Focalecig ... A new Fasttech??

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funkyrudi

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Any thoughts on the two Flash e-Vapor's (V-2 & V-3)? I've read some good things on the originals, they say you can use them as a dripper or with the tank, anyone try these?

Flash e-Vapor V2 Style Rebuildable Atomizer

Flash e-Vapor V3 Style Rebuildable Atomizer

These versions can be used as a dripper, but it ugly with the threading on top. But there are some V3 +V2 versions around that offer a full set - incl. long DT, small and large tank section, dripper. One of these versions has a wireless base. The FC V3 is fully compatible to the original, so it`s possible to buy expensive parts from Arthur, the designer.

The Aqua V2 is listed $29.24 (Ship from USA)1:1 Aqua V2 by Tobeco
 
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I ordered one Roxy, couldn't help myself hahaha...

Same! It will be the least informed vaping purchase I've ever made. It's almost like the ultimate x-mas pressie for myself. I don't know what I'm getting. Not even sure why I got it. Possibly out of spite for a manufacturer selling $150 units made in a cloning facility.
 

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    My zero turned up today :banana:

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    First thing I noticed, was the weight of the zero, gives a nice beefy well made feel to it, but could be a bit to heavy for some people though, for me it is a pro though.

    I will say as reported, this thing does seem to hit harder than what it is set at, and mine the resistance reads 0.02ohms lower than what my coil is, so I have it set at 20 watts, where normally I vape at 25 watts, but also Nikki did say the chip seems to have a break in period, so will see if over time if that changes, but it is not a big negative to me anyway. Also even though the zero says it will only fire down to 0.50ohms, it was reading my resistance as 0.40ohms, and was firing it no problem.

    I LOVE the fire button, there is a click when pushed, but it is very smooth, takes little pressure to fire, but with how the button is housed, no worries of it accidentally firing, I had no worries going out with it and just putting in my jacket pocket. I do wish it did have settings lock though, as have hit the up and down buttons a few times by mistake.

    The only real negative I have about the appearance of my zero, is the screen is very slightly crooked, and is not centered in the window, so is cutting off the battery bar, as can see in the picture below (also can see the 0.40ohm resistance) but it is not a big deal to me, and if really bothered me, sure I could take apart and straighten it out, but doubt I will care enough to bother.
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    I did also get the black sleeve as can see in the pictures, I did not have to bend it into shape like Nikki has with her sleeves, and even though I think the black looks cool, as I thought it is one hell of a finger magnet, will probably look at covering with clear wrap later on, as that will bother me more than the screen.

    Oh and mine, the key comes out easily, just use my thumb nail to pop it out, and I have used it a few times already to change the 510 pin, nice to not have to get up to search for a screwdriver :)

    Personally I think the zero is very much worth the price tag, and love the ability to change the look of it so easily and quickly.
     

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    I received my two zeros today as well. As others have stated it definitely hits hard. I vape my 1.27ohm KFL at 11-12W on both the Robbot and Wotofo ZNA 30 but on the Zero I have it turned down all the way to 8W and it still seems like it hits a little harder. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, it does buck power so I can turn it down but I don't really like that it's that far off. Also, one them reads the 1.27ohm KFL as 1.2 and the other reads it as 1.1. I haven't cleaned them though, was too excited, so maybe after I clean the threads, 510 pin, and battery contacts it will read the same.

    Aside from one of the mini USB connections being a little crooked, fit and finish is quite nice. I don't plan to ever to charge using a USB so not a problem for me. The 510 threads are pretty good, on par with other good quality clones.

    Now what's this about the chip needing to break in? I don't recall reading that anywhere but maybe I missed it. Can someone explain more?
     

    Nikkita6

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    Looking sexy my friend :) So you really didn't have to press fit your sleeve? :blink: I had to press fit all three, the two that I received from Yosen (black and silver) and the one that I just got from FC (gold) They all showed up the same way ... not a huge deal as I was able to press fit them all, but still..

    AND YOSEN STILL OWES ME TWO PROPER GIFT BOXES!!!!!!! :mad: :p

    My zero turned up today :banana:

    AXYotGw.jpg

    tGJJHT2.jpg
    NA0UNWd.jpg


    First thing I noticed, was the weight of the zero, gives a nice beefy well made feel to it, but could be a bit to heavy for some people though, for me it is a pro though.

