Just managed to get my hands on the Darwin....True enough, you don't know what's missing till you try the Darwin....
So consider as a newbie and going
through 13K post is going to take lots of time reading...Need some precious advise from senior darwin users...
1. What goes well with the Darwin? Currently i'm only using it with LR atomiser ( Just got it today...heepee)
2. Where to send for replacement battery and cover? ( Looks quite beaten up )
3. What to take note of ? DOs & Donts....
Thank you everyone reading this and advise...
Welcome Samkinra. Darwin is a great
device. You can learn a LOT right here:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-darwin.html
1. Pretty much any/everything works great on these devices. Keep in mind that LR is designed to simulate/imitate higher voltage vaping at lower volts. Now that you are using Watts, you can see this more easily. On a 3.7 volt device with a 1.5Ωs atty/carto you are vaping at 9.1 watts. Using a 2.8Ωs atty you vape at 9.1 watts at around 5 volts. LR is, by design, intended for higher watts vaping. So, on Darwin, if you want access to medium or lower watts settings you are better off with 2.0Ωs and higher attys/cartos. If you prefer the higher watts settings (warmer vape), LR is fine. Vaping is 100% subjective so it is all a matter of personal taste/preference. From my experiments and experiences, I prefer higher volts/higher Ωs combinations for the same watts. While electronically speaking watts are watts, I find vaping to be more like cooking. Some juices "cook" better at higher watts (expressed in vaping as heat) and others at lower watts/temps. I find LR to heat faster and I take longer pulls and often multi-hit. For me, LR gear tends to get too hot too fast and with my high VG (VG burns at a lower temp than PG) juices, I find LR gear can give me a burnt taste faster. Others swear by LR and won't use anything else. Now that you have the Darwin, it will be easier for you to conduct some experiments yourself. If you have a favorite atty/carto model and manufacturer - you can try that same atty/carto on Darwin at a set watts level and swap out the higher vs lower resistance to compare. For this to be effective tho, you must keep ALL else constant - in other words: same atty/carto model (e.g. Boge 510 1.5Ω vs Boge 510 2.8Ω), same juice and same watts level. Darwin will automatically make the adjustments to volts and amps and by doing this type of comparison you can find out which combo for watts YOU like best. Just remember that when you put LR on it, it will still vape higher even if you set the dial to 5 watts - this is a limit of Ohms Law (and the design of LR) and not the Darwin.
2. Darwins are warrantied for 2 years from date of original purchase. Darwin is one of the very few devices with a transferable warranty. Evolv's warranty transferability is conditioned on being able to track the device back to original purchase so make sure you ask the seller for original purchase info. The batt is warrantied for 1 year and thereafter replaceable for $25. The replacement batt comes with a new full one yr warranty. As far as I know, this may be the only batt warranty in vaping. Also, as far as I know, cosmetics are not covered on the warranty. You can find the full warranty info here:
Evolv
3. See the "Vape like a research monkey" thread. You can also skim thru this thread - yea, its long and gets chatty sometimes (sort of like a family gathering at the holidays) but you can usually differentiate the chat from the content while skimming. You will see that few have the same preferences in attys and/or cartos, watts levels, juices, etc. Darwin can handle pretty much all of it with ease.
Only other do/don't that may be a bit buried now, yet has been discussed multiple times, is the charging cycles. Many like to post about how many "hours" they get per charge. This is a mistake for multiple reasons. The primary reason is that lithium polymer cells (in Darwin) prefer to be topped-off regularly. While Darwin has low voltage, overcharge and short-circuit protections, running to cut-off regularly can reduce the overall number of charge cycles for the batt. It can also potentially reduce, over time, the length of use per charge cycle. Best habit to get into is just charging each night while you sleep. Darwin has "smart charge" circuitry so it will stop the charge when the battery is full. So it is safe to leave on the charger overnight. Most vaping batt chargers are not "smart" and it is probably not a good idea to leave any batt on a non-"smart" charger for long after the batt is full. Pila and Xtar are two commonly known "smart" chargers but most others are not.
Otherwise, vape and enjoy! You will find Darwinians to be a fairly friendly and helpful bunch. Just watch out for Kat cuz I hear she bites.
