All I was looking for was a small size mech mod, that fired "true" without much maintenance, what I bought was way more than that!
OK! So sorry for the long dissertation but some background might help readers understand this post. I smoked LOTS. I wrestled with evods, protanks, and then I finally found dripping with a mech mod.
ooh rah!
Finally got comfortable with a .5 build for everyday and a .3 build for when I really need a kick. I drip 12 nic. Which is good for me.
So, with my go to everyday mod, the stingray X, the switch has been acting up. Last week while travelling it died. The switch needed work and I had to go to my M16. I needed another mech mod. Can't have just one right? I was in Baltimore and checked out a few vape shops near BWI and then in NJ. No-one had one I liked or felt comfortable with. All great shops! Hats off to the boys at NJ Vapes and the Vaper Vine near BWI. I had tossed around the idea of a VV/VW, but did not want the big box.
I did a little looking at the IPV Mini 3 70W and the eleaf 50W on-line. For about $50 I could buy an "OK" mech mod. For about $50-$60 I could buy the eleaf 50W, and for about $80-$90 the IPV Mini 3. My thought was the eleaf was 4400 mA battery, and the IPV was just using a 18650. The ones I have are efast 3500 mA, the eleaf was a better deal. So the eleaf is the switch and a battery for $60.
My guess is that the IPV might have better electronics and features, but all I want is watts up, watts down and FIRE! So, I bought the Eleaf from a B&M yesterday. $63. Not bad. I took my helios with a .5 build off my M16 tossed it on the eleaf out of the box. I cranked the watts to 35 and gave it a pull.
HOLY COW! Full smoke. Big flavor. HUGE cloud. What a difference. When I do the math, with a fully charged battery and .5 ohm build my mech mod is supposed to hit at 35 watts. The eleaf was a much different hit. The great thing is... the eleaf has MORE power! I cranked it up to 40 and gave it a pull! Then 45!#$@#$#@$#@. OK, I am not really into chasing clouds just trying to stop smoking but golly! Why the heck was I looking at another mech mod for? The switch on the eleaf is perfect. Hit it, and it fires with little effort. No need to lock it or worry about it firing when it is in your pocket.
The battery life is awesome! I started vaping on it yesterday @ 11:AM with my .5 build @ 30 watts. I switched to the kanger subtank with the .5 head (different story which I bought with the e-leaf) @ 3
M. Today @ 2:30PM it flashed battery low. That's more than a day! So, I dripped about 7 ml of juice and then sucked another 15 a least with the kanger sub tank on one charge.... not bad!
I typically don't gush like this but I wanted to share. I actually thought of simply buying another eleaf 50W as my back-up! I did have an MVP 2 and a kanger pro tank last August (2014). I thought that was the "best". It didn't do it for me that is why I switched to drip. The subtank mini and the eleaf 50 is what I thought I was buying with the protank 2 and the MVP.
SO long mech mod!
OK! So sorry for the long dissertation but some background might help readers understand this post. I smoked LOTS. I wrestled with evods, protanks, and then I finally found dripping with a mech mod.
ooh rah!
Finally got comfortable with a .5 build for everyday and a .3 build for when I really need a kick. I drip 12 nic. Which is good for me.
So, with my go to everyday mod, the stingray X, the switch has been acting up. Last week while travelling it died. The switch needed work and I had to go to my M16. I needed another mech mod. Can't have just one right? I was in Baltimore and checked out a few vape shops near BWI and then in NJ. No-one had one I liked or felt comfortable with. All great shops! Hats off to the boys at NJ Vapes and the Vaper Vine near BWI. I had tossed around the idea of a VV/VW, but did not want the big box.
I did a little looking at the IPV Mini 3 70W and the eleaf 50W on-line. For about $50 I could buy an "OK" mech mod. For about $50-$60 I could buy the eleaf 50W, and for about $80-$90 the IPV Mini 3. My thought was the eleaf was 4400 mA battery, and the IPV was just using a 18650. The ones I have are efast 3500 mA, the eleaf was a better deal. So the eleaf is the switch and a battery for $60.
My guess is that the IPV might have better electronics and features, but all I want is watts up, watts down and FIRE! So, I bought the Eleaf from a B&M yesterday. $63. Not bad. I took my helios with a .5 build off my M16 tossed it on the eleaf out of the box. I cranked the watts to 35 and gave it a pull.
HOLY COW! Full smoke. Big flavor. HUGE cloud. What a difference. When I do the math, with a fully charged battery and .5 ohm build my mech mod is supposed to hit at 35 watts. The eleaf was a much different hit. The great thing is... the eleaf has MORE power! I cranked it up to 40 and gave it a pull! Then 45!#$@#$#@$#@. OK, I am not really into chasing clouds just trying to stop smoking but golly! Why the heck was I looking at another mech mod for? The switch on the eleaf is perfect. Hit it, and it fires with little effort. No need to lock it or worry about it firing when it is in your pocket.
The battery life is awesome! I started vaping on it yesterday @ 11:AM with my .5 build @ 30 watts. I switched to the kanger subtank with the .5 head (different story which I bought with the e-leaf) @ 3
M. Today @ 2:30PM it flashed battery low. That's more than a day! So, I dripped about 7 ml of juice and then sucked another 15 a least with the kanger sub tank on one charge.... not bad!I typically don't gush like this but I wanted to share. I actually thought of simply buying another eleaf 50W as my back-up! I did have an MVP 2 and a kanger pro tank last August (2014). I thought that was the "best". It didn't do it for me that is why I switched to drip. The subtank mini and the eleaf 50 is what I thought I was buying with the protank 2 and the MVP.
SO long mech mod!
