Interesting Video on the Altus

[BigEgo]

There's a new tank called the Altus that is using a different type of heating element that supposedly never has to be changed (they call it an "advanced solid state heater"). You only have to rewick the cotton every so often, but the "coil" lasts indefinitely. A user on reddit is speculating what the heating element is. I will quote him:

I'm almost 100% positive that the "CVU" is just a silicon nitrate heater with tungsten (or some alloy of it) as the resisting heating element. I can understand why they don't want you to dry burn it, it would cause an expansion of the metal which would cause the inner layer of the CVU to turn into liquid-y phase silicon nitride (still a solid, but it expands under high heat) which would then COULD cause the solid-b phase outside to crack under expansive force. Dont worry about dropping it and breaking the CVU though, Silicon Nitride has a Density of 3.2 kg/m3 , nearly the same as diamond.​

Sounds interesting and I am anxious for reviews and a thorough breakdown of the "CVU."

In any case, the inventor has made a video showing how to wick it.

 

[brianc11111]

looks pretty interesting..
im thinking once the element is warmed up, there is quite a bit of surface area
to heat juice up.
ill wait until further reviews are out and maybe the price will drop a little

 

[zoiDman]

There's a new tank called the Altus that is using a different type of heating element that supposedly never has to be changed (they call it an "advanced solid state heater"). You only have to rewick the cotton every so often, but the "coil" lasts indefinitely. A user on reddit is speculating what the heating element is. I will quote him:

I'm almost 100% positive that the "CVU" is just a silicon nitrate heater with tungsten (or some alloy of it) as the resisting heating element. I can understand why they don't want you to dry burn it, it would cause an expansion of the metal which would cause the inner layer of the CVU to turn into liquid-y phase silicon nitride (still a solid, but it expands under high heat) which would then COULD cause the solid-b phase outside to crack under expansive force. Dont worry about dropping it and breaking the CVU though, Silicon Nitride has a Density of 3.2 kg/m3 , nearly the same as diamond.​

Sounds interesting and I am anxious for reviews and a thorough breakdown of the "CVU."

In any case, the inventor has made a video showing how to wick it.

Thank You for posting this Big.

I Very Rarely jump on New Things. Or rush out and have to Try the "Flavor of the Week". But this is So Different to what I have seen over the Last 6 Year, I might have to Break My Own Self-Imposed Rule.