Okay guys, I'm looking at this also...what are the good qualities about this innovative devise? I'm new to these mods. .I mean I have a seigeli 100w and a ipv mini and 100w a few isticks but I'm reading there is something with temp control. What is that? Is it just like an istick if it gets too hit or cold it will turn off? I really want to get something that vapes at high temps but you can cool your vape down...is there anything like that yet? If not, maybe someday. Sorry to sound so green but they say this mod could possibly change vaoing. Is there something I'm missing aside from the flashlight?
Who is saying this
mod could possibly change vaping? Kangxin? I would not take that seriously
But if you mean Temperature Control, the feature, could change vaping, then yes lots of people are saying that. And it already is, to a small degree. It is not yet good and stable enough to yet revolutionise vaping, but it does have that potential. It is definitely new and interesting and worth knowing about and trying out.
To understand temperature control much better, I recommend you spend 1 - 1.5 hours watching pbusardo's introduction/review of the Evolv 40D chip, the chip that first brought Temp Control to the market. He explains how it works in theory and the limitations in practice. The chip he's reviewing, the Evolv 40D, is the chip that China have cloned to make mods like the Kangxin 50D - so the mode of operation you will see in the video is 99% identical to how this Kangxin KX-50D mod works. The only real difference is Kangxin have now pushed it a little higher in max watts (the are some other minor tweaks, too.)
Videos to watch:
A PBusardo Review - The Evolv DNA 40 - Part 1
A PBusardo Review - The Evolv DNA 40 - Part 2
The first 30 minute video is just a guide to the general features of the Evolv 40D chip, excluding TC. It is optional viewing, but it will show you the general menus and mode of operation of the 40D chip, which will be 99% identical in this Kangxin 50D mod.
The second video, 1 hour long, is all about TC and is highly recommended viewing.
So that's TC in general. As for this mod specifically; it has two rare/new features to recommend it:
- It is only the second mod to support DNA40-style Temperature Control at 50W
- The first is the Heatvape Invader Mini, which is almost certainly using the exact same internal board/chip as the KX-50D, so if you want to see how this Kangxin mod works in terms of the screen and vape, check out reviews/videos of the Heatvape.
- Note that the Heatvape dooes not have a sprung loaded 510 pin, so this Kangxin has that advantage (which is pretty useful.)
- I linked a thread on the Heatvape in my OP.
- It is one of the first/only mods to have a flashlight / torch (maybe the only?)
- Nothing to do with vaping, but many people, me included, think this is a really useful secondary feature.
Note that neither of these is revolutionary or makes this mod super special. DNA 40 style Temperature Control @ 40W is already available in dozens of mods, using both Evolv's original DNA 40 chip, and the Chinese clone chip that Kangxin are using. Going to 50W is not a major change, because the point of TC is that you don't need huge wattages because the mod only pumps out the power required to reach and maintain a set temperature, which is very often no more than 30 watts.
Having 50 watts does give a bit of headroom, and maybe that will be useful in certain circumstances. But TC @ 50W instead of 40W is a feature that might look good on a product page, as a differentiation, but isn't going to make a vast difference.
And it's only the DNA-40 style of TC that has been limited to 40W thus far. Yihi have another chip out which can go to 60W in TC mode, and much higher in normal mode: up to 120W in the already-released SX Mini M Class, and 100W in the soon-to-be-released Pioneer4You IPV4, which is much cheaper; not much more expensive than the Kangxin KX-50D.
As for the flashlight, well that might be genuinely new, and it could be really useful, but it's a secondary feature. If a person had loads of mods, they might buy this mod only for that, but if you are only going to have a few mods, I would base the decision on vaping reasons first and consider extras like this only afterwards. (Another example of a useful secondary feature is Innokin MVP's USB charger output.)
So no, this KX-50D mod is not revolutionary. It's an evolutionary advance of existing technologies, with a nice extra thrown in, and overall it looks to be quite good - even excellent, possibly - and is very well priced. But of course we can't be sure of that until it's out.
What I will say is that if the manufacturing turns out to be of high quality (and much better than Kangxin's previous mod), and the sprung pin works fine including in TC mode, and the chip works as well as it is in the Heatvape Invader Mini (fully expected), then overall this could shape up to be an excellent single battery mod, perhaps one of the best currently available. But that's a lot of ifs that we must wait to be resolved.
