Hoi! Welcome to the ECF. I think years ago I passed through Eindhoven on a scenic trip from Mons to Amsterdam. Is Eindhoven off of the E34 or maybe the 49...? It's been a while.
I have a couple of DNA40 mods and while I rarely build with Ni200 (because it is so annoying to work with) I do like the option of temperature control. In my mind, temperature is less about the "dry hits" and more about controlling the temperature at which your juice is being vaporized. There is very little evidence out right now on the potential health risks from vaping but any harmful decomposition of the juice seems to come from abnormally high vaporization temperatures.
I am not even close to being an expert here. Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos is one of the more public researchers leading the charge on some of the actual chemistry and/or health risks that
might be associated with vapor. This website is a good jumping off point for further reading:
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Having said that, if you're vaping at 11W on a tank I would think that you may not be in the high risk category for possible health risks from high power vaping. So, if you discount the temp control as a deciding factor what mod would you want?
What do you use now?
Are you ever going to explore RDA's? How about high-power vaping? The upgradability and the the extra watts would leverage my choice over to the SX mini, but I like to blow fog. If you're purely tanks and replaceable atomizers I don't know if the SX mini has much to offer over the VS. At 11W you're only using a quarter of the power available on the DNA and a sixth of the power on the SX mini.
I think the build quality on the VShark is better but I'm basing that solely on the idea that I like my VS rDNA40 and I want it to be the best.
The VShark does feel good in my hand. I never really wanted one until I went into the store to browse and held one. It felt so good I had to get one of each. **I am a touch annoyed that the VS screen is on the bottom.**
Granted, I think the SX Mini looks sleeker and, I'm guessing, probably feels pretty good in hand as well.
Are those the only two mods on the table for you? I don't want to confuse this further but there are much cheaper, and I think safe and reliable, box mods available for a similar wattage range and/or size.
-Cloupor mini
-iPV mini
-CANA DNA30
-VShark DNA
I feel like I've done more harm than good. Sorry if that's the case.
Good luck with your choice and keep coming back to the boards.
Hoi, Caverned
nice that you remember the, Dutch word for hello and yes, Eindhoven lays next to the E34 !
My set-up now are a few Aspire Mini Nautilus powered by a, Stingray X (by HCigar) and a Nemisis (by FT

both mechanical mods where a, Sigelei VW kick is "build in" not the most ideal set-up, practical-wise but the taste I get with those 2 Mods is very nice.
First I had a, Istick by Eleaf but I go not find my sweet-spot with it also the liquids tasted "hard" and harsh after I watched the review of PBusardo..I knew why, its MEAN and not RMS and its not accurate according to wattage or voltage, 4.2 volt with a 1.8ohm coil is 4.8 volt etc, etc.
I brought it back and the, guy in the store had a need looking box-mod..yep..a Vaporshark rDNA30 it did looked, felt and tasted the part so I went for one of those because I also want the best of the best
I went for a, VS rDNA30 but then, Cyber-Monday came more a, black-Monday to me..whats new

so I decided to go for the rDNA40 mainly because of the 25% off and for the, temperature-control...
But whats the use of a, temperature while I am not going to use it, especially when I read this from you as a experienced re-builder that building a coil with Ni200 is so annoying I can,t even build a coil with Kanthal..
Your absolutely wright about over-wattage read..a overkill on..wattage on both devices and also maybe a overkill on features..but I do not know what my, vaping-future will "bring" I am tending to go into RTA & RBA,s..mainly because I want to use, organic cotton and being not more depend on what, Aspire of Kanger produces..with all kinds of strange filler/wick materials like, silica, Aspire,s "ceramic" paper..
I am also not into, high-power vaping (yet) my Atlantis (FT) is on the way so I have to found out what ever is something for me on the other hand I would probably like it for just sometimes to play around with.
Glad to know and thanks for the link, that my kind of vaping with +/- 11 watts is probably not in the high-risk category of high-power vaping, it did worries me.
What also worries me is that VS told me that my rDNa40 would have been shipped this week..but nothing was going on..now they told me its (probably) going be shipped mid January..my worries here are that our Government are implanting new laws at 01-02-2015 with all kinds of restrictions according to E-sigs so "our" customs will control a lot more on stuff which is E-sig related and I not so keen for paying import-duties and tax..
This is and was a, mayor concern for me..this week, if VS would have shipped this week, I would have taking the probably risk but now its getting to tricky for me..so I asked them to cancel my order
The other box-mods you mentioned, thanks for that

I already did have a look at them, Cloupor is out the question as I read to many negative things about then in the, discussions on FT.
Thanks for your reply !