vent at the switch kinda like the Manhattan without the required pressure before it actually vents out of the mod... I drilled extra holes in the tube for good measure.
I'm way too prone to run in deep sub-ohm territory... (0.15 to 0.3 is normal for me)... I just prefer to make sure that I have plenty of ventilation points. You know... just in case. Though I have never vented a battery, and have no intention to... I'd still rather make sure that the pressure has a place to go if I do.
I work with high pressure (> 30,000 psi) on a daily basis... I am fully aware of what trapped pressure is capable of, and I'd rather not experience that phenomenon in my hand
(I'm running 0.6-0.4ohms and no batteries have ever vented on me and i certainly don't plan on having any batteries vent on me, but in case that happens, I have established a plan I use in case of battery failure which I have also told my fiancee to use also if something goes wrong)
Hahaha that works also even though I'm not interested in committing any felony, let alone attempted murder or mauling xDLOL... my plan is to hand it to someone that I don't like and take three steps back...
Safest way is just to toss the whole mod/battery assembly in a fireproof bowl and take it outside and on top of a fireproof area, like pavement and wait until the battery has vented completely and the mod cooled down, after which you proceed to scrape the battery remains from inside the tube and pray that the mod still works hahaha :_D
I've been looking at CF copper mods for quite sometime now. I've been wanting a copper mod, but I would like to avoid getting the penny smell on my hands after a good vape session.
I've been looking at the Tobeco Knight Clone and the Hcigar Paragon clone. I can't seem to find a good, in-depth review of both/either so I've been having trouble pulling the trigger and buying one.
I love the simple look of the Paragon, but I heard the volt drop on it under like a 0.4ohm load is around like 0.8V? My HCigar SS M16 can compare to that and I vape at around 0.35ohm, so I'd prefer to have a mod with less voltage drop. Can anyone with one vouch for this clone?
The Knight is my second option, looks pretty promising, but for some reason I like the way the Paragon looks a lot more. I haven't found a good review of its performance other than "it hits like a train."
I've been looking at the Tobeco Knight Clone and the Hcigar Paragon clone. I can't seem to find a good, in-depth review of both/either so I've been having trouble pulling the trigger and buying one.
I love the simple look of the Paragon, but I heard the volt drop on it under like a 0.4ohm load is around like 0.8V? My HCigar SS M16 can compare to that and I vape at around 0.35ohm, so I'd prefer to have a mod with less voltage drop. Can anyone with one vouch for this clone?
The Knight is my second option, looks pretty promising, but for some reason I like the way the Paragon looks a lot more. I haven't found a good review of its performance other than "it hits like a train."
Last edited:
I can't speak for the Paragon, but I'm very happy with the Knight. As I said earlier, threads and button mechanism are all very smooth. No load voltage drop is less than 0.01V. There are 4 very small vent holes at the bottom of the mod, but that is it. I drilled a few more in the top assembly that the atty threads on to, just for safety's sake.
A point that I feel must be made in reference to your voltage drop point of the Paragon though... If you are measuring voltage drop with a load, you are measuring the voltage drop of the load, not the mod. a 0.4 ohm load will show the same voltage drop on most mods... I got a 0.41 drop with a 0.23 ohm coil on the Knight... switched the atty to my SS Gladiator and measured the exact same. The resistance of the coil IS going to drop the voltage... basic electronics and nothing to worry about. Now, if you're getting a .1 or more drop on a mod with no load, that means that your mod has a higher internal resistance.
Basically, all I'm saying is, if that voltage drop is all that is keeping you from buying the Paragon, then don't worry about it. That is not an accurate reflection of the mods performance.
Hope this helps you to make your decision.
- Status
Similar threads
