Well I have been vaping on the Egrip since I got home on Friday, though not exclusively, and while I love the form of this little thing, it just doesn't give me enough air flow and vapor. So I have friend I will be giving it to, I think she'll like it and maybe, just maybe, I'll get her off of the cigarettes.
In the devices defense, the other box I have been vaping on is the IPV3 monster, which is absolutely stupid on power, tried vaping at 150 watts and it was like sucking on a hair dryer, just to friggin hot.
Does anyone know what board Joytech used for this thing?
I would love to hear that it is a DNA 20 board with an added charge circuit and flat pack battery. Cause this would mean the possibility of a DNA 40 version in the future, and that would be sweet.
If they used a DNA40 board in a device like this, coil life could be amazing since your not going to burn the wick and they should last a long time.
So I am hoping Joyetech keeps this form, and offers at least a higher power device with better air flow.
No, the eGrip was never intended to be a cloud-chasing device.. The fact that it uses coil heads kind of seals the deal on that..
There is speculation from the Vapin' Greek's review which leads me to believe the iStick and eGrip share the same electronics. I hope this is not the case since the iStick has been scoped by PBusardo, and found to be quite inaccurate.
I suggest that you follow Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos vaping temperature study.. I have a feeling it's going to be eye-opening for many who enjoy high-wattage vaping.. Most of us switched from tobacco to vaping for harm-reduction. Depending upon the results of the study, many may be shelving their devices which are not temperature controlled. I know I will.
Lot's of $$ invested in those devices, but I would have burnt the $$ I spent on them up on tobacco anyway if it weren't for vaping..
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-crowd-funded-dr-konstantinos-farsalinos.html
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If they used a DNA40 board in a device like this, coil life could be amazing since your not going to burn the wick and they should last a long time.
Chinese manufacturers are geared up to produce temp-controlled devices and coil heads, so it's possible the next revision or two of the eGrip may include the feature.
The industry will be moving to temp-controlled devices.. It's just a matter of time before they're mainstream. All the crying and moaning about our mechs and other non-temp-controlled devices suddenly not being as safe as we thought won't change a thing if the study concludes they are not. Evolv has recently stated they will NOT be making a Kick-type device with temp-control, and attempts by other manufacturers will need to be tested for accuracy, and dependability..
Controlling your build won't do much good from what I've read.. Most of the risky emissions are thought to be when the coil first fires, and then, when the button is released from what I gather.. Not the vaping in-between. The solution to this is / will be temp-control. The concept just makes sense..
These are from an interview conducted by ECF's founder, SmokeyJoe, with Evolv:
http://vaping.com/news/exclusive-in...om-evolv?_ga=1.225677151.458101530.1368610192
Brandon: What I will say is that we look at the e-cigarette as a separable problem. So, we’re attacking the vapor integrity in the DNA40, and really we’re doing this much earlier because we were kind of pushed into it by the FDA. We need to come up with a regulatory framework where we can guarantee that we know what’s in the vapor stream, or we’re never going to see an approvable product. But, we see there’s a finite number of things to solve before the e-cigarette is as good or better than a tobacco cigarette.
John: On mech devices, unregulated with no airflow, we saw 1200, 1300 Farhenheit. What we really found, while we were developing the temperature regulation, our big insight there which we’re happy to share, is that a lot of the research is doing this wrong; where you get the problem isn’t during the draw. During the draw you’ve got airflow, you’ve got a fairly fixed boil rate: you’re at the boiling point of your fluid during the draw. Where you run into problems is priming the device: you hit the button, you’re getting temperatures there without airflow high enough to start carmelizing your juice or, towards the end of your draw when you’re not sucking as hard. So the important times are the times you’re not drawing consistently.
