SXmini mod ... Yihi

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The purple Efests are really good. I get a good day of vaping with them too


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I've used both with no problem. One year old purple Efest 2500 mah are giving me over 15k joules. I usually vape a kayfun V4 at 15 watts/soft, and use the batteries from 4.2v down to 3.6v.
 

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Does anyone have any experience with Ginger Vaper? Was looking at their "Dream Kit" looks like a pretty good value, is their e-juice any good?

E.T.A - Also for those of you using this as your all day carry mod, are you making it through a day on one battery?

I purchased 2 S classes from them -- the 2nd was with the redesigned 510 when no one else had them yet. Excellent customer service. He also seems to be the only Yihi Dealer with the SXtube.

That Dream Kit does look pretty sweet. Wanted to upgrade my charger and with 2A charging that'll be done in no time.

I'm dreading my April Amex statement!!!!
 

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Mine with the Rose V. 2...simply a fantastic vape. If you're a flavor chaser then this is a must have setup.


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I purchased 2 S classes from them -- the 2nd was with the redesigned 510 when no one else had them yet. Excellent customer service. He also seems to be the only Yihi Dealer with the SXtube.

That Dream Kit does look pretty sweet. Wanted to upgrade my charger and with 2A charging that'll be done in no time.

I'm dreading my April Amex statement!!!!

i notice they are giving away a battery extension tube for the sx mini but they aren't selling them-to bad, you got my hopes up with your post. i have been waiting patiently for the release of this tube and it seems like it may never come out. since the beginning yihi has shown this tube and always mentions the 2 battery set-up in their specs but apparently they have them hidden wherever they keep unicorns and honest politicians- really starting to annoy me....guess i will have to settle for the ipv4 if i want a yihi dual battery mod. naturally it is on pre-order and so more waiting is required... c'mon yihi, put up or shut up!!! release the tubes or quit showing them in your literature....
 

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I sure hope Yeti gets these m class soon. I really don't like the whole preorder thing. I guess this is the price we have to pay to get the newest mods that we like. It would also be nice if they would just update their website to give all us preorder people some info as to when we might expect to be getting out new toy ;-). If anyone has any info on this it would sure be great to hear something. Its going to nice having a temperature controlled device. From what I have read these might work with kanthal also I hope that's true
 

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I've used both with no problem. One year old purple Efest 2500 mah are giving me over 15k joules. I usually vape a Kayfun V4 at 15 watts/soft, and use the batteries from 4.2v down to 3.6v.

Efest are re-wraps and not to be trusted at high power. Tests have shown them to be all over the map. With that said, their ratings are inflated as well. I've been using an LG HE2, which is also 2500mAH, and also about a year old (spent life in drippers prior to the SXmini), and I'm averaging 21-22K Joules between charges.
 

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Efest are re-wraps and not to be trusted at high power. Tests have shown them to be all over the map. With that said, their ratings are inflated as well. I've been using an LG HE2, which is also 2500mAH, and also about a year old (spent life in drippers prior to the SXmini), and I'm averaging 21-22K Joules between charges.
Mine each did 200 charge cycles in mechanical mod, which is I imagine, what you meant when you said "drippers". With that said, 15 watts is hardly high power. There is plenty of conflicting information regarding these batteries. I for one, wouldn't trust their amp rating but feel that they are totally safe for my stated use. I'm not suggesting that someone go purchase them or any other particular brand of battery, I was responding to a post on a different matter.
 

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Mine each did 200 charge cycles in mechanical mod, which is I imagine, what you meant when you said "drippers".

Yep, just caught that after my nap. The error rate skyrockets when taking care of newborn twins.

With that said, 15 watts is hardly high power. There is plenty of conflicting information regarding these batteries. I for one, wouldn't trust their amp rating but feel that they are totally safe for my stated use.

No, 15W is not high power, and you're fine. I just wanted to put that out there for anyone considering running a dripper at 60W with an Efest. Towards the lower end of the battery life, the SXmini will pull 20A at that power. We don't need any SXmini's blowing up ;)
 

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Yep, just caught that after my nap. The error rate skyrockets when taking care of newborn twins.



No, 15W is not high power, and you're fine. I just wanted to put that out there for anyone considering running a dripper at 60W with an Efest. Towards the lower end of the battery life, the SXmini will pull 20A at that power. We don't need any SXmini's blowing up ;)
Wow! Twins! I guess that's more than a handful. When the whole fuss over these batteries hit I went to Steam Engine and ran the numbers based upon the way I was planning to use them and discovered that I was unlikely to pull more than 7 amps so I decided to keep them. I also found an interesting post here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...87759-purple-efest-18650-battery-warning.html and another here. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-9-battery-basics-mods-imr-protected-icr.html They both suggest that when you peel the wrapper off of the purple Efest that I was talking about, you find the LG that you were talking about. One of them has pictures. Is this the battery that you are referring to? When mine give up the ghost I plan to unwrap one, just to see with my own eyes, what I have in my hand.
 

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Wow! Twins! I guess that's more than a handful.

Yep - two handfuls! :laugh:

They both suggest that when you peel the wrapper off of the purple Efest that I was talking about, you find the LG that you were talking about. One of them has pictures. Is this the battery that you are referring to?

That's part of what I'm referring to. The purple Efests could be just about any cell rewrapped. Some are LG's, some Sony's, some unknown. Actual battery tests have shown a very wide range of what these can do. Two things are scary - at lest one test showed a huge strain on the battery at 10A draw, which would make a 20A draw dangerous, let alone the 35A printed on the battery. It's been suggested that even the major name brand cells they're getting (like LG, Sony, etc.) are their rejects. Just way too much ... around the net about Efest, in a world where it's easy to get a real name brand (not Sony so much anymore, but LG and Panasonic for sure).
 

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Anyone heard anything from Varitube on a ship date for the M Class yet?


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They've updated the status on their site to say " YiHi has informed us Shipping will begin Thursday March 26. This would get them to us the following Monday/Tuesday and we will begin immediately shipping the pre-orders,"
 
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