Cloupor Mini Mod 30W

[cobalt327]

Anyone buy from here... Yet! $23.49
DealsMachine: Cloupor Mini 30W Variable Voltage VV VW Mode 510 Box Mod

Well, my cable supplier, Charter, shows this when I tried to go there:

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I'm curious though so I might override their warning.

 

[crxess]

Business established 2006
Site is clean - linked without issues.
Don't see shipping incl. so might ruin pricing.

Thought about it, but I already have 2.

 

[BlakeMcC1990]

Personally Cloupor is a company I would avoid! Please note this is only my opinion! But the first device I purchased was the Clouper T8. All I can say is, quality is rubbish. And performance is rubbish! I really disliked this device. You know when something just looks and feels cheap? To me it just looked like it would fall to bits in a month. This was the worst device I had owned. I guess if you like it you like it but for me it was a definite no go!

 

[cobalt327]

Did you bother to read the thread? Your observations re the T8, etc. has not a single thing to do w/the current CM production.

 

[BlakeMcC1990]

Sorry! I just saw Cloupor and got the creeps!

 

[billherbst]

I did not see that

Wait a minute... Are you sure about that? I think that was for gifting or something???

You might be right. When I saw, "Total goods value must exceed $30 to be eligible for gift," on the product page, I assumed the "gift" was Chinglish for the special promotion price. But maybe not. Looks like all the product page include that, so maybe every order over $30 gets a free bauble included in the package as a gift.

While I like the three Cloupor Minis I have---in fact, I like them a lot---I don't really need a fourth, so someone else will have to take one for the team to find out.

 

[billherbst]

Sorry! I just saw Cloupor and got the creeps!

Cloupor had a chance to resurrect their already-tarnished reputation in the marketplace (largely because of that wonky T8) with the Mini 30W. Unfortunately, they dropped the ball again with a small batch of units from the first production run that eluded quality control and then spontaneously malfunctioned in ways that provoked alarm among users and potential users.

Actually, the Mini 30W is a terrific design---solid, well-built, and about as small a unit as possible to house a replaceable 18650 IMR. The magnet-secured battery door works beautifully. Battery swaps are quick and easy.

No, the Mini 30W isn't perfect---some people would have preferred a spring-loaded adjustable positive pin on the 510 connection rather than a manually-adjustable screw pin, but the screw adjustment works well and might be more dependable in the long run. The Mini even includes extra screws as spares. Also, the 0.8-second firing delay when the display screen reawakens from sleep aggravates the heck out of some people, although I haven't been bothered by it. I just hold down the firing button and the Mini ramps right up to full power without my noticing much delay.

All things considered, the tiny size, ease of battery swaps, and solid performance make the Cloupor Mini 30W a very nice regulated box mod. And the fact that it can be acquired on the cheap from certain vendors doesn't hurt either.

That said, however, bad press and negative sentiment in the marketplace will no doubt dog Cloupor's heels. Restoring a damaged reputation among consumers is not easy.

 

[cobalt327]

A LH threaded 510 center pin and no wakeup delay, or even just an extended time before sleep would make it about ideal IMO. For <$25.00, I can't find anything that compares. And supplying an extra set of battery cover magnets along w/the extra 510 screws helps, too.

 

[billherbst]

A LH threaded 510 center pin and no wakeup delay, or even just an extended time before sleep would make it about ideal IMO. For <$25.00, I can't find anything that compares. And supplying an extra set of battery cover magnets along w/the extra 510 screws helps, too.

I agree. Reverse (left-hand) threading for the adjustment screw on the pin and either no wake-up delay or longer display times before sleep would be very smart upgrades.

 

[ricks]

I've read a lot of reviews on them and most are positive. Can't wait for mine from GB to get here.

 

[crxess]

Personally Cloupor is a company I would avoid! Please note this is only my opinion! But the first device I purchased was the Clouper T8. All I can say is, quality is rubbish. And performance is rubbish! I really disliked this device. You know when something just looks and feels cheap? To me it just looked like it would fall to bits in a month. This was the worst device I had owned. I guess if you like it you like it but for me it was a definite no go!

not required. If you never held one, you don't understand.

 

[Croak]

My 510 started to go bad a few weeks ago, coming loose from the press fitting, allowing about 5 degree port, starboard, fore and aft tilt to the atomizer. Wasn't much longer for this earth, and it was causing inconsistent resistance readings as well.

That said, I got mine in early January and used the living hell out of it daily, it's been my go-to device, and it's not been treated with kid gloves, shoved in and out of pants pockets, dropped, slid around on car seats and cupholders, etc, and had to deal with hundreds if not thousands of atty changes in that time.

