Joyetech eVic Review

[vpingworld]

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Read the full review (with pictures etc) at Joyetech eVic | Vaping World​

[h=3]Key Features[/h]

Visual Operating system
Temperature Monitoring
Adjustable Wattage/Voltage
Auto-Detects resistance of atomizerjoyetech MVR (My vaping Record)-The Visual Operating System is my favorite part of this whole device. When in use, the home screen displays output setting, battery level, number of hits remaining in the battery at the current power setting, and a high temperature warning. Beyond the home screen, there is a menu where you can change the of settings, from temperature threshold to standby time. Another fairly common feature of these advanced e-cigs is that they display the duration of your hit.​

The only clunky part of the VOS is again the method of navigation. Going from deep within the menu system to the home screen is an annoying process involving lots of little clicks of the navigation wheel. Having a simple method to get back to the “home page” would be simple to implement and would make the device much more user friendly.

-The temperature monitoring feature detects the temperature of your coil, and displays a warning whenever it gets too hot. The temperature at which the alarm is displayed is adjustable, which is a nice feature if you are using specialty atomizers.-When first connecting an atomizer to the device, the resistance of the atomizer is displayed on screen, along with the recommended power setting. This feature is especially useful for less experienced vapers, as it provides a starting point for individual atomizers.-Joyetech’s MVR (My Vaping Record) is another unique feature of that comes with the eVic. MVR is a small program that is run on your computer. When the eVic is plugged in through the micro-USB port, MVR will display all sorts of information about how the device has been used, in graph form. This is an interesting feature, and it can be helpful to know exactly how many puffs you are taking per hour or per day. This is especially true for users who are trying to cut back on nicotine consumption.In addition to the wealth of information available, the user can change every setting on the device with a simple mouse based interface, eliminating the need for that annoying navigation wheel.The eVic, living up to its name, has periodic firmware updates. Updating the firmware is as simple as plugging it in and clicking a button.​

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[Fergie]

Having a simple method to get back to the “home page” would be simple to implement and would make the device much more user friendly.

Holding down on the fire button will kick you out of the menu and back to vaping.

 

[warrenao]

I've seen the 'connect to your computer' bit mentioned elsewhere, but I can't find out whether it's Windows-only, or what. Joyetech's website doesn't say, and it's not in the manual they have online there either.

So will the eVic behave properly when attached to a real computer ( ), or is it Win only?

 

[vpingworld]

I've seen the 'connect to your computer' bit mentioned elsewhere, but I can't find out whether it's Windows-only, or what. Joyetech's website doesn't say, and it's not in the manual they have online there either.

So will the eVic behave properly when attached to a real computer ( ), or is it Win only?

Ouch I'm hoping you're talking Linux, because if you're referring to Apple OS, you're vaping something more than nicotine

I run Windows and several Linux Distros, and I have had no problems with the MVR in either case. I'm not sure about how it would work with Apple OS.

 

[vpingworld]

Thanks Fergie. Mine refuses to do that- maybe I have a lemon? Who knows. I'm not using it right now anyway.

 

[warrenao]

Ouch I'm hoping you're talking Linux, because if you're referring to Apple OS, you're vaping something more than nicotine

I run Windows and several Linux Distros, and I have had no problems with the MVR in either case. I'm not sure about how it would work with Apple OS.

indeed! MacOS (and iOS) both run Linux under the hood. Well, actually it's Darwin, which is a variant of FreeBSD, which is of course a variant of BSD. But it's the same family, which does explain the relative stability and lack of viruses.

Anyway, good, so the software will run under Lin - does it come up in a console window, install a binary, work in a browser session, or what?

 

[danlnyc]

Can someone help me?

I just upgraded to firmware 1.4 but I ran into one issue.

When I switch from Celcius to Fahrenheit, I cannot save the alarm temperature to any degree. It comes back as 45 fahrenheit when I turn off and on.

However, when I keep it on Celcius, there is no issue.

Advise please!!

 

[warrenao]

Stick to Celsius for now…?

I'm not trying to be snarky. But the UI on the eVic is rudimentary. It's either roll back to 1.3, or deal with 1.4's quirks until Joyetech decides to fix it in 1.5, I suspect.

 

[warrenao]

The eVic does in fact work with Mac.

Joyetech has software downloads available from their website. You can download and install the interface package from there for your OS - Win or Mac. There is no available Lin download I can see.

On Mac, installation requires a reboot, for no good reason apart from slipshod installer programming. (If you've changed some things in the serial settings on a UNIX based system, you don't need to reboot the OS, just reset the affected subsystems, but whatevs.) After that, you can plug in your eVic, load the controller software, and hack away sans documentation to your heart's content.

It's a standalone program on OSX.