Evolv Technology Owners Discussion Thread

[SheerLuckHolmes]

I've watched Phil's review a couple of times now. I didn't see it as a negative review, but rather, a lot of very clear information.

The biggest nugget is summed up by, "rock solid". Everything has to be 'rock solid' for the DNA40 TP to shine. We are talking about putting a race car engine into a demolition car body. The race car engine is just not going to give you the same experience as it would in a race car body. It is time for all of the other variables, body, atty, wiring, connections, soldering, switches etc etc etc to up their game to the same level of 'rock solid' in order to met the level of precision that the dna chips demand.

The screens issues, after the first release, IMO, have all been display issues not effecting functionality. Set the device down for several mintues or vape through them, and the chip resets it's self and all is back to normal.'

In my opinion, Phil's video is not so much an admonishment of Evolv but of the rest of the variables that the dna chips have to work with.

 

[retird]

Understand what ya said.... yep the "rock solid" kinda hits the nail; on the head....I'm confident the few glitches will get fixed and all this banter will be history...

 

[retird]

Rip^ doesn't waste a lot of time imo, I have that rdna40 model (no glitches) with zip etc... ^ awesome ^
hmm Delta2 ? dang, I don't even know what that is but if he loves it (like the Marquis dripper in TP), I'm interested.

Busardo, loves to get into it to say the least; haven't seen his vid, he knows a hell of a lot more than I do, but the guy didn't even know how to make a micro coil, a year or two after they had been well known.

Like Rip said in the beginning, the great VALUE of the dna40 devices are that you can do .16 to 2 ohms in conventional VW.... what blows my mind about any of the DNA devices, is how great they work, and the high voltage HIGH VOLTAGE... I know, SOME of the high wattage boxes from China have high watts, but plenty of them DON'T have high volts....
My Raptor boxes go up to 120w, but only 5.5v, Same for the 50w Ranger.

Not going over 5v is not that big of a deal, but in my experience 1 to 2 ohms with kanthal is the way to go with conventional, and you may need high voltage (up to 7v) if you are going with lots of surface area on your coil/s.

***I did get some juice leakage into the batt holder area using the Marquis, and that ticks me but that's user error...
will someone tell me if or what the situation is with leakage into the connectors on the rdna40, Flask40 and XPV40???
I'll email the vendors to find out too.
I'll stop using the Marquis so freely if its a big no no....

Did ya ever get any responses from the vendors? Curious what ya found out...

 

[ukeman]

not yet... but i did start being more careful

 

[dr g]

I've watched Phil's review a couple of times now. I didn't see it as a negative review, but rather, a lot of very clear information.

The biggest nugget is summed up by, "rock solid". Everything has to be 'rock solid' for the DNA40 TP to shine. We are talking about putting a race car engine into a demolition car body. The race car engine is just not going to give you the same experience as it would in a race car body. It is time for all of the other variables, body, atty, wiring, connections, soldering, switches etc etc etc to up their game to the same level of 'rock solid' in order to met the level of precision that the DNA chips demand.

The screens issues, after the first release, IMO, have all been display issues not effecting functionality. Set the device down for several mintues or vape through them, and the chip resets it's self and all is back to normal.'

In my opinion, Phil's video is not so much an admonishment of Evolv but of the rest of the variables that the DNA chips have to work with.

You are spot on about the race engine analogy. However this is exactly the reason why Phil's review was off the mark. He reviewed the board without acknowledging that he was really reviewing specific mods.

 

[Ian444]

He did acknowledge that it was the board, the mod or the atty. Your statement is not true.

 

[TheotherSteveS]

I guess, like many things, there are only a few ways to get it right but an infinite number of ways of screwing it up!

 

[retird]

Kinda think new technology may come with a few mistakes and a few surprises...correct them and move on....most people will forgive mistakes I think and acknowledge that efforts are being made to resolve them....

 

[BNEAT]

Kinda think new technology may come with a few mistakes and a few surprises...correct them and move on....most people will forgive mistakes I think and acknowledge that efforts are being made to resolve them.... heck.... got a status update just yesterday. Hopefully vendors are keeping their customers up to date....

Care to share what you know?

 

[retird]

Care to share what you know?

Things are moving along.... corrections are/have been made....

 

[BNEAT]

Things are moving along.... corrections are/have been made....

Let me rephrase that: Care to share all of what you know?

 

[BobC]

As stated in the other thread, Evolv has made inroads on at least the large screen DNA40, which they pulled about a month ago, updated the boards, and will begin shipping as early as today

 

[BNEAT]

Thanks, I just saw that.

You posted in the other thread and I posted in here at exactly the same time.

 

[retird]

As stated in the other thread, Evolv has made inroads on at least the large screen DNA40, which they pulled about a month ago, updated the boards, and will begin shipping as early as today

The big screen issue is better. Meaning it doesn't affect functionality of the unit anymore.

 

[retird]

As the owner of this thread, do you think we could request a DNA 40 subforum? This is a whole new ballgame. New technology, different coil builds...

Katya.... was reading a few older post here and saw this one....October of 2014....... Your request came about a few days ago with the Temperature Control sub-forum....

EDIT: Just adding a new video....

 

[BNEAT]

Well I screwed that up. It wasn't the PM window that I thought I was in

 

[SavePaperVapor]

As stated in the other thread, Evolv has made inroads on at least the large screen DNA40, which they pulled about a month ago, updated the boards, and will begin shipping as early as today

So Bob, your saying I should wait a month or so before I exchange my rdna? The screen jumble I can live with for now but it would be nice not to have it.

 

[dr g]

He did acknowledge that it was the board, the mod or the atty. Your statement is not true.

Of course it's true. Without knowing which of those things it is, and how much, you simply cannot properly review the board. It's like saying the car isn't going fast enough, and it could be the engine, the chassis, or the driver, so thumbs down on the engine.

That's not good reviewing. And it's pretty obvious if you don't have an axe to grind.

So Bob, your saying I should wait a month or so before I exchange my rdna? The screen jumble I can live with for now but it would be nice not to have it.

The sad thing is screen glitches should not be repetitive in RMAs. They are only repetitive because VS does not repair the devices, they send a new one, and clearly they are not testing the devices well enough prior to initial packaging.

 

[retird]

Just watched a video on youtube showing a $600.00 DNA40 (so the reviewer says)....reminded me of the Apple watch for Ten Thousand bucks so probably for those folks who want to spend that kind of money for a PV or a watch....

A bit of bad language so beware....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu881yPvo_k

 

[retird]

Here is the jest of most of the latest update as of yesterday afternoon that Evolv replied to me.. It is posted in the spirit of wanting to share and provide some of the info the vendors receive. In my opinion the vendors are your best resource and should be your first contact point as they are the seller of the devices and some are also the makers of a given device also. They also know more about the specific device(s) they offer.

1. Celsius bug is fixed.
2..The small screen glitch issue is fixed or at least that the feedback Evolv is getting from ..... (device maker's name omitted).
3. The big screen issue is better. Meaning it doesn't affect functionality of the unit anymore.

Evolv typically leaves information on bug fixes and what not to the device manufacturers to disseminate as they are the ones dealing directly with the consumer.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Now just a reminder of the subject of this thread:

Evolv Technology Owners Discussion Thread
General Discussion of any manufactured personal vaporizing device using their patented electronics incorporated in the device. A gathering place for those using the same technology in various retail devices. This is not a thread to compare xxx device against yyy device but to discuss the common technology, and for Q & A of the technology.

Have a great evening....