Looked into mech. mods. Not for me!

[LeftHandBlack]

I went to my favorite vape shop and checked out some mechanical mods. Bear in mind Ive been using a Kanger Evod kit and Ego batteries along with the Kanger MT3S for the last going on 7 months and satisfied with the performance. For some reason I thought mech. mods might be a better way to go. Well upon my research I found that $50 for the mod, $16 for a set of batteries, $8-$35 for a charger plus a $20 kick. So basicly around $100 for a replacement for my $15 Evod and Ego batteries which have lasted me 7 months so far. A solution looking for a problem in my opinion! Im good to go with my current setup.

 

[Myrany]

Mechs are indeed not for everyone. I personally prefer them for the simple reason that they are nearly indestructible and easily repaired if something does go wrong. I do not trust the FDA to not make getting gear very difficult for those of us without a B & M nearby (ie shutting down internet sales) or even shutting down sales of mods all together.

SO a tube mod with no wiring that I can fix.
Batterys that I can easily replace
Charger that I can easily replace
I don't run a kick

All adds up to something I can keep running indefinitely

basic ego style batterys are toss away when it dies which is not acceptable to me for the long haul.

 

[meanckz]

Well....I recently acquired the Smok Magneto, and I am liking it...I did not get the kick (I mean, if I want VV/VW I'll just stick with what I got)....also, since I've got a couple of tube mods, didn't need to buy anymore batteries/charger... so, besides the mods cost, I did not have any additional cost.....however, as mentioned I do like the Magneto and I also gotten a K100 on BF sale (having airflow issues with it) ... I don't get the hype about mechanicals (except, I guess for sub-ohm stuff, which I'm not into).

 

[LeftHandBlack]

Well. What I like about the basic Ego style Batteries (I prefer Kanger) is that they shut off when voltage gets low, shut off when fully charged, lasted 7 months so far and are cheap to buy and small to carry. I like the idea if a kick so I know when time to replace battery.

 

[LeftHandBlack]

Well....I recently acquired the Smok Magneto, and I am liking it...I did not get the kick (I mean, if I want VV/VW I'll just stick with what I got)

The Magneto is what I liked best as well. I talso thought the kick was to alter voltage and wattage but was told it was basicly a circuit breaker to control voltage. Shuts off when voltage gets to your set limit.

 

[Myrany]

Well. What I like about the basic Ego style Batteries (I prefer Kanger) is that they shut off when voltage gets low, shut off when fully charged, lasted 7 months so far and are cheap to buy and small to carry. I like the idea if a kick so I know when time to replace battery.

EGo style batteries are great. I have 5. I just am not certain they will be available around here should vapocalypse come. Hence the mech.

Like I said mechs are not for everyone they do take some homework and attention to detail to keep running safely.

 

[LeftHandBlack]

they do take some homework and attention to detail to keep running safely.

Yep, exactly my concern!

 

[DrillRX]

I went to my favorite vape shop and checked out some mechanical mods. Bear in mind Ive been using a Kanger Evod kit and Ego batteries along with the Kanger MT3S for the last going on 7 months and satisfied with the performance. For some reason I thought mech. mods might be a better way to go. Well upon my research I found that $50 for the mod, $16 for a set of batteries, $8-$35 for a charger plus a $20 kick. So basicly around $100 for a replacement for my $15 Evod and Ego batteries which have lasted me 7 months so far. A solution looking for a problem in my opinion! Im good to go with my current setup.

The nice thing about a mech is the fact that in the long run, it will be cheaper. I can just replace a battery and still have the same performance mod i've always had. My coils never...never, burn out. I have 3 and 4 months on some of my coils that I built and they work exactly the same way they did when they were new. If, and that's a BIG if, I get a little burned taste I know it's either time for some more juice or I can just put some new wick in and be just like new again.

I do have to mention that I run strictly dripping atomizers with my mech's and wouldn't go back to ego's. I do however keep my old ego's around and sell one occasionally to people just starting out.

