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Kryp2nite26

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Hello everyone. Just ordered off avid vaper. I'm going to order an aspire naughty mini too. I was wondering has anyone tried a Magma rda on this yet? I want to get into rebuilding and I thought that 20W would be plenty enough power. So is anyone using rba/RDAs on their istick?

I use a Kayfun Mini on mine. Works fantastic.
 

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Me...I start out at 8 Watts and just increase in .5 Watt increments until I notice taste getting "worse" or "too much" vapor.

Usually end up around 13-14 Watts at home and 9-10 Watts (to keep the vape amounts at "socially acceptable" levels) when out and about.

(Since I only use Watts...my settings remain the same with either the 1.6Ω or 1.8Ω coils.) (Variable Wattage automatically does the mathematical calculations to figure out Volts when you change the Ω's.)

Interesting...so you're saying if someone puts a 1.8 coil in their Nautilus, and slaps it on here; you don't really need to mess with the Volts at all, just the Watts?
 

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scaredmice: check the documentation for your voltmeters...

I may still have to eat the words in my earlier posts. However, any voltmeter measuring Vrms would specifically document the fact. It is my experience that affordable DC voltmeters (<$500), capable of reading PWM DC signals, do so in Vavg not Vrms. My gut tells me that your meters are measuring in Vavg. We can formulate a Vrms value of a square wave PWM signal from a Vavg value if we have the voltage peak (Vpk) and duty cycle (% of time on). Only a scope would give us that information. Nowadays, scope software calculates both Vavg and Vrms for us. So these formulas are mostly academic. We still wait for a good scope reading.

Just my opinion. I could be wrong.

Well, you are absolutely right. A full certainty with those data is almost impossible, not without the help of a good oscilloscope.

And I do not know where could be the documentation. Firstly, the digital was purchased in 1995, well before its clones hit the market, flooding it in late years. And the analogue was the result of a time in which I lent the digital to a friend and it lasted more time than expected out of my view.

My working hypothesis is that even the cheapest framed coil analogue voltmeter reacts the exactly same way as our coils inside our atomizers, the first twisting the reaction spring of the measuring frame, in response to the electromagnetic interaction between coil and magnet, and our atty's generating heat. Only those prepared with devoted filters can measure other things.

Of course, it depends on the waveform and its frequency that it might happen deviations. But I wouldn't expect them at such a low frequencies. I might be utterly wrong.

As a matter of fact, the digital detects that it is not a pure DC voltage, because the readings are unstable (i. e., the voltage oscillates up and down a bit). The analogue has steady readings, no fancy movements on the needle, it just go up to the reading when I fire the iStick and goes down precisely at the moment I release the fire button.


Which also adresses, I think, the question about an instantaneous release of power versus a not so quick one. It fades off really quickly.

But I'll leave the unanswered bits to people better equipped to answer them. I'm a chemist with deep background in electronics because my specialty, but I'm far for become a resident 'whatever'....:)

And it's boresome to translate things now and again..... it renders me confused.....:blink: That's my bad, of course, I'm way too simple to get all the job properly done....:oops:
 
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Hello everyone. Just ordered off avid vaper. I'm going to order an aspire naughty mini too. I was wondering has anyone tried a Magma RDA on this yet? I want to get into rebuilding and I thought that 20W would be plenty enough power. So is anyone using RBA/RDAs on their Istick?

The iTaste does not have an adjustable 510 connector and the Magma has a long 510 pin. This makes for a pretty large gap between the Magma and the iTaste that many people will find objectionable. The Magma's domed chamber and adjustable air flow will allow you to get respectable performance with 20 watts but some people will prefer using it at higher power—just a matter of personal preference.


I got my iStick for out and about so I wanted a small tank to pair with it. I had previously been keeping half an eye on the GG Tilemahos because people whose judgment I trusted were so impressed with the taste it produces. Getting the iStick pushed me over the edge to go ahead and pounce on a Tilemahos and I could not be more pleased—dripping taste in a 3.3 ml. tank with no misbehavior at all in a compact size.

The Tilemahos does overhang the iStick a smidge but not obnoxiously so while I think the height is nicely proportional. It is not top-heavy on the iStick which I have appreciated. The bad news is that the Tilemahos is priced a bit more than authentic Kayfuns rather than being a budget tank. That said, I consider it to be an excellent value considering its quality and performance. Bishopheals has an informative video up for the Tilemahos.

This picture shows the Tilemahos with the adjustable air flow control which adds height but is needed for any mod like the iStick without any air flow channels.
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Sorry for what is probably an obvious question for most of you but what tank is on the silver iStick? I know it is a mini but I am new enough to not know all of the names yet of the tanks.

I can actually help - that's an: Aspire- Nautilus Mini. Worth looking up, fantastic tank overall, and all that I use. And the one next to it is it's big brother, the standard Nautilus.
 
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Yes, the Naughtiette. I got it with my iStick from the (not well liked ) ebay seller for $54 delivered for the pair.

It is a really nice tank. Adjustable airflow, mondo vapor, good taste. The only drawback is it is only 2ml, and it empties quick on the 'stick.


(ok, I'm not sure if it's cause of the tank or the stick, but I'm hittin this like a ______(you can fill in here)___.)

(I think I'm gonna hafta lower my nic!!!)
 
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Welp. There it is. Really like the feel and size and simplicity of this little wonder. It runs much hotter than my iTaste vv3, so I'm at a much lower wattage, at least on my current juice. Which is fine cause the warmth and flavor are the same, so who cares about the numbers. There is definitely a fanged reptile in there, but I guess it doesn't bother me.

All in all a great buy.

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And I appreciate yours. :)

To me, it's not so much a matter of trust but of being an active and involved consumer. Our constant collective whining (on this forum, several great blogs, and on YouTube) has lead, over the years, to many improvements in our vaping gear (and the quality of e-liquids). The more we discuss and dissect and analyze every new piece of equipment, the better it becomes. Manufacturers are reading these boards and they are paying close attention to YouTube reviews (PBusardo's, Green's, etc.) I know that for a fact. I have myself corresponded with several manufacturers and vendors and gotten many great responses from them--as have hundreds of my ECF brothers and sisters. :D Manufacturers need our feedback and they value it--and they often act upon it. You may not even be aware that some of the greatest inventions in vaping, like mods, carto tanks, clearomizers, RBAs, RDAs, you name it, have all been conceived by fellow vapers--our (and German, Russian, Greek, etc.) talented modders--not by Kanger or Joyetech.

This is a new and fast growing industry and we are all learning together and from each other. It's a good thing. :)

Impressive what a lack of "red tape" can do to allow the immediacy of reacting to consumer feedback.
It will be a shame when the FDA tape machines start rolling.
 
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