HeavenGifts: Win Joyetech Cubis+Cuboid combo, a new SS316+TCR vaping experience you shall try
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Oh wow, tuned out for a few days and missed a lot. BIG CONGRATS to Cig, one of my fav people on the forum and easily one of the most knowledgeable and always willing to help peeps here. (I am a proud owner of a Cig a ma jig and just used it last night)
So I received my prize today via DHL. Here are my first impressions of the mod and tank combo. This will be a long post. I'm going to break it out into two separate posts. One for the Cuboid mod and one for the Cubis tank.
Cuboid Mod
Having owned other Joyetech products (the evic VT and the evic VTC Mini), I have come to expect that the mod would be a good looking mod. The one I was sent was the brushed stainless steel version and as I have come to expect, it is very good looking. There is a black strip on the side that covers the display and my one complaint on that is that the black shows fingerprints very easily. The fire button also has an audible rattle when you shake the mod.
It came preloaded with firmware 3.0 and the Joyetech website already has the 3.1 firmware available. It uses the same firmware update utility that is used for the evic VTC Mini. With the latest firmware for both mods, the displays are identical except that the Cuboid has two battery level gauges. The firmware update process is the easiest out there. You plug to mod into your computer using the micro USB cable, start up the update program, it detects the version you have installed, click update and select the new firmware file and then about 5 seconds later you're done. Even though the graphic on the mod says 150 watts, the latest firmware (version 3.1) bumps up the maximum wattage to 200 watts.
The battery door means you don't need to worry about magnets or removing a side panel to change batteries. Hit the switch and the battery door opens up and then you slip the batteries in and close the door. As you can see in my side by side photos, the Cuboid is the smallest dual 18650 battery mod out there. It is the same height as my Vaporshark DNA200 and much smaller than the Snow Wolf 200. Compared to the evic VTC Mini, which is a single 18650 mod that only goes up to 75 watts, it is 5/16" taller, 1/16" wider, and 1/8" thicker. With the metal construction and the weight of the two 18650 batteries, it does have some heft to it, weighing in at 10.5 ounces. It is thinner and not as wide as the three 18650 Reuleaux, but it is only 5/16" taller, and obviously with just two batteries versus three, it is lighter. It is positively tiny when compared to the XCube 2. It is virtually the same size as the Sigelei 75.
Like the evic-VT and evic-VTC Mini, three presses of the fire button switches you into the adjustment mode. This brings up my major complaint about the mod. When you are in temp control mode, the only way to modify the wattage is to go into adjustment mode, toggle down to the power and then you can only adjust the wattage up. So if you want to set it to 50 watts, but while adjusting it stops at 50.1 watts, you need to increase the wattage up to 200 watts so you can round robin and start from the minimum wattage of 1 watt again. The wattage increases in 0.1 watt increments all the way from 1 watt up to 200 watts. When you hold the button down, it scrolls through the wattage pretty quickly, so it is very easy to accidentally set the wattage higher.
In my first impressions of this mod, it is basically the big brother to the evic VTC Mini. It vapes identical to it, but with two batteries and an extra 125 watts. The evic VTC Mini does offer the bypass mode which is not available with the Cuboid. The latest evic VTC Mini firmware adds the same adjustable TCR mode that is available on the Cuboid. This mod can easily become my favorite mod. I just need to find out at what voltage does the batteries cut out.
Cuboid Mod
Having owned other Joyetech products (the evic VT and the evic VTC Mini), I have come to expect that the mod would be a good looking mod. The one I was sent was the brushed stainless steel version and as I have come to expect, it is very good looking. There is a black strip on the side that covers the display and my one complaint on that is that the black shows fingerprints very easily. The fire button also has an audible rattle when you shake the mod.
It came preloaded with firmware 3.0 and the Joyetech website already has the 3.1 firmware available. It uses the same firmware update utility that is used for the evic VTC Mini. With the latest firmware for both mods, the displays are identical except that the Cuboid has two battery level gauges. The firmware update process is the easiest out there. You plug to mod into your computer using the micro USB cable, start up the update program, it detects the version you have installed, click update and select the new firmware file and then about 5 seconds later you're done. Even though the graphic on the mod says 150 watts, the latest firmware (version 3.1) bumps up the maximum wattage to 200 watts.
