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I have a drawer full of 510's, a drawer full of bottles and several sheets of silver and beryllium copper.....good to go until the end.
A lot of folks make their own mods just for the hobby side of things and of course all include the attaching of a 510 of their choice, including the squonky folk and other regulated folk.
so i'm with Rossum,
I have not built a mod with a board nor swapped one out but me thinks with care, I dare say i could do it.
Might one day,,,,
DARN IT Asbestos Beat me to it,,,
so i'm with Rossum,
I have not built a mod with a board nor swapped one out but me thinks with care, I dare say i could do it.
Might one day,,,,
DARN IT Asbestos Beat me to it,,,
Hexohm: lifetime warranty... At some point the chip will fail but it's warrantied. It's also minimalistic. Uses a potentiometer and I don't think there's a circuit boost.
Machine out of a block of metal, super durable and american made.
Using this as an excuse to post a picture of mine:
Machine out of a block of metal, super durable and american made.
Using this as an excuse to post a picture of mine:
I don't think any of my mechs will fail in my lifetime, but who knows? Thats why I got a bunch of them.
With many regulated mods there's also the display to consider. Most newer devices use OLED displays, which use an organic layer that will degrade versus LED displays which I understand are silicon based. I've read that OLED's have a lifespan of approximately 10 years.
So what brand are those? Got an online vender you buy from? The only ones I've seen in our valley are Vgod.
Wow! Great response with this and as I pretty much guest at the time of my post that a mechanical mod is going to be the way. I am building my own coils and making my own e-juice why not? What do you consider to be the best mechanical mods available? And I mean affordable like under the $200 range
I have looked into making my own but with my lack of skills combined with my OCD doesn't seem like a great idea but it might work. I really love some of the wooden bottom feeders that I've seen online. I don't know maybe an Altoids box?
A "lifetime" warranty is only valid for as long as the manufacturer/vendor remains in business. If/when the FDA goes all medieval on us, I wouldn't expect many vendors to survive to provide warranty service.
Some folks may not have gotten your joke.Don't you mean the Sigelei 155?
I have the slightly newer Segelei Fuschai 213 Plus, which now serves as my backup mod. It's actually a pretty nice mod. I was aware of the over-rating of its 213 watt ceiling before I purchased it. It didn't matter to me because I never vape over 40 watts. I chose this particular mod for its other features and attributes, which are many.
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Are we talking tube or box ?.
or mebee Unregulated ( without the screen) like a hex or something similar ?.
Your choices are endless within your price range , some great reliable gear can be had for less than $200 , easily ...
Pinoy gear is unusual looking but I like it.
I haven't found one yet.
I primarily focus my choice of mechanical mods based on safety designs, because mechs are inherently and potentially dangerous. Very few mechs actually have any safety features. I had a battery explode in a mech several years ago, so I tend to have an eye towards safety.
I have an old AltSmoke Silver Bullet, which is no longer manufactured, which I feel has many built-in safety features by design. I like it's design because it happened to have been made in the USA in my home state of Ohio, was inexpensive ($85 new), has a recessed side-firing fire button (I hate bottom-firing mechs because of arthritic hands), has battery venting via fire button in the upper part of the mod (where vent holes should be located IMHO), and uses a "hot spring" for safety. It also had an optional extension tube so that you could use an 18650 battery along with an Evolv Kick for added safety (short circuit protection) and turn it into a variable wattage mod. Inexpensive Mechanical Mod and RDA Setup
A Beginner's Guide to Your First Mechanical Mod
I should add here that I am not against mechanical mods. I actually like both mech and regulated mods. It's just that mechs should only be used by seasoned experienced vapers who have educated themselves on how to use them safely. An inexperienced novice using a mech is a dicey proposition.
I wouldn't mind finding a tube mech that meets my safety design requirements:
- Vent holes in the top of the mod. Batteries are designed to vent at their positive pole, so gases are going to accumulate there first. Vent holes in the bottom of the metal tube will be useless if the battery itself blocks the escape of gases to the bottom. Metal tube mechs without adequate venting are potential pipe bombs.
- Recessed fire button (whether side or bottom firing). If you ever carry your mod in your pocket there's a chance the fire button will get compressed accidentally and over-discharge the battery to the point of catastrophic failure. A locking fire button would be acceptable, but you have to remember to use it every time your mech is not in use.
- Use of a non-metalic battery sleeve to prevent short circuiting due to torn battery wraps.
- No direct battery or faux "hybrid" top caps (no 510 center pin). These require that the juice attachment have an extended center pin in the 510 connector. Using a normal everyday juice attachment on one of these "hybrids" is a catastrophe waiting to happen.
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This is going to last for awhile.
Dicodes are same quality or better than Provari, and are ready to buy. Somewhat expensive yes, but it is to be expected...
Dicodes are same quality or better than Provari, and are ready to buy. Somewhat expensive yes, but it is to be expected...
Seems like a potential market opening. A next gen mech with Baditudes safety Requirements.
Were the contacts accessible for cleaning?
A lot of cheap as chips "hybrid" mechs coming out, but that direct to battery just asking for trouble to me, IDK.
Were the contacts accessible for cleaning?
A lot of cheap as chips "hybrid" mechs coming out, but that direct to battery just asking for trouble to me, IDK.
Yeah.Don't you mean the Sigelei 155?
I know about the overrated wattage claim.
If I vaped at anything like those power levels, I'd have been disappointed.
Since I do all of my vaping < 75w it hasn't been a problem for me.
I'll stand by my opinion.
After over a year and a half it's still going strong
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