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Using my SXK Tool Kit for the first time tonight to dry burn my coil. Nice to have the accuracy of a dna to build on and check post clean resistance.
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There's a fellow posting in the FT forum that the SXK Xeta is copied from the pre-production Xeta. The main difference is that a 3 mm coil won't fit in the pre-production one. Mine is from YFTK and can accommodate a 3 mm coil. Anyone with an SXK Xeta, can you verify this?
 

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There's a fellow posting in the FT forum that the SXK Xeta is copied from the pre-production Xeta. The main difference is that a 3 mm coil won't fit in the pre-production one. Mine is from YFTK and can accommodate a 3 mm coil. Anyone with an SXK Xeta, can you verify this?
I have both, but they're both built and full now. If nobody gets to it first. I'll check my SXK when I have it apart. I didn't immediately notice that though.
 

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Using my SXK Tool Kit for the first time tonight to dry burn my coil. Nice to have the accuracy of a dna to build on and check post clean resistance.
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When i first bought mine,i thought "why am i even getting this,i will never use it,i just put the base on a regular mod",then i decided to try it out just to see,and now i use it every time i rewick or rebuild haha.
 

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Yeah,i have both and have a 3mm coil in both.It is close on both of them,but very doable.I don't think a 3mm clapton would fit,but i'm running 26g single wire in both with no issues.
Would you be able to say that they are pretty much identical?
 

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Would you be able to say that they are pretty much identical?
Absolutely.I think they copied it from the same authentic,because i see nothing at all different about them.The only difference i can find,is on my SXK the barrel part,i have to wiggle a bit to get to go past the insulator,and my YFTK slides down very smooth.I figure that is either from the insulator being a hair too wide,or just bad assembly job that day haha,but yeah,overall identical.
 

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Built my sxk insider style rba today. 3mm 28g 8wrap ni200. The post screws would cut my leads off so I wrapped the screw heads. I thought the kanger was good, but this thing is awesome. Very tasty and chucks the vape:) My sxk Xeta should hit the US shores in 3 days so in 2 weeks I should get it. See a lot of people posting Clapton coils. I’ve never had any luck using them. Ramp up time has always sucked.
 

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Built my sxk insider style rba today. 3mm 28g 8wrap ni200. The post screws would cut my leads off so I wrapped the screw heads. I thought the kanger was good, but this thing is awesome. Very tasty and chucks the vape:) My sxk Xeta should hit the US shores in 3 days so in 2 weeks I should get it. See a lot of people posting Clapton coils. I’ve never had any luck using them. Ramp up time has always sucked.
I'm vaping on a 2.5mm ID 2.6 Ohms/foot Ni80 fused clapton right now in my Xeta. 5 wraps gets me about 0.5 Ohms and the ramp up is fine. SS or KA1 would be slower. I love the Insider too. Have you tried the Vapeshell? It's a great little RBA too
 

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There's a fellow posting in the FT forum that the SXK Xeta is copied from the pre-production Xeta. The main difference is that a 3 mm coil won't fit in the pre-production one. Mine is from YFTK and can accommodate a 3 mm coil. Anyone with an SXK Xeta, can you verify this?
A 3mm round wire coil fits fine in my SXK Xeta but even though a "micro" fused clapton technically fits, it looks too close to the posts for my liking so I stick with 2.5mm when using clapton builds. Others may have made it work though.
 

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Built my sxk insider style rba today. 3mm 28g 8wrap ni200. The post screws would cut my leads off so I wrapped the screw heads. I thought the kanger was good, but this thing is awesome. Very tasty and chucks the vape:) My sxk Xeta should hit the US shores in 3 days so in 2 weeks I should get it. See a lot of people posting Clapton coils. I’ve never had any luck using them. Ramp up time has always sucked.

I had the same issue with the Insider V2, I had to clean the burrs out of the wire hole and smooth the burrs off the end of the screws to fix it...

The Insider was good but I haven't considered using it since I got the Xeta...
 

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I'm vaping on a 2.5mm ID 2.6 Ohms/foot Ni80 fused clapton right now in my Xeta. 5 wraps gets me about 0.5 Ohms and the ramp up is fine. SS or KA1 would be slower. I love the Insider too. Have you tried the Vapeshell? It's a great little RBA too
No, but that’s next on my purchase list. I’ve seen YouTube reviewers jai haze fumble around with it and get frustrated:facepalm:
 
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Absolutely.I think they copied it from the same authentic,because i see nothing at all different about them.The only difference i can find,is on my SXK the barrel part,i have to wiggle a bit to get to go past the insulator,and my YFTK slides down very smooth.I figure that is either from the insulator being a hair too wide,or just bad assembly job that day haha,but yeah,overall identical.
Maybe an earlier SXK run was based on the prototype?
 

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It's a little tough to make out, but you can see where I ground a bevel into the edge around the hole. Made ALL the difference. If somebody else has these issues this will fix it. In fact I don't know why they don't just make them that way to begin with.
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Any idea what size (width) of that pink round stone tool? I see different sizes are sold.
 
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Maybe an earlier SXK run was based on the prototype?
That's possible,my SXK was from the first batch released.I think it's more just a bad assembly day though,it's not hard to get it down,just a little wiggle.I may loosen everything up and see if the insulator will move a bit,but if not no big issue.
I have another YFTK on the way now,and will grab another SXK here in a few weeks when i buy the purple SXK BB.
 
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