drawtube vs smoktech natural vs smoketech stainless steel telescope?

[TheBoom]

Hi all, been wanting to get into mech mods for a while now but not looking to start off with the high end stuff. The three options above are available to me and i'm having a hard time deciding.

What say u guys?

I think the natural is slightly higher priced than the other two where i am.

 

[GraCnT]

Hi The Boom! I'm at the same point as you.... Exactly! I want the Natural... And it's the higher priced one. I keep looking at the others, putting it in the cart and stopping. Lol. If you check out the thread deals and steals, and look at vapor Joes the mechanical sigelei #13 & 19 I believe are on sale for about 28 bucks I'm not sure of the site though. I'm waiting for the price to drop a bit on the Natural.they are coming out with a vv model now I believe so I'm hoping this one will become a bit cheaper.... We shall see lol. I wish you good luck in your quest and vapor on!

 

[meatsneakers]

I have a Natural and just got a Sigelei #8. I like the Natural better - the Sigelei button feels wobbly and cheaper, the diameter of the Sigelei is larger than most Genesis attys so it looks odd (Natural is same dia. as AGA and RSST), no spring in the Natural. The Sigelei is heavier and uses thicker walls which is nice. I wish they'd make 22mm versions of all these mech mods and also worked on the quality of the button. roarvapor.com has the Natural for $46 which isn't too much more.

 

[TheBoom]

haha i think i've made a decision. thanks for all the input though and good luck to you too!

i thought i might wana stack 18350's and the natural doesn't seem to be a telescopic mod contrary to what i was led to believe (it would help if anyone had any input on this. can there be stacking in the natural?).

and the smoktech stainless steel v2 telescope seems good overall but i dont really like the batt showing through the vent holes and the small drip well which is smaller then my aga-t

so the drawtube it is. good luck with your quest and i'll post my impression of the drawtube as soon as i get it. vape on!

 

[Califa]

i'd say go with the natural i have it paired up with my nimbus with an aw imr batt and its doing what it is supposed to do.
i also put in a pre-order for a sigelei mech that looks nice but reading about them having wobbly buttons now has me skeptical about my purchase. oh well but the natural for sure is one hell of a mod plus it looks great especially in short mode.

 

[muzichead]

haha i think i've made a decision. thanks for all the input though and good luck to you too!

i thought i might wana stack 18350's and the natural doesn't seem to be a telescopic mod contrary to what i was led to believe (it would help if anyone had any input on this. can there be stacking in the natural?).

and the smoktech stainless steel v2 telescope seems good overall but i dont really like the batt showing through the vent holes and the small drip well which is smaller then my aga-t

so the drawtube it is. good luck with your quest and i'll post my impression of the drawtube as soon as i get it. vape on!

You are out of luck with stacking 18350's in the Natural. It is either 18350 or 18650 for now. I don't know about the upcoming Natural telescope though... The OP should've linked the the telescope version... Here you go... http://.........blogspot.com/2013/04/rollout-smoktech-natural-telescopic.html#links

 

[Richard75]

I think it all depends on which button type you prefer... I tend to be a bottom button kinda guy, so I have to vote for the Telescope (just be careful with the button, I've heard horror stories of them breaking). The Natural is, I believe, ALL stainless, and I've heard stainless connections aren't the best. The Drawtube I've heard nothing about, so I can't comment. But I can say the Telescope was one of my first steps into mods, and while it comfortably sits on my desk now, it still works well.

Also, if you go with the Telescope, make sure you get the "rebuildable" one - the originals aren't really mechanical, and have a wire running through the top cap.

 

[meatsneakers]

Natural contacts are chrome plated brass, as are the Sigelei - both can be sanded to brass. Sigelei still uses a spring for the negative contact which isn't great for low res. Not sure about the Drawtube, but I believe one of the contacts are solid stainless and the others are brass.

 

[VIPOD]

I had the same choice, and based on this review, the DrawTube won me over:

Draw Tube Smart by Beautiful | Vape Squad


Several have said it's a much better build quality, very similar to the higher priced EA Mod.

 

[TheBoom]

You are out of luck with stacking 18350's in the Natural. It is either 18350 or 18650 for now. I don't know about the upcoming Natural telescope though... The OP should've linked the the telescope version... Here you go... http://.........blogspot.com/2013/04/rollout-smoktech-natural-telescopic.html#links

Oh no i didnt even know they had a Natural telescope coming out. I was talking about the stainless steel telescope v2.

think it all depends on which button type you prefer... I tend to be a bottom button kinda guy, so I have to vote for the Telescope (just be careful with the button, I've heard horror stories of them breaking). The Natural is, I believe, ALL stainless, and I've heard stainless connections aren't the best. The Drawtube I've heard nothing about, so I can't comment. But I can say the Telescope was one of my first steps into mods, and while it comfortably sits on my desk now, it still works well.

Also, if you go with the Telescope, make sure you get the "rebuildable" one - the originals aren't really mechanical, and have a wire running through the top cap.

I'm not too concerned with the button type, i think im ok with both. But what i don't really like about the ss v2 telescope is that you can see the battery through the large vertical vent holes or slits. And the drip well seems rather small in diameter, meaning some of my bigger genesis atties such as the aga-t would protrude out looking bad.

 

[blowingclouds]

Read the Natural forums and you'll know what the problems are with it. As for the drawtube, checked the resistance with atty on multmeter to be 3.5-3.6 which is quite excellent with no modding for a cheapo mech. Anything that drops below 3.4 "ahem" Bust mod..shouldn't be selling for over 100. Get which one you think looks good and drawtube is a Gus clone, natural looks decent, but i don't own on, im happy with #8, 13, and got 19 one the way, want a 30 and maybe cyborg if its good. At least those you can get with the cyborg exception unlike some of the vaporware mods that no one seems to be able to get unless you sell your 3rd born child.

 

[Richard75]

I'm not too concerned with the button type, i think im ok with both. But what i don't really like about the ss v2 telescope is that you can see the battery through the large vertical vent holes or slits. And the drip well seems rather small in diameter, meaning some of my bigger genesis atties such as the aga-t would protrude out looking bad.

That's a problem with some of my tanks and my Telescope. One of my favorite mods (Galileo) has the same issue with larger tanks looking strange, so I just use what looks good on it. I will say the AGA-S looks very good on the Telescope, if you're looking to use a genesis.

There was a lot of drama when the Telescope first came out because Smok forgot to add vent holes... I personally think the slots are one of the safest options out there. They're not the prettiest, I agree, but you wouldn't have to worry about safety (batteries will vent from the top, so it's always been strange how so many mods have bottom vent holes, especially since a battery might bloat during a thermal runaway, blocking the airflow to the bottom and thus making bottom venting pointless). All of my mods have the bottom venting, so I'm not bashing it.