WANNA BUY ONE?..lol

 

[Myrany]

The nice thing about a mech is the fact that in the long run, it will be cheaper. I can just replace a battery and still have the same performance mod i've always had. My coils never...never, burn out. I have 3 and 4 months on some of my coils that I built and they work exactly the same way they did when they were new. If, and that's a BIG if, I get a little burned taste I know it's either time for some more juice or I can just put some new wick in and be just like new again.

I do have to mention that I run strictly dripping atomizers with my mech's and wouldn't go back to ego's. I do however keep my old ego's around and sell one occasionally to people just starting out.

WANNA BUY ONE?..lol

I just popped my first coil on my REO's RM2.....6 week old coil. Lost to overzealous dry burning after some seriously gunky juice. No worries recoilrd and back up and running in 15 minutes.

There is a place for ego style batteries. I still use mine to drive with. For some people Ego style is exactly what they need and that is perfectly fine. The individual is the only person who really has any say in what does and does not work for them.

For you DrillX and me the answer is a mech and dripping/squonking. For the OP it is the no muss no fuss ego. It is all good.

 

[Sickkboy]

Myrany said that right, mech are not for everyone. If you happy with ego style battery, that's good cuz it's not expensive to replace, but I like the idea that mech are hardly fail if I drop it or it fell right of the desk, they just get a scratch, and I could change just battery when it low (if you familiar with it you can notice when battery is low).

I have 4 ego style but I rarely use them now, 1 have failed in the first month and I couldn't do anything but toss it.

 

[Myrany]

Myrany said that right, mech are not for everyone. If you happy with ego style battery, that's good cuz it's not expensive to replace, but I like the idea that mech are hardly fail if I drop it or it fell right of the desk, they just get a scratch, and I could change just battery when it low (if you familiar with it you can notice when battery is low).

I have 4 ego style but I rarely use them now, 1 have failed in the first month and I couldn't do anything but toss it.

My one failed ego I took apart to salvage the 510 connection for the vapocalypse box. LOL

 

[dam718]

The Magneto is what I liked best as well. I talso thought the kick was to alter voltage and wattage but was told it was basicly a circuit breaker to control voltage. Shuts off when voltage gets to your set limit.

Not true at all... The Kick effectively turns your mech mod into a Variable Wattage device (They do NOT have a voltage only function). It's regulated so you get the same vape from fresh battery to discharge. Now it also has current and wattage limits like every other regulated device out there... Point is, it is far from a simple "circuit breaker" as you've heard.

Here are the stats from the manufacturers website:

Output Power: 5 Watts to 15 Watts
Output Voltage: 2 Volts to 6.3 Volts
Output Current: 6 Amps
atomizer resistances: 0.5 Ohms to 3.3 Ohms
low battery cutoff: 2.7 Volts loaded

 

[JmanEspresso]

The Magneto is what I liked best as well. I talso thought the kick was to alter voltage and wattage but was told it was basicly a circuit breaker to control voltage. Shuts off when voltage gets to your set limit.

I have to guess some clueless B&M owner or worker gave you this false information.


The Kick and Kick 2 do exactly what you thought they do, more or less. In simple terms, it turns a mech into a VW device.

One of the cool things about mechs, is that they can be whatever you want them to be.

-Are you an old school vaper who misses the days of 3.7volt devices with cartomizers? Use a mech and a battery!

-Are you a fan of not having things that will break inside of your mod? Use a mech!

-Like the looks of a mech, but want the safety and ease of use of a regulated? Use a mech and a kick!


And the reason why I like them so much, aside from the functional art aspect:
No limit on how I can build my coils. Turns out, uber high wattage vaping suits me. Mechs allow me to do that.

 

[stylezuk]

It's all down to personal opinion and use:

I went from an Ego to Vamo to Mec UDT-v9

The Vamo didn't cost much more than original price of Ego and i found the Ego not always up to the job with all juices and consistency and continuously having to charge also it didn't go well with a tank on it as without a make do rubber band it'd flip over.

