Little itty bitty mods under $100.
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I just picked up a used one with a dead battery off the classifieds for $50, then got an e-mail from VS about a sale on drippers and decided to look at their box mods and found the price drop :/
I can't even keep up with all this stuff, it's moving so fast.
That's it. I'm not buying anything, ever again. If I can't have the latest and greatest, I don't want anything.
Now where's my Blu? It's got "social features", don'chya know?
That's it. I'm not buying anything, ever again. If I can't have the latest and greatest, I don't want anything.
Now where's my Blu? It's got "social features", don'chya know?
I would jump on $50 but the site lists 69.99. Coupon code I'm missing (I also got their dripper-sale email)?
Weird. It was $49.99 when I posted. I don't feel so bad about the one I just bought now.
Price drops on the rDNA40 small screen ($149.99)
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Just saw the Dovpo mini 50w is now in stock and shipping out.
Cant wait to get mine next week and start checking it out. Will be a first time for me over 30w....
Cant wait to get mine next week and start checking it out. Will be a first time for me over 30w....
The IPV Mini (original, 30W) has PWM and DC-DC settings. PBusardo found when in PWM mode: 1. an initial "power boost" (about 1 Volt for 1 second) before settling down to the set voltage and 2. step-down.
Does the IPV Mini V2 (which is DC-DC only) give you this "power boost" and step-down?
Unlike the original iPV Mini (30W) which stepped down in PWM mode to 3V, the Mini II appears to have more of a DNA style chipset; flat DC signal down to 3.6V; no PWM mode.
Gerry,
I don't have an oscilloscope to measure the output signal, but just from comparing the vape quality to other boxes (Cloupor Mini, iStick 30 and 50) set to the same wattage (18-25) using exactly the same Omega dripping RDA built with a 0.7 ohm single horizontal rayon-wicked 26 ga. microcoil and loaded with the same 6mg juice, I'd hazard a guess that the iPV Mini 2 70W operates as the iPV Mini 30W does---with the same 1-second boost followed by a gradual downward slope to the set RMS watts.
As I wrote earlier, I don't experience the Mini 2 70W as hitting "harder" than my other boxes, but rather "fuller." This is a subtle difference rather than night-and-day, and much more noticeable with the Cloupor Mini 30W and iStick 30W than with the iStick 50W. The Cloupor Mini has that 0.8 second delay in firing from a sleep state, but then both the Cloupor and the iStick 30W seem to "ramp up" gradually to full power over the first second of actual firing. (Also, I think the Cloupor Mini is slightly underpowered in general, compared to the other three.)
By contrast, the iStick 50W feels (to me) identical to the iPV Mini 2 in the immediacy of full power upon firing, but I get just a bit more vapor with the Mini 2 70W from a mouth-to-lung draw that's as close to the same as I can make it for each. The slight crackle of the Omega's coil sounds exactly the same on both. If I were blindfolded with someone else holding each mod while I took a draw from one and then the other, I'm not sure I could tell them apart in terms of vape quality.
I'm not suggesting that the Cloupor Mini 30W or iStick 30W aren't good mods. They're fine and work well. Nonetheless, I've ended up putting my favorite RDAs (Omega and Origen V2) on the iPV Mini 2 70W and iStick 50W respectively, and I find myself reaching for those more often than the others. I didn't anticipate becoming a dripper again, but the superb flavor provided by each RDA on the Mini 70 and iStick 50 has grabbed me and---for the moment---won't let go.
Bill...Thanx for the QUITE helpful reply.
I have 2 20W-iSticks and 2 30W-iSticks in my "rotation" and have noticed the "gradual ramp up to full power over the first second of firing" that you mentioned. That's why the IPV Mini caught my eye when PBusardo mentioned the "1-second boost followed by a gradual downward slope to the set RMS watts".
Also interesting that "the iStick 50W feels (to me) identical to the iPV Mini 2 in the immediacy of full power upon firing". I have NO interest in Watts higher than 12-15 but have been looking at the 50W-iStick because of its 4400mAh. Now I have a 2nd "reason".
Although I'm "moving over" to Nauty's I still have a number of T3S's (and about a thousand coils). So I ended up (today) ordering an IPV Mini (original). I figure the PWM setting with it's step-down would be pretty useful for the T3S's "low Wattage needs".
(I was "nudged" by finding it in Clearance at 101Vape. They only have the GOLD...but that's the one I wanted. And $39.99 [+ $2.99 shipping] is less than ½ carton of analogs.)
IPV Mini Box Mod by Pioneer4you- CLEARANCE - 101 Vape
Oh boy...even at $69.99 I am seriously tempted by this thing. I'd probably then swap out the DNA30 in my original (non-rubberized version) with a new DNA25. Argh...just when I thought I was done buying until the SXMini M-series is released.
Oh boy...even at $69.99 I am seriously tempted by this thing. I'd probably then swap out the DNA30 in my original (non-rubberized version) with a new DNA25. Argh...just when I thought I was done buying until the SXMini M-series is released.
I bought one about 2 months ago for $99 and it's pretty awesome. I saw one for $50 in the classifieds with a bad battery so I jumped on it because I have a few extra li-po batteries and they're pretty easy to replace (for me).
