-High-End Mechanicals and Atomizers-Pictures & Discussion Round 2-

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wonkeypickle

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Malefilipinonurse

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Call me a copycat, but I too wanted to breathe new life into my Chi You (I've never been a big fan of the stock switch):

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I got my brass Nef-i switch and top cap from Calivapers with this sweet home made 101 copper tube:

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You're not a "copycat" The NEF switches really make this chi improve its mystique. I don't know how you feel about the throw and how hard you need to press the switch to fire but I replaced the spring with the paps v3 spring. The throw is still long but effortless in terms of pressing...i dig it more now.
 

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You're not a "copycat" The NEF switches really make this chi improve its mystique. I don't know how you feel about the throw and how hard you need to press the switch to fire but I replaced the spring with the paps v3 spring. The throw is still long but effortless in terms of pressing...i dig it more now.

I'm not a huge fan of recessed buttons. I prefer depressing bottom buttons with my palm, rather than depressing recessed buttons with my pinky, but I knew what I was getting in to (it's extremely similar to the Anatoilan switch). The throw is a bit long but I don't find it hard to depress. I replaced the spring with magnets and the action seems to be about the same (I haven't purchased spare GP Paps v3 springs yet, but I do have lots of v2.x springs that might work).

I saw your posts here and on FB about using a washer to shorten the throw. I may try it just for the heck of it, but I don't think that I want the button to be recessed within the switch housing (if I'm envisioning it correctly).

I think the Nef-i switch feels and looks better than the Chi You switch. I hate the stock Chi You top cap - I think it's bulky and ugly and I could never get airflow through it when I used to use RTAs (I considered drilling out and enlarging the air holes, but I didn't trust myself not to mess it up). The stock cap has been stashed away in favor of a Vaperev flat top cap that I picked up in the Classifieds a while ago.

I'm eager to get on the Nef-i copper list when it becomes available. It might be nice to get a SS switch and top cap to have a complete set, but it's not really something that I covet at the moment.
 
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Malefilipinonurse

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I'm not a huge fan of recessed buttons. I prefer depressing bottom buttons with my palm, rather than depressing recessed buttons with my pinky, but I knew what I was getting in to (it's extremely similar to the Anatoilan switch). The throw is a bit long but I don't find it hard to depress. I replaced the spring with magnets and the action seems to be about the same (I haven't purchased spare GP Paps v3 springs yet, but I do have lots of v2.x springs that might work).

I saw your posts here and on FB about using a washer to shorten the throw. I may try it just for the heck of it, but I don't think that I want the button to be recessed within the switch housing (if I'm envisioning it correctly).

I think the Nef-i switch feels and looks better than the Chi You switch. I hate the stock Chi You top cap - I think it's bulky and ugly and I could never get airflow through it when I used to use RTAs (I considered drilling out and enlarging the air holes, but I didn't trust myself not to mess it up). The stock cap has been stashed away in favor of a Vaperev flat top cap that I picked up in the Classifieds a while ago.

I'm eager to get on the Nef-i copper list when it becomes available. It might be nice to get a SS switch and top cap to have a complete set, but it's not really something that I covet at the moment.

I'm also waiting for that copper list but I'm wondering if they're going to be using copper contacts on that switch though.

So as stated on my FB post, I did put a washer in the switch to decrease the throw but it became too sensitive to touch. I had an incident just a couple days ago where I placed my chi inside my vape holder which I stash in my car. I had left my car for a couple hours and came back with the mod SCORCHING HOT. My assumption was that the mod was firing due to the increased sensitivity of the button with the washer in the switch. I'm quite fortunate that the mod didn't explode or anything because that would have been horrible. Since then I've been using the V3 switch spring and called it a day. haha
 
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