The battery door means you don't need to worry about magnets or removing a side panel to change batteries. Hit the switch and the battery door opens up and then you slip the batteries in and close the door. As you can see in my side by side photos, the Cuboid is the smallest dual 18650 battery mod out there. It is the same height as my Vaporshark DNA200 and much smaller than the Snow Wolf 200. Compared to the evic VTC Mini, which is a single 18650 mod that only goes up to 75 watts, it is 5/16" taller, 1/16" wider, and 1/8" thicker. With the metal construction and the weight of the two 18650 batteries, it does have some heft to it, weighing in at 10.5 ounces. It is thinner and not as wide as the three 18650 Reuleaux, but it is only 5/16" taller, and obviously with just two batteries versus three, it is lighter. It is positively tiny when compared to the XCube 2. It is virtually the same size as the Sigelei 75.
Like the evic-VT and evic-VTC Mini, three presses of the fire button switches you into the adjustment mode. This brings up my major complaint about the mod. When you are in temp control mode, the only way to modify the wattage is to go into adjustment mode, toggle down to the power and then you can only adjust the wattage up. So if you want to set it to 50 watts, but while adjusting it stops at 50.1 watts, you need to increase the wattage up to 200 watts so you can round robin and start from the minimum wattage of 1 watt again. The wattage increases in 0.1 watt increments all the way from 1 watt up to 200 watts. When you hold the button down, it scrolls through the wattage pretty quickly, so it is very easy to accidentally set the wattage higher.
In my first impressions of this mod, it is basically the big brother to the evic VTC Mini. It vapes identical to it, but with two batteries and an extra 125 watts. The evic VTC Mini does offer the bypass mode which is not available with the Cuboid. The latest evic VTC Mini firmware adds the same adjustable TCR mode that is available on the Cuboid. This mod can easily become my favorite mod. I just need to find out at what voltage does the batteries cut out.
Good write up. Not being able to take the wattage down would be very annoying. I'm liking the looks of the mod more and more each time I see it, though.
What's that TARDIS mod you have there?
Cubis Tank
This tank is a bottom feed, cup style tank. This means that the tank side, bottom and 510 connector is permanently attached. This means that you no longer have to worry about the tank leaking from the bottom. You fill the "cup" with juice and the coil is screwed into the chimney. The top hardware/coil is then lowered into the cup and as it is screwed into the tank, the coil comes in contact with the 510 connector at the bottom. The biggest advantage of this design is the ease with which you can fill juice into the tank. No need to maneuver the dropper in between the tank wall and the chimney. No need for unicorn bottles that will fit into a tiny fill hole. You can even pour the juice right into the tank out of the bottle. The only thing you need to worry about is that you don't fill past the max fill line, as that considers the juice displacement that will occur when you stick the mass of the chimney and the coil into the tank.
The tank came with a 0.5 ohm SS coil pre-installed, and comes with a 1.0 ohm SS coil and a 1.5 ohm Clapton coil (kanthal). If you look at the last picture, showing the bottom of the coil, you can see one of the two juice channels cut into the bottom of the coil. This means you can literally vape until the last drop of juice in the tank. If you look at the first picture, that little gap at the top is where the top hardware screws off, and is also the air flow control. When you screw the top cap on counterclockwise until tight, the air flow is open all the way and turning it clockwise closes it off. Turning it further and the top cap unscrews. The tank is very loud and noisy when you are using it. It is about on par with the iSub G and is one of the noisiest tanks that I have.
The tank comes with two drip tips, one in stainless steel with a plastic insert shown above, and one in glass (or plastic? not sure) that you can see is still in the box. The stainless steel one does heat up quite a bit when vaping. If you grab the collar just below the drip tip, you can unscrew the entire inner chimney from the tank (as shown in the second picture) and you can look down the chimney to the top of the coil.
