SXmini M Class (TEMP CONTROL)

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i swear to god I have just taken about 40 hits off this bloody dripper and its still going. Tasteless, and not a lot of vapour but the damn thing is still going..The things I do in the interest of curiosity.....I will dry it out though or die in the attempt...Never surrender..

Finally "Dry Coil" lol, it puffed and puffed but finally gave up. No dry hits at all just lighter and lighter flavor / vapor. loving it
 

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Finally "Dry Coil" lol, it puffed and puffed but finally gave up. No dry hits at all just lighter and lighter flavor / vapor. loving it

so I am not the only lunatic populating this forum..lol! I got it dry in the end. Wick hardly touched except for a bit of juice debris! Don't think I'll be doing that again soon though. Overnic'd to extinction and drowning in VG. However, The SX does indeed do TP! And it does it well. Case closed. Haha!
 

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Finally got my Ni200 in and tbh I don't care for the taste. Getting kinda a warm undertone of burnt copper or something. Tried a few different coils 2 different decks. all between .15 - .18 Ω some spaced and some contact but have gotten that taste with all of them. I've torched some and some were not before wicking them and no change. Hoping it will go away after awhile as I haven't used any of them more than 4-5 draws.

I always scrub my NI200 with Dawn dish soap and hot water before I build my coils! It seems to eliminate that off metallic flavor. I've also noticed it to be less prevalent with my 28 gauge Temco wire than my Lightning vapes 30 gauge and takes less scrubbing to get rid of! This is also why once I have a solid build I keep it for a while. I haven't had luck torching or heating up my coils to remove that taste but Dawn has worked for me every time!
 

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I know I have seen some pretty perfect coil on here. My hands are not that steady anymore so I use a coil master. I just wish they would come out with something that would use a contact coil although I have made some pretty good spaced coils. The problem I have had is they work great to start but fizzle out in the end to quote CSN&Y also have had problems with rewicking and cleaning the old coil find it easier to put a new one in.

Lay two wires side by side and use the Coil Master to make a parallel coil. Unwind one of the coils and you end up with a perfectly spaced coil. That should work pretty well even with less than perfectly steady hands.

Heating the coil and squirting it with some water from a juice bottle makes separating the wick from the coil gunk without distorting the coil a bit easier. That said, I usually just slap in a new coil as it seems just as fast or faster than fussing with cleaning the coil and rewicking.
 

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I was reading the thread. So is there a QC problem with the sleeves? Also does the SX do RMS, PWM, or DC-DC? I really wanna pull the trigger on this but I have a IPV4 on preorder.

It's the same board as the SXmini S Class with some added components for TP, so a flat DC signal. As far as the QC issue goes, I didn't even notice it until it was pointed out here, and I ran my thumb over the slight protrusion..
 

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I always scrub my NI200 with Dawn dish soap and hot water before I build my coils! It seems to eliminate that off metallic flavor. I've also noticed it to be less prevalent with my 28 gauge Temco wire than my Lightning vapes 30 gauge and takes less scrubbing to get rid of! This is also why once I have a solid build I keep it for a while. I haven't had luck torching or heating up my coils to remove that taste but Dawn has worked for me every time!

Thanks for the tip I'll try that next time. I'm using Temco 28g and the bad taste went away probably after about 1/4 the tank through.
 

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It's the same board as the SXmini S Class with some added components for TP, so a flat DC signal. As far as the QC issue goes, I didn't even notice it until it was pointed out here, and I ran my thumb over the slight protrusion..

Thank You. So I guess the IPV4 will be a DC as well. I may just wait on it before I decide. I like the idea of having the 2 batteries and magnetic door without that ugly extension tube on the SX. I love the idea of a Yihi 350 board though. I am so torn maybe just get both. After all the problems I had with my Vaporshark rDna 40 and Vaporflask V 2.1 I think the Yihi sounds a little better
 

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I've been using the new Mini since Friday, every day, exclusively... still can't believe how awesome the vape is. Absolutely fantastic device. Sorry, all my old mods!

Below is a pic of my standard TC build for reference ... wicked/juiced/ready to seal up. Also a pic of the Lemo 2 posing beautifully on top of the SX Mini.

I'm in vape heaven.

Lemo2Ni200.jpg


SXMiniLemo2.jpg
 

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Mine does this too. My temp is set to 400F but when I came out of the menu it said 197F and then went to 400F when I hit the fire button.

When I set the temp and come back out of the menu it seems that it may just be displaying the actual current temperature of the coil and not what you just set the coil at. Once you fire it you will see the varying temperature settings a few per second. Once done firing it returns to the setting temperature.

My guess is that is what it is supposed to do by design. They chose to display the current temp and not the set temp when leaving the menu.
 

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I've been using the new Mini since Friday, every day, exclusively... still can't believe how awesome the vape is. Absolutely fantastic device. Sorry, all my old mods!

Below is a pic of my standard TC build for reference ... wicked/juiced/ready to seal up. Also a pic of the Lemo 2 posing beautifully on top of the SX Mini.

I'm in vape heaven.

Lemo2Ni200.jpg


SXMiniLemo2.jpg

that wick is really quite beautiful!
 

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Thanks for the tip I'll try that next time. I'm using Temco 28g and the bad taste went away probably after about 1/4 the tank through.

Anytime! It's amazing how great the juice can taste on NI200 when it's cleaned. That flavor comes from the annealing process which includes oils in this case from what I understand. Since I regularly work with machining oils and metals at work I know that they can be pretty nasty when heated and after my first run in without washing my nickel I've been washing it thoroughly ever since.
 

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My "ugly" extension tube should be here any day now.. ;) I have a cup-holder insert for a tube mod that will come in handy for extended battery life while driving around. It should work well when paired with a large capacity RTA. :)

I'm planning on ordering this monstrosity as well even though I'll probably never run it above 45 joules! It will make for lazy Saturday chain vaping without switching batteries!!

Edit: Scratch that I ordered it before it's sold out lol
 
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I was reading the thread. So is there a QC problem with the sleeves? Also does the SX do RMS, PWM, or DC-DC? I really wanna pull the trigger on this but I have a IPV4 on preorder.

RMS and DC are equivalent. RMS (root - mean - square) is arrived at by taking the square of an alternating signal, then taking the mean value of that squared value and then taking the square root of that mean value, thus arriving at a equivalent DC value of the original AC (alternating voltage in this case). Just thought you would like to know.

I own three sx mini m class and one s class, one of the sx mini m class sleeves has one side of the sleeve slightly raised. I have to feel it to notice it though. All the rest have sleeves that are completely flush.
 
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When I set the temp and come back out of the menu it seems that it may just be displaying the actual current temperature of the coil and not what you just set the coil at. Once you fire it you will see the varying temperature settings a few per second. Once done firing it returns to the setting temperature.

My guess is that is what it is supposed to do by design. They chose to display the current temp and not the set temp when leaving the menu.

It's very possible it is by design. I thought the same thing and adjusted the temp setting while cold and then after firing and noticed the random number seemed to get higher. But then I took off the atty and seen something else that I don't recall atm but it made me think that wasn't what it was doing. IDK but it's not affecting the performance or anything and I've posted a msg in the suppliers thread so hopefully will get an answer. Honestly doesn't affect anything that I can tell.
 
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