The Vamo it's amazing for a starter set and a work horse apart from that i know it's still fragile to certain extent since has a PCB but also has a 1.3ohm limitation.

So i purchased a UDT-v9 to which is a mechanical mod and built like a tank fully modular to accept Kick 2 and 18350/18500/18650 allows down to 0.5ohms and with the kick 2 I've got V/W and doesn't gradually drop it's performance while battery voltage drops.

The amount of money spent is seen as a health advantage and also a hobby.

So it comes down to reasons for and everyone has a different boat to float.

 

[meanckz]

I do like the simplicity of a mech mod....no fiddling with variable this or that....and I'm not too worried about the coils, because I'm a rather cool vaper...so my coils are above 2.0 ohm

 

[NicoHolic]

Here's another hard-core mech guy saying, "If inexpensive eGos keep you off tobacco and you enjoy them, VAPE ON!" But there are many reasons I use unkicked mechs. Most experienced mech users just subconsciously increase the draw time as voltage drops, and adjust average vape strength by the resistance of the coils they build.

FWIW, the Joyetech USB eGos operate very similar to them, with voltage dropping along with the charge state. The difference is when plugged into USB (pass-through), they're 4.0V and that's as full as they charge. According to Battery University, that should quadruple the number of charge cycles. With a 1.8Ω coil, they go from about 9W fully charged down to 7W at 3.5V and not much less with a common 2.0Ω LR carto. There are also some "upgrade" eGos that let you switch between 3.3V regulated to unregulated.

While eGos may not be replaceable post-FDA, as long as there are flashlights, there will be batteries. Having a mech, especially an heirloom-quality one, one you can rebuild yourself with easily obtained or fabricated parts, will let you use those batteries. And high-quality RBAs use forever available resistance wire. Of course, these won't matter if you didn't freeze some liquid nic base and it becomes unavailable.

 

[EddardinWinter]

I like mechanicals. My favorite is my Caravella knock-off.

I like eGos. I have a couple of twists that get used from time to time.

Both of those devices (and many other VV/VW devices I have tried) suffer badly from voltage drop. For this reason, the lion's share (see what I did there) of my vaping is done on a ProVari. I want my vaport to be consistent from the start to the end of the battery. Also, I suspect my ProVari collection will be running strong for a very long time.

But the OP is reluctant to upgrade, so it sounds like for him sticking with the eGos is the right call. To each their own.

 

[NicoHolic]

If you aren't vaping through a meter that shows your inhalation rate and total inhalation, and every one of your vapes is identical, and you always vape at the same temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity, you aren't getting a consistent vape, regardless of whether the voltage is steady.

 

[Rickajho]

There are always other options too besides jumping right from eGo class to mechanicals. One consideration for many people is the waste factor with eGo type batteries. You can't replace the battery, so once it's depleted you have to toss the device. Even a Vamo on sale can give you the option of moving to a device with replaceable batteries, plus a few extra features that just aren't there on eGo type batteries.

 

[Rocketpunk]

I went to my favorite vape shop and checked out some mechanical mods. Bear in mind Ive been using a Kanger Evod kit and Ego batteries along with the Kanger MT3S for the last going on 7 months and satisfied with the performance. For some reason I thought mech. mods might be a better way to go. Well upon my research I found that $50 for the mod, $16 for a set of batteries, $8-$35 for a charger plus a $20 kick. So basicly around $100 for a replacement for my $15 Evod and Ego batteries which have lasted me 7 months so far. A solution looking for a problem in my opinion! Im good to go with my current setup.

I have nothing against mech mods and rebuildables in general, and everything against the cloud chasers whose sole existence is centered around wrapping coils. I get it, it's "extreme" vaping, but it does nothing more than remind me of a bunch of kids in a corner seeing who can pee the furthest. It's the users and not the devices.

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