With the bottom feed, I am not really sure what would be the procedure to prime the coil. Do you drip some juice into the bottom juice channels on the coil? I simply inserted the coil into the filled tank. Then unscrewed the drip tip and inner chimney and dripped 4 drops of juice directly to the top of the coil. Then I let the tank sit for a good 10 minutes or so, took a few unpowered pulls with the airflow closed down and saw that no air bubbles were coming up. I loaded up the tank with Jungle Fever by Ruthless, a 90 VG juice, and I have no wicking issues whatsoever. Flavor is excellent and the vapor production is top notch. I get some pretty dense clouds with the 0.5 ohm coil. Without needing to worry about building for a bottom airflow, the tank is able to be manufactured smaller. It is a good 1/2" shorter than either my Atlantis 2 or my Aromamizer.
This tank is a bottom feed, cup style tank. This means that the tank side, bottom and 510 connector is permanently attached. This means that you no longer have to worry about the tank leaking from the bottom. You fill the "cup" with juice and the coil is screwed into the chimney. The top hardware/coil is then lowered into the cup and as it is screwed into the tank, the coil comes in contact with the 510 connector at the bottom. The biggest advantage of this design is the ease with which you can fill juice into the tank. No need to maneuver the dropper in between the tank wall and the chimney. No need for unicorn bottles that will fit into a tiny fill hole. You can even pour the juice right into the tank out of the bottle. The only thing you need to worry about is that you don't fill past the max fill line, as that considers the juice displacement that will occur when you stick the mass of the chimney and the coil into the tank.
The tank came with a 0.5 ohm SS coil pre-installed, and comes with a 1.0 ohm SS coil and a 1.5 ohm Clapton coil (kanthal). If you look at the last picture, showing the bottom of the coil, you can see one of the two juice channels cut into the bottom of the coil. This means you can literally vape until the last drop of juice in the tank. If you look at the first picture, that little gap at the top is where the top hardware screws off, and is also the air flow control. When you screw the top cap on counterclockwise until tight, the air flow is open all the way and turning it clockwise closes it off. Turning it further and the top cap unscrews. The tank is very loud and noisy when you are using it. It is about on par with the iSub G and is one of the noisiest tanks that I have.
The tank comes with two drip tips, one in stainless steel with a plastic insert shown above, and one in glass (or plastic? not sure) that you can see is still in the box. The stainless steel one does heat up quite a bit when vaping. If you grab the collar just below the drip tip, you can unscrew the entire inner chimney from the tank (as shown in the second picture) and you can look down the chimney to the top of the coil.
With the bottom feed, I am not really sure what would be the procedure to prime the coil. Do you drip some juice into the bottom juice channels on the coil? I simply inserted the coil into the filled tank. Then unscrewed the drip tip and inner chimney and dripped 4 drops of juice directly to the top of the coil. Then I let the tank sit for a good 10 minutes or so, took a few unpowered pulls with the airflow closed down and saw that no air bubbles were coming up. I loaded up the tank with Jungle Fever by Ruthless, a 90 VG juice, and I have no wicking issues whatsoever. Flavor is excellent and the vapor production is top notch. I get some pretty dense clouds with the 0.5 ohm coil. Without needing to worry about building for a bottom airflow, the tank is able to be manufactured smaller. It is a good 1/2" shorter than either my Atlantis 2 or my Aromamizer.
It is an annoyance, but I've gotten used to it since this is the same problem that both the evic VT and the evic VTC Mini has. If there was any improvement that I could suggest, it would be to fix that problem. It only happens in TC mode though, since in TC mode you have to be able to adjust both temp and wattage. In TC mode, temp is the primary adjustment and then you need to go into that adjustment menu to change wattage. Obviously when you are in power mode, this problem doesn't occur since you can only adjust wattage.
It's a version 1 Snow Wolf 200 with a Tardis wrap from Vapor Skinz on it.
Don't forget this step to get your $10 gift certificate. I just used mine to order some replacement coils for the Cubis atomizer.
Doing some online searching for the real world pricing, the Cuboid is only priced about $5 more than the evic VTC Mini. For that price, getting the Cuboid is a no brainer.
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