Installed a Varitube 14mm low profile 510 and it's been fantastic since. Having a floating 510 is a huge plus, and having stainless threads just makes operation so much smoother.

The Cloupor Mini II needs a stainless floating 510, no wake-up delay, a few more watts to drive the plethora of sub-ohm tanks on the market better, and mayhap a working version of temp control, in the same basic package.

 

[billherbst]

My 510 started to go bad a few weeks ago, coming loose from the press fitting, allowing about 5 degree port, starboard, fore and aft tilt to the atomizer. Wasn't much longer for this earth, and it was causing inconsistent resistance readings as well.

That said, I got mine in early January and used the living hell out of it daily, it's been my go-to device, and it's not been treated with kid gloves, shoved in and out of pants pockets, dropped, slid around on car seats and cupholders, etc, and had to deal with hundreds if not thousands of atty changes in that time.

Installed a Varitube 14mm low profile 510 and it's been fantastic since. Having a floating 510 is a huge plus, and having stainless threads just makes operation so much smoother.

The Cloupor Mini II needs a stainless floating 510, no wake-up delay, a few more watts to drive the plethora of sub-ohm tanks on the market better, and mayhap a working version of temp control, in the same basic package.

Wow, Croak, you've taken our modest little upgrade suggestions and turned them into a Mini Wish List.

And again, I agree: a stainless floating 510, no wake-up delay, and a few more watts would be terrific! How many more watts? Well, 40 watts would be marginally OK, I suppose, but 50 watts would be better. Heck, if the iPV Mini 2 can do 70 watts with a single 18650 IMR---and it does that very nicely, despite the somewhat increased frequency of battery swap-outs---I don't see why Cloupor couldn't do the same. More than 70 watts, and we enter the Land of Twin 18650s, which leaves necessitates leaving behind the Mini's attractively tiny form factor.

Temp regulation, if well done, would be the icing on the cake. I don't own a mod with temp control yet---I'm waiting for the industry to develop a standard set of specs for implementation---but it does seem to be a natural and now imminent step forward in the refinement of vaping. Evolv got the ball rolling, but Yihi will probably kick it down the field toward the goal.

 

[KenD]

A Cloupor Mini with temp control would be fantastic.

 

[Croak]

China has cracked the DNA40, there's a inexpensive clone boards out there now that work very well (I own one), not including Yihi's excellent implementation on the SX350J (mine should be here tomorrow!). But I doubt you'll ever see a Cloupor with a Yihi board inside, they like to do their own boards.

I reckon 50w will be the new standard for awhile. The Heatvape Invader Mini is a good example of that.

And I wouldn't hold my breath on the industry developing a standard set of specs. Even something as basic as the 510 connector isn't really standardized, other than thread pitch.

 

[heateris]

My 510 started to go bad a few weeks ago, coming loose from the press fitting, allowing about 5 degree port, starboard, fore and aft tilt to the atomizer. Wasn't much longer for this earth, and it was causing inconsistent resistance readings as well.

That said, I got mine in early January and used the living hell out of it daily, it's been my go-to device, and it's not been treated with kid gloves, shoved in and out of pants pockets, dropped, slid around on car seats and cupholders, etc, and had to deal with hundreds if not thousands of atty changes in that time.

Installed a Varitube 14mm low profile 510 and it's been fantastic since. Having a floating 510 is a huge plus, and having stainless threads just makes operation so much smoother.

The Cloupor Mini II needs a stainless floating 510, no wake-up delay, a few more watts to drive the plethora of sub-ohm tanks on the market better, and mayhap a working version of temp control, in the same basic package.

100% agree. That being said, I might still by another V1 for back-up.


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[osso1]

Anyone buy from here... Yet! $23.49
DealsMachine: Cloupor Mini 30W Variable Voltage VV VW Mode 510 Box Mod
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Thanks for post

I ordered one
This will be my third CM 30
Will post when it arrives

 

[BillyHill]

I have ordered from DealsMachine in the past with no problems.
I also grabbed the Cloupor Mini that they have on sale.

 

[Light Seeker]

Installed a Varitube 14mm low profile 510 and it's been fantastic since. Having a floating 510 is a huge plus, and having stainless threads just makes operation so much smoother.

How hard was this Croak? Any install tips?
Dropped my clouper mini/k4 yesterday, stripped the 510 thread, now its loose & displays the infamous 'check atomizer'. Thinking of repairing it with the varitube.

 

[SS stingray]

How hard was this Croak? Any install tips?
Dropped my clouper mini/k4 yesterday, stripped the 510 thread, now its loose & displays the infamous 'check atomizer'. Thinking of repairing it with the varitube.

Some how that's got to be Cloupor's fault . At least you didn't break a toe like somebody else we know.........