Sigelei ZMAX
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I have had the sigelei zmax for a week now and love it. It looks very similar to my provari in the brushed stainless. I really have become a fan of the VW and anything I buy from now on will have that.
Well here is a negative on mine. The threading is starting to go out, I guess the threads aren't SS. I'm using a shorty 510 extender now...
First run unit and Sigelei has made several updates to the unit including the Head.
You can reassemble that. First you should make peen indentions inside the cap to Bite the fitting. Then press/tap it into place.
Every other one I heard of doing this was from tightening to much or an angle impact when dropped. Just saying.
The vendor was nice enough to give me an RMA # even though their webisite said 30 days. We'll see how it works out - exchange for a new working unit, refurb or just try to repair mine.
Mine appeared to be brass as that's what the pressed in section on the connector looked like when it came out.
First run unit and Sigelei has made several updates to the unit including the Head.
You can reassemble that. First you should make peen indentions inside the cap to Bite the fitting. Then press/tap it into place.
Every other one I heard of doing this was from tightening to much or an angle impact when dropped. Just saying.
Nope, "Never" over tightened but it has fallen over on the table/speaker a couple times with tanks, atties, etc on it but they are all the same diameter so no real undue "angled" stress, never a drop to the floor or anything of that nature. I'm just sayin'
It should be able to withstand a couple of tips though - I mean come on, how far is it, 4 inches? This is an $80 device made out of heavy gauge stainless steel for Pete sake! It's just a poor design.... Whatever I get back from RMA will be a back-up only used to test for shorts/check ohms on RBA's. I bought a Reo Grand and have iSeason on the way.
Love my Zmax V2!! Abe at Exhale really took care of me. Running both my MT3s and T3s. The T3 is a little tricky, this weekend a friend was smoking mine with a T3 on top and I noticed a lot of vape was escaping from the cone area. As we all know T3's are quite airy, but the amount of vape that was getting through was alot - I was trying to convert how much liquid my friend was wasting
The MT3 is a solid perfomer and they have been vaping non-stop with no burns or dry hits.
About the screen going black - More than likely you guys already did it right buuuuuuutt...I didn't:
I didn't realize the Zmax came with two battery end caps. Being a 18650, I was using the larger cap made for two 18350's stacked. It fits so well, I didn't hear a rattle and it felt secure and right. After the 8th time the screen went black, I walked into my office to get the box and there in the corner saw the smaller cap that had fallen out of the box when I opened it. In order to get the battery to stay nice and secure you need the smaller end cap with the 18650!
Don't know if it helps, but might wanna double-check which one you have on there.
The MT3 is a solid perfomer and they have been vaping non-stop with no burns or dry hits.
About the screen going black - More than likely you guys already did it right buuuuuuutt...I didn't:
I didn't realize the Zmax came with two battery end caps. Being a 18650, I was using the larger cap made for two 18350's stacked. It fits so well, I didn't hear a rattle and it felt secure and right. After the 8th time the screen went black, I walked into my office to get the box and there in the corner saw the smaller cap that had fallen out of the box when I opened it. In order to get the battery to stay nice and secure you need the smaller end cap with the 18650!
Don't know if it helps, but might wanna double-check which one you have on there.
Exactly(poor Design) and why it was updated. Latest top is supposed to be a one piece machined design.
I am glad to hear the dealer is taking action. No doubt he is aware of changes in the line and reasons for design updates. Hope they upgrade yours with a newer unit.
I followed development of this unit from its infancy with great interest while looking for my first VW upgrade. Got to see the problems and corrections as they developed from small test groups. Unfortunately the did not incorporate the 510/ego with 16mm drip well until the latest release. By then I had purchased the evic's.
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Is this the telescoping V3 I saw or was there a v2.5 with the one piece top?? I'm really hoping what I get back is one piece.
I just got a Sigelei Zmax and noticed that the draw cuts off at around 16 seconds. Is this intentional or what? I like to take long draws and now I feel limited on this mod. Anybody else have this problem?
Hahaha!! 16 secs? Jeez 6 or 7 secs and I know the throat it is going to make me regret it.
Just tested mine and 16 secs was the cutoff as well.
I've had a ss Sig since December, been through tons of pretty serious abuse including a horrific beagle induced sidewalk dive and it's never missed a beat. I have several Smok Zmaxes as well- one's a little finicky about where you press the button occasionally but otherwise nothing but good. =)
LOL, I never thought about but I'm a pretty big guy. My Provari's don't have cutoffs though and I don't like any manufacturer telling me when to stop...sux!
About the screen going black - More than likely you guys already did it right buuuuuuutt...I didn't:
I didn't realize the Zmax came with two battery end caps. Being a 18650, I was using the larger cap made for two 18350's stacked. It fits so well, I didn't hear a rattle and it felt secure and right. After the 8th time the screen went black, I walked into my office to get the box and there in the corner saw the smaller cap that had fallen out of the box when I opened it. In order to get the battery to stay nice and secure you need the smaller end cap with the 18650!
Don't know if it helps, but might wanna double-check which one you have on there.[/QUOTE]
thanks for the end cap info I had my screen go black a few times and just realized I was using the wrong end cap.
I didn't realize the Zmax came with two battery end caps. Being a 18650, I was using the larger cap made for two 18350's stacked. It fits so well, I didn't hear a rattle and it felt secure and right. After the 8th time the screen went black, I walked into my office to get the box and there in the corner saw the smaller cap that had fallen out of the box when I opened it. In order to get the battery to stay nice and secure you need the smaller end cap with the 18650!
Don't know if it helps, but might wanna double-check which one you have on there.[/QUOTE]
thanks for the end cap info I had my screen go black a few times and just realized I was using the wrong end cap.
the website says the provari has a 16 second cutoff also to prevent overheating
i would rough up the post part that is press fit for the tube ad apply some conductive glue(like rear defrost tab glue) and press that sucker back in there. my first V2 Sigelei had the positive battery post fall out one day when i was switching batterys,so you all might want to be careful using large batterys or over tightening the cap the positive post is just soldered to the edge of the circuit board kind of poorly.
No Problem, when I realized my error I actually wondered if I was even ready for this beast
No kidding! I usually hit it once, exhale thru my nose while taking a second and hit the 10 sec. or so cut off. But I'm usually good. Need more, just double tap the button and keep going. I believe the cut off is based on the current draw so a higher resistance atty/cart will go longer than a low resistance atty/carto.
Supplier shipped my replacement so I'm hoping it's the V2 with the EGO threads and one piece head- maybe try a Kanger or something someday.
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