Hey all,
Due to the failure of my Cloupor DNA30 last night, I ended up pulling the trigger on a Hcigar Nemi clone from my local B&M (who heard an earfull about the failed device). Sadly their main mech person that I normally BS with wasn't there, but the help that I got was decent and fairly knowledgeable. She set me up with a Hcigar Nemi (a mod that I always found attractive was probably going to get down the line anyway). I've been rebuilding my coils on a kayfun for a few months, and building coils for a handful of drippers that recently picked up with great success and satisfaction. After dabbling with some slight subohm builds on the DNA30 I just found it preformed better at the 1 - 1.4 range, pushing 20-25 watts.
Anyrate, I took the Nemi home, since i was probably a few months out from getting a mech anyway, and started building up coils. I have and regularly was checking my builds with an ohm reader, I used steam engine to figure a .6-.8 ohm build would get me close to where I was on the DNA 30. (steam is telling me at the above ohms i'm pulling 22-29 watts and 5 to 7 amps. I have a pair of authentic Sony XTC4s that I am currently using, with plans to get XTC5s or AW 18650's. I also use a XTAR intelli charger and take the batteries off as soon as they are done charging. I also plan on ordering a multimeter to keep track of my battery voltage during use. The sony's are rated at 10 amps continuous with a 30 amp max ( if i am understanding that correctly) so it seems like I am well with n the safe range, and I don;t hit 10 amps until i start going lower then .5 ohms on a build. So based on that, does it seem like I'm on the right track?
Lastly, there were a few questions I had about mech mod behavior. I notice the section where the center pin is housed and the atty itself seems to get pretty warm. I pulled the battery out of concern, but the battery was cool, as was the tube. Is this typical? How will I know if I have problem (prior to it blowing my hand off?) Also is there alot of jiggering involve with adjusting the center pin, or fire button height in order to get the atty to fire? I'm used to the clouper (and befoe that Vamo) firing pretty much everything with no muss or fuss. Lastly, even at the ranges I described above the hits off my atty's seem not as sharp or strong and from checking the coils while i was building them, they seem to be a bit sluggish in lighting up. Are there adjustments that I need to make to get a faster hotter response time or is that just the nature of the beast compared to the DNA 30 devices?
I had always wanted a mech as soon as I saw them because they are attractive (even my wife who hates the vaping, and despised my box mod admitted that the nemi was nice looking), and the form factor is very appealing, not to mention the flavors and clouds were described as second to none. So it was going to happen eventually, I am just not certain if I jumped the gun (innate worry wort).
Due to the failure of my Cloupor DNA30 last night, I ended up pulling the trigger on a Hcigar Nemi clone from my local B&M (who heard an earfull about the failed device). Sadly their main mech person that I normally BS with wasn't there, but the help that I got was decent and fairly knowledgeable. She set me up with a Hcigar Nemi (a mod that I always found attractive was probably going to get down the line anyway). I've been rebuilding my coils on a kayfun for a few months, and building coils for a handful of drippers that recently picked up with great success and satisfaction. After dabbling with some slight subohm builds on the DNA30 I just found it preformed better at the 1 - 1.4 range, pushing 20-25 watts.
Anyrate, I took the Nemi home, since i was probably a few months out from getting a mech anyway, and started building up coils. I have and regularly was checking my builds with an ohm reader, I used steam engine to figure a .6-.8 ohm build would get me close to where I was on the DNA 30. (steam is telling me at the above ohms i'm pulling 22-29 watts and 5 to 7 amps. I have a pair of authentic Sony XTC4s that I am currently using, with plans to get XTC5s or AW 18650's. I also use a XTAR intelli charger and take the batteries off as soon as they are done charging. I also plan on ordering a multimeter to keep track of my battery voltage during use. The sony's are rated at 10 amps continuous with a 30 amp max ( if i am understanding that correctly) so it seems like I am well with n the safe range, and I don;t hit 10 amps until i start going lower then .5 ohms on a build. So based on that, does it seem like I'm on the right track?
Lastly, there were a few questions I had about mech mod behavior. I notice the section where the center pin is housed and the atty itself seems to get pretty warm. I pulled the battery out of concern, but the battery was cool, as was the tube. Is this typical? How will I know if I have problem (prior to it blowing my hand off?) Also is there alot of jiggering involve with adjusting the center pin, or fire button height in order to get the atty to fire? I'm used to the clouper (and befoe that Vamo) firing pretty much everything with no muss or fuss. Lastly, even at the ranges I described above the hits off my atty's seem not as sharp or strong and from checking the coils while i was building them, they seem to be a bit sluggish in lighting up. Are there adjustments that I need to make to get a faster hotter response time or is that just the nature of the beast compared to the DNA 30 devices?
I had always wanted a mech as soon as I saw them because they are attractive (even my wife who hates the vaping, and despised my box mod admitted that the nemi was nice looking), and the form factor is very appealing, not to mention the flavors and clouds were described as second to none. So it was going to happen eventually, I am just not certain if I jumped the gun (innate worry wort).