    I will say as reported, this thing does seem to hit harder than what it is set at, and mine the resistance reads 0.02ohms lower than what my coil is, so I have it set at 20 watts, where normally I vape at 25 watts, but also Nikki did say the chip seems to have a break in period, so will see if over time if that changes, but it is not a big negative to me anyway. Also even though the zero says it will only fire down to 0.50ohms, it was reading my resistance as 0.40ohms, and was firing it no problem.

    I LOVE the fire button, there is a click when pushed, but it is very smooth, takes little pressure to fire, but with how the button is housed, no worries of it accidentally firing, I had no worries going out with it and just putting in my jacket pocket. I do wish it did have settings lock though, as have hit the up and down buttons a few times by mistake.

    The only real negative I have about the appearance of my zero, is the screen is very slightly crooked, and is not centered in the window, so is cutting off the battery bar, as can see in the picture below (also can see the 0.40ohm resistance) but it is not a big deal to me, and if really bothered me, sure I could take apart and straighten it out, but doubt I will care enough to bother.
    wTkkBek.jpg


    I did also get the black sleeve as can see in the pictures, I did not have to bend it into shape like Nikki has with her sleeves, and even though I think the black looks cool, as I thought it is one hell of a finger magnet, will probably look at covering with clear wrap later on, as that will bother me more than the screen.

    Oh and mine, the key comes out easily, just use my thumb nail to pop it out, and I have used it a few times already to change the 510 pin, nice to not have to get up to search for a screwdriver :)

    Personally I think the zero is very much worth the price tag, and love the ability to change the look of it so easily and quickly.
     

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    My zero turned up today :banana:

    AXYotGw.jpg

    tGJJHT2.jpg
    NA0UNWd.jpg


    First thing I noticed, was the weight of the zero, gives a nice beefy well made feel to it, but could be a bit to heavy for some people though, for me it is a pro though.

    I will say as reported, this thing does seem to hit harder than what it is set at, and mine the resistance reads 0.02ohms lower than what my coil is, so I have it set at 20 watts, where normally I vape at 25 watts, but also Nikki did say the chip seems to have a break in period, so will see if over time if that changes, but it is not a big negative to me anyway. Also even though the zero says it will only fire down to 0.50ohms, it was reading my resistance as 0.40ohms, and was firing it no problem.

    I LOVE the fire button, there is a click when pushed, but it is very smooth, takes little pressure to fire, but with how the button is housed, no worries of it accidentally firing, I had no worries going out with it and just putting in my jacket pocket. I do wish it did have settings lock though, as have hit the up and down buttons a few times by mistake.

    The only real negative I have about the appearance of my zero, is the screen is very slightly crooked, and is not centered in the window, so is cutting off the battery bar, as can see in the picture below (also can see the 0.40ohm resistance) but it is not a big deal to me, and if really bothered me, sure I could take apart and straighten it out, but doubt I will care enough to bother.
    wTkkBek.jpg


    I did also get the black sleeve as can see in the pictures, I did not have to bend it into shape like Nikki has with her sleeves, and even though I think the black looks cool, as I thought it is one hell of a finger magnet, will probably look at covering with clear wrap later on, as that will bother me more than the screen.

    Oh and mine, the key comes out easily, just use my thumb nail to pop it out, and I have used it a few times already to change the 510 pin, nice to not have to get up to search for a screwdriver :)

    Personally I think the zero is very much worth the price tag, and love the ability to change the look of it so easily and quickly.

    Mine arrived also Nailz and my screen is EXACTLY the same position as yours! At least they're consistent. I like the feel of it but I am going to have to find the perfect atty for it. So far I'm not liking my Rose or Sat22 on it.
     

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    I received my two zeros today as well. As others have stated it definitely hits hard. I vape my 1.27ohm KFL at 11-12W on both the Robbot and Wotofo ZNA 30 but on the Zero I have it turned down all the way to 8W and it still seems like it hits a little harder. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, it does buck power so I can turn it down but I don't really like that it's that far off. Also, one them reads the 1.27ohm KFL as 1.2 and the other reads it as 1.1. I haven't cleaned them though, was too excited, so maybe after I clean the threads, 510 pin, and battery contacts it will read the same.

    Aside from one of the mini USB connections being a little crooked, fit and finish is quite nice. I don't plan to ever to charge using a USB so not a problem for me. The 510 threads are pretty good, on par with other good quality clones.