My VS DNA30 was ordered on 11/15...right before they switched to the new rubberized coating. I paid $119.99. It still has one month under warranty but considering that the finish on it has started to wear (even though it has been in a sharkskin the entire time), I'm considering tearing it down and then sending it off to have it professionally finished. Then I'd swap out the board for a DNA25 for the fun of it. It's a great little device...I'd love another one at the current price.
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Don't worry, the KBox 80W is probably just around the corner and it will most likely be a "true" variable wattage device. I agree, this is a poor design for most people. And really, I see no benefit even to newbies with wattage increments that far apart. Let's face it, a fresh-of-the-analog user isn't going to want a box mod and by the time they are ready for a box, they'll require smaller incremental adjustments.
I'm very happy with my IPV Mini 30W. It has it's quirks, but it's my fav mini mod, even though it's not so mini.
I think the 30W-iStick is kicking the Innokin VV4's donkey
VV4...6W-15W...1000mAh...$45 (most sites)
30W-iStick...5W-30W...2200mAh...$31
But...the VV4 is coming down in price...
iTaste VV4 Express Kit:
Coupon Code: VV4DEAL => $31.99 + FREE shipping
iTaste VV4 expres kit - 1000mah variable voltage and variable wattage battery - EcigAvenue.com
VV4...6W-15W...1000mAh...$45 (most sites)
30W-iStick...5W-30W...2200mAh...$31
But...the VV4 is coming down in price...
iTaste VV4 Express Kit:
Coupon Code: VV4DEAL => $31.99 + FREE shipping
iTaste VV4 expres kit - 1000mah variable voltage and variable wattage battery - EcigAvenue.com
The Curve 50W looks like it will be a contender with some of the upcoming design improvements. At 95mm*50mm*24mm it's not a tiny mod, but still fairly small.
New mod by LostVape: "Curve" Review now added. Check Page 9.: FastTech Forums
Hi John,
Thanks for your overall high rating on the Curve, we are glad that you are liking it.
We are also aware some of the issue you mentioned in the con, we are actually thinking to upgrade after the holiday, I am sure it will be much better than it is now.
5 10 connector is a little wobbly on yours because of the first batch of sampling mods had a machining error, there is a tiny seam between the 510 plate and the top cap.
We do have a nut underneath the cap and a metal pin on the side to secure the 510 from twisting and pulling out, so normally they will not come loose. We will improve in future production.
We will consider using adjustable contact on the negative cap and positive using a fixed nickel plate brass tab.
Add a function to display charge voltage instead of just a status bar. - We will check with our chip manufacturer and see if they can do it soon.
Move the + and - buttons next to the screen in line with it up the side of the mod. - On the current structure it might be difficult cause we need open a new mold. But I think that's a great idea cause that's a prefect position for + - buttons..
Flip the 510 connector to the other side of the mod and reduce its height - This is doable, we weren't considering much about size when we started the design, but now everyone seems to like smaller size mods, we might have a mini version of it so we can redesign it. We are thinking to make a series of the Curve mods in the same shape but using different chips and capacity.
Thank you so much for your detailed reviewing and kind suggestions. We will do the best we can to upgrade and improve.
I am following up your Fasttech thread now and I will keep you updated once we done any improvement.
Thanks again!
New mod by LostVape: "Curve" Review now added. Check Page 9.: FastTech Forums
Hi John,
Thanks for your overall high rating on the Curve, we are glad that you are liking it.
We are also aware some of the issue you mentioned in the con, we are actually thinking to upgrade after the holiday, I am sure it will be much better than it is now.
5 10 connector is a little wobbly on yours because of the first batch of sampling mods had a machining error, there is a tiny seam between the 510 plate and the top cap.
We do have a nut underneath the cap and a metal pin on the side to secure the 510 from twisting and pulling out, so normally they will not come loose. We will improve in future production.
We will consider using adjustable contact on the negative cap and positive using a fixed nickel plate brass tab.
Add a function to display charge voltage instead of just a status bar. - We will check with our chip manufacturer and see if they can do it soon.
Move the + and - buttons next to the screen in line with it up the side of the mod. - On the current structure it might be difficult cause we need open a new mold. But I think that's a great idea cause that's a prefect position for + - buttons..
Flip the 510 connector to the other side of the mod and reduce its height - This is doable, we weren't considering much about size when we started the design, but now everyone seems to like smaller size mods, we might have a mini version of it so we can redesign it. We are thinking to make a series of the Curve mods in the same shape but using different chips and capacity.
Thank you so much for your detailed reviewing and kind suggestions. We will do the best we can to upgrade and improve.
I am following up your Fasttech thread now and I will keep you updated once we done any improvement.
Thanks again!
Not 20 seconds before reading this post of yours, I was in another thread vowing publicly that within 3 weeks I would also own the IPV Mini, if I could find one in GOLD perhaps...
Not 20 seconds AFTER seeing your post...... welp, guess what ya did to me, Gerry??
Thank you SO much for the assistance, DPLongo.
Not 20 seconds before reading this post of yours, I was in another thread vowing publicly that within 3 weeks I would also own the IPV Mini, if I could find one in GOLD perhaps...
Not 20 seconds AFTER seeing your post...... welp, guess what ya did to me, Gerry??
Thank you SO much for the assistance, DPLongo.
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