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Go to the Forums home page and scroll down to the APV discussion. There's a whole 'nuther forum in there just for mechs.
My personal favorite is the Stingray X by Infinite. Never misfires, has a floating top pin, just a really nice mech.
My personal favorite is the Stingray X by Infinite. Never misfires, has a floating top pin, just a really nice mech.
Haha the one place I didn't look!!! Thanks, obviously I'm new around here.
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No mech mod will blow your face off if you know what you're doing and use it properly. All of them will blow your face off if you don't. That said, stay away from "faux hybrid" mechs, at least at first and until you know exactly what you are doing. Those are the ones where the 510 positive pin directly contacts the battery, like the SMPL and many others. You can spend as much money on a mech as you want. With some of them, you're paying for quality; with others you're paying for brand name. You can buy a quality clone for 10 bucks if you'll wait for shipping from China. In fact, for people who are just starting, I recommend a Nemesis clone. It's hard to beat a Nemi. That said, you can also get some authentic mechs under 50 bucks easily; quality goods, but not fancy. I'd look at a smok Magneto or a Wotofo Phantom. Double the money will buy a Council of Vapor Kindred, and a bit over a Franklin will buy a Poldiac or Nanos from Metal Madness Vapors (new old stock, they're not in production right now with Greece's economic troubles and getting hard to find.) If you've got a buck and a half to throw at it, Fakirsmods is having a heckuva sale. You can buy a FX22 mod (18650 battery) and a Troy 2 atomizer combo for that price. (The Troy, BTW is a true hybrid atomizer; the atty screws into the top of the mod tube, there's no 510 connection at all in that config, although the atty also has an adapter plate so you can use it on a 510 mod, and the mod has a top cap so you can use a 510 atty.) I can't afford one of those this month, but if I could, I'd have already ordered 
Mechanical mods area made for advanced vapers with a clear understanding of battery chemistry and the dangers associated with a mechanical mod.
Lithium batteries can go into thermal runaway and vent which can build pressure inside the tube causing the explosion.
If you do not know exactly what to do in the event of a venting battery inside your mod, you are not ready to safely use a mechanical mod.
Lithium batteries can go into thermal runaway and vent which can build pressure inside the tube causing the explosion.
If you do not know exactly what to do in the event of a venting battery inside your mod, you are not ready to safely use a mechanical mod.
A mech mod has no safety features built into it that will your battery from venting if you make a mistake. Safety with these devices is all on the user.
You know where the mech mod sub forum here is now. Here are a couple of link that will also help you learn about safety issues:
One stop reference shop.
Mooch's battery blog.
Hope that helps
There are great mechs in the classifieds lately, you can get a great device, that used to cost 3x's as much new.
Listen to the old timers, they've gone thru all this already and have great info to share. A mech device if used properly can satisfy most vaping needs and last you till the end of days.
Listen to the old timers, they've gone thru all this already and have great info to share. A mech device if used properly can satisfy most vaping needs and last you till the end of days.
As others have said mech mods have no real built in safeties. I recommend a regulated mod. You can do higher wattages with them and not have to build dangerously low resistance coils to get clouds.
Unless you have a fetish for redundant tech, then you are much better off with a regulated device.
Cheers Bad, but you know what I'm talking about right? They are an arcane anachronism.
I personally think everyone should learn Ohm'sLaw/Power Law, battery safety and proper use of mech mods. I also think everyone should own a minimum of one (although do the research before you begin using it).
We don't know what's coming down the pike in the US. The EU members will be facing restrictions as well. It doesn't hurt to have mods that don't have electronics and are easy to repair.
We don't know what's coming down the pike in the US. The EU members will be facing restrictions as well. It doesn't hurt to have mods that don't have electronics and are easy to repair.
So are muscle cars, yet the 2016 700+hp Hellcat is available at your local Chrysler dealer.
It's all about perspective.
For example:
To me regulated mods are like bic lighters. Disposable.
Mechs, to me, are more like Zippos. Built to last forever.
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Yep!
I still have two. (Funny thing, they were both gifts, won from Marlboro).
I'm always prepared to make fire.
Me? Nope, never had a Zippo. Heck, I never bought a lighter the 11 years I worked as a waitress for my part time job. People left so many behind on tables I probably still had enough for 4 years after I stopped that job
I do still have the last Bic I ever bought. I use it to light my propane torch, burn brush and torch mesh
Asking about a safe mech that wont blow your face off screams "I am not ready to own a mech mod"
Arcane, yes. Anachronism... maybe not. Oh, I agree they are become a niche market, and that I am part of the niche. That said, there's something about them... My engineering background loves simplicity. It is, in that word so beloved of engineers, the essence of "elegance."
What I meant by an anachronism, was that they were created as a simple solution to an engineering problem, and that from that perspective that have been superseded. Yes I know that they have relevance in light of the upcoming prohibition. But in my opinion the main reason people continue to use them (myself included) is because they just like them, and are willing to work within their limitations of which there are quite a few.
Hello, my name is sonicbomb. I am an engineer and a mechaholic, it has been 120.73 seconds since my last vape.
Hello, my name is sonicbomb. I am an engineer and a mechaholic, it has been 120.73 seconds since my last vape.
Precisely. I do not deny I just like them. The spare beauty, the lack of extraneous bells and whistles, the challenge of the right build... I dunno, my friend. Certainly regulateds are easier to use and offer more versatility. But for those who can, and are willing, there's nothing like it.
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