Lost Vape Orion

[dwcraig1]

Here is is showing near 40 watts

 

[dansus]

I don't understand why people think it isn't tight enough. You can turn the airflow and have it totally closed off

Its not just about being tight, thats easy to do. Its also about being a 'good' MTL vape.

 

[dansus]

Which colour should i get next, im thinking gold abba?

No wait, gold carbon..

 

[drysprocket]

I don't understand why people think it isn't tight enough. You can turn the airflow and have it totally closed off (slot facing the fill port). You can not suck anything though it period. You can't get any tighter than that. And you can adjust it totally closed to wide open or anything in between.

And Phil thinks it is suppose to put out 40 watts. No, it is supposed to put out 30 watts with a 40 watt boost. It even states this on page 3 of the manual. And since Phil didn't get one, he could of checked the website.

Ya, maybe tight is the wrong word. I just mean a proper MTL all the way through. You can tighten down pretty much any tank all the way, but it's about the internal shaft, wattage, throat hit, and lots of variables. This is some MTL snobery here, so don't read too much into it.

 

[BillW50]

Its not just about being tight, thats easy to do. Its also about being a 'good' MTL vape.

That depends how you define a good MTL vape. I also vape MTL and DTL. And it is a good MTL to me. Heck I recently ordered a Vapefly Galaxies RDTA. Which every reviewer I've seen says it is one of the best RDA/RTA MTL to date including flavor. Yet there isn't a dome inside either and the chamber is tons larger than the Orion pod. Even PBusardo claims he thinks they nailed it (Aug 8, 2018). And Vapefly didn't send him a manual with that one either. But no thumbs down there. I just think Phil is just jealous that paying customers get a manual and what he gets for free doesn't.

 

[dansus]

Heck I recently ordered a Vapefly Galaxies RDTA.

I have the Galaxies RDTA, nice atty, but i dont vape it MTL mode..

Oh and it does have a condensing dome of sorts.

 

[BillW50]

Lost Vape Disassemble JayBo (16:29) [2018-09-26]

 

[BillW50]

I have the Galaxies RDTA, nice atty, but i dont vape it MTL mode..

What mode do you vape it in? And is the flavor as good as they say?

Oh and it does have a condensing dome of sorts.

Yeah a sort of dome really isn't really a dome considering the chimney is below the dome.

 

[DrDC]

I get your point, but- for me, I'd LOVE to have this as a rebuildable. Because:

1) size - just about impossible to get this size in anything, and I only use small mods & small lightweight tanks (pretty exclusively doggies right now. If you want DNA, you just can't get this small. I carried a pack of smokes around for 45 years and even that was too big. I have 0 interest in carrying something that approximates a brick in my pocket, no matter how great it vapes.
2) quality with size - LV is well known for quality products, unlike other choices in small mods or pods.
3) DNA Go with replay - I've wanted to try this, but won't be buying anything the size of say, a Therion, or even a Mirage. I use DNA75 in a SBody Macro (and even smaller internal battery mods, and won't increase in size even to an HCigar.
4) Flexiblility - so you don't have infinite choices in wattage with this, but with a rebuildable, you could really tweak your vape with different coil materials & ohmage- even wicking material for someone like me that would like to vape all VG.

Anyway, your point is partly valid, but sounds pretty dismissive based on the assumption that rebuilding can only be about cost. While it's not all about cost for me (but probably is for many), if they made an accessible area to replace the coil and rewick, I'd have already bought more than one of these. It just sounds like you're assuming the only reason people would want to rebuild is relating to cost, and for me, it isn't.

I'm a little late to reply, but this sums up the features I'm looking for pretty much perfectly. My go-to device for quite some time has been a SXK Billet Box Rev4 and while it's constructed nicely and has held up really well, it's just too heavy and bulky to throw in my pocket during work or a quick trip out of the house. I have always liked small/compact mods and attys--all the way back to the Innokin VTR when I first started out--and I guess pod systems like the Orion are attractive because they have the same form factor that I have traditionally enjoyed using.

The convenience factor and ability to swap out flavors at will is awesome, and I've had a decent vape with several of the pod systems that I've tried, but maybe what I'm looking for is some sort of hybrid (in the same vein as the Breeze devices) that bridges the two categories and I'm expecting too much from a true pod system.

I can say that now that I've been messing around with my Orion for a little while I've finally gotten it to a point where I can get a decent vape from it. I ended up diluting my juice with some pg (somewhere just above a 50/50 blend) and lowering the wattage quite a bit to around 7-9 watts and I'm finally getting consistent hits and it seems like the coil/wick are holding up nicely.

 

[newyork13]

Which colour should i get next, im thinking gold abba?

No wait, gold carbon..

Does this mean you like the Orion?
I don't have an abalone, but here is a pic of my two. I love the carbon fiber.

 

[dansus]

What mode do you vape it in? And is the flavor as good as they say?

Fully open. Excellent flavour and vape quality is good too, very smooth.

 

[dansus]

Does this mean you like the Orion?

Love it, just wish the button was a bit higher.

 

[RadiusNick]

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[bnrkwest]

Lost Vape Disassemble JayBo (16:29) [2018-09-26]

That was really cool!

 

[BillW50]

I took a look at the way I fill the pods and just realized that I leave about 1/8 of an inch space, never fill to the top. That may account in some way to not "flooding " the coil for the first few puffs. That was related to what @BillW50 was saying about the coil burning after a refill.

Yes that is when my 4 pods burned out. Only after refilling to the top. Then the coil is flooded and the poor DNA Go is using the boost and the Replay warmth, boosts the wattage to try to get the coil up to temperature. Which in turn causes the wicking to burn.

What I did 8 days ago (the 20th of Sep) was to change all boost to 0 and the Replay warmth at 1 (you can't change it lower). And so far, all of my tests has shown even under Replay, the DNA Go will not supply anything higher than the wattage you had selected. And for the past 8 days, I have not had one single pod fail yet.

The only difference while vaping I have found between stock settings and boost and warmth turned off, is that it takes about 150msec longer to warm up from a cold coil. A warm coil you probably can't tell. If the coil is flooded, it won't ever reach temperature until a few puffs later. But that is ok with me since the wicking doesn't burn and another pod bit the dust doesn't happen. I might have to boost the wattage in cold weather, since it might not get enough heat to get up to temp.

 

[dansus]

Cant remember if mentioned before, but you can have upto 5 different power levels. (profiles)

 

[bnrkwest]

My Orion arrived I can't get over how tiny it is! It's half the size I though it would be. It is also beautiful I got the silver Ocean shell and it feels very well made. For the size it amazes me. Very nice! Will get it set up to vape soon

 

[bnrkwest]

Here's a pic

 

[bnrkwest]

So far it is working well but the juice I used is yucky. I found some high VG Watermelon from 2 yrs ago and it tastes like rotten Watermelon LOL Need to mix up some new juice! One thing I did was prime the coil first and I waited until I could see the cotton saturated. I am using .50 pod on low setting. So far so good!

 

[bnrkwest]

I did have flooding once I dumped that juice and filled with new juice. But no burning in low level. I have air flow almost closed for MTL and it is ok. It is an airy little thing wide open! LOL