The Kick

[mwa102464]

If this was 12watt max I would be running around the streets naked yelling at people(?)



Hopefully the future models will have that, I need that extra kick in the back of the throat

It wont happen 12W would be over stressing the 18650's we currently use and not be safe, this is why the kick has a max of 10W Silentt, unless they make an 18650 with a 25C rating you wont see it.

 

[silentt]

silentt, I'm just curious, have you tried the Kick with a single coil atty or a carto between 2.0 - 2.5 ohm?

Yeah I use a 2.5ohm hh.357 and it's pretty good @ 5 volts.


And MWA I understand what you're saying. I'm just dreaming out loud

 

[Devonmoonshire]

Here is my #1436 Kicked with an 18650 and the top tube from #1230 until I can get two more top tubes, one for each to use the kick with 18650's



Nate aka Darth Vapor

 

[Devonmoonshire]

Yeah I made my 18650 fit using a rethreader and a 901-510 adapter, It made the center pin go far enough up. Here is a picture with my ssggts kicked w/ 18650 and a lava tank. You can see how many threads are showing. I can put my o-rings on the telescope to cover the threads and it wouldn't look bad.

sorry for terrible picture:

Very Very Nice Silent, yeah the kick really is a great little device for doing single coils, not horrible with Dual Coils, but at the same time I need that power and it only gives me half of what I actually need to drive them.

I have mine at a hair higher than the halfway point and it is driving these 3.0 Ohm 801 Fusions perfectly


Nate aka Darth Vapor

 

[gredie]

Still waiting on my kick(still probably over the ocean somewhere). All the feedback is awesome. Keep it coming!

Hold on, Kim! My Kick showed up at my doorstep today, so yours should pop up soon.

 

[Kim151]

Nice, at least you got yours gredie! Have fun with it

 

[gredie]

Thanks, Kim! I'm playing with it since 2,5 hours and already drained a 18490, lol. The 18650 battery and a second top tube seems to last longer.

 

[SAX]

And.....are you NIC SICK yet!

 

[Kim151]

Thanks, Kim! I'm playing with it since 2,5 hours and already drained a 18490, lol. The 18650 battery and a second top tube seems to last longer.

Thats good to hear. It sounds like its working out good for you

 

[RippleInStillWater]

I got them in 2 of mine with I06s in UFSs, total win.......

 

[fright88]

I've been using mine since last night and I am having mixed results. I charged up my brand new 18650s 2 1600 mah and 2 2000 mah and the run times are really ....ty. 2 hours on the 2000 mah and 1.5 on the 1600s tried both my UFS and Ody UFS with 3.0 ohm cartos and Ody is set up at 2.2 ohms. I am hoping the batteries just need to be broken in. If not I don't know.

Edited to add when it is working it works great. Slightly cooler then I like on my ody but I can live with it and it is about perfect for my boge cartos (single coil)

 

[rwechsler]

No break in period for batteries, life span is bound to suck bc the voltage output is so much higher than 3.7v

 

[fright88]

I expected low but I wasn't expecting 1-5-2 hours from 18650

 

[rwechsler]

That's much better than what I get out of a pair of LiFePo4s!

 

[fright88]

Hmm I was getting 2-3 hours from stacked 3v batts.

I honestly expected more battery life. Given the reviews I've read on the Provari regarding battery life I was expecting 4-5 hours off 1600 mah batts and 5-6 off the 2000 mah. Also I can't imagine the Darwin has much higher mah rating then 1600-2000 given the battery space and I was getting 10-17 hours on my Darwin.

I am hoping my cruddy button is part of the issue. Waiting on a new button from bruce I am hoping the arc marks on my button are causing some connection problems at lower voltage.

 

[mwa102464]

No break in period for batteries, life span is bound to suck bc the voltage output is so much higher than 3.7v

Wrong,,, Bats need to be cycled 4-5 Times until they reach peak power cell performance !

 

[mwa102464]

Hmm I was getting 2-3 hours from stacked 3v batts.

I honestly expected more battery life. Given the reviews I've read on the Provari regarding battery life I was expecting 4-5 hours off 1600 mah batts and 5-6 off the 2000 mah. Also I can't imagine the Darwin has much higher mah rating then 1600-2000 given the battery space and I was getting 10-17 hours on my Darwin.

I am hoping my cruddy button is part of the issue. Waiting on a new button from bruce I am hoping the arc marks on my button are causing some connection problems at lower voltage.

Fright88 Try the new Callies Kustoms IMR Batt, these are some very good Batts

 

[fright88]

Cool I will give them a try.

Also I decided to polish my button post and went from a .6v voltage loss through the body to .2 so that might help a bit also. The button is still not perfect but I don't want to try anything more abrasive then a buffing wheel on my dremel and red compound till I have a backup hopefully this weekend.

 

[rwechsler]

Hmm I was getting 2-3 hours from stacked 3v batts.

I honestly expected more battery life. Given the reviews I've read on the Provari regarding battery life I was expecting 4-5 hours off 1600 mah batts and 5-6 off the 2000 mah. Also I can't imagine the Darwin has much higher mah rating then 1600-2000 given the battery space and I was getting 10-17 hours on my Darwin.

I am hoping my cruddy button is part of the issue. Waiting on a new button from bruce I am hoping the arc marks on my button are causing some connection problems at lower voltage.

Damn, i get an hour tops of steady vaping b4 needing to change out my AW 3.0v batts...but Ichain vape my Odys at 6v like no other...
I get maybe 3 hours with a 2000mah 18650 in my provari, but i got almost a full days use at disneyland today with one running at 3.7-4.1v with my iAtty (but I also went through 3 sets of AW LiFePo4s in my GGTS and a 1600mah 18650 in my kicked GGTS/UFS/Patriot ). Just about to change the provari battery as it so happens...

 

[rwechsler]

Cool I will give them a try.

Also I decided to polish my button post and went from a .6v voltage loss through the body to .2 so that might help a bit also. The button is still not perfect but I don't want to try anything more abrasive then a buffing wheel on my dremel and red compound till I have a backup hopefully this weekend.

Good call, but that's a pretty considerable improvement! A full 1/2 voltage goes a LONG way. I'm waiting on my 3 new GGTS buttons and GGTB button right now, I can't wait for em! TS buttons come tmrw, TB comes some time later this week. All my current ones are in pretty solid condition, but each of my TS buttons have arc marks, and so does my TB 510 top cap :/
All getting replaced though!