    Now what's this about the chip needing to break in? I don't recall reading that anywhere but maybe I missed it. Can someone explain more?


    Sweet .. As you said you may need to just clean the copper contacts. Break in period ... I will try to explain.

    Not sure if I would call it a break in or not, but as I explained it to Nailz a week ago, when I first got it you all know that I said it had some punch. I adjusted my wattage down by 2W, but I never got any burnt or dry hit, but the throat hit and nicotine high was major :p After about 2 or 3 days I got used to it and I increased the wattage by 2W back to my usual. Not sure if its the Zero breaking in, or me breaking in, but that was my deal with it. But I vape it at the same wattage as I do everything else now.

    When I first got it I also used the USB port to recharge, but that lasted only a week and I mostly wanted to make sure that it worked. Now I just change the batteries out .. but I do like the there is a charge indicator light next to the port.
     

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    Doh didn't notice. Kinda pricey for a clone made of aluminum no?

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    Ya! And kind of janky too .. Limwell/Psmoke Variant is 304 stainless like the V1 Variant Fat and Slim ... I don't want a aluminum Variant. Maybe they did that to try and replicate the lightweight feel of Titanium? I already criticized Limwell for using 304 material and putting Titanium on the side which also annoyed me ... but I will take the SS Variant over an aluminum any day.

    The one thing I can't do is a large and lightweight device, which makes it feel cheap to me like the Cloupor T6. I hate how light and hollow that things feels .. Big and heavy go together :laugh: Oh, and whats up with the "authentic Smoktech"? FT can have that, thanks :D
     

    Nailz

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    Sweet .. As you said you may need to just clean the copper contacts. Break in period ... I will try to explain.

    Not sure if I would call it a break in or not, but as I explained it to Nailz a week ago, when I first got it you all know that I said it had some punch. I adjusted my wattage down by 2W, but I never got any burnt or dry hit, but the throat hit and nicotine high was major :p After about 2 or 3 days I got used to it and I increased the wattage by 2W back to my usual. Not sure if its the Zero breaking in, or me breaking in, but that was my deal with it. But I vape it at the same wattage as I do everything else now.

    When I first got it I also used the USB port to recharge, but that lasted only a week and I mostly wanted to make sure that it worked. Now I just change the batteries out .. but I do like the there is a charge indicator light next to the port.

    With my hana I always charge with usb, but that is because I'm to lazy to unscrew the back though, I do have magnets for it, but also been to lazy install them too :laugh:

    I have already swapped out the battery on the zero, and not sure I will always usb charge like the hana, as so easy to get the battery out of the zero, even using the screwdriver tool I can easily get out of mine :p
     

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    Mine arrived also Nailz and my screen is EXACTLY the same position as yours! At least they're consistent. I like the feel of it but I am going to have to find the perfect atty for it. So far I'm not liking my Rose or Sat22 on it.

    I like the Rose on it, but so far don't really like that SAT on it either .. actually I don't like the SAT on anything regulated, so I put it on my Stingray X. Try the Heron on it, so far that is still my favorite atty with the Zero, and the Aqua clone too.
     

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    I had to press fit my Zero sleeve.

    My screen is perfect, but also have the resistance reading problem. The 1.2ohm coil is reading 1.0ohm. I'm running the SqR on it at only 15W. I would normally be running it around 17W. So I had some experimenting to do to find my sweet spot with that mod/atty combo.

    Got my Orchidv3 today. So far no leaking. I put the top fill cap from my kayfun on it.
     

    TamiPac

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    I like the Rose on it, but so far don't really like that SAT on it either .. actually I don't like the SAT on anything regulated, so I put it on my Stingray X. Try the Heron on it, so far that is still my favorite atty with the Zero, and the Aqua clone too.

    Give me about a nano second and I will try that. I have enough of those for sure! :D
     

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    I like the Rose on it, but so far don't really like that SAT on it either .. actually I don't like the SAT on anything regulated, so I put it on my Stingray X. Try the Heron on it, so far that is still my favorite atty with the Zero, and the Aqua clone too.

    How do you like the Sat in general? I was waffling between that and the BF-99. I'm mostly happy with the BF-99. Just wish the air hole was at least 1.8 - 2mm. Or that they had two.

    No one I asked had much to say on either of them other than that the Sat blew like a Kayfun air-wise.
     
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