Polished Stainless Steel Russian 91% - Is it a fake?

[carrielsal]

I received my polished SS Russian 91% from vapordna today. The box was NOT sealed which is very suspicious to me. I emailed vapordna for an explanation, and I'm waiting on a response.
For those of you who also purchased this, was your box sealed?

I also noticed an inconsistency in vapordna's shipping address. VaporDNA is located in California and the return airbill on the package has their California address, but USPS's site shows my package shipped from Austin, TX. What's up with that?

 

[rustafar]

They probably opened it up to check to see if it was in good shape before they shipped it to you. I've had items dropped shipped from different locations
I think VaporDNA is a company that Rip Tripper get some of his supplies from.
Is it real... don't know the answer to that,But here's a line from their website. ---->We are authorized Russian 91% distributor and we guarantee all of our Russian 91% atomizers are authentic and original from the manufacture Kebo Tech. Here is the facebook link to the manufacture: https://www.facebook.com/kebotech
Hope that helps a little,
Russ

 

[t8kiteasy]

The Russian 91% does not come in polished SS,it is a satin grey color matte finish.

 

[zanedog]

There was a recent polished steel limited version i believe.

I know when I ordered my Russian 91, the seal had been broken.

Some one at some step along the way checks to see whats in there.

 

[Butters80]

I ordered one the other day but still awaiting it's arrival. Have you put yours to work yet? I'm super stoked to get mine!

 

[ElConquistador]

The seal was broken on my Russian 91 box, too. I assumed the shipper opened it to make sure all was well. It certainly wasn't used because it needed a good bath to get rid of manufacturing oils.

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

I have gotten 2 polished Russian 91% from Vapor DnA. Both Vape like a charm... Boxes were sealed. They are the Kebo...original. It's actually a limited edition version.

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

Vaping on one of mine right now. Awesome Vape

 

[zanedog]

Russian 91%, center pin connector - YouTube

Russian is mostly great, kinda cheezy center pin, gave me grief with the terminal block coming loose and shorting out initially.

I'd give it 91%

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

There's a fix for that... Seen it on here somewhere. I took my center pin out and tightened mine all down... Was wobbly when I got it... Solid now.

 

[carrielsal]

VaporDNA responded back. They stated that customs opens some of the boxes and gave me some detail on their receiving process. What they said did make sense. I was impressed with the fast response. They offered to refund my money if I wasn't happy.

 

[carrielsal]

The Russian 91% does not come in polished SS,it is a satin grey color matte finish.

FYI, this is the Russian 91% in question, https://www.vapordna.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RB00001.

 

[t8kiteasy]

FYI, this is the Russian 91% in question, https://www.vapordna.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RB00001.

Sorry,did not know they made a Polished version.They are selling them for more than the very first batch that came out.

 

[carrielsal]

Sorry,did not know they made a Polished version.They are selling them for more than the very first batch that came out.

The price at the shop where I purchased my first was $99, but I got a 10% military veteran discount.

 

[carrielsal]

There's a fix for that... Seen it on here somewhere. I took my center pin out and tightened mine all down... Was wobbly when I got it... Solid now.

If the center pin comes loose, the base insulator may not be seated properly. It caused me intermittent shorts. This insulator is on the inside of the base. It's #16 in the diagram.

 

[t8kiteasy]

The price at the shop where I purchased my first was $99, but I got a 10% military veteran discount.

I got mine for $82 and change from very first batch with coupon code at kidneypuncher.

 

[carrielsal]

Matt finish on the left, polished SS on the right. They are exactly the same except for the finish.

 

[Train2]

Thanks for posting this! I don't have both, but bought a polished on the presumption that it was "legit," coming from Kebo in a special edition. Kebo Facebook page indicated that they made it, that DNA sells it, that it's an MOQ of 500 - but there's still always the chance that they'd polish a bad batch, or that it's from a different factory or something.

Bottom line - mine's here, and surprisingly (I SUCK at coiling), I got it all working as it should.
The INSIDE screw that holds the block - the screw-behind-the-screw you get to if you remove the 510 pin - that was loose.
And my chimney o-ring was a bit mangled, but it works.
And I wanted to tighten up the airflow a bit - and that works too!

 

[McGarnagle]

How are the fingerprints on it?

 

[carrielsal]

Thanks for posting this! I don't have both, but bought a polished on the presumption that it was "legit," coming from Kebo in a special edition. Kebo Facebook page indicated that they made it, that DNA sells it, that it's an MOQ of 500 - but there's still always the chance that they'd polish a bad batch, or that it's from a different factory or something.

Bottom line - mine's here, and surprisingly (I SUCK at coiling), I got it all working as it should.
The INSIDE screw that holds the block - the screw-behind-the-screw you get to if you remove the 510 pin - that was loose.
And my chimney o-ring was a bit mangled, but it works.
And I wanted to tighten up the airflow a bit - and that works too!

If you just tighten the screw at the bottom, it's not enough to secure the positive screw block. You may also have issues with the center screw coming loose when the RBA is attached or removed from an APV causing intermittent shorts.
To secure the positive block remove the small center screw, #19. Hold the positive screw block to the negative screw block with a pair of needle nose pliers so it doesn't move, then tighten the center screw, #18.