I stopped smoking Dec. 2013 and have vaped ever since. I consider myself a novice vaper and continue to learn about the "craft" of vaping daily. I describe my kind of vaping as lazy. I prefer RBA's, regulated mods and i primarily vape mouth to lung. I love where the industry is going and leveraging innovation along the way. It very similar to the revolution in the telecommunications industry over the last 20 years. I tend to be a "late stage" early adopter of technology. I didn't go in on the first version of the DNA40 but waited for a few bug fixes then jumped.
At the end of Jan 15, I picked up a Vapor Flask / 40, KF V4 and Subtank Mini with NI coils from VShark. My intent was to test out the new tech using pre-made nickle coils in the subtank and slowy work my way into making my own nickle builds on the KF v4. As things worked out the VF arrived, on the same day as the 28g NI200 and KF V4. That evening, I built my first 10wrap 3mm NI coil in the KF V4 and it worked on the first try. I changed temp up/down and experienced some of the best vaping I ever had. The ability to change the temp of the coil without rebuilding dramatically changed my perception of the eLiquid i considered to be my ADV. I could finally explore the nuances of the liquid that I had never experience before. The next day I went into my cabinet that houses the juice graveyard and I found a few juices that weren't quite right in my previous setups and I couldn't find the magical balance between heat, airflow and coil build resulting a less than pleasurable vape. Viola! with temp control I was able to redress a few liquids that eluded my palette.
A few observation;
- Inconsistent auto sense when switching from NI to Kanthal builds. My fix is to manually turn on/off temp control depending on the build. This is not a big deal for me as I kind of like the control and knowledge of what I'm doing...
- OHM detection is much better than DNA30's
- Power management seems to be improved
- Atomizer decks, post and 510 connectors need to be solid
- Twisted 28g Nickel is easy to use
- Spaced coils are my new(old) way of building coils now even with Kanthal
- Subtank Mini NI coils just work (so far)
Everything else has worked exactly as it should.
