The Reuleaux by JayBo Designs

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Steven070

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I don't have 1 yet but if your cutoff voltage is at 3.3V. It may be that when under load the batteries voltage sags to 3.3V then bounces back to 3.6V when not under load. If that's the case, maybe lowering the cutoff voltage to 3.1-3.2 will bounce it back up to 3.5V.

This would give some extra puffs, but the gain would be minimal, perhaps 10, 20 puffs(?)
So,..guess it's ime to charge at the first signs of the cutoff kicking in.
 

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Thinking about it some more. It may also be that that the actual WH are lower than the set WH. I have a hcigar VT200. It supposedly has a 1300mah 3s Lipo (~14.43WH). In reality its more like 1000-1100mah. I set my WH to 14.43, I noticed the battery bar seems to go from about a quarter to empty. I lowered the WH to 12 and the battery meter is a lot more accurate. Just thinking out loud here.
 

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Thinking about it some more. It may also be that that the actual WH are lower than the set WH. I have a hcigar VT200. It supposedly has a 1300mah 3s Lipo (~14.43WH). In reality its more like 1000-1100mah. I set my WH to 14.43, I noticed the battery bar seems to go from about a quarter to empty. I lowered the WH to 12 and the battery meter is a lot more accurate. Just thinking out loud here.

To be accurate, the analysis must be done, isn't it?
But having different sets of batteries (whether it's same type or total different type) makes it inaccurate again whenever changing occurs. Due to this I find it useless to do the analysis. (Perhaps I'm wrong, I'm still a newbie and try to apply simple logics)
 

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I don't have 1 yet but if your cutoff voltage is at 3.3V. It may be that when under load the batteries voltage sags to 3.3V then bounces back to 3.6V when not under load. If that's the case, maybe lowering the cutoff voltage to 3.1-3.2 will bounce it back up to 3.5V.

Edit What I'm trying to say is I believe 18650's are sagging more under load than Lipos do. I think the battery meter is correct. At rest it's reading a quarter battery life. Then when it's fired the voltage sags to the set cutoff.
You are correct. Battery sag with 18650's causes this issue. This is one of the reasons evolv chose 3s lipos, the other being high amperage output. It's much easier to find a lipo that will handle 23 amps than it is to find an 18650.
 

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Well the SXmini M class is also using zinc and they can't get a paint to stick really well unless they used a process that is very expensive so the finish if not protected by JWrap or sleeve just goes to hell. I know I have 6 of them and I love em. But I also want to get 1 DNA200 and this particular one is the one that really interests me. Great looking and from what I understand great in the hand plus doesn't use the Lipo battery cells.

After pretty much a week I can confirm that this thing has 0 scratches. any of my other mods had scratches after a week. in my opinion a very durable finish.

and the battery sag. eh. I tested both my DIY DNA 200(2200mah turnigy nano) and the reuleaux. honestly battery sag was about 0.10 difference. in my testing. lets not forget that while lipos have less battery sag and technically stay at 3,7(per cell) longer they do take a huge divebomb.

after running the battery analyzer my 25r2s do have several wh more than my turnigy lipo. so my 18650s give more battery life even though they have more sag.

and that is with batteries that have been used for like 4-6 months. getting emptied and recharged every single day. so those are batteries that have had nearly 200 cycles in em.

man when I get my next paycheck I am so investing in some HG2s. I don't really need 6 of them since these old 25r2s already last me pretty much a whole day.
 

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Got a dud. Device won't wake up if sleeping for an hour or longer unless plugged into usb. After it's plugged in EVOLV splash screen comes up and device will work fine unplugged.

Clearmistvape wants me to send mine in to fix it and ship it back. Sounds like a hassle for a product that was defective out of the gate. Have to pay to ship it, and hopefully get it back in a week if I'm lucky.
 

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Got a dud. Device won't wake up if sleeping for an hour or longer unless plugged into usb. After it's plugged in EVOLV splash screen comes up and device will work fine unplugged.

Clearmistvape wants me to send mine in to fix it and ship it back. Sounds like a hassle for a product that was defective out of the gate. Have to pay to ship it, and hopefully get it back in a week if I'm lucky.

Bummer! I assume you're running the most up to date firmware etc?

Before you send it back to CMV i would contact Evolv directly about the situation/problem, they have been insanely good about taking care of people/issues during the 200 rollout, and may just have you send it in to them for repair (on their dime too usually).
 

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Got a dud. Device won't wake up if sleeping for an hour or longer unless plugged into usb. After it's plugged in EVOLV splash screen comes up and device will work fine unplugged.

Clearmistvape wants me to send mine in to fix it and ship it back. Sounds like a hassle for a product that was defective out of the gate. Have to pay to ship it, and hopefully get it back in a week if I'm lucky.

I've had this problem too on another dna200 mod and turns out to be a bad fuse. Apparently from what I know it effects the first version DNa 200's and is not very common.
 

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Newest firmware blah blah. Might try evolv.

I'd def hit the evolv forum. I heard of this exact problem and I thought it was firmware issue but maybe not in your case. Doesn't seem like a fuse or hardwRe problem. Just a glitch that might be fixable easily
 

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The law of averages my friend. And in this industry sooner or later someone is going to get a bad device. @MasteroftheVape, I hope you get your Relo fix soon.

I just got this info from a vendor who was going to be receiving his first batch stock soon.

"They say there's problems with some of the chips and evolv is having a hard time supplying them! They're limiting orders and even their distributors don't know exactly when and how many they'll get."

Also want to share some captured youtube images from a Russian reviewer. Showing the dismantled Relo. Hope it helps....enjoy.


 

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Ya, evolv just got back to me and said the same thing. I just wish Clearmistvape would step up and send a replacement, or at least pay for return shipping on a defective device. That's just the norm for a reputable company.

Instead I have to pay to ship it back, wait for them to fix it and then have it shipped back to me.
 

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That really sucks, sorry to hear that. I bought mine from clearmistvape and I just hope nothing goes wrong with mine. When I got my VS200 it had a 510 issue and I called them and 20mins later they sent a email to me with 1 day shipping back to them and I got my device back within 4 days. That's how customer service should be. You shouldn't have to pay shipping for a device that is broken and had nothing to do with you messing it up. Hope they get it back to you soon.
 

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Ya, evolv just got back to me and said the same thing. I just wish Clearmistvape would step up and send a replacement, or at least pay for return shipping on a defective device. That's just the norm for a reputable company.

Instead I have to pay to ship it back, wait for them to fix it and then have it shipped back to me.
Your shipping it to evolv or clearmist. Evolv has always paid return shipping